The shifting epistemologies of vulnerability in climate services for development: The case of Mali’s agrometeorological advisory programme

Area

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-17

  Carr, Edward R ^a   Owusu Daaku, Kwame N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate services; Epistemology; Identity; Mali; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

MALI;

EID: 84925664520     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12179     Document Type: Article

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