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Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania

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Title Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania
 
Creator Mukiri, Jessica
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Prestwidge, Di
Ash, Andrew J.
Paul, Birthe K.
 
Subject climate change
cambio climático
forages
livestock
smallholder
farmers
farming systems
milk production
productivity
legumes
yields
 
Description Smallholder farmers (SF) are the biggest food producers in Tanzania (TZ), where hetero- geneous mixed crop-livestock farming systems dominate agriculture (Fig 1). Feed scarcity and quality are major issues facing smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania.
Climate projections for Tanzania indicate increased length of dry seasons and severity of periodic droughts. These expected impacts will affect farm productivity, leaving farmers more vulnerable.
The planting of improved grass and legume forages, if properly managed, has the potential to improve livestock productivity and resilience which can help SF adapt to climate change
 
Date 2019
2019-12-09T18:50:25Z
2019-12-09T18:50:25Z
 
Type Poster
 
Identifier Mukiri, Jessica; Notenbaert, An; Prestwidge, Di; Ash, Andrew & Paul, Birthe (2019). Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania. International Center for Tropical Agriculture, 1 p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106079
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Center for Tropical Agriculture