International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management: Volume 11 Issue 5 , Open Access

The effects of 2015 El Nino on smallholder maize production in the transitional ecological zone of Ghana

Kwadwo Owusu, Ayisi Kofi Emmanuel, Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Paul William Kojo Yankson

This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on the El Nino and its effects on maize production in three municipalities: Ejura, Techiman and Wenchi in the transitional zone of…

Application of ANFIS, ANN and fuzzy time series models to CO2 emission from the energy sector and global temperature increase

Muhammad Zahir Khan, Muhammad Farid Khan

A significant number of studies have been conducted to analyze and understand the relationship between gas emissions and global temperature using conventional statistical…

Revival of traditional best practices for rangeland restoration under climate change in the dry areas: A case study from Southern Tunisia

Azaiez Ouled Belgacem, Farah Ben Salem, Mouldi Gamoun, Roukaya Chibani, Mounir Louhaichi

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the benefits of reintroducing traditional grazing systems practices for improving arid rangelands. Grazing is the most extensive land…

Effects of climate change and grazing pressure on shrub communities of West Asian rangelands

Mounir Louhaichi, Azaiez Ouled Belgacem, Steven L. Petersen, Sawsan Hassan

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the vulnerability of the important rangeland shrub, Atriplex leucoclada (Boiss) to both climate change and livestock grazing, within the…

Genetic variations, heritability, heat tolerance indices and correlations studies for traits of bread wheat genotypes under high temperature

Elfadil Mohamed Elbashier, Elfadil Mohammed Eltayeb Elbashier, Siddig Esa Idris2, Wuletaw Tadesse, Izzat S.A. Tahir, Abu Elhassan S. Ibrahim, Ashraf M.A. Elhashimi, Sefyan I. Saad, Amani Ahmed Idris, Hala Mohamed Mustfa

The purpose of this paper was to study the genetic variability, heritability, heat tolerance indices and phenotypic and genotypic correlation studies for traits of 250 elite…

Historical perspective of climate change in sustainable livelihoods of coastal areas of the Red River Delta, Nam Dinh, Vietnam

Thi Kieu Van Tran, Ehsan Elahi, Liqin Zhang, Habibullah Magsi, Quang Trung Pham, Tuan Minh Hoang

The purpose of this paper is to estimate a recent trend in climate change and its impact on livelihood of community living in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam. Further, it aims to…

Wheat production and breeding in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and opportunities in the face of climate change

Wuletaw Tadesse, Zewdie Bishaw, Solomon Assefa

This paper aims to review the current status of wheat production, farming systems, production constraints and wheat demand-supply chain analysis; the role of international and…

Adoption of agroforestry practices and climate change mitigation strategies in North West province of South Africa

Oluwaseun Samuel Oduniyi, Sibongile Sylvia Tekana

It is globally accepted that climate change is presently the greatest threat to the sustainability of human livelihood and biodiversity. Most farmers in the study area are highly…

Rethinking indigenous climate governance through climate change and variability discourse by a Zimbabwean rural community

Shingirai Stanley Mugambiwa, Joseph Rudigi Rukema

The purpose of this paper is to assess indigenous climate governance through climate change and variability discourse by a rural Zimbabwean community. In Zimbabwe, climate…

Gender, social capital and adaptive capacity to climate variability: A case of pastoralists in arid and semi-arid regions in Kenya

Nancy Omolo, Paramu L. Mafongoya

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between gender and social capital in adapting to climate variability in the arid and semi-arid regions in Turkana in…