Building on indigenous knowledge to strengthen the capacity of smallholder farming communities to adapt to climate change and variability in southern Africa

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  2016

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  Climate and Development

• Publication date

  2016-01-01

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  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/17565529.2014.998604
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