scholarly journals Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands

Nature ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 415 (6874) ◽  
pp. 905-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon I. Hay ◽  
Jonathan Cox ◽  
David J. Rogers ◽  
Sarah E. Randolph ◽  
David I. Stern ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
East African ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands

Global malaria maps and climate change: a focus on East African highlands

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 421-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menno J. Bouma ◽  
Andres Baeza ◽  
Annemarie terVeen ◽  
Mercedes Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
East African ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands

scholarly journals Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon I Hay ◽  
David J Rogers ◽  
Sarah E Randolph ◽  
David I Stern ◽  
Jonathan Cox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
East African ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands

scholarly journals Short term fallow and partitioning effects of green manures on wheat systems in East African highlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 269 ◽  
pp. 108175
Author(s):  
Tilahun Amede ◽  
Gizachew Legesse ◽  
Getachew Agegnehu ◽  
Tadesse Gashaw ◽  
Tulu Degefu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Manures ◽  
East African ◽  
Short Term ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands

scholarly journals Effect of Seasonal Drought on the Agronomic Performance of Four Banana Genotypes (Musa spp.) in the East African Highlands

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Brigitte Uwimana ◽  
Yasmín Zorrilla-Fontanesi ◽  
Jelle van Wesemael ◽  
Hassan Mduma ◽  
Allan Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yield Traits ◽  
East African ◽  
Ploidy Levels ◽  
Early Effect ◽  
Seasonal Drought ◽  
Musa Spp ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Genome Group ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands

Banana (Musa spp.), a perennial (sub-)tropical crop, suffers from seasonal droughts, which are typical of rain-fed agriculture. This study aimed at understanding the effect of seasonal drought on early growth, flowering and yield traits in bananas grown in the East African highlands. A field experiment was set up in North Tanzania using four genotypes from different geographical origins and two different ploidy levels. The treatments considered were exclusively rain-fed versus rain supplemented with irrigation. Growth in plant girth and leaf area were promising traits to detect the early effect of water deficit. Seasonal drought slowed down vegetative growth, thus significantly decreasing plant girth, plant height and the number of suckers produced when compared to irrigated plants. It also delayed flowering time and bunch maturity and had a negative effect on yield traits. However, the results depended on the genotype and crop cycle and their interaction with the treatments. “Nakitengwa”, an East African highland banana (EAHB; AAA genome group), which is adapted to the region, showed sensitivity to drought in terms of reduced bunch weight and expected yield, while “Cachaco” (ABB genome group) showed less sensitivity to drought but had a poorer yield than “Nakitengwa”. Our study confirms that seasonal drought has a negative impact on banana production in East Africa, where EAHBs are the most predominant type of bananas grown in the region. We also show that a drought-tolerant cultivar not adapted to the East African highlands had a low performance in terms of yield. We recommend a large-scale screening of diploid bananas to identify drought-tolerant genotypes to be used in the improvement of locally adapted and accepted varieties.

Fragile East African Highlands: a Development Vision for Smallholder Farmers in the Ethiopian Highlands

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Mohamed Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Land Resource ◽  
East African ◽  
Ethiopian Highlands ◽  
Ethiopian Highland ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands ◽  
Resource Environment

For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far have been hasty and disjointed, and have sidetracked issues of production base security and conservation. As a result, large-scale degradation has ensued, and if the trend continues the agricultural future of the country is threatened. Cohesive land-use practices are needed in order to manage the fragile Ethiopian highland resource environment properly and to support growing human demands.

Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 125923 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ocimati ◽  
J. Ntamwira ◽  
J.C.J. Groot ◽  
G. Taulya ◽  
P. Tittonell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East African ◽  
African Highlands ◽  
East African Highlands ◽  
Banana Leaf
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