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The adequacy of Off-farm coping strategies in reducing livelihood risks associated with climate variability in dry-land farming areas

Timothy, S.; Mutabazi, K.D.; Mahoo, H.F. (Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP), 2012-06)

The impacts of climate variability and change on the agricultural sector are projected to steadily manifest through changes in land and water regimes. All together affects crop production eventually affects livelihoods. ...

Advances in observation and estimation of land use impacts on climate changes: improved data, upgraded models, and case studies

Singh, R. B.; Shi, Chenchen (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014-01-12)

Global land use and land cover pattern has greatly changed in the past 50 years, which exerts direct or indirect influence on the climate change remarkably at both regional and global scales. Therefore, observing and ...

Assessing the land use fire tradeoffs and implications to livelihoods in REDD+ pilot area of Kilosa district, Tanzania

Kitasho, Neema Maburre (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

The current study was conducted in Kilosa REDD+. pilot area to determine the land usefire tradeoffs and implication to livelihoods. In this study, fire regimes, uses of fire in landuse practices as a management tool were ...

Assessing the potential impacts of four climate change scenarios on the discharge of the Simiyu River, Tanzania using the SWAT Model

Lubini, Alain; Adamowski, Jan (International Journal of Water Sciences, 2013)

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to explore the potential impact of four Climate change scenarios on discharge from the Simiyu River in Tanzania, located in the Lake Victoria watershed in Africa. The SWAT ...

Assessing vulnerability of food availability to climate change in Hai district, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

Lema, Anza A.; Munishi, Linus K.; Ndakidemi, Patrick A. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-08-03)

Climate change has a large effect on agriculture sector and, consequently, on the food available for residents of Hai District and other regions of Tanzania. Based on four decades of climate data, this study assessed the ...

Assessment of land tenure and management challenges of reducing climate change impacts in the southern highlands of Tanzania

Gwambene, N. B.; Liwenga, E. T. (Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) Programme, 2014)

Producing more food for a growing population in the context of changing climate, while at the same time combating poverty and food insecurity, is among the enormous challenge facing Sub-Saharan African. Such factors affect ...

Assessment of the environmental impacts of dark fire tobacco farming in Songea rural district

Nyoni, Clarence Hugo (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2008)

The study was conducted in Songea rural district in Ruvuma region to investigate the environmental impact of dark fire tobacco. Community level data collection was carried out using structured questionnaires, focus group ...

Assessment of the status of mangrove vegetation and their degradation in Rufiji delta in Tanzania

Peter, Leonard (2017-09-18)

Mangroves are among the most degraded ecosystems in the World. This study focused on assessment of the status of mangroves and their degradation in Rufiji Delta. It was guided by the following objectives: ...

Change on maize and beans production and compatibility of adaptation strategies in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania

SANGA, G.J.; HELLA, J.P.; MZIRAI, N.; SENGA, H. (2014-02-27)

Climate change present new development challenges particularly in Sub-Saharan countries where the majority of the population depend on climate-sensitive activities such as rain-fed agriculture. Africa's vulnerability to ...

Climate change

Unknown author (2012-12-21)

Climate change and decline in water resources in Kikuletwa Catchment, Pangani, Northern Tanzania

Munishi, Linus K; Sawere, Pudensiana C (African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2013-11)

The sensitivity of hydrology and water resources to climate variation in Kikuletwa Catchment, Pangani Basin, northern Tanzania was assessed using 30 years of river level and climate data as well as questionnaire, focused ...

Climate change and disaster management

O’Brien, Geoff; O’Keefe, Phil; Rose, Joanne; Ben, Wisner (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)

Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, ...

Climate change and food security in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic literature review

Thompson, H. E.; Berrang-Ford, L.; Ford, J. D. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2010)

In recent years it has become clear that climate change is an inevitable process. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the expectation is that climate change will have an especially negative impact, not only a result of projected warming ...

Climate change and health in Tanzania

Kibona, Euster (IIED, 2008)

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Climate change and its effects on livelihood strategies of peri-urban coastal communities in Tanzania

Lupala, J.M.; Maglan, C. (Pyrex Journals, 2015-06-25)

This study was conducted to analyze the effects of climate change on livelihoods of the peri-urban coastal communities of Tanzania. Peri-urban coastal communities constituted the focus of the study because they are rapidly ...

Climate change and sustainable development: the appropriate technology concept

Amiolemen, Sunday O.; Ologeh, Idowu O.; Ogidan, John A. (2012-05-01)

The global ecosystem which includes the earth’s atmosphere is daily impacted upon by humans deliberately or inadvertently, as a result of agricultural activities, industrialization and in the daily pursuit of other ...

Climate change and the potential effects on maternal and pregnancy outcomes: an assessment of the most vulnerable - the mother, fetus, and newborn child

Rylander, C.; Odland, J. Ø.; Sandanger, J. M. (Coaction Publishing, 2013-03)

In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented a large amount of evidence about global warming and the impact of human activities on global climate change. The Lancet Commission have identified ...

Climate change and vector-borne diseases: an economic impact analysis of malaria in Africa

Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A.; Musumba, M.; McCarl, B. A.; Wu, X. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2011-03)

A semi-parametric econometric model is used to study the relationship between malaria cases and climatic factors in 25 African countries. Results show that a marginal change in temperature and precipitation levels would ...

Climate Change and Water

Bates, Bryson; Kundzewicz, Zbigniew; Wu, Shaohong (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Secretariat, 2008-06)

Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging ...

Climate change challenges to accounting

Ramírez, Constancio Zamora; González, José María González (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013)

Low carbon economy is causing the implementation and development of carbon markets that affect an increasing or- ganizations number. These markets entail new challenges to accounting practitioners. The aim of this paper ...

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