Dealing with climate-related risks: Some pioneering ideas for enhanced pastoral risk management in Africa

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-393

  Ouma, Robert ^a   Mude, Andrew ^a   Van De Steeg, Jeannette ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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EID: 82455206046     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479710000888     Document Type: Article

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