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Exploring Vietnamese cereal smallholders’ perceptions and adaptations to temperature and precipitation variability: implications for adaptation strategies

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Pages 597-611 | Received 06 Feb 2020, Accepted 28 Jul 2020, Published online: 12 Aug 2020

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