Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorHewitson, Bruceen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorTadross, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCrespo, Olivieren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZinyengere, Nkulumoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-27T10:18:57Z
dc.date.available2016-07-27T10:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDryland farmers in southern Africa operate under harsh conditions; infertile soils, erratic rainfall regimes, sub-optimal input levels etc. Crop yields have generally been low, negatively affecting food security and livelihoods. Climate change is anticipated to aggravate these already existing challenges. In the recent past, a wide range of studies has sought to understand how climate change will affect crop production. However, there are only few detailed localised studies that focus on understanding climate change impacts and adaptation under heterogeneous conditions that dryland farmers in southern Africa operate. This study sought to understand how climate change will affect food crop production in southern Africa's drylands and to provide insight on the potential of on-farm agronomic management strategies for adaptation. The study focused on three locations representing some of the agro-ecological conditions of southern Africa i.e. Big Bend in Swaziland (low altitude, hot and dry), Mohale's Hoek in Lesotho (high altitude, cool and wet and dry), and Lilongwe in Malawi (mid altitude, wet with moderate temperatures). The study was performed largely using a climate-crop model simulation approach supported by a review of similar approaches in the region, data collected from reported agricultural experimental trials, regional experts, downscaled climate projections (using up to 9 GCMs) and surveys.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationZinyengere, N. (2016). <i>Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20846en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZinyengere, Nkulumo. <i>"Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20846en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZinyengere, N. 2016. Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Zinyengere, Nkulumo AB - Dryland farmers in southern Africa operate under harsh conditions; infertile soils, erratic rainfall regimes, sub-optimal input levels etc. Crop yields have generally been low, negatively affecting food security and livelihoods. Climate change is anticipated to aggravate these already existing challenges. In the recent past, a wide range of studies has sought to understand how climate change will affect crop production. However, there are only few detailed localised studies that focus on understanding climate change impacts and adaptation under heterogeneous conditions that dryland farmers in southern Africa operate. This study sought to understand how climate change will affect food crop production in southern Africa's drylands and to provide insight on the potential of on-farm agronomic management strategies for adaptation. The study focused on three locations representing some of the agro-ecological conditions of southern Africa i.e. Big Bend in Swaziland (low altitude, hot and dry), Mohale's Hoek in Lesotho (high altitude, cool and wet and dry), and Lilongwe in Malawi (mid altitude, wet with moderate temperatures). The study was performed largely using a climate-crop model simulation approach supported by a review of similar approaches in the region, data collected from reported agricultural experimental trials, regional experts, downscaled climate projections (using up to 9 GCMs) and surveys. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa TI - Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20846 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20846
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZinyengere N. Assessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20846en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleAssessing climate change impacts and agronomic adaptation strategies for dryland crop production in southern Africaen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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