[PDF] Top 20 Climate Variability and Adaptive Capacity in Semi-arid Tharaka District, Kenya.

... of semi-arid Tharaka, borrowing money for farming does not make economic sense as chances of crop failure are much higher than ...make climate change adaptation ...In Kenya, there are ... See full document

... Smallholder family labour and decision-making input constitutes a key social capital, which when harnessed constructively enhances farm enterprise performances while at the same time constricting any potential con- ... See full document

... that variability in climate has wide im- pacts on maize yields in southern part of ...the climate variability, the greater the Z-scores and the less reliable the maize yields in Southern ...to ... See full document

... that climate change caused food insecurity, there was increasing food insecurity as a result of crop failure and the death of ...that climate change was a challenge to predict in their respective ...Matobo ... See full document

... Belagavi District falls in the Semi-arid dry zone experiencing hot and humid climate with scanty rainfall ranging from 550-650 mm (KFD, ...these semi-arid regions of the study ... See full document

... no substantial carbon stocks are assumed (Piñeiro et al. 2010). This assumption is not supported by accurately collected carbon data, as the results of this study will show. Carbon stocks are often measured in a single ... See full document

... climas semi-áridos y tropicales sub-húmedos del estado de Yucatán, México, usando como estándar la ecuación Penman-de ...costero semi-árido (Progreso) y a un clima tropical sub-húmedo tierra adentro ... See full document

... of climate change on river streamflow can then be simulated utilizing an appropriate hydrological model, and statistically downscaled projections of meteorological variables to drive the ...of climate ... See full document

... Anopheles arabiensis was the main vector of malaria in the study area and feeds readily on both humans and domestic animals. Malaria transmission by this species was largely undetectable throughout much the study period ... See full document

... The study investigated the runoff characteristics of bare micro catchments using observed rainfall and runoff data. The results of the study revealed that the runoff behaviour of the bare micro catchments could be ... See full document

... Studies on the seasonality of Indian fresh water plankton were initiated by Sewell in 1934 [1]. The aquatic diversity is highly sensitive and is influenced by various factors. However, the organisms in the aquatic ... See full document

... in semi-arid Kenya, the proportion of heifers born that survives to breeding age is important in sustaining the herds and the extent to which households obtain tangible and intangible benefits from ... See full document

... Gulbarga region in north-east region of Karnataka State is characterised by semi-arid climate conditions and supports a considerably rich spider fauna as can be summarised by the present survey of ... See full document

... both climate change and economic changes at the same time, and thus vul- nerability must be considered from a com- prehensive rather than restricted perspec- ...to climate conditions as a measure influenced ... See full document

... Sub-Saharan Africa, which has to feed a constantly increasing population, is produced on rainfed land (FAO 1990, Parr and Al 1990). Peasants have extended the cultivated areas to marginal lands and pastoral areas to meet ... See full document

... Analysed temperature trends indicated that the number of warm days have contin- ued to increase over south eastern Kenya. Analysis of extreme temperature trend re- vealed that the days are warmer as indicated by ... See full document

... Therefore, climate change and variability are increasingly becoming serious problems to ...to climate change and ...changing climate poses a threat to ...2000). Climate information ... See full document

... Abstract. This paper describes an extreme flood event that occurred in the South Pare Mountains in northern Tanzania. A high spatial and temporal resolution data set has been gath- ered in a previously ungauged ... See full document

... in semi arid, characterized by a binding climate, anthropozoogenic pressure and erosion, more increasingly important, is a solution for the restoration of degraded forest ...in semi ... See full document

... The percentage of energy used by the building sector in the world is around 30% (UN environment, 2017). The world’s energy consumption is predicted to increase by 60% by 2030 and developing countries are accountable for ... See full document