Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods
and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. To better design disaster risk …

Background Climate is a key input of rain-fed agriculture. Climate variability and change has
been the most important determinant of crop yields in Kenya and other parts of the world …

Farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe prioritise climate variability as their major agricultural
productivity-reducing problem. This paper raises the importance of considering local …

The study quantified rainfall variability for March–May (MAM) and October–December (OND)
seasons in Tharaka district, Kenya. The parameters analysed were inter-annual variability of …

Purpose Literature contends that not much is known about smallholder farmers' perceptions
of climate variability and the impacts thereof on agricultural practices in Sub-Saharan Africa …

Limited nitrogen (N) content in the soil is a major challenge to sustainable and high crop
production in many developing countries. The nitrogen fixing symbiosis of legumes with …

Farmer perceptions clearly influence the adoption of technology and adaptation to climate
change, but may not be consistent with or captured by scientific measurements. There has …

In this study, we assessed the possible impacts of climate variability and change on growth
and performance of maize using multi-climate, multi-crop model approaches built on …

Climate factors have an impact on plant life cycle, yield, productivity, economy and
profitability of agricultural production. There are not a lot of studies on understanding of …

Considerable attention has been given to climate change and its impacts. Agriculture is of
special concern as it is the primary source of food and is dependent on weather. There is a …