Satellite-based assessment of yield variation and its determinants in smallholder African systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2189-2194

  Burke, Marshall ^a,b   Lobell, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Maize; Remote sensing; Yield gaps

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85014282191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616919114     Document Type: Article

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