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  title info:
    title: Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change
    sub title: Transforming Rural Livelihoods
  name:
    name part: Leal Filho, Walter.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Esilaba, Anthony O.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Rao, Karuturi P.C.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sridhar, Gummadi.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 233 p. 55 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book summarizes the evidence from different African countries about the local impacts of climate change, and how farmers are coping with current climate risks. The different contributors show how agricultural systems in developing countries are affected by climate changes and how communities prepare and adapt to these changes.
  table of contents: Preface -- 1 Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change by Developing Promising Strategies Using Analogue Locations in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Systematic Approach to Develop Practical Solutions.- 2 Improving Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Regions of Africa Through Reduced Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Promotion of Climate Resilience.- 3 Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Kenya: Do Scientific Evidences Really Count? -- 4 Situation Analysis of Climate Change Aspects in Kenya -- 5 Seasonal Rainfall Variability and Drought Characterization: Case of Eastern Arid Region, Kenya.- 6 Addressing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Crops and Water Resources in Pennar River Basin of Andhra Pradesh.- 7 Grain Yield Responses of Selected Crop Varieties at Two Pairs of Temperature Analogue Sites in Sub-Humid and Semi-Arid Areas of Zimbabwe.- 8 Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: An Evaluation of Yield Potential of Maize, Sorghum, Common Bean and Pigeon Pea Varieties in a Very Cool-Wet Region of Nyandarua County, Central Kenya.- 9 An Assessment of Gender Sensitive Adaptation Options to Climate Change in Smallholder Areas of Zimbabwe, Using Climate Analogue Analysis.- 10 Impact of Climate Change and Adaptation Measures Initiated by Farmers.- 11 In-Situ Soil Moisture Conservation: Utilization and Management of Rainwater for Crop Production.- 12 Enhancing Food Production in Semi-Arid Coastal Lowlands Kenya through Water Harvesting Technologies.- 13 Opportunities for Coping with Climate Change and Variability Through Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya.- 14 Adoption of Water Resource Conservation Under Fluctuating Rainfall Regimes in Ngaciuma/Kinyaritha Watershed, Meru County, Kenya.- 15 Effects of Integration of Irrigation Water and Mineral Nutrient Management in Seed Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) Production on Water, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Use Efficiencies.- 16 Integrating Farmers and Scien…
  note: edited by Walter Leal Filho, Anthony O. Esilaba, Karuturi P.C. Rao, Gummadi Sridhar.
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Environmental management
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural economics
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change Management and Policy
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural Economics
  subject:
    topic: Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management
  classification: QC902.8-903.2
  classification: 577.27
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Climate Change Management
  identifier: 9783319130002
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13000-2
  record info:
    record creation date: 141126
    record change date: 20151111212227.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-13000-2