The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa

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The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa. / Kahsay, Goytom Abraha; Hansen, Lars Gårn.

Frederiksberg : Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2014.

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Kahsay, GA & Hansen, LG 2014 'The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa' Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg. <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wpaper:2014_08>

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Kahsay, G. A., & Hansen, L. G. (2014). The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. IFRO Working Paper No. 2014/08 http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wpaper:2014_08

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Kahsay GA, Hansen LG. The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa. Frederiksberg: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2014.

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Kahsay, Goytom Abraha ; Hansen, Lars Gårn. / The effect of climate change and adaptation policy on agricultural production in eastern Africa. Frederiksberg : Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2014. (IFRO Working Paper; No. 2014/08).

Bibtex

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