A participatory modeling process to capture indigenous ways of adaptability to uncertainty: Outputs from an experiment in west African drylands

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  d'Aquino, Patrick ^a   Bah, Alassane ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Environment; Indigenous knowledge; Management; Modeling; Participation; Sahel; Senegal; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DRYLAND FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84891855128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05876-180416     Document Type: Article

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