How do inputs and weather drive wheat yield volatility? The example of Germany

Food Policy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-61

  Albers, Hakon ^a   Gornott, Christoph ^b   Hüttel, Silke ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common Agricultural Policy; Risk; Variability; Weather; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP YIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85020255068     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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