Dissemination of agricultural weather forecasts under weather and climate variability: a case of the smallholder farmers in Moshi rural District, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorChengula, Fasco
dc.contributor.authorNyambo, Briggite
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-19T20:22:21Z
dc.date.available2019-03-19T20:22:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractSince its formation in 1978, the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has continued to provide agricultural weather forecasts among other climate products. However, the uptake and use of these weather forecasts by target end users under changing environment is uncertain. In this paper, production and dissemination pathways of agricultural weather forecasts in Tanzania with a focus to Moshi Rural District are presented. A combination of participatory research approaches and household surveys were used to explore perceptions of local communities on dissemination, application and reliability of agricultural weather forecasts. While the study shows that 96% of farmers depend on climate and weather information for on-farm decision making, only 40% of farming communities rely on TMA weather forecasts. The rest of farmers rely on indigenous knowledge-based weather forecasts. The TMA seasonal weather forecasts lack local/area specific focus. The forecasts relates to area-wide patterns, amounts, distribution, onset and offset of rains, its associated impacts and advisories on possible actions to be taken by users in risk areas. TMA forecasts are unpopular because of too high degree of local unreliability in terms of spatial and temporal distribution and use of technical language. Challenges of packaging and dissemination of seasonal agricultural weather forecasts to smallholder farmers by TMA were identified, and some suggestion on the way forward madeen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi through the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA) project; and the ICIPE- Capacity Building & Institutional Development Programme SIDA-funded projecten_US
dc.identifier.citationChengula F, Nyambo B (2017). Dissemination of agricultural weather forecasts under weather and climate variability: a case of the smallholder farmers in Moshi rural District, Tanzania. International Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension,en_US
dc.identifier.issn2167-0432
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5120
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Premier Publishersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3;(1): 048-057
dc.subjectWeather forecast, communication pathways, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titleDissemination of agricultural weather forecasts under weather and climate variability: a case of the smallholder farmers in Moshi rural District, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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