Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change: Global implications

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Craparo, A C W ^a   Van Asten, P J A ^b   Laderach P ^c   Jassogne, L T P ^b   Grab, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Minimum temperature; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COFFEE; CROP YIELD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPLAND REGION;

TANZANIA;

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 84964267300     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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