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Optimizing dambo (seasonal wetland) cultivation for climate change adaptation and sustainable crop production in the smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2013.863450
10.1080/14735903.2013.863450
 
Title Optimizing dambo (seasonal wetland) cultivation for climate change adaptation and sustainable crop production in the smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe
 
Creator Nyamadzawo, G
Wuta, M
Nyamangara, J
Nyamugafata, P
Chirinda, N
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description Most smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe have low soil fertility and low rainfall, which has continually decreased over the past years. In recent years, most of the smallholder farming areas have experienced perennial droughts, poor rainfall distribution and crop failures and these have been attributed to climate change and variability. Cultivation of dambos, which are seasonal wetlands, presents a climate change and variability adaptation option for smallholder farmers. This synthesis analyses the role of dambo cultivation in climate change and variability adaptation and discusses future directions for sustainable dambo utilization. The data on current dambo farming practices were collected from literature, surveys and field observations. The results showed that farmers grow crops in dambos as an adaptive strategy to climate change and variability and have largely abandoned upland fields where yields are
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Language en
en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7587/7/dambo_cultivation.pdf
http://oar.icrisat.org/7587/13/nyamadzawo2014.pdf
Nyamadzawo, G and Wuta, M and Nyamangara, J and Nyamugafata, P and Chirinda, N (2015) Optimizing dambo (seasonal wetland) cultivation for climate change adaptation and sustainable crop production in the smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 13 (1). pp. 23-39. ISSN 1747-762X