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on yield formation of rice crops with large panicle. Field Crops Res 98:141–150
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Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation, vol 3. Imperial College Press, London,
pp 90–112
Mbow C, Smith P, Skole D et al (2014) Achieving mitigation to climate change through sustainable
agroforestry practices in Africa. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 6:8–14
McCown RL, Hammer GL, Hargreaves JNG et al (1996) APSIM: a novel software system for
model development, model testing, and simulation in agricultural research. Agric Syst
50:255–271
Moyo M (2001) Representative soil profiles of ICRISAT research sites Chemistry and Soil Research
Institute, Soils Report No A666. Agriculture Research Extensions (AREX), Harare, p 97
Nyamangara J, Gotosa J, Mpofu SE (2001) Cattle manure effects on structural Stability and water
retention capacity of a granitic sandy soil in Zimbabwe. Soil Tillage Res 62(3–4):157–162
Perez C, Jones EM, Kristjanson P et al (2015) How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective. Glob Environ Chang
34:95–107
Piikki K, Winowiecki L, Vagen TG et al (2015) The importance of soil fertility constraints in
modeling sustainability under progressive climate change in Tanzania. Procedia Environ Sci
29:199–211
Ruane AC, McDermid SP (2017) Selection of a representative subset of global climate models
that captures the profile of regional changes for integrated climate impacts assessment. Earth
Perspect 4:1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40322-017-0036-4
Ruane AC, Goldberg R, Chryssanthacopoulos J (2014) Climate forcing datasets for agricultural
modeling: merged products for gap-filling and historical climate series estimation. Agric For
Meteorol 200:233–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.016
Rurinda J, van Wijk MT, Mapfumo P et al (2015) Climate change and maize yield in southern
Africa: what can farm management do? Glob Chang Biol 21(12):4588–4601
Steduto P, Hsiao TC, Raes D et al (2009) AquaCrop–the FAO crop model to simulate yield response
to water: I. Concepts and underlying principles. Agron J 101(3):426–437
Tittonell P, Zingore S, van Wijk MT et al (2007) Nutrient use efficiencies and crop responses to N,
P and manure applications in Zimbabwean soils: exploring management strategies across soil
fertility gradients. Field Crop Res 100:348–368
UNCCD (2014) Land-based adaptation and resilience: powered by nature. 2nd edn 2014.
Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Secretariat of the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn. Available from: http://www.eldinitiative.org/fileadmin/pdf/Land_Based_Adaptation_ENG_Sall_web.pdf
Vanlauwe B, Giller KE (2006) Popular myths around soil fertility management in sub-Saharan
Africa. Agric Ecosyst Environ 116:34–46
Vermeulen SJ, Aggarwal PK, Ainslie A et al (2012) Options for support to agriculture and food
security under climate change. Environ Sci Policy 15:136–144
Yang L, Huang J, Yang H et al (2006) The impact of free-air CO 2 enrichment (FACE) and N supply
on yield formation of rice crops with large panicle. Field Crops Res 98:141–150
Zingore S, Tittonell P, Corbeels M et al (2011) Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 90:87–103
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
P. Masikati et al.