Understanding community perceptions of land use changes in the rangelands, zimbabwe

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue S1, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Sibanda, Andrew ^a   Tui, Sabine Homann Kee ^a   Van Rooyen, André ^a   Dimes, John ^a   Nkomboni, Daniel ^b   Sisito, Givious ^b  

^a ICRISAT Bulawayo   (Zimbabwe)

^b Matopos Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 84860481214     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447971000092X     Document Type: Article

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