Accounting for interannual variability in agricultural intensification: The potential of crop selection in Sub-Saharan Africa

P. Bodin, S. Olin, T.A.M. Pugh and A. Arneth

Agricultural Systems, 2016, vol. 148, issue C, 159-168

Abstract: Providing sufficient food for a growing global population is one of the fundamental global challenges today. Crop production needs not only to be increased, but also remain stable over the years, in order to limit the vulnerability of producers and consumers to inter-annual weather variability, especially in areas of the world where the food consumed is mainly produced locally (e.g. Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)).

Keywords: Climate change; Yield; LPJ-GUESS; Crop model; Modern Portfolio Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.012

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