Adaptive lives. Navigating the global food crisis in a changing climate

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-669

  Nielsen, Jonas Østergaard ^a   Vigh, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Climate change adaptation; Sahel; Social navigation; The global food crisis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANTHROPOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOOD LIMITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84865737055     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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