Quality Matters More Than Quantity: Asymmetric Temperature Effects on Crop Yield and Quality Grade

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1195-1209

  Kawasaki, Kentaro ^a   Uchida, Shinsuke ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; agriculture; climate change; grading standards; quality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

JAPAN;

ORYZA SATIVA (JAPONICA CULTIVAR-GROUP);

EID: 84991517690     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaw036     Document Type: Article

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