Modelling climate change impacts on and adaptation strategies for agriculture in Sardinia and Tunisia using AquaCrop and value-at-risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 1019-1027

  Bird, David Neil ^a   Benabdallah, Sihem ^b   Gouda, Nadine ^c   Hummel, Franz ^d   Koeberl, Judith ^a   La Jeunesse, Isabelle ^e   Meyer, Swen ^f   Prettenthaler, Franz ^a   Soddu, Antonino ^g   Woess Gallasch, Susanne ^a  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c Thalkirchnerstraße 22   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g AGRIS SARDEGNA Agenzia per la Ricerca in Agricoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Crop yield modelling; Irrigation; Mulching; Tomato; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONDITIONERS; TEXTURES; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATERSHEDS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CROP YIELD; MULCHING; TOMATO; WHEAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; MULCHING;

CAPE BON; ITALY; NABEUL; SARDINIA; TUNISIA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84962106141     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.035     Document Type: Article

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