Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years in Zimbabwe, 1940-1999

Mukwada, Geoffrey; Manatsa, Desmond

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Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years in Zimbabwe, 1940-1999 Mukwada, GeoffreyManatsa, Desmond

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Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years in Zimbabwe, 1940-1999

Geographia Polonica Vol. 86 No. 4 (2013)

Mukwada, Geoffrey ; Manatsa, Desmond

rolnictwo ; susza ; bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe ; analiza geoprzestrzenna ; środki utrzymania ; analiza serii czasowych ; Zimbabwe

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