National Agricultural Extension Systems in ten districts in Tanzania and Malawi are receiving training in the production and use of climate services as part of a WFP-CCAFS joint activity within the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa. This document reports on the first training of intermediaries,...
Dorward, P.
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa]
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Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa
Mobile phones are increasingly being used to provide smallholder farmers with agricultural
and related information. There is currently great interest in their scope to communicate
climate and weather information. Farmers consistently identify demand for weather
information and whilst ICTs may be ...
Caine, A
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Dorward, P.
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Clarkson, G.
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Evans, N
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Canales, C.
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Stern, D.
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Stern, R.
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[Mobile applications for weather and climate information: their use and potential for smallholder farmers]
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Mobile applications for weather and climate information: their use and potential for smallholder farmers
A cross-sectional survey on 41 farms followed by six weeks monitoring of dairy cattle feeding on ten smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya was conducted to investigate the use, availability and quality of dry season feed resources. Fodder production was largely from Napier grass (Pennisetum pu...
Nyaata, O.
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Dorward, P.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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O'neill, M.
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[Availability and use of dry season feed resources on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya]
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Availability and use of dry season feed resources on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya
Farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe prioritise climate variability as their major agricultural productivity-reducing problem. This paper raises the importance of considering local farmers perceptions on climate risk, as this greatly influences on-farm investments and decision-making in agricultural ma...
Moyo M
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Mvumi BM
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Kunzekweguta, M.
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Mazvimavi K
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Dorward, P.
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[Farmer perceptions on climate change and variability in semi-arid Zimbabwe in relation to climatology evidence]
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Farmer perceptions on climate change and variability in semi-arid Zimbabwe in relation to climatology evidence
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Smallholder farmers are key to food security in sub-Saharan Africa where two thirds of the population depend on small-scale, rain-fed farming as their main source of food and income. Critical farming and household decisions depend upon the weather, for example, how much rain falls, the l...
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Los pequeños agricultores son un elemento clave de la seguridad alimentaria en el África subsahariana, donde la agricultura de secano a pequeña escala es la principal fuente de alimento e ingreso de dos tercios de la población. Las decisiones importantes relacionadas con el hogar y la pr...
Dorward, P.
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Clarkson, G.
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Stern, R.
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[Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA): Field Manual]
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Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA): Field Manual