Weather, climate, and resource information should meet the needs of sahelian pastoralists

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 482-494

  Rasmussen, Laura Vang ^a   Mertz, Ole ^a   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^a   Nieto, Hector ^a   Ali, Abdou ^b   Maiga, Idrissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; RESOURCE; WEATHER;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84930940990     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00010.1     Document Type: Article

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