Weather Forecasts for Pastoralism in a Changing Climate: Navigating the Data Space in North Eastern Uganda
By: Shuaib Lwasa, Ambrose Buyinza and Benon Nabaasa
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2017-050 | Journal eISSN: 1683-1470
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 50
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2017
Accepted on: Oct 18, 2017
Published on: Nov 10, 2017
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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