Plant breeding is a key mechanism for adaptation of cropping systems to climate change. Much discussion of breeding for climate change focuses on genes with large effects on heat and drought tolerance, but phenology and stress tolerance are highly polygenic. Adaptation will therefore mainly result from continually adjusting allele frequencies at many loci through rapid-cycle breeding that deliv...

Spatial patterning often occurs in ecosystems as a result of a self-organizing process caused by feedback between organisms and the physical environment. Here, we show that the spatial patterns observable in centuries-old Balinese rice terraces are also created by feedback between farmers' decisions and the ecology of the paddies, which triggers a transition from local to global-scale control o...

The impact of climate change is a global threat, and its effect more pronounced in developing countries. It vital to link physical data analysis with endogenous knowledge practices farmers strengthen their adaptive capacity. This study was conducted explore spatial variability temporal trends temperature rainfall association farmers’ perceptions adaptation strategies Southwest Ethiopia. Daily t...

Smallholder farmers in Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe, have grappled for a long time with the effects of climate change despite locally and externally driven resilience-building initiatives place. This paper adopts qualitative approach to explore encountered adaptation barriers. farmers, Agricultural Technical Extension Services (AGRITEX) officers, traditional leadership fraternity were randoml...