Managing climate risk in livestock production in South Africa : how might improved tailored forecasting contribute?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the connections between climate and the water-energy-food nexus in southern Africa and recognize the spatial and sectoral interdependencies for enhancing water, energy and food security.

TL;DR: In this paper , a systematic literature review was conducted to identify knowledge gaps about climate change impacts and response strategies in rural livestock production of South Africa, and five limitations were discovered: (1) limited contextual studies of rural livestock farming communities; (2) a silo approach to investigations on impacts and adaptation, (3) drawbacks on mixed crop-livestock systems as an effective response to climate change; (4) limited studies on monogastric livestock in rural communities; and (5) geographic underrepresentation of research progress in different provinces within the country.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the proactive responses of local communities against locally experienced climate change impacts and anticipated threats and found that even small proactive initiatives by households can offer multiple benefits against climate risks as an architect of individuals.

TL;DR: Constraints inhibiting farmers' adoption of cattle feedlots as a climate-smart practice in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, include financial limitations, infrastructure and resource constraints, knowledge and skills gaps, cultural and social factors, market limitations, and environmental considerations.

TL;DR: In this article, a long time series (5-10 years) of station pressure and upper air data from stations located in the tropics are subjected to spectral and cross-spectral analysis to investigate the spatial extent of a previously detected oscillation in various variables with a period range of 40-50 days.

TL;DR: This paper updates the earlier work by Keating et?al.

TL;DR: This paper explored a broader conceptualisation of adaptation pathways that draws on path-thinking in the sustainable development domain to consider the implications of path dependency, interactions between adaptation plans, vested interests and global change, and situations where values, interests or institutions constrain societal responses to change.

TL;DR: The recent U.S. National Academies report, Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability, was unequivocal in recommending the need for the development of a North American Multimodel Ensemble (NMME) operational predictive capability.