Sentence examples for perceived rainfall from inspiring English sources

A greater fraction of farmers perceived rainfall increases in Marlborough, where irrigation growth has been most substantial.

For example, of the 88.7 % of the surveyed households who have already perceived changing precipitation pattern nearly 27%% the households perceived rainfall to be decreasing through time with shorter rainy seasons.

The results of this model indicated that forage availability was positively and significantly (P ≤ 0.05) influenced by the following: length of residence by a livestock keeper, perceived rainfall availability, frequency of grazing, number of kraals, presence of governing rules, presence of conflicts and knowledge of pasture location.

Overall, 95% of the respondents perceived that rainfall was greatly reduced during the Gada period of Guyo Goba, while 92.3% reported a declining trend in the amount of rainfall at the time of Liban Jaldesa (Table 1).

However, Oromo ethnic groups were more likely to expand eucalyptus and change crop varieties to adapt the perceived trend of rainfall and crop productivity.

After the explanatory variables were reduced and the dependent variables were checked for multicollinearity, the MVP regression model was employed to identify the factors that affect farmers' coping and adaption strategies to the perceived decline in rainfall and crop productivity.

This could be probably as a result of the farmer's perceived changes in rainfall patterns which directly affect the availability of crop moisture requirements (Mertz et al. 2009b).

Variations in perception and historical data analysis of climate variability were also reported in Adimassu et al. (2014) where farmers perceived a decreasing rainfall amount and crop yield, contrary to historical data.

Similarly, we established that rainfall and perceived forage availability showed a strong and significant correlation (R = 0.85, R 2 = 0.727).

Farmers apply several and often different farmer-specific strategies to cope with and adapt to the perceived trend of declining rainfall and crop productivity.

Farmers in the CRV of Ethiopia employ several coping and adaptation strategies to the perceived trend of declining rainfall and crop productivity.