Managing resources in erratic environments: An analysis of pastoralist systems in Ethiopia, Niger and Burkina Faso

Research Report of the International Food Policy Research Institute

Volumn , Issue 135, 2004, Pages

  McCarthy, Nancy ^a   Dutilly Diane, Celine ^b,c   Drabo, Boureima ^d   Kamara, Abdul ^e   Vanderlinden, Jean Paul ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d Assoc Gestion Environnement/Devmt   (Burkina Faso)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; PASTORALISM; RAINFALL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12144273499     PISSN: 08867372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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