08.2020 | Dr O. Adeyeri

What are climate models and how can we improve their accuracies for climate impact studies?

Climate projections and climate impact studies rely on acurate and performant climate models. Dr Adeyeri explains how climate models work, what challenges they bear and how they can be improved to produce accurate results.

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Dr Oluwafemi Adeyeri, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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09.2020 | Dr T. Tovignan

Drought resilience of sweet sorghum: importance of photoperiod-sensitivity and leaf stay green

Sweet sorghum is facing drought stress damages across Sahalian countries. Dr. Tovginan shares strategies on how to reduce drought effects on sorghum growth to achieve multipurpose production in West Africa. 

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Dr. Thierry Tovignan, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, University of Abomey-Calavi
Benin

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09.2020 | Dr J. Kaba

An ecologically sustainable approach to cocoa production: the role of shade trees in influencing farmers’ adoption of cocoa agroforestry systems

Climatic models predict that climate change may result in a drastic decrease of climatic suitability for Cocoa in current growing regions by 2050. Dr. Kaba explains how Cocoa Agroforestry Systems can ensure an ecologically sustainable production. 

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Dr. James Seutra Kaba, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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10.2020 | Dr K. Dimobe

How to find suitable habitats for the conservation of shea butter trees under current and future climate conditions in Burkina Faso?

Overexploitation, changing land-use and likely climate change threaten the shea butter trees in Burkina Faso. Dr Kangbeni Dimobe explains how sustainable use and adaptive conservation management can contribute to reduce the extinction risk of shea butter trees in Burkina Faso. 

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Dr Kangbeni Dimobe, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, University of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

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11.2020 | Dr A.M.O. Oduor

Benefits and challenges of community-based wildlife conservancies in Kenya’s Maasai Mara ecosystem

Community‐based wildlife conservation have been implemtend in economically-poor regions in East Africa. Dr Ayub M.O. Oduor shows their socio-economic benefits and governance challenges and why reconfiguration of local institutions, and technological and managerial fixes are needed to improve wildlife co-management and benefit sharing

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Dr A.M.O. Oduor, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, Technical University of Kenya
Kenya

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10.2020 | Dr S.B. Azumah

Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers: The role of human capital development

Climate- related shocks will worsen food supply in south Saharan Africa countries due to their agrarian economic base. Dr Shaibu B. Azumah explains how the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices can contribute to the growth of the national GDP by resolving critical problems like food insecurity and low labour employment under agri-production systems and what role human capital development has in this. 

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Dr Shaibu Baanni Azumah, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, University for Development Studies | Solidaridad Network, Ghana  

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11.2020 | Dr N. Chanza

Local-based solutions for closing gaps in disaster research, policy and practice

Increased frequency and severity in climate change events call for shifts in attention towards disaster responses. Dr Nelson Chanza shows how local communities experiencing climatic phenomena can be engaged in designing and implementing disaster management measures to fill a gap and strengthen disaster management systems.  

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Dr Nelson Chanza, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, Bindura University of Science Education Zimbabwe and University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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11.2020 | Dr E. Bessah

The synergy of dynamical and statistical downscaling in climate impact studies could minimize uncertainties 

Climate models projection of change in surface water resources in Ghana are inconsistent. Scarce data availability and downscaling global circulation models (GCMs) are the two main challenges climate impact studies in Sub Saharan Africa. Read how findings from both dynamical and statistical downscaling could complement each other by minimizing their weaknesses and amplifying their strength (synergy) to support decision making.   

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Dr Enoch Bessah, DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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