Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Remote Sensing of Environment

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.RSE.2015.12.003
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