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Ontiri, E.Robinson, Lance W.[Assessing governance for climate smart landscapes: A case from Makueni County, Kenya]Assessing governance for climate smart landscapes: A case from Makueni County, Kenya

To improve the prediction of crop yields at an aggregate scale, we developed a data assimilation-crop modeling framework that incorporates remotely sensed soil moisture and leaf area index (LAI) into a crop model using sequential data assimilation. The core of the framework is an Ensemble Kalman ...


Ines, Amor V. M.Das, NNHansen, JamesNjoku, EG[Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction]Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction

Although coffee is a promising cash crop, smallholder farmers that grow coffee are still vulnerable. Soil fertility is declining, pest and disease pressure is increasing, populations are rising, and land is continuously fragmented. Above all, climate change is starting to take its toll and puts f...


Jassogne, Laurence T.P.Asten, Piet J.A. vanLäderach, PeterCraparo, S.Wanyama, I.Nibasumba ABielders, Charles L.[Climate-smart perennial systems]Climate-smart perennial systems

Global warming has been linked to systematic changes in North and South America's climates and may severely impact the North American monsoon system (NAMS) and South American monsoon system (SAMS). This study examines interannual-to-decadal variations and changes in the low-troposphere (850 hPa) ...


Carvalho, Leila M. V.Jones, C.Posadas, A.Quiróz, R.Bookhagen, B.Liebmann, B.[CMIP5 Simulations of low-level tropospheric temperature and moisture over the tropical Americas]CMIP5 Simulations of low-level tropospheric temperature and moisture over the tropical Americas

The WISE3.1 database provides a homogenized set of primary profiles soil data relevant for a wide range of environmental studies including assessments of crop production. Soil texture is frequently measured to estimate characteristics related to water holding parameters and plant available water....


Chaves, B.Hoogenboom, GerritThornton, Philip K.[Variability in maize yield due to differences in soil texture and the effect of water and nitrogen]Variability in maize yield due to differences in soil texture and the effect of water and nitrogen

Carbon footprint is a key indicator of the contribution of food production to climate change and its importance is increasing worldwide. Although it has been used as a sustainability index for assessing production systems, it does not take into account many other biophysical environmental dimensi...


Modernel PAstigarraga LPicasso V[Global versus local environmental impacts of grazing and confined beef production systems]Global versus local environmental impacts of grazing and confined beef production systems

Plant genetic resource (PGR) scientists now recognize the importance of shifting from a singular focus on conservation to a focus on both conservation and utilization of germplasm in order to meet future challenges. This paper analyzes the patterns of distribution of pearl millet, six small mille...


Bonham CADulloo, EhsanMathur, P.N.Brahmi, P.Tyagi, V.Tyagi, R.K.Upadhyaya, Hari D.[Plant genetic resources and germplasm use in India]Plant genetic resources and germplasm use in India

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.Ndegwa WGKizito KOyoo A[Climate variability and change: Farmer perceptions and understanding of intra-seasonal variability in rainfall and associated risk in semi-arid Kenya]Climate variability and change: Farmer perceptions and understanding of intra-seasonal variability in rainfall and associated risk in semi-arid Kenya

This paper suggests how the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) community can progressively make use of a flexible framework of analytical approaches that have been recently developed by scientific research. This allows a standardized but flexible use of indicator sets ada...


Sommer SZucca, ClaudioGrainger ACherlet, M.Zougmoré, Robert B.Sokona YHill JDella Peruta RRoehrig JWang G[Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales]Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales

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