The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is the flagship programme in IFAD’s portfolio of activities designed to channel climate and environmental finance to small-scale farmers. It allows...
The likely effects of climate change are not fully consistent between each of Malawi’s three regions and 28 districts, or the crops assessed. However, several general observations can be made. For example, all districts in the study area are predicted to experience increasing temperatures throughout the year, indicated by increased average monthly ‘Mean Temperature’ as well as average ‘Minimum Temperature’. Furthermore, all districts are predicted to experience increasing delays or inconsistencies in the onset of rainfall, and an overall decrease in the annual and seasonal precipitation between the present day and the ‘Mid-Century’ future (defined by the period ~2040–2069).
Year of publication | |
Publisher | IFAD |
Geographic coverage | Malawi |
Originally published | 29 Apr 2021 |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security |Climate extremes and food security |Climate extremeSmallholder farmer |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | climate changeAgriculturesustainable agriculturerural developmentadaptation to climate changecrop production |
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is a flagship programme within the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) portfolio of activities aimed at channelling climate and environmental...
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is a flagship programme within the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) portfolio of activities aimed at channelling climate and environmental...