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Climate Change Adaptation Practices by Ruminant Livestock Producer of in Hintalo Wajerat District Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia

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  • Guo Ruo

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongjji University, China)

  • Brhane Weldegebrial

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Tongji, China)

  • Genet Yohannes

    (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gambella University, Ethiopia)

  • Gebremedhin Yohannes

    (College of Veterinary Medicine, Hawassa University, Ethiopia)

Abstract

Global warming has been termed ‘the greatest market failure the world has ever seen’ The earth’s climate has warmed on average by about 0.7 °C over the past 100 years with decades of the 1990s and 2000s being the warmest in the instrumental record...

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  • Guo Ruo & Brhane Weldegebrial & Genet Yohannes & Gebremedhin Yohannes, 2018. "Climate Change Adaptation Practices by Ruminant Livestock Producer of in Hintalo Wajerat District Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 11(5), pages 8809-8828, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:11:y:2018:i:5:p:8809-8828
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.11.002166
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