The following sections are included:
Introduction. AgMIP Structure and Scientific Approach. AgMIP Regional Activities. AgMIP Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Projects. Climate change impacts on West African Agriculture (CIWARA) — A regional assessment. Impacts of climate variability and change on ag...
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
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Jones, James W.
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Hatfield, Jerry L.
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Mutter, CZ
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Adiku, Samuel G.K.
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Ahmad, A
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Beletse, Y
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Gangwar, B
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Dileepkumar, Guntuku
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Kihara, Job
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Masikati, Patricia
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Paramasivan P
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Zubair, L
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[The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Integrated regional assessment projects]
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The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Integrated regional assessment projects
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. However, providing such services with location specific timely and actionable...
Rao, K.P.C.
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Dakshina Murthy, K.
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Dhulipala, R.
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Bhagyashree S.D.
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Das Gupta, Mithun
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Sreepada, Soudamini
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Delivering climate risk information to farmers at scale: the Intelligent agricultural Systems Advisory Tool (ISAT)]
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Delivering climate risk information to farmers at scale: the Intelligent agricultural Systems Advisory Tool (ISAT)
This study was undertaken in Wote division, Makueni district, Eastern province, Kenya, to test the effectiveness of different methods of communicating downscaled seasonal climate forecast information, and to assess its impact on management and productivity of smallholder farms. The communication ...
Rao, K.P.C.
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Hansen, James
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Njiru E
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Githungo WN
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Oyoo A
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[Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya]
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Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya
Kihara, Job
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MacCarthy, Dilys S.
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Bationo, B. André
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Koala, Saidou
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Hichman, J
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Koo, Jawoo
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Vanya, CH
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Adiku, Samuel G.K.
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Beletse, Y
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Masikate, P
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Mutter, CZ
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Rosenzweig, Cynthia
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Jones, James W.
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[Perspectives on climate effects on agriculture: the international efforts of AgMIP in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Perspectives on climate effects on agriculture: the international efforts of AgMIP in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rao, K.P.C.
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[Interim Progress Report on CCAFS-ICRISAT-KARI study: testing the design and communication of downscaled, probabilistic seasonal forecasts and evaluating their impact on farmers’ management and livelihood outcomes at Wote, Eastern Kenya]
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Interim Progress Report on CCAFS-ICRISAT-KARI study: testing the design and communication of downscaled, probabilistic seasonal forecasts and evaluating their impact on farmers’ management and livelihood outcomes at Wote, Eastern Kenya
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
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 Kenya where the climate is semi-arid with high intra-...
Rao, K.P.C.
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Ndegwa WG
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Kizito K
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Oyoo A
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[Climate variability and change: Farmer perceptions and understanding of intra-seasonal variability in rainfall and associated risk in semi-arid Kenya]
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Climate variability and change: Farmer perceptions and understanding of intra-seasonal variability in rainfall and associated risk in semi-arid Kenya
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, ranging from seasons to years to decades and beyond. Farmers operating under t...
Rao, K.P.C.
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Oyoo A
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[Climate variability and change: perceptions, experiences and realities]
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Climate variability and change: perceptions, experiences and realities
Global warming is widely predicted to decrease crop yields in tropical, sub-tropical and Mediterranean climatic regions as a result of a speeding up of phenological development and shortening of the time to maturity. We used a well-tested simulation model, APSIM-Sorghum, to evaluate the impact of...
Tuner NC
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Rao, K.P.C.
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[Simulation analysis of factors affecting sorghum yield at selected sites in Eastern and Southern Africa, with emphasis on increasing temperatures]
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Simulation analysis of factors affecting sorghum yield at selected sites in Eastern and Southern Africa, with emphasis on increasing temperatures
This article summarizes the results from an analysis conducted to investigate the spatio-temporal variability and trends in the rainfall over Ethiopia over a period of 31 years from 1980 to 2010. The data is mostly observed station data supplemented by bias-corrected AgMERRA climate data. Changes...
Gummadi, Sridhar
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Seid, Jemal
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Legesse, Gizachew
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Kadiyala, M.D.M.
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Takele, Robel
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Amede, Tilahun
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Spatio-temporal variability and trends of precipitation and extreme rainfall events in Ethiopia in 1980-2010]
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Spatio-temporal variability and trends of precipitation and extreme rainfall events in Ethiopia in 1980-2010