Reading the rains: Local knowledge and rainfall forecasting in Burkina Faso

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 409-427

  Roncoli, Carla ^a   Ingram, Keith ^a   Kirshen, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Climate variability; Environmental indicators; Farmer knowledge; Indigenous meteorology; Seasonal rainfall forecasts

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0036250788     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920252866774     Document Type: Article

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