[PDF] Top 20 Effects of climate variability on maize yield in the arid and semi arid lands of lower eastern Kenya

... 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 ... See full document

... the semi- arid areas. Kenya practices rain-fed agriculture thus crop production will be adversely ...wetter climate for whole of East Africa in ... See full document

... The Kenya Vision 2030 [2] identifies agriculture as one of the six sectors of the eco- nomic pillar to address the country’s economic growth since it contributes about 24% of gross domestic product ...of ... See full document

... to eastern Oregon where declining forest health and rising wildfire risk could, in the near future, attain the salience of sea level rise in vulnerable coastal regions, an adaptive communication strategy might ... See full document

... Soil water content in the upper soil layer prior to a rain event can be an important factor affecting the relationship between rainfall and runoff (Yair and Klein, 1973; Abra- hams et al., 1988; Karnieli and Ben-Asher, ... See full document

... In arid and semiarid environments, soil evaporation often makes up the majority of the total ET due to low vegetation ...In semi-arid and arid regions, such as MDB and LEB, rain may fall and ... See full document

... Brazilian semi-arid, especially of the paleodunate areas, as well as to present a proposal for the management and conservation of these areas in accordance with the realities investigated, based on renowned ... See full document

... According to Pfefer (1996), the mud is an element that holds lots of water and doesn’t lose that very slowly, to the soil remains wet for a long time. The variability of the effectiveness of waste sludge depends ... See full document

... seasonal climate forecasts if accessed at the right time and used well, are a potential tool that can assist pastoralists in coping and adapting to variable climate conditions [1] [2] ...Effective ... See full document

... confront climate change impact Application of biotechnology for dryland agriculture Water stress caused by drought and salinity is the most important abiotic factor limiting plant growth and crop productivity in ... See full document

... protein yield/ha in both 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 ...stress effects on plant metabolic reactions associates with, plant growth stage, water storage capacity of the soil and physiological aspects of ... See full document

... the variability of the time series of rainfall in one location in the semi-arid region of Brazil: (a) Mann-Kendall test (MK), which has been widely used to detect trends in time series (Silva et ... See full document

... It should be stressed that among the relict fauna of Colchis, stenopaleoendemic B. ledereriis very problematic species for this region till today. A controversial information of its occurrence in perhumidhabitats of ... See full document

... sediment yield models therefore play a critical role in addressing problems associated with land management and conservation, particularly in selecting appropriate conservation measures for a given field or ... See full document

... – At local levels (and in the sub-humid zones in particular – Northern Ghana was studied in depth) only very minor, and sometimes even opposite correlations between rainfall and crop yields (and for all regions a lot of ... See full document

... The arid and semi-arid lands of the world make up to over 40 % of the earth’s surface on which over one billion people depend for their livelihood (GoK, ...The arid and ... See full document

... 22 The system first experiences an excessive waste of resources led by overconsumption of products from the Jester’s and Noble’s baskets when resources are abundant (only 788 out of 1,300 resource units are consumed – ... See full document

... the effects of particular livestock livelihood patterns and household characteristics (capital assets) on livestock livelihood among a census of households in Keiyo District in ... See full document

... ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted in a semi arid region of Karnataka. The study discusses the phytoplankton diversity of the Gogi lake ecosystem. A standard methodology was followed in conducting to ... See full document

... the yield of butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) grown under rain - fed conditions at Tambank ulu Estates in the north eastern Lowveld of ...experiment. Yield and fruit length showed highly ... See full document