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Viewpoint: The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches

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Viewpoint: The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches. / Batterbury, Simon; Warren, Andrew.
In: Global Environmental Change, Vol. 11, No. 1, 30.04.2001, p. 1-8.

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Batterbury, S & Warren, A 2001, 'Viewpoint: The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches', Global Environmental Change, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-3780(00)00040-6

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Batterbury, S., & Warren, A. (2001). Viewpoint: The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches. Global Environmental Change, 11(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-3780(00)00040-6

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Batterbury S, Warren A. Viewpoint: The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches. Global Environmental Change. 2001 Apr 30;11(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/S0959-3780(00)00040-6

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Batterbury, Simon ; Warren, Andrew. / Viewpoint : The African Sahel 25 years after the great drought: Assessing progress and moving towards new agendas and approaches. In: Global Environmental Change. 2001 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 1-8.

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