Vulnerability and adaptation of rain fed agriculture to climate change and variability in semi-arid
Tanzania Page 1 African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 4(6), pp …

Subsistence rain-fed agriculture has been widely practiced for many centuries in Ethiopia
and this sector has been highly dependent on rainfall. Thus, rainfall remains the crucial …

This study aimed at investigative decision support systems for assisting strategic and tactical
decision making of smallholder farmers to reduce climate risks and increase crop …

During 1999–2014, Tanzania experienced below average precipitation in two important
seasons: December to February (DJF) in the south and during March to June (MAMJ) in the …

Climate variability contributes significantly to poverty and food insecurity. Proactive
approaches to managing climate variability within vulnerable rural communities and among …

Farmers in the southern Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania have a strong preference for maize
as their staple crop and have resisted attempts to introduce sorghum as an alternative in …

Cereal crop production in sub-Saharan Africa has not achieved the much-needed increase
in yields to foster economic development and food security. Maize yields in the region's semi …

This is the first study on “presumed drylands”; lands with an aridity index higher than or
equal to 0.65 and dryland features. It aims to describe the nature and extent of “presumed …

The challenge of sustainable intensification (SI) of smallholder production is a growing one,
as climate change is acerbating an already vulnerable situation. Rainfed cereals are the …

7.1 At present the bulk of SSA's food production occurs under rainfed conditions, with
irrigation playing a minor role. Compared to other regions in the world, the level of water …