Farming system evolution and adaptive capacity: Insights for adaptation support

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-214

  Dixon, Jami L ^a   Stringer, Lindsay C ^a   Challinor, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Agriculture; Climate change; Climate impacts; Farming systems; Institutions; Resilience; Uganda; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910089169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources3010182     Document Type: Article

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