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Measuring vegetation characteristics in rangelands more accurately through the VegMeasure® tool

Published

2021

Status

Open Access

Language

en
Brief
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118055

Citation

Evans, M., Louhaichi, M. and Hassan, S. 2021. Measuring vegetation characteristics in rangelands more accurately through the VegMeasure® tool. How-it-Works Brief. Tunis, Tunisia: ICARDA.

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  • forages
  • innovation systems
  • livestock
  • NRM
  • pastoralism
  • rangelands
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Author(s)

  • Evans, Monica
  • Louhaichi, Mounir
  • Hassan, S.

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