Agronomic management strategies for adaptation to the current climate variability : the case of North-Eastern Tanzania
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2010
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Dept. of Agricultural Engineering and Land Planning, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, TZ
Abstract
Research was conducted to quantify both the risk and the profitability of agronomic management strategies for maize using long-term climatic data and a crop simulation model. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that farmers employ innovative agronomic management practices only when the seasonal forecast indicates above normal rainfall. The early availability of seasonal rainfall forecast is thus vital for improved agricultural strategies. Alternatively, farmers are safer if they use conventional approaches, as these have lower associated risks. Increasingly high variability and unreliability of rainfall makes rainfed agriculture in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa a great challenge.
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Meeting: Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-Arid Regions (ICID+18, 2010), 16-20 Aug. 2010, Fortaleza, BR
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CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRONOMIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, RAINFALL VARIABILITY, APSIM, TANZANIA, RAIN FED FARMING, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, AGRONOMY, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, APSIM, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, FARMERS