MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
APPENDIX 4
2012
Slide 1
Slide 4
ZIMBABWE
MINISTRY
OF
AGRICULTURE, MECHANISATION AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
INTO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SYSTEM
Rutendo Nhongonhema(MoAMID) and John Mpuro(MET )
What farmers would want to
know about climate change
• Start of the season
• Probability of extreme events
– Dry spell
– Wet spell
• When these events are likely to occur
• End of season
• Total seasonal rainfall
Slide 2
Outline of Presentation
• Aim
• What farmers may want to know
Total rainfall
Number of rain days
Start of Season
Is climate changing (temp, rainfall)
Risk of dry spells after planting, at flowering
Extreme rainfall
Dry spells (longest, Dec, Jan, Feb)
End of Season
Season length
Slide 5
What farmers would want to
know(cntd…..)
• Forecast simplified(go beyond normal and
above normal)
• Future weather patterns and their
implications
• Risks in production of different crops(for
informed decision making)
• What else???????????
Slide 3
Aim Slide 6
• To share with extension staff analysed climate
information for selected stations
• From the previous workshop it was clear that
analysed information is not available to extension
staff
Probabilities can be calculated using historic
climatic data (rainfall, temp).
Advice to farmers and implications to
planning and farming can be diiscussed with
farmers.
This session will show the analysis done for
Matopos, Makoholi and Gokwe.
A Training Manual on Use of Climate Information and Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment for
Agricultural Extension Staff in Zimbabwe
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