Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: Small farmers and scientists’ perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Recent trends in abrupt weather changes continue to pose a challenge to agricultural production most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper specifically addresses the questions on how local farmers read and predict the weather; and how they can collaborate with weather scientists in devising ad...

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Main Authors: Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole, Piotr Wolski, Barbara Ngwenya, Gagoitseope Mmopelwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Climate Risk Management
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209631400028X