Smallholder farmers' perceptions of and adaptations to climate change in the Nigerian savanna

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-388

  Tambo, Justice Akpene ^a   Abdoulaye, Tahirou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Nigerian savanna; Perception; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875438216     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0351-0     Document Type: Article

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