Farmer's perception and adaptation practices to cope with drought: Perspectives from Northwestern Bangladesh

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-84

  Habiba, Umma ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a   Takeuchi, Yukiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Drought; Farmers; Northwestern Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872873210     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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