Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa

Environmental Research

Volumn 159, Issue , 2017, Pages 283-290

  Peter, Brad G ^a   Mungai, Leah M ^a   Messina, Joseph P ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop suitability; Nature based solutions; Perennial grains; Remote sensing; Scaling

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CAJANUS; CLIMATE; CROP; FOOD GRAIN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; PROCEDURES; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CAJANUS; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EDIBLE GRAIN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85027587534     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.011     Document Type: Article

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