Environmental Research Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Page No. 156 - 162

Drought Management Strategies among Agro-Pastoral Communities in Non-Equilibrium Kalahari Ecosystems

Authors : K. Mogotsi, M.M. Nyangito and D.M. Nyariki

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