This chapter focuses on the impacts of climate change on intensive maize and wheat production systems. Some technologies to close the yield gap to achieve sustainable intensification are also discussed.
Stirling, Clare M.
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Hellin, J.
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Silverblatt-Buser E
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Tefera T
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Ngugi H
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Gbegbelegbe, Sika
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Tesfaye Fantaye, Kindie
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Chung, U.
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Sonder, Kai
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Cox, R.A.
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Verhulst, Nele
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Govaerts, Bram
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Alderman, Phillip D.
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Reynolds, Matthew P.
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[Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems - Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World]
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Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems - Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World
Mexico is the primary center of origin and diversity for maize (Zea mays L.). Farmers grow the crop largely under rain-fed conditions. Mexico is at considerable risk from climate change because of predicted rising temperatures, declining rainfall, and an increase in extreme weather events. Small-...
Hellin, J.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Hearne, SJ
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[Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico]
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Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico
Lopez-Ridaura, S.
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Barba-Escoto, L.
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Reyna, C.
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Hellin, J.
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Gerard, G.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Food security and agriculture in the Western Highlands of Guatemala]
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Food security and agriculture in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
Bellon, M.
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Hellin, J.
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[Planting hybrids, keeping landraces: agricultural modernization and tradition among small-Scale maize farmers in Chiapas, Mexico]
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Planting hybrids, keeping landraces: agricultural modernization and tradition among small-Scale maize farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
Given the accumulating evidence of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, there is an urgent need to develop more climate resilient maize systems. Adaptation strategies to climate change in maize systems in sub-Saharan Africa are likely to include improved germplasm with tolerance to drought and h...
Cairns, Jill E.
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Hellin, J.
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Sonder, Kai
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Araus, J.L.
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MacRobert JF
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Prasanna, Boddupalli
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[Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa