Yield estimation of food and non-food crops in smallholder production systems

Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 163-174

  Sapkota, Tek B ^a   Jat, M L ^a   Jat, R K ^a,b   Kapoor, P ^a   Stirling, Clare ^c  

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

^b Borlaug Institute for South Asia   (India)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS; STATE OF THE ART; YIELD ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85030715621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29794-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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