Drought risk in nicaragua: A crop, region and technology-specific empirical evaluation

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-290

  Leiva, Akssell ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84981188202     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870152023818     Document Type: Article

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