Global changes, livestock and vulnerability: The social construction of markets as an adaptive strategy

Geographical Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 153-164

  Gautier, Denis ^a,b   Locatelli, Bruno ^a,c   Corniaux, Christian ^d,e   Alary, Véronique ^d,f  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b West Africa Regional Office   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

^d UMR SELMET   (France)

^e ISRA LNERV   (Senegal)

^f ICARDA   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Climate change; Land tenure; Livestock; Sahel; Social construction of markets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND TENURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKET SYSTEM; MARKETING; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

MALI; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; NIONO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SEGOU;

EID: 84968831275     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12115     Document Type: Article

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