Agricultural intensification as a climate mitigation and food security strategy for sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 382-390

  Gockowski, James ^a   Van Asten, Piet ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Uganda)

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EID: 84885697419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203144510     Document Type: Chapter

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