The role of indigenous plants in household adaptation to climate change: The Kenyan experience

Climate Change and Africa

Volumn 9780521836340, Issue , 2005, Pages 248-259

  Eriksen, Siri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; INPUT RAW MATERIALS; INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS; NATURAL VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84927029222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535864.033     Document Type: Chapter

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