Challenges and opportunities in crop simulation modelling under seasonal and projected climate change scenarios for crop production in South Africa

PN Kephe, KK Ayisi, BM Petja - Agriculture & Food Security, 2021 - Springer
A broad scope of crop models with varying demands on data inputs is being used for several
purposes, such as possible adaptation strategies to control climate change impacts on future …

Climate change impacts and adaptation for dryland farming systems in Zimbabwe: a stakeholder-driven integrated multi-model assessment

SHK Tui, K Descheemaeker, RO Valdivia, P Masikati… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Decision makers need accurate information to address climate variability and change and
accelerate transformation to sustainability. A stakeholder-driven, science-based multi-model …

Why promote improved fallows as a climate-smart agroforestry technology in sub-Saharan Africa?

ST Partey, RB Zougmoré, M Ouédraogo… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
In the literature, a lot is discussed about how agroforestry can achieve the mitigation,
adaptation and productivity goals of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). However, this may be …

Effects of climate change and adaptation on the livestock component of mixed farming systems: A modelling study from semi-arid Zimbabwe

K Descheemaeker, M Zijlstra, P Masikati, O Crespo… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large uncertainties about the impacts of climate change and adaptation options on the
livestock component of heterogeneous African farming systems hamper tailored decision …

Evaluation of water-limited cropping systems in a semi-arid climate using DSSAT-CSM

A Araya, I Kisekka, PH Gowda, PVV Prasad - Agricultural Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Water is the major factor limiting crop production in western Kansas due to declining
groundwater levels in the Ogallala aquifer resulting from withdrawals for irrigation exceeding …

Modelling the effects of conservation tillage on crop water productivity, soil water dynamics and evapotranspiration of a maize-winter wheat-soybean rotation system …

X Yang, L Zheng, Q Yang, Z Wang, S Cui, Y Shen - Agricultural Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Information relating to the accurate quantification of the impacts of long-term
conservation tillage practices on the crop yields and water use patterns of rainfed rotational …

Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe

SHK Tui, D Valbuena, P Masikati, K Descheemaeker… - Agricultural …, 2015 - Elsevier
In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop
residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming …

Decision support tools for site-specific fertilizer recommendations and agricultural planning in selected countries in sub-Sahara Africa

DS MacCarthy, J Kihara, P Masikati… - Improving the Profitability …, 2018 - Springer
Recommendations and decisions of crop management in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are
often based on traditional field experimentation. This usually ignores the variability of …

Trade-offs around the use of biomass for livestock feed and soil cover in dairy farms in the Alaotra lake region of Madagascar

K Naudin, G Bruelle, P Salgado, E Penot, E Scopel… - Agricultural …, 2015 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted as a promising technology to stabilize or improve
crop yields in Africa and Madagascar. However, small-scale farmers face difficulties to retain …

Simulating medium-term effects of cropping system diversification on soil fertility and crop productivity in southern Africa

MP Hoffmann, CM Swanepoel, WCD Nelson… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diversification of cropping is perceived as a strategy to simultaneously achieve high
productivity and maintain environmental sustainability. In southern Africa, however, due to a …