Applied social research and action priorities for adaptation to climate change and rainfall variability in the rainfed agricultural sector of Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 780-790

  Chikozho, Claudious ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Action research; Adaptation; Climate change; Livelihoods; Rainfed agriculture

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION PROCESS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; CROP PRODUCTION; LIVELIHOODS; POLICY MAKERS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RAINFED; RAINFED FARMING; RURAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOCIAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT; ZIMBABWE;

CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; RAIN; RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTION RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CYCLONE; FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77957018345     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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