This study assessed effects of climate change on agroclimatic suitability of areas for Maize, Wheat and Barley production in Gamo Gofa zone, Southern Ethiopia between September 2014 and February 2015. Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to analyze the changes in suitabil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26572
Introduction: The climate in Bangladesh is changing and it is becoming more unpredictable every year. The nature of relationship between climate change and livelihood assets of urban poor was experimented by the study. Aims: To understand the dynamics of climate change of urban p...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/26501
Climate change has become a great challenge to our generation and its impact is felt in almost every society in the world. Nigeria as a developing country with a population of about 180 million is likely to be adversely impacted by climate change due to its vulnerability and low...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/25162
Climate observations are essential for understanding the complexities of the global climate system; indeed virtually all breakthroughs that have been made in understanding climate have come from observations. Observations provide critical benchmarks for testing and further develo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/25958
Aims: To compare pearl millet genetic variability in the different agro-climatic zones in Burkina Faso. Methodology: The experiments were conducted by Technology and Science Department and bio-sciences laboratory, Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo University Ouaga 1, between July and October 20...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25357
Air temperature time series of Nile Delta, Egypt was statistically analyzed in order to answer the question whether recent climate change can be proved for Nile delta, Egypt; the results were compared and discussed with the global trends. The observations for the Alexandria, Port...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/25466
Climate change has been fingered as the main factor responsible for the continuous decline in sustainable agricultural production and environmental degradation particularly in the developing countries. Against this background, a study was conducted in Uyo Agricultural Zone of Akw...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/19996
Several recent reports have presented evidence indicating a change in arvicolid rodent dynamics from high-amplitude density cycles to acyclic fluctuations at relatively low level. The data come mostly from Northern Europe (>60° N) and indicate that the change is caused by clim...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/25313
Climate change as one of the greatest threats to environmental sustainability, can impact on any sector of the economy including tourism. Thus, this study examined the possible impacts of climate change on the tourism potential of Ebomi Lake, Ondo State, Nigeria. Available litera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24285
The issue of climate change highlighted the dynamics of the global ecosystem especially in the atmosphere component. The perception of this phenomenon at the local level, in the villages, from serious scientific studies conditioned decisions on land use. Yet, these scientific tru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24098
Due to its drought resistant nature, high nutritional content and ability to produce with few inputs, finger millet is one of the crops that can combat food insecurity in arid and semi-arid lands like eastern Kenya. Against this backdrop, a survey was carried out in Kalama and Ka...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/16075
This paper examined residents’ socio-economic attributes as drivers of adaptation to climate change effects in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Through systematic random sampling, primary data were obtained from 442 household heads in the core, transition and sub-urban residential are...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23740
Aims: In this study a time series modeling was developed to predict the annual warming trend at coast Libya in the second decade of the 21st century using ARIMA model, and performing an evaluation for the results significance. Study Design: Utilizing Box-Jenkins method through, t...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24175
Aims: The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is facing impacts from climate change and sea level rise. Two extreme weather conditions – drought and flood – have occurred much more often recently. Faced with the challenges of drought, the government of Vietnam has an idea of constructing a s...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23521
Aims: In Cambodia the frequency and impacts of natural disasters has been increasing. The impacts of droughts and floods are most severe within the agricultural sector which accounts for around 29% of Cambodia’s GDP and 59% of the work force. In this paper we assess the farmers’...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23523