Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: Small farmers and scientists' perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Climate Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-58

  Kolawole, Oluwatoyin Dare ^a   Wolski, Piotr ^a,b   Ngwenya, Barbara ^a   Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Ethno meteorology; Hydrology; Science; Small farmers; Weather forecast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918813979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22120963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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