Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project

Climate change continues to exert severe impacts on agriculture, particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) including Zimbabwe. The challenges posed by higher temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, delayed onset of the cropping season, and increased frequency of extreme weather events threa...

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Main Authors: Tariro Gwandu, Mhlanga, Blessing, Thierfelder, Christian
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Zimpapers 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159517
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description Climate change continues to exert severe impacts on agriculture, particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) including Zimbabwe. The challenges posed by higher temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, delayed onset of the cropping season, and increased frequency of extreme weather events threaten the very foundation of agricultural productivity in the region. The impact is more severe for smallholder farmers particularly under rain fed systems. This year, Zimbabwe has witnessed the effects of the El-Niño-induced drought and the season has been so drastic that the Government declared it a national disaster.
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spelling CGSpace1595172025-02-18T06:46:23Z Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project Tariro Gwandu Mhlanga, Blessing Thierfelder, Christian climate resilience mixed farming El Nino maize Climate change continues to exert severe impacts on agriculture, particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) including Zimbabwe. The challenges posed by higher temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, delayed onset of the cropping season, and increased frequency of extreme weather events threaten the very foundation of agricultural productivity in the region. The impact is more severe for smallholder farmers particularly under rain fed systems. This year, Zimbabwe has witnessed the effects of the El-Niño-induced drought and the season has been so drastic that the Government declared it a national disaster. 2024-06 2024-11-11T14:23:41Z 2024-11-11T14:23:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159517 en Limited Access Zimpapers Gwandu, T., Mhlanga, B., & Thierfelder, C. (2024). Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project. ZIMPAPERS Agriculture Journal 21:6.
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El Nino
maize
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Thierfelder, Christian
Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
title Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
title_full Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
title_fullStr Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
title_full_unstemmed Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
title_short Building climate resilience through diversifying crop-livestock systems: The Ukama-Ustawi Project
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topic climate resilience
mixed farming
El Nino
maize
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