Climate change and the future of mountain farming on Mt. Kilimanjaro

The Future of Mountain Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 73-88

  Mulangu, Francis ^a   Kraybill, David ^b  

^a African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)   (Ghana)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84911976172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33584-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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