Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments
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Keywords
Farm size, Risk, Agricultural model, Farming systems analysis, Poverty, Food security
Journal
Regional Environmental Change
Volume 16, Issue 8, Pages 2331-2343
Publisher
Springer Nature
Online
2016-04-02
DOI
10.1007/s10113-016-0957-8
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