Ecological vulnerability indicators to drought: Case of communal farmers in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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عنوان ژورنال: Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2072-845X,1996-1421
DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.591