Farmers' adaptation to extreme weather events through farm management and its impacts on the mean and risk of rice yield in China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 602-617

  Huang, Jikun ^a   Wang, Jinxia ^a   Wang, Yangjie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; China; extreme weather; farm management; rice; risk exposure; yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; EXTREME EVENT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RICE; WEATHER;

CHINA;

EID: 84988293962     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav005     Document Type: Article

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