Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel

Pastoralism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ayantunde, Augustine A ^a   Turner, Matthew D ^b   Kalilou, Adamou ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic hazards; Participatory approach; Vulnerability; West African Sahel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975470506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13570-015-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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