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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RAINFED FARMING SORGHUM Food security WATER MANAGEMENT

Managing rainfall variability in arid rainfed agriculture using adaptive varieties and in-situ water harvesting

This investigation was to establish a water harvesting technique for adaptation to rainfall variability in rainfed sorghum production and relate it to yield in Gedarif area. A field experiment was conducted for two successive seasons (2009-2010).
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Friday, January 2, 2015 - 05:00
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Livestock FERTILIZERS SOIL FERTILITY CATTLE

Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe

Addition of crop residues or animal manure is needed to sustain agricultural production on inherently poor soils.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Climate change WATER RESOURCES WATER SHORTAGE ADAPTATION TO CHANGE WATER MANAGEMENT PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Stream closure and water allocation in the Colombian Andes

In the Andean region water for human activities is commonly extracted from small streams.
Published date
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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Climate change RAINFALL VARIABILITY SMALLHOLDERS AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS

Climate variability and change : farmer perceptions and understanding of intra-seasonal variability in rainfall and associated risk in semi-arid Kenya

This study examines farmers’ perceptions of short- and long-term variability in climate, their ability to discern trends in climate and how the perceived trends converge with actual weather observations in five districts of Eastern Province in Ken
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

Promoting gender and climate-smart agriculture to improve farmer resilience

Climate-smart agriculture increases farmers’ resilience to climate change while improving food security and increasing incomes.

Region
Peru
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Kenya
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ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

Climate change resilience calls for private sector commitment

The private sector has a significant role to play in curbing climate change.

Region
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Bangladesh
South Africa
Mozambique
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CROP DIVERSIFICATION NITROGEN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MAIZE EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SOIL ANALYSIS LAND USE

Maize cultivar specific parameters for decision support system for agrotechnology transfer (DSSAT) application in Tanzania

Crop models have been developed and used worldwide as operational or strategic research and decision support tools in crop production and resources management.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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SORGHUM AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS Crops Farming Systems MACHINERY AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT GLOBAL SOUTH CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION DRY FARMING

Design, development and testing of Water Harvesting in Rows Planter (Wahip) for marginal rainfed areas

A water harvesting in-row planter (WaHIP) was developed for seeding sorghum in furrows in areas of low rainfall.
Published date
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 04:00
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FARMERS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Climate variability and change : perceptions, experiences and realities

Farming in the semi-arid tropics, where climatic conditions
are marginal and highly variable, is a risky
enterprise. The main source of this risk is the variability
in rainfall that occurs at many different timescales,
Published date
Monday, January 2, 2012 - 05:00
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WATER-ENERGY NEXUS WATER SECURITY HYDROLOGY Food security AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION SYSTEMS MOUNTAINS

Towards the development of an Energy-Water-Food Security Nexus based modelling framework as a policy and planning tool for South Africa

The aim of the project is to develop a modelling framework that will increase resource use efficiency along with policy coherence, through interlinkages of water, energy and food security factors in remote and impoverished areas.
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Monday, January 2, 2012 - 05:00

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