Influence of Drought on Corn Yield in China (Executive Summary)

June 2014 | 1 pages | ID: IF185C090CCEN
Guangzhou CCM Information Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (CCM)

Abstracts

Influence of Drought on Corn Yield in China-Executive Summary is from CCM’s report Influence of Drought on Corn Yield in China, which was finished in July 2014.

Climate change is one of the major factors influencing China’s corn planting. Among all the natural disasters that affect corn planting, the impact of drought is considered the most significant. Under the global warming and depravation of China's ecological environment, drought occurrence in China is estimated to be on an uptrend in the future.

In order to figure out the impact of drought on corn yield and forecast the corn planting in China, CCM carries out this research, namely Influence of Drought on Corn Yield in China, through the following aspects:

• Corn planting history in China from 1949 to 2012, including: changes of corn planting, planting area, unit yield, output and summarization of each decade;
• Geographic distribution of corn planting from 1978 to 2011, such as: the division of corn planting area, the top planting areas and their share changes;
• Geographic distribution of drought area in China
• The influence of drought on corn yield, reflected in: comparison of geographic and seasonal distribution of drought with that of corn planting, correlation analysis between these two factors in China and in the top eight corn planting regions;
• Local governments and farmers’ reaction to drought
• Change and forecast of corn planting under the climate change