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
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
More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. Dryland agriculture involves a complex combination of productive components: staple crops, vegetables, livestock, trees and fish interacting principally with rangeland, cultivated areas and w...
Ginkel, M. van
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Sinclair, Fergus L.
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Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Mourid, M.E.
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Haddad, N.
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Hoisington, D.A.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Velarde, C.L.
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Mares, V.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Nefzaoui, A.
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Noble, A.D.
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Serraj, R.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Ortiz, R.
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[An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas]
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An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas
This report presents the work done during farmer training workshops on probabilistic seasonal forecasting and forecast-based advisories, in Wote, Makueni County, Kenya. This activity took into consideration the fact that farmers in Mahueni County in semi-arid eastern Kenya mainly rely on rainfall...
Njiru E
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Ariithi CKK
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Mutinda D
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Hansen, James
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[Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011]
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Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011