Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water

District agronomists, trained to understand Meteo Rwanda’s online Maprooms, are using climate information to improve their services to farmers. In the Western highlands, agronomists used climate information to match crop varieties to local conditions, providing more suitable hybrid maize seeds to 87...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121400
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description District agronomists, trained to understand Meteo Rwanda’s online Maprooms, are using climate information to improve their services to farmers. In the Western highlands, agronomists used climate information to match crop varieties to local conditions, providing more suitable hybrid maize seeds to 87,872 farmers. Using crop water deficit calculations based on climate information, Bugesera District authorities provided supplemental irrigation water, pumped from a lake into a lined reservoir, to enable 188 farmers with supplemental irrigation to cope with prolonged dry spells.
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spelling CGSpace1214002023-03-14T13:33:02Z Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security farmers maize climate varieties water irrigation water seeds irrigation highlands services information climate services supplemental irrigation dry spells agronomists authorities reservoir case studies agrifood systems rural development District agronomists, trained to understand Meteo Rwanda’s online Maprooms, are using climate information to improve their services to farmers. In the Western highlands, agronomists used climate information to match crop varieties to local conditions, providing more suitable hybrid maize seeds to 87,872 farmers. Using crop water deficit calculations based on climate information, Bugesera District authorities provided supplemental irrigation water, pumped from a lake into a lined reservoir, to enable 188 farmers with supplemental irrigation to cope with prolonged dry spells. 2019-12-31 2022-09-12T11:57:18Z 2022-09-12T11:57:18Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121400 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. 2019. Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water. Reported in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Annual Report 2019. Outcome Impact Case Report.
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maize
climate
varieties
water
irrigation water
seeds
irrigation
highlands
services
information
climate services
supplemental irrigation
dry spells
agronomists
authorities
reservoir
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title_full Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title_fullStr Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title_full_unstemmed Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title_short Rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88,000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
title_sort rwanda district agricultural officers use national climate services to match seed to local conditions for 88 000 farmers and provide supplemental irrigation water
topic farmers
maize
climate
varieties
water
irrigation water
seeds
irrigation
highlands
services
information
climate services
supplemental irrigation
dry spells
agronomists
authorities
reservoir
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121400
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