Climate change is recognized risk to peoples’ livel ihoods in Tanzania. • Projected impacts include: variability in temperat ure, rainfall, LGP, flooding and drought. • This affects different sectors namely agriculture, water resources & ecosystem services among others. Final effects ar e being felt in reduced agricultural production, diminishing river flow & possibly ground water. • This will be coupled with increasing demand for fo od due to increase in human pressure. • Rain-fed mixed crop livestock systems of north, ea st and central Tanzania are likely to be most severely affected by these changes.
Publication year
2008
Authors
Tscherning K; Sieber S; Wenkel K; Kersebaum K C; Manful D; Dietrich O; Gomani M; Lischeid G; Ojoyi M; Baur H; Dietz J; Kitalyi, A.; Kindt, R.; Gerstengarbe F-W; Bhm U; Büchner M
Language
English
Keywords
climate change, ecology, landscape
Geographic
Tanzania
