Developing rice and sorghum crop adaptation strategies for climate change in vulnerable environments in Africa - RISOCAS (CLIMATE CHANGE)
Description:
Goal: To provide operational methodology to measure the impact of climate change scenarios on crop responses for key cereal-based systems of Africa Purpose: To enable policy makers in agricultural research to develop strategies to adapt African agriculture to climate change and to help producers to tactically adapt their system to increased climate variability
Executive Institute:
Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics 380 Details of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics 380
Parent institution:
University of Hohenheim (UH) Details of (UH) (Baden-Württemberg)
Contract period:
01. 03. 2008 - 28. 02. 2011
Project budget:
1,010,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) Details of CIRAD
- The African Rice Center (WARDA) Details of WARDA
Funding Programme:
- BMZ - BEAF Project funding Details of BMZ - BEAF Project funding
Subject:
- Crop Production
- Agricultural hydrology
- Agricultural Meteorology
- Resource management
- Climate Change
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Details of (BMZ)
Project Management Agency:
- Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF - GIZ) Details of BEAF - GIZ