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Agricultural activities in Malawi depend largely on rainfall-fed. Rainfall onset is defined as the period, at the beginning of the rainy season, when rainfall distribution has become adequate for crop development while rainfall cessation refers to the period, towards the end of the rainy season, …
Meteorology
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Ornamental Fishery in Lake Malawi looks at cichlid species locally called Mbuna. Several studies in Malawi have evaluated the effects of climate change and Mwera on non-cichlid fish endemic but not Ornamental Fishery in specific. For this reason, the study sought to investigate the effects …
Disaster Risk Management
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This research investigates the impact of climate variability, with a focus on temperature and rainfall, on water levels in the Domasi River basin. Despite the absence of significant individual trends in temperature and rainfall, their combined effects contribute to the dynamics of water resources within …
Disaster Management
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The solely aim of this research was to discuss potential implications of temperature and rainfall variations on tourism that Mangochi district has to anticipate, since it was noted by the researcher that despite the understanding of local weather by tourism operators there was still lack …
Disaster Risk Management
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The world is probably facing the biggest crisis of climate change. Climate change has affected every nation especially African nations. Most of African nations including Malawi rely on rain fed agriculture and Malawi’s economy highly depends on agriculture, this makes Malawi to be severely affected …
Climate change
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This study investigates the intricate relationship between indigenous knowledge systems and the management of water resources in the context of climate change adaptation in Thyolo District of Malawi. Through a comprehensive study conducted in Chimaliro Village under the Traditional Authority Chimaliro, the research employed a …
Geospatial Analysis
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Malawi, a developing country in the tropics largely depends on rain fed agriculture for its economy as well as food security. Agriculture being vulnerable to variable weather and climatic shocks and hazards requires a vibrant and effective agrometeorological sector to act in response to as …
Climate change
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This study assessed the impacts of extreme weather conditions on aviation safety and operational efficiency at Malawi’s two main international airports, Kamuzu International Airport and Chileka International Airport, during 2015–2024. Disruptions caused by fog, low visibility, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and wind shear were analyzed as …
Meteorology
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Climate change is a global phenomenon. Its impact on agricultural activities in the developing countries has been increasing. Decreasing precipitation levels results into droughts which depresses crop yields. This is particularly true in low-income countries where adaptive capacities are perceived to be low. The vulnerability …
Climate change
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Climate change issues has been increasing in the past decade, the most recent weather extreme in Malawi is the cyclone idai in 2019. Therefore, Meteorological information is critical in making agriculture decisions since it is a climate sensitive sector. Malawi is a country that heavily …
Climate change
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This research project investigates the effectiveness of social cash transfer programs in enhancing economic resilience disasters among beneficiaries in Mulanje district, T/A Njema in specific. It was conducted by Jickson Zefania at the Ndata School of Climate and Earth Sciences of the Malawi University of …
Disaster Risk Reduction
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This study was done to assess the effects of rainfall variability on planting dates. It was done in Chipoka Extension Planning Area (EPA), Traditional Authority Ndindi in Salima district, central region of Malawi. Daily rainfall data for Salima district was analysed to come up with …
Meteorology
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