Spatial fields' dispersion as a farmer strategy to reduce agro-climatic risk at the household level in pearl millet-based systems in the Sahel: A modeling perspective - 2011
Spatial fields' dispersion as a farmer strategy to reduce agro-climatic risk at the household level in pearl millet-based systems in the Sahel: A modeling perspective
Akponikpe, Pierre B. I.; Minet, Julien; Gerard, Brunoet al.
2011 • In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151 (2), p. 215-227
Minet, Julien ; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Earth and Life Institute
Gerard, Bruno; ICRISAT Sahelian Center
Defourny, Pierre; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Earth and Life Institute
Bielders, Charles L.; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Earth and Life Institute
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English
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Spatial fields' dispersion as a farmer strategy to reduce agro-climatic risk at the household level in pearl millet-based systems in the Sahel: A modeling perspective
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