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Research Article

Factors affecting farm management adaptation strategies to climate change: The case of western Lake Tana and upper Beles watersheds, North West Ethiopia

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Article: 1708184 | Received 10 Apr 2019, Accepted 14 Dec 2019, Published online: 30 Dec 2019

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