Supporting agricultural innovation in Uganda to respond to climate risk: Linking climate change and variability with farmer perceptions

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-316

  Osbahr, Henny ^a   Dorward, Peter ^a   Stern, Roger ^a   Cooper, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82455174135     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479710000785     Document Type: Article

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