Search Results - "Climate variability and change"

Climate change vulnerability and drivers of low maize yields under smallholder farming systems in semi-arid area of Marange in Zimbabwe by Muoni, Tarirai, Kihara, Job, Madamombe, Sandra M., Öborn, Ingrid, Nyamadzawo, George, Thierfelder, Christian, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja, Nkurunziza, Libère

“…A comprehensive overhaul of agronomic practices, land management practices, extension services, and access to weather and climate information is needed to sustainably improve maize productivity in smallholder farming systems vulnerable to climate variability and change.…”
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Digital Agroclimatic Plot: An open-field laboratory where technology and agriculture come together to transform farming by Barrios, Camilo, Amaya, Alejandra, Arce, Daniela

“…In doing so, it enables farmers, technicians, and researchers to optimize agronomic management strategies according to the specific agro-environmental conditions at any given time, contributing to a more productive, sustainable, and resilient agriculture in the face of climate variability and change. Key benefits include the optimization of resource use (such as water and fertilizers), early detection of risks (pests, diseases, water stress), reduction of crop losses, and increased production efficiency through improved timing of agronomic interventions. …”
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Agriculture, food security and climate change: Outlook for knowledge, tools and action by Vermeulen, Sonja J., Aggarwal, Pramod K., Ainslie, A., Angelone, C., Campbell, Bruce M., Challinor, Andrew J., Hansen, James, Ingram, John S.I., Jarvis, Andy, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Lau, Charlotte, Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…Many of the trends and impacts are highly uncertain at a range of spatial and temporal scales; we need significant advances in predicting how climate variability and change will affect future food security. …”
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Training intermediaries on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), Liwonde, Machinga District, Malawi, 20-31 and 27-31 July 2015 by Kafasalire A, Fara K, Nyirongo D

“…During the field practice, intermediaries were able to successfully explain to farmers concepts related to climate variability and change and farmers were able to gain a better understanding on how the climate is changing. …”
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Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment Report for My Loi village and Ha Tinh province, Viet Nam by Le VH, Duong, Minth Tuan, Simelton, Elisabeth, Ferrer, Alice J., Bui Tan Yen, Sebastian, Leocadio S.

“…While the main issues relating to natural resources were pollution (mining) and land degradation, there was little awareness of the potential impacts due to progressing climate variability and change. The CCAFS CSV projects, therefore, are a timely complement to help implement the province action plan and policies in response to climate change.…”
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Multi-Actors' Co-Implementation of Climate-Smart Village Approach in West Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learnt by Bayala, Jules, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Dayamba, Djibril S, Somda, Jacques, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Diakité, Adama, Chabi, Adéyèmi, Alhassane, Agali, Bationo, B. André, Buah, Saaka S.J., Sanogo, Diaminatou, Tougiani, Abasse, Traoré, Kalifa, Zougmoré, Robert B., Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…These three factors support more effective identification and testing of agricultural technologies and practices addressing climate variability and change at plot, community, and landscape levels. …”
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Smallholder irrigation technology diffusion in Ghana: Insights from stakeholder mapping by Atuobi-Yeboah, Afua, Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Ringler, Claudia

“…Irrigated agriculture can support food and nutrition security, increase rural employment and incomes and can act as a buffer against growing climate variability and change. However, irrigation development has been slow in Africa south of the Sahara and Ghana is no exception. …”
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State of the Climate in Africa 2023 by World Meteorological Organization

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How to establish dialogue between researchers and policymakers for climate change adaptation in Mali: Analysis of challenges, constraints and opportunities by Sogoba, Bougouna, Ba, Allassane, Zougmoré, Robert B., Samaké, Ouodiouma B.

“…Mali is an agro-forestry-pastoral Sahel country whose economy is based mainly on agriculture, a sector which nevertheless depends on climate variability and change. Indeed, climate change and variability affect agriculture, while agriculture and natural resources management also affect the climate system. …”
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Delivering climate risk information to farmers at scale: the Intelligent agricultural Systems Advisory Tool (ISAT) by Rao, K.P.C., Dakshina Murthy, K., Dhulipala, R., Bhagyashree S.D., Das Gupta, Mithun, Sreepada, Soudamini, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…One of the strategies for helping smallholder farmers cope with climate variability and change is the provision of climate services that better decision making around the planning and management of agricultural systems. …”
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Climate Information Services Research Initiative: Final Report by Blumenstock, Ali

“…Valuable research exists on the impact of climate variability and change on farmers and the types of climate-related information farmers need for decision-making. …”
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Enhanced Access to Climate-Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services by Farmers in Mali by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Guindob, Samuel, Sidibec, Mahamoudou, Doumbia, Salif, Diarra, Ba Affoussata, Tchetan, Blaise

“…Mali is a rice basket in West Africa, providing a substantial amount of the region's rice supply, but is also highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. AICCRA-Mali aims to strengthen the technical, institutional, and human capacity required to accelerate the wide-scale adoption of climate-smart agriculture and climate information services packages by hundreds of thousands of men and women farmers in Mali. …”
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Facilitating Climate Smartness in Extension Service Delivery and Impacting Farmers in Ghana by Yeboah, Stephen, Adomako, Joseph, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Haleegoah, Joyce, Frimpong-Anin, Kofi, Amengor, Natson Eyram, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Damba, Osman T, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…The project intervention communities of The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in Ghana are vulnerable to climate variability and change, which continues to pose a threat to food crop production. …”
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Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) as part of Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture: Findings from quantitative evaluation of 2017/18 PICSA impleme... by Clarkson, Graham, Dorward, Peter, Nsengiyumva, Gloriose, Kagabo, Desire

“…PICSA is an integrated approach that enables individual farmers to study their own resources and farming systems, the climatology of their area, identify, evaluate and plan appropriate options to cope with and adapt to climate variability and change. The results of this study show that this integrated approach has continued to stimulate innovation and change in farming communities as it has been scaled across Rwanda.…”
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Improving sorghum productivity under changing climatic conditions: A modelling approach by Akinseye, Folorunso M., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Agele, Samuel O, Zemadim, Birhanu, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Climate variability and change will have far reaching consequences for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. …”
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Partnership for scaling up gender and nutrition-sensitive CSA II (P4S II) - 2020 Regional Annual Report by Bayala, Jules, Chabi, Adéyèmi

“…In addition, climate variability and change has emerged as a major threat on agriculture, food security and livelihood of millions of people in this continent (IPCC, 2014) and particularly in Africa. …”
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Impact of climate change on paddy farming in the village Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka by Ratnayake, Sujith S., Reid, Michael, Larder, Nicolette, Kadupitiya, Harsha K., Hunter, Danny, Dharmasena, Punchi B., Kumar, Lalit, Kogo, Benjamin, Herath, Keminda, Kariyawasam, Champika S.

“…Thus, findings of this study will help planners to make more targeted solutions to improve adaptive capacity and regain the resilience to adjust the paddy farming pattern to deal with predicted climate variability and change.…”
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Predicting Maize (Zea Mays) Yields in Eastern Province of Rwanda Using Aquacrop Model by Rugimbana, Claude

“…Man Kendall Trend analysis and coefficient of variation estimates statistics was computed in order to quantify the magnitude of climate variability and change in climatic parameters and its direction.…”
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Proceeding Report of the 40th Anniversary of National Meteorological Agency, Official endorsement of the National Framework for Climate Services an International Scientific Confere... by Getachew, Abate, Teshome, Asaminew, Teshome, Fetene, Hailemariam, Kinfe, Bekele, Leta, Abera, Mulualem, Fekadu, Kassa, Radeny, Maren A.O., Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Makonnen, Brook T., Solomon, Dawit

“…In this regard, addressing climate variability and change play a pivotal role in achieving this goal. …”
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Climate Risk Management in Agriculture (CRMA) in Ethiopia: Reference Guide by Hansen, James, Dinku, Tufa, Trzaska, Sylwia, Grossi, Amanda, Siebert, Asher, Han, Eunjin, Belay, Berhanu, Demissie, Teferi, Solomon, Dawit

“…In doing so, the course emphasizes pragmatic, hands-on skills and approaches needed to manage risk associated with climate variability and change, while also laying the theoretical framework underpinning these skills.…”
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