Sentence examples for uncertain rainfall from inspiring English sources
Maayouf says he's also worried by the risks posed by uncertain rainfall and pests.
The low, uncertain rainfall makes agriculture and settlement precarious, and the islands are only lightly cultivated, the main product being Sea Island cotton grown on Carriacou.
Uncertain rainfall and the rising costs of farming have made agriculture less and less sustainable in the region, leading to an increase in farmer suicides.
Earlier work by Vitanen (1982) showed that the spread of agriculture to areas with little or uncertain rainfall was the main cause of desertification in North Kordofan, western Sudan.
The rise in temperatures and levels of carbon dioxide and uncertain rainfall associated with climate change may have serious adverse effects either directly or indirectly on the growth, development, and yield of rice crops ([Lobell et al., 2011]).
Rain-index insurance is strongly advocated in many parts of the developing world to help farmers to cope with climatic risk that prevails in (semi- arid rangelandsemi- aridow and highly uncerangelandsfall.
The supply challenges of Ghana's power sector are mainly seen in the periodic hydrological shortfalls as a result of the uncertain pattern on rainfall and inflows into the hydropower facilities.
This was followed by a seasonal aridification trend along the west coast [ 14], the precise timing of which is uncertain, in which summer rainfall was reduced and winter rainfall was increased.
Overall, annual runoff is projected to decline under most methods, but seasonal changes are more uncertain reflecting differences in the rainfall change signal for different downscaled products.
However the future is uncertain, as a predicted lowering of rainfall due to climate change is a further concern, with likely negative impacts on fruit yields and recruitment and consequently population projections.
However, projections of rainfall change are still highly uncertain for many regions, particularly at sub annual/seasonal scales.
