Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for coping with variable climate in the Limpopo basin of Botswana

Climate Change and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 71-89

  Dube, Opha Pauline ^a   Sekhwela, Mogodisheng B M ^a  

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EID: 84925739162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770750     Document Type: Chapter

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