Determinants of farmers' choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-255

  Deressa, Temesgen Tadesse ^a   Hassan, Rashid M ^a   Ringler, Claudia ^b   Alemu, Tekie ^c   Yesuf, Mahmud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Near National Stadium   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Nile Basin of Ethiopia; Perception

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FINANCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOIL CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; NILE BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349187931     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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