Climate variability and change in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: challenges for rainfed crop production

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Agricultural Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-01-03

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0021859612000986
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