Traditional coping mechanisms for climate change of pastoralists in South Omo, Ethiopia

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-579

  Gebresenbet, Fana ^a   Kefale, Asnake ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coping mechanism; Migration; Pastoralism; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869021294     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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