Livelihood Transitions and the Changing Nature of Farmer–Herder Conflict in Sahelian West Africa

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  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Development Studies

• Publication date

  2011-01-27

• Fields of study

  Geography, Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/00220381003599352PMID 21495287
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