Transcripts on seasonal climate forecasts, indices and practices from farmers in Malawi, April-May 2019

The dataset provides transcripts from focus groups in Salima, Mangochi and Zomba (Malawi). The focus groups' discussions concern the monthly agricultural activities in association with the climate services and extreme weather events. The data were produced as part of NERC Program Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR). Grant reference - Improving Preparedness to Agro-Climatic Extremes in Malawi (IPACE-Malawi). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2b8cb09f-9348-4115-a90e-818eade599af

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2022-03-24

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2b8cb09f-9348-4115-a90e-818eade599af

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/2b8cb09f-9348-4115-a90e-818eade599af

Other citation details: Mittal, N., Whitfield, S. (2022). Transcripts on seasonal climate forecasts, indices and practices from farmers in Malawi, April-May 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2b8cb09f-9348-4115-a90e-818eade599af

University of Leeds - Mittal, N.

University of Leeds - Whitfield, S.

University of Leeds - Prof. Stephen Whitfield

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

University of Leeds

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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Meteorological geographical features

Keywords

Agriculture
agro-climatic indices
Africa
Maize
Farmers
Decision-making
Climate services
Extreme weather

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Mittal, N., Whitfield, S. (2022). Transcripts on seasonal climate forecasts, indices and practices from farmers in Malawi, April-May 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2b8cb09f-9348-4115-a90e-818eade599af

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Distance: 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

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Environment

Begin date: 2019-04-01

End date: 2019-05-31

Code: WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Between April and May 2019 15 focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted across five Extension Planning Areas (EPAs); 10 FGDs with farmers and 5 FGDs with Agricultural Extension Development Officers (AEDOs). The farmers involved in the FGD were selected by the AEDOs and included both male and female farmers (and amongst which one or more than one was the lead farmer i.e., farmer representative). In total, 70 female farmers and 48 male farmers, and 21 AEDOs participated in the FGDs. The age of male farmer and female farmer participants ranged from 28–58 to 20–54, respectively. The FGDs were conducted in the local language Chichewa, facilitated by a local research assistant who audio recorded, translated and transcribed the discussions.

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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Metadata Date: 2022-05-18T12:21:12

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Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK

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