We recently concluded a comprehensive block seminar, "Understanding the Land-Atmosphere System to Support Sustainable Agricultural Food Production". The seminar comprised enlightening talks, workshops, and poster presentations, shedding light on the interwoven relationships between extreme weather events, climate change, weather forecasting, and sustainable agriculture.
Sub-theme 1. Impact and better prediction of extreme events on agriculture
Satellite Remote Sensing Applications from Weather Satellite in early 1960s to Multi-mission of today: Contributions towards Agriculture Productivity and Food Security, Prof. Dr. Gizaw Mengistu Tsidu, Group Leader, Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment, Space and Planetary Science, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology | BIUST, Palapye, Botswana
Keynote: Drought Risk Management under Evolving Climate Conditions to Support Adaptation Strategies on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, Prof. Dr. Tsegaye Tadesse, Research Professor of Applied Climatology & Remote Sensing, Geospatial Science Coordinator, National Drought Mitigation Center, NOAA’s Drought Risk Management Research Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA
Keynote: The difference between weather forecasting, seasonal predictions, and climate projections as well as their information contents for improving agricultural management in Ethiopia, Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer, Institute of Physics and Meteorology (IPM), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Climate Data Management to Improve Food Security and Resilience to Climate Change, Dr. Abebe Kebede Habtegebriel, CLIFOOD Scholar, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University
The potential of the understanding and simulation of the land-atmosphere system for biogeoengineering and climate mitigation, Dr. Oliver Branch, Institute of Physics and Meteorology (IPM), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Workshop on setting up a weather station and weather data analyses, Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer, Dr. Oliver Branch
Sub-theme 2. Weather forecasting
Climate change projections for Ethiopia using CORDEX-Africa with RegCM4.7 regional climate model and its impact on agriculture sector, Prof. Dr. Tadesse Terefe, Head of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Unit in IGSSA, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
The skills of weather forecast and climate models: How do bias correction and downscaling of climate variables improve accuracy of crop yield forecast, Prof. Dr. Gizaw Mengistu Tsidu, Group Leader, Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment, Space and Planetary Science, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology | BIUST, Palapye, Botswana
Ensemble-based forecasting of heavy precipitation over Ethiopia, Tamene Mekonnen Adgeh, CLIFOOD PhD-Scholar, Department of Physics and Meteorology, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Defining homogenous climate regions in Ethiopia and climate change detection, Markos Budusa Ware, Department of Physics and Meteorology, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
How much is an imperfect rainfall forecast worth for rainfed crop farming? Evidence for crop variety choice in the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Samuel Elias Kayamo, CLIFOOD PhD-Scholar, Department of Land Use Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Multi-model high-resolution climate datasets for Ethiopia: historical evaluation and future projections with focus on climate extremes, Fasil Mequanint Rettie, Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Biogeophysics, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Weather and climate services in Ethiopia, Dr. Asaminew Teshome, Lead Executive Officer, Meteorological Forecast and Early Warning, Ethiopian Meteorological Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Inhibitory activity of bacterial lipopeptides against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. strigae, Mekuria Wolde Assena, Department of Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Current approaches for seasonal predictions for the Tekeze Atbara and Blue Nile region, Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann, Deputy Director, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Climate information services for sustainable agriculture, Dr. Spyros Paparrizos, Assistant Professor Water & Climate Information Services, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Poster presentations
Screening of Ethiopian Durum Wheat Genotypes for Drought Tolerance and Different Sowing Density, Fikeremariam T. Awdamet
Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yield Gap Closure through GxMxExS: A Strategy to Improve Food Security under Climate Change in Ethiopia, Abate Feyissa Senbeta
Effect of microbial fermentation on nutrient and anti-nutrient levels of cassava leaves, Selamawit Tadesse Debele
Studies on genetic diversity, association, and moisture stress tolerance of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn) accessions, Dejene Bekele
Contribution of Climate Covariability on Crop Yields in Ethiopia, Kidist Abera Anteneh
Nutrient Balances and Symbiotic Effectiveness of Rhizobia of Faba Bean and Common Bean Under Different Cropping Systems in Southern Ethiopia, Tadele Geremu Etefa Dibaba
We are looking for bacteria that can solubilize Phosphates (PSB) and fix Nitrogen (NFB), Adishiwot Wendimu Dejene
Effect of seasonality and weather variability on the morbidity and nutritional status of under-five children in agro-pastoralist areas of south-Omo, Ethiopia, Derese Tamiru Desta
