Researchers from International Water Management Institute Report New Studies and Findings in the Area of Risk Management (Rainfall Shocks and Crop Productivity In Zambia: Implication for Agricultural Water Risk Management): Risk Management

2023 FEB 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Risk Management. According to news reporting originating in Pretoria, South Africa, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This paper investigates the impact of erratic rainfall and related water problems on agricultural productivity. The paper also aims to shed light on the conceptual importance of understanding the incidence and impacts of rainfall shocks for choosing feasible agricultural water risk management strategies both at household and policy levels.”

Funders for this research include AKADEMIYA2063, IWMI, ReSAKSS, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from International Water Management Institute, “To achieve these goals we develop a conceptual framework, use national representative data from Zambia’s crop estimates survey for 2017/2018 farming season, employ fixed effects regression approach, and find that dry spells, excessive floods, incidence of water logging are all detrimental to crop productivity. The crop-based equations also reveal the differential impacts of the rainfall shocks on different crops.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Since the effect of water factors including dry spells, floods and water logging on agricultural productivity is dependent on the crop types, it is important for the Zambian government as well as other countries to take this into account when planning and implementing strategies for agricultural water risk management.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Rainfall Shocks and Crop Productivity In Zambia: Implication for Agricultural Water Risk Management. Agricultural Water Management, 2022;269. Agricultural Water Management can be contacted at: Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Agricultural Water Management - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/agricultural-water-management/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Greenwell C. Matchaya, International Water Management Institute, 141 Cresswell Rd, Pretoria, South Africa. Additional authors for this research include Getaw Tadesse and Auckland N. Kuteya.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107648. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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