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RESEARCH ARTICLES

Farmers' perception of and adaptation to climate-change impacts in the Dry Zone of Myanmar

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Pages 437-453 | Received 03 Sep 2013, Accepted 30 Sep 2014, Published online: 11 Feb 2015

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