An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Weather Information Dissemination among Farmers and Policy Makers

Sansa-Otim, Julianne; Nsabagwa, Mary; Mwesigwa, Andrew; Faith, Becky; Owoseni, Mojisola Christiana; Osuolale, Olayinka; Mboma, Daudi; Khemis, Ben; Albino, Peter; Ansah, Samuel Owusu; Ahiataku, Maureen Abla; Owusu-Tawia, Victoria; Yahaya, Bashiru; Mugume, Isaac; Akol, Roseline; Kunya, Nathern; Odongo, Ronald Inguula

doi:10.3390/su14073870

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“…Her experience of farming led Julianne to "thinking weather" (Sansa-Otim et al 2022). She noticed changes in the annual harvest that neither she nor the Uganda meteorological authorities could explain: "I began to understand that we actually have national authorities in our countries that are mandated to do this [provide weather readings] and then I reached out to them to understand okay, why aren't you doing this?…If you really want this [weather] information to be accessed by anybody who wants, what it would take?"…”

Section: Syncopated Rhythmsmentioning

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Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing

2023

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Based on ethnographic research in the computing communities of Ugandan universities, we advance a feminist and decolonial critique of the dominant chronopolitics of globalizing technologies. Our analysis starts with participants recounting their childhood memories of growing up in rural poverty under the shadow of rebellion wars. We show how the future promises of computing make sense in reference to this past. The same chronopolitics of pitching the past against the future is used by the global computing and donor development industry, and Uganda’s governing regime, which disguises the symbolic and physical violence of the evacuated present. In coping with the precarities of the present, we show how female computing researchers build enduring “near futures” through work that corresponds to the historical and symbolic role of Ugandan women in the domestic realm. And yet the chronopolitics of global computing syncopates with that of “near futures.” Women’s communal roles are written into computing and computing is made possible and doable in Uganda through the gendered logics of care practised in the present. The paper thus contributes to an expanding literature on computing in Africa, by providing a temporal analysis that recognizes women’s roles in more substantive ways.

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Section: Syncopated Rhythmsmentioning

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Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing

2023

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The financial value of seasonal forecast-based cultivar choice: Assessing the evidence in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Kayamo,

Troost,

Yismaw

et al. 2023

Climate Risk Management

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Beyond the forecast: knowledge gaps to anticipate disasters in armed conflict areas with high forced displacement

Jaime,

de Perez,

van Aalst

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Although conflict-affected populations are often exposed to and severely impacted by disasters, little is known about their perceptions and practices concerning Early Warning and Early Action (EWEA) or how EWEA strategies can protect communities affected by conflict- and climate-related disasters. This is particularly problematic as, due to the multiple challenges posed by conflict and compound crises in these contexts, early warnings of weather hazards do not often translate in early actions. This comprehensive literature review examined 384 peer reviewed papers produced between 2004 and 2022, focused on the twenty countries most affected by non-international armed conflict and exposed to climate hazards. This paper answers the question: What is the state of knowledge of EWEA for climate hazards in countries affected by armed conflict and high levels of forced displacement? Findings demonstrate that most research focuses on climate science rather than social science across six elements of the EWEA value chain: 1. hazards analysis, 2. understanding vulnerability and exposure, 3. warning communication and dissemination, 4. forecasting availability and monitoring, 5. early action planning, and 6. financing systems. In total, 75.65% of the research studies focused on hazard analysis, forecast availability, and monitoring. There has been a strong increase in academic research on EWEA in conflict-affected countries since 2004. However, we identify that most of this research has been in Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Nigeria which, although severely affected by conflict, also have a higher level of economic development and stability. In contrast, there is little research focused on EWEA in most of the remaining countries. Across all thematic areas, there is a lack of consideration of conflict dynamics in EWEA research. This paper contributes to evidence on the need to recognize people affected by conflict in disaster risk reduction, as called for in the Sendai Framework for Action midterm review, with the aim of enhancing EWEA investments to enable tailored approaches appropriate for conflict-affected states.

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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Weather Information Dissemination among Farmers and Policy Makers

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing

Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing

The financial value of seasonal forecast-based cultivar choice: Assessing the evidence in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Beyond the forecast: knowledge gaps to anticipate disasters in armed conflict areas with high forced displacement

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