Farmers' perception on causes, indicators and determinants of climate change in northern Ethiopia: Implication for developing adaptation strategies

Applied Geography

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-12

  Tesfahunegn, Gebreyesus Brhane ^a   Mekonen, Kirubel ^a   Tekle, Abadi ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Agricultural production; Climate change indicators; Determinant factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84971222824     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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