Using traditional knowledge to cope with climate change in rural Ghana

Unasylva

Volumn 60, Issue 231-232, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Gyampoh, Benjamin A ^a   Amisah, Steve ^a   Idinoba, Monica ^b   Nkem, Johnson Ndi ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COPING STRATEGY; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; GHANA; OFFIN BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70249119277     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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