Assessing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and coping strategies in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - 2025
Chuma Basimine, Géant ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (Laboratoire pour l'analyse des lieux, des paysages et des campagnes européennes LAPLEC) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté des Sciences > Form. doct. sc. (géog. - paysage) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté des Sciences > Doct. scienc. (géographie) ; UEA - Université Evangélique en Afrique > Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Buchekabiri, Aksanti
Mutume, Thomas
Bagula, Espoir Mukengere
Ayagirwe, Rodrigue Basengere-Balthazar
Baenyi, Simon Patrick
Bacigale, Samy Bashizi
Karume, Katcho
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English
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Assessing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and coping strategies in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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