MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Slide 19
Temp for Bulawayo
It shows that maximum
temperature is going up
faster than minimum.
Because linkage
between temperature
and rainfall change in
temperature is likely to
cause changes in rainfall
but for now we are not
sure.
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1950
Mean annual temperatures Bulawayo
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Slide 22
Start of Season
Gokwe Mean is 3rd
dekad of November
Is normally between 5
November and 10
December
There are 2 years when
the season never started
but that doesn‟t mean
farmers did not plant
2012
Slide 20
Rainfall????
Gokwe might seem to be
increasing
Matopos might seem to
be decreasing
BUT
Not sure
Slide 23
Start of Season
Matopos
Mean start around
3rd dekad of
November to first
dekad of
December.
Start of Season
ranges between 2nd
week of November
to 2nd week of
January
The start is more
variable in Matopos
Slide 21
Start of the Season
• Two definitions have been agreed upon
and will be used here.
• Def 1: Any day after the 15th of October
when an area receives 20mm or more in 3
days or less provided there is no dry spell
of 10 days or more in the next 30 days.
• Def 2: Any day after the 1st of November
when an area receives 20mm or more in 3
days or less provided there is no dry spell
of 10 days or more in the next 30 days.
Slide 24
Start of the season
Makoholi
Starts between 15
November and 5
January
In most of the years
the season between
15 November and 7
December
There were 7 out of
47 when the season
never started
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