Climate change and eastern Africa: A review of impact on major crops

Food and Energy Security

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 110-132

  Adhikari, Umesh ^a   Nejadhashemi, A Pouyan ^a,b   Woznicki, Sean A ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; East Africa; Feed the future; Food security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961240788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20483694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.61     Document Type: Review

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