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Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Förch, Wiebke ^a   Kristjanson, Patti ^b   Cramer, Laura ^c   Barahona, Carlos ^d   Thornton, Philip K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c Cramer Njihia Consultants   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Behavioural change; Climate change; Food security; Livelihood; Partnership; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006049741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-3-13     Document Type: Review

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