Household-level vulnerability to drought in hill agriculture of Nepal: Implications for adaptation planning

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Ghimire, Yuga Nath ^a   Shivakoti, Ganesh Prasad ^a   Perret, Sylvain Roger ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; household level vulnerability; rainfed agriculture; uncertain rainfall

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; HILL; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MIXED FARMING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; PUBLIC ACCESS; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 77954740495     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504501003737500     Document Type: Article

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