Assessing the harvested area gap in China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 212-220

  Yu, Qiangyi ^a,b   Wu, Wenbin ^a   You, Liangzhi ^c   Zhu, Tingju ^c   van Vliet, Jasper ^b   Verburg, Peter H ^b   Liu, Zhenhuan ^d   Li, Zhengguo ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Zhou, Qingbo ^a   Tang, Huajun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cropping frequency; Food security; Intensity; Land use; Multiple cropping; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD SECURITY; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

EID: 85013168588     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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