Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 151, Issue , 2017, Pages 174-183

  Shirsath, Paresh B ^a   Aggarwal, P K ^a   Thornton, P K ^b   Dunnett, A ^c  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c International Water Management Institute (IWMI)   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Database development; Land use planning; Mitigation; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRIORITIZATION;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 85000983857     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.018     Document Type: Article

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