Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability Among Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania

Nindi, Stephen; Mhando, David Gongwe

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“…The observed increase in climate variability and the projected climate change, characterized by increased frequency and severity of extreme climatic events pose a serious threat to the livelihood of most people in Tanzania. The adverse impacts of climate variability and climate change on various socio-economic sectors, environment and livelihoods are already vivid and have the potential to undermine and even undo progress so far attained in the development of the socio-economic well being of Tanzanian (Nindi and Mhando, 2011). Climate change impacts can be significantly reduced by having sound adaptation strategies based on increased accuracy in weather and climate predictions.…”

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The use of indigenous knowledge in weather and climate prediction in Mahenge and Ismani wards, Tanzania

L.¹

2013

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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This paper discusses the role of indigenous knowledge (IK) in weather and climate prediction in Mahenge and Ismani wards focusing on Safari Road and Mahenge Mjini villages in Mahenge; and Uhominyi and Ismani Tarafani villages in Ismani. The perception of local communities about climate change is assessed. Local environmental and astronomical indicators used by local communities in weather and climate prediction are identified and documented. A team of five IK experts in both Mahenge and Ismani was identified and assigned the task of making continuous observations of the IK indicators and producing seasonal rainfall forecast for the purpose of testing the accuracy and reliability of IK. Key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) approaches were used in data collection regarding existing IK in weather forecast. A total of 120 respondents were interviewed in study Mahenge and Ismani wards respectively. A Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for data analysis. More than 83% of the respondents were found to be aware of climate change. Plant phenology, particularly that of mango trees was found to be the most used indicator in both wards. An assessment of the forecasted and observed 2011/2012 seasonal rainfall indicates comparable results.

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The use of indigenous knowledge in weather and climate prediction in Mahenge and Ismani wards, Tanzania

L.¹

2013

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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“…Adaptation strategies should reduce environmental pollution, conserve natural resources, such as water, soil, and biodiversity, and increase the yield and income of smallholder farmers (Branca et al, 2012). Some of the adaptation strategies pursued by farmers in Africa may potentially threatens in surrounding areas (West et al, 2008;Nindi & Mhando, 2012). These strategies include stream bank cultivation in Zimbabwe (Dube et al, 2018a;Dube et al, 2018b), cultivating crops in wetland areas and near water sources in Zimbabwe and South Africa (Popoola et al, 2018;Dube et al, 2018a;Dube et al, 2018b), and valley bottom cultivation in Burkina Faso and Tanzania (West et al, 2008;Nindi & Mhando, 2012).…”

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“…Some of the adaptation strategies pursued by farmers in Africa may potentially threatens in surrounding areas (West et al, 2008;Nindi & Mhando, 2012). These strategies include stream bank cultivation in Zimbabwe (Dube et al, 2018a;Dube et al, 2018b), cultivating crops in wetland areas and near water sources in Zimbabwe and South Africa (Popoola et al, 2018;Dube et al, 2018a;Dube et al, 2018b), and valley bottom cultivation in Burkina Faso and Tanzania (West et al, 2008;Nindi & Mhando, 2012). All these strategies are practiced near water resources, contributing to sedimentation, pollution, and degradation.…”

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Understanding the farmers’ choices and adoption of adaptation strategies, and plans to climate change impact in Africa: A systematic review

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“…Developing countries including Tanzania are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change because majority of their populations depend on climate sensitive natural resources and they have lower adaptive capacities (UNFCCC, 2007). In Tanzania, the impacts of climate change on various socio-economic sectors, environment and livelihoods are already vivid and these impacts threat to undermine and even undo development efforts attained so far (Nindi and Mhando, 2012).…”

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Climate change research trends in Tanzania: A bibliometric analysis

Lukwale¹,

Sife²

2017

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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Research enhances the efforts to address climate change through improved understanding of the causes, effects and likely impacts as well as formulation of climate change policies and strategies for adaptation and mitigation measures. A bibliometric analysis was conducted to assess research trends on climate change in Tanzania for the period between 2006 and 2016. Data were extracted using the Publish or Perish programme which uses Google Scholar to retrieve the number of publications, citation counts and related metrics. The study findings show that there were 319 scholarly publications for the 10-year period, giving an average of about 32 publications per year. As the rate of growth of publications increased, the corresponding doubling time decreased. Journal articles were the dominant (56.1%) type of publications. Areas with relatively higher number of articles were "climate change adaptation" (25.2%), "climate change impacts/implications" (23.3%) and "climate variability" (13.8%). Many (68.9%) publications were multiple-authored and the degree of collaboration among scholars was 0.69. The top 10 ranked scholars contributed nearly one third (31%) of the publications. These results suggest that research productivity in the area of climate change in Tanzania is generally low compared to other countries in the world. Concerted efforts are therefore necessary to foster the research on climate change in Tanzania.

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Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability Among Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania

Cited by 4 publications

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The use of indigenous knowledge in weather and climate prediction in Mahenge and Ismani wards, Tanzania

The use of indigenous knowledge in weather and climate prediction in Mahenge and Ismani wards, Tanzania

Understanding the farmers’ choices and adoption of adaptation strategies, and plans to climate change impact in Africa: A systematic review

Climate change research trends in Tanzania: A bibliometric analysis

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