The need for integration of drought monitoring tools for proactive food security management in sub-Saharan Africa

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-279

  Tadesse, Tsegaye ^a   Haile, Menghestab ^b   Senay, Gabriel ^c   Wardlow, Brian D ^a   Knutson, Cody L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Drought; Early warning system; Food security

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56349130249     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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