Katharina Waha

Crop yields in East Africa, for example in central Ethiopia are low and year-to-year variability is large because of poor soils, harvest losses and high variation in water supply. Spreading the risk by diversifying production could be potential solution for...

The Nile basin is one of the major agricultural production regions in Africa. Climate change can increase the risk of heat stress for crops and shorten the growing season and the impact differs between double and single cropping systems.

Annual and seasonal rainfall are important drivers of agricultural productivity and profitability in Australian agriculture and various climatological and synoptic drivers influence rainfall patterns in Australia’s diverse climate.

Whether to diversify agricultural production or not can be a challenging decision for a farmer. On-farm diversification is often promoted as a beneficial strategy to adapt to climate change, increase food production sustainably or as a solution to food insecurity. But...

Computer modelling is an important research tool to conduct virtual experiments. For natural and agroecosystems for example, to understand interactions between system elements and predict outcomes relevant for human societies. LPJmL is simulating environmental change in the terrestrial biosphere.

A farmer’s practices change constantly in response to changes in the environment. Change in the way a crop’s growing seasons is managed is one potential strategy. We here demonstrate how effective two example adaptation strategies can be in avoiding negative impacts from increasing temperatures and changing precipitation.