Climate Change

Rice yields in tropical/subtropical Asia exhibit large but opposing sensitivities to minimum and maximum temperatures

Production of rice will slow down as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change warns this new study published in latest edition of PNAS. Is based an analysis of 6 years of data from the major rice-growing countries in Asia.

See Also

Report: A framework for adapting Indian agriculture
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/299905

Publication Date: 
09/08/2010
Jeffrey R. Vincent, Jarrod R. Welcha, Maximilian Auffhammer & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Solar Radiation, Rice, Global Warming, India, China, Climate Impacts