Voices from the frontline: The role of community-generated information in delivering climate adaptation and development objectives at project level

Climate and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-113

  Pringle, Patrick ^a   Conway, Declan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; Africa; agriculture; climate change; climate risk; livelihoods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; KITUI; MWINGI;

EID: 84876063797     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2012.707608     Document Type: Article

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