Farmers' perception of and adaptation to climate-change impacts in the Dry Zone of Myanmar

Climate and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 437-453

  Swe, Lwin Maung Maung ^a   Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad ^b   Ebbers, Theo ^b   Jourdain, Damien ^b,c  

^a EcoDev   (Myanmar)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; agriculture; climate change; Myanmar; perception

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GROUNDNUT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84946494297     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2014.989188     Document Type: Article

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