Assessing climate risk and climate change using rainfall data - A case study from Zambia

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-266

  Stern, R D ^a   Cooper, P J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82455206054     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479711000081     Document Type: Article

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