... climate variability in the Borena zone of Ethiopia. The research uses advanced statistical techniques, including rotated empirical orthogonal function (EOF) and rotated principal component analysis (RPCA), to identify and quantify significant patterns in seasonal rainfall, temperature and drought indices...

... and adaptation. This study aims to investigate demographic characteristics and social networks that influence the household capacity to prepare, recover and adapt when faced with prolonged droughts or erratic rainfall events in Mbale municipality in Eastern Uganda. Design/methodology/approach A cross...

... approach, the study details the effects of the El Nino on rainy season characteristics, particularly, rainfall amounts and distribution, onset and cessation of rains, duration of the rainy season and total seasonal rainfall and how it impacted smallholder maize production. Design/methodology/approach...

..., crucial for addressing future challenges for food security and poverty alleviation. Design/methodology/approach – The authors explored how temperature and rainfall patterns determined maize and beans production in Hai District in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Findings – Annual food crops were...

... and present trends in the catchment, and reasons provided by 199 respondents from a total of six villages. The data were collected with the aid of trained research assistants and trained graduates selected from each of the randomly select villages. Findings – Significant differences in rainfall...

... questions. SPSS software was used to analyse the data. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used to rank the strategies in enhancing livelihoods. Findings – Men's and women's understanding of what constitute climate change are similar – change in the rainfall amount and distribution. The coping strategies...

...Md. Mizanur Rahman; Nazlee Ferdousi; Yasuo Sato; Shoji Kusunoki; Akio Kitoh Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) global 20-km mesh Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM), called MRI-AGCM, to simulate rainfall and mean...

... in the years 1986‐2005. Precipitation‐free periods Atmospheric and hydrological droughts Low groundwater level Low river flow Lublin region Poland Rainfall Climate of SE Poland is characterized by the alternate occurrence of too moist periods with high precipitation and periods...

...Carsten Segerlund Frederiksen; Jorgen Segerlund Frederiksen; Janice Maria Sisson; Stacey Lee Osbrough Purpose Major shifts in the southern hemisphere circulation occurred during the mid‐1970s concurrent with large reductions in southern Australian winter rainfall associated with decreased...

...Ayansina Ayanlade Purpose This paper aims to use geographical information systems kriging interpolation technique to examine and map the spatiotemporal variation in rainfall in Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Rainfall data, for the periods between 1970 and 2000...