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

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

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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)).

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  • Bodin, P. & Olin, S. & Pugh, T.A.M. & Arneth, A., 2016. "Accounting for interannual variability in agricultural intensification: The potential of crop selection in Sub-Saharan Africa," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 159-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:148:y:2016:i:c:p:159-168
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.012
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