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Extension agrometeorology as the answer to stakeholder realities: response farming and the consequences of climate change

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dc.contributor.author Stigter, K.
dc.contributor.author Winarto, Y. T.
dc.contributor.author Ofori, E.
dc.contributor.author Zuma-Netshiukhwi, G.
dc.contributor.author Nanja, D.
dc.contributor.author Walker, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-24T15:15:31Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-24T15:15:31Z
dc.date.issued 2013-08
dc.identifier.issn 2073-4433
dc.identifier.other doi:10.3390/atmos4030237
dc.identifier.uri http://www.taccire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/215
dc.description.abstract Extension agrometeorology is applied in agrometeorological extension work to advice and serve farmers. In agrometeorology, response farming has been developed decades ago. Climate change complicates response farming, but does not alter it. This paper reports on new operationalization of that response farming in new educational commitments in agroclimatology. It is explained how “Science Field Shops” are an example in Indonesia. This was based on a thorough analysis of what climate change means for farmers in Asia. For Africa, we report on eying the training of agrometeorological extension trainers (“product intermediaries”) in West Africa, based on a thorough analysis of what climate change means for farmers in Africa. We also compare experience with reaching farmers in South Africa and farmer communities in Zambia, as new forms of supporting response farming, all under conditions of a changing climate. The paper, for the first time, connects results from four different programs the senior author is taking part in. There is first and foremost the need for training material to make it possible for the product intermediaries to participate in training extension intermediaries. This should, particularly, bring new knowledge to farmers. With what is presently available and with new approaches, climate extension should be developed and tested with farmers in ways that improve farmer preparedness and decision making. en_GB
dc.language.iso en en_GB
dc.publisher MDPI, Basel, Switzerland en_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseries Atmosphere 2013;4, 237-253
dc.subject Agrometeorology en_GB
dc.subject Climate change en_GB
dc.subject Farming en_GB
dc.subject Extension en_GB
dc.subject Response farming en_GB
dc.subject Africa en_GB
dc.subject Ghana en_GB
dc.subject South Africa en_GB
dc.subject Zambia en_GB
dc.title Extension agrometeorology as the answer to stakeholder realities: response farming and the consequences of climate change en_GB
dc.type Article en_GB


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