Impacts of climate change and variability on cattle production in southern Ethiopia: Perceptions and empirical evidence
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.06.002
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Climate change; Drought; Rainfall variability; Cattle vulnerability; Pastoral system; Borana;All these keywords.
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