Integrating indigenous knowledge with conventional science : enhancing localised climate and weather forecasts in Nessa, Mulanje, Malawi

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2011

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Scientific climate and weather forecasts offer different predictions for various climate regions but without concise information on local climatic variation, predicting total rainfall over months without stating when the rainfall is likely to occur. Most of these constraints could be addressed through complementary partnerships between indigenous populations and authorities responsible for the dissemination of the weather and climate forecasts. Indigenous knowledge includes a system of classification and empirical observations about the local environment with a system of self-management that governs resource use, which could guide selection of appropriate tillage systems, crop varieties, planting dates and gauge potential markets and trends.

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RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, WEATHER FORECASTS, RAINFED AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, MALAWI, CLIMATE CHANGE PUBLIC AWARENESS

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/47437

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