A slow rainy season onset is a reliable harbinger of drought in most food insecure regions in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Title
A slow rainy season onset is a reliable harbinger of drought in most food insecure regions in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
Seasons, Drought, Rain, Climatology, Food, Crops, Africa, Livestock
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages e0242883
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2021-01-21
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0242883
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