Few studies of land-use/land-cover change provide an integrated assessment of the driving forces and consequences of that change, particularly in Africa. Our objectives were to determine how driving forces at different scales change over time, how these forces affect the dynamics and patterns of ...
Reid, Robin S.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Muthui, N.
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Taye, A.
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Wotton, S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Mulatu, W.
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[Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia]
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Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia
ERS wind scatterometer (WSC) time series are analyzed over different ecoclimatic regions of the African Sahel during the period 1991–1995. At 45° incidence angle, the strong seasonality of o time series can be directly linked to the successive wet and dry seasons. Moreover, the annual o dynami...
Jarlan, L.
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Mougin, E.
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Frison, P.L.
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Mazzega, P.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Analysis of ERS wind scatterometer time series over Sahel (Mali)]
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Analysis of ERS wind scatterometer time series over Sahel (Mali)
Obtaining representative meteorological data for watershed-scale hydrological modelling can be difficult and time consuming. Land-based weather stations do not always adequately represent the weather occurring over a watershed, because they can be far from the watershed of interest and can have g...
Fuka, D.R.
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Walter, M.T.
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MacAlister, C.
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Degaetano, A.T.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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Easton, Z.M.
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[Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models]
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Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models
Malawi is a land-locked country in southern Africa. Three-fourths of Malawi’s 13 million people rely on smallholder agriculture for their livelihoods. Increasing population, accelerating deforestation, poor soil and water management, and increasing poverty and land degradation directly impact the...
Beedy, Tracy
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Kundhlande G
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Chiundu G
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Simons AJ
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[Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi]
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Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi
We review the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its potential benefits. Interaction between the atmosphere and underlying oceans provides the basis for probabilist...
Hansen, James
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Mason S
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Sun L
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Tall, Arame
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[Review of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub- Saharan Africa]
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Review of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub- Saharan Africa
Groundwater development across much of sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by a lack of knowledge on the suitability of aquifers for borehole construction. The main objective of this study was to map groundwater potential at the country-scale for Ghana to identify locations for developing new suppl...
Gumma, Murali K.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems and spatial modelling]
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Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems and spatial modelling
Climate change and land use change are two forces influencing the hydrology of watersheds and their ability to provide ecosystem services, such as clean and well-regulated streamflow and control of soil erosion and sediment yield. The Soil Water Assessment Tool, SWAT, a distributed, watershed-sca...
Gathenya M
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Mwangi H
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Coe, R.
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Sang J
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[Climate and land use induced risks to watershed services in the Nyando river basin, Kenya]
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Climate and land use induced risks to watershed services in the Nyando river basin, Kenya
This paper examines the relationship between local institutions and adaptation to climate variability in four semi-arid villages in India. Based on a qualitative survey, it draws attention to the constraints that farming households face, the role of institutions, and the implications for their ca...
Banerjee, Rupsha R.
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Kamanda J
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Bantilan, MCS
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Singh, Naveen P.
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[Exploring the relationship between local institutions in SAT India and adaptation to climate variability]
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Exploring the relationship between local institutions in SAT India and adaptation to climate variability
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rainfed agriculture is the dominant source of food production. Over the past 50 years much agronomic crop research has been undertaken, and the results of such work are used in formulating recommendations for farmers. However, since rainfall is highly variable across ...
Dixit PN
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Cooper, Peter J.M.
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Dimes, John P.
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Rao, K.P.C.
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[Adding value to field-based agronomic research through climate risk assessment: a case study of maize production in Kitale, Kenya]
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Adding value to field-based agronomic research through climate risk assessment: a case study of maize production in Kitale, Kenya
In this study, the adequacy of the late blight simulation model LATEBLIGHT (version LB2004) was evaluated under Nicaraguan conditions. During 2007 to 2008, five field experiments were conducted in three potato-production regions in northern Nicaragua. Two susceptible (‘Cal White’ and ‘Granola’) a...
Blandon-Diaz, J.U.
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Forbes, G.
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Andrade-Piedra, J.L.
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Yuen JE
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[Assessing the adequacy of the simulation model LATEBLIGHT under Nicaraguan conditions]
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Assessing the adequacy of the simulation model LATEBLIGHT under Nicaraguan conditions