Climate change and variability: Perception and adaptation strategies of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across different zones of Burkina Faso

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 769-783

  Zampaligré, Nouhoun ^a   Dossa, Luc Hippolyte ^a   Schlecht, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Coping strategies; Local knowledge; Mixed farming systems; Sahelian zone; Sudanian zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897863379     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0532-5     Document Type: Article

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