LESOTHO

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LESOTHO

• Lesotho Enabling Activities for the
  Implementation of the United Nations Frame-work
  Convention on Climate Change 1996-2000

S.P. Raboqha
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VA Assessment (Sectors)

• Agriculture
• Water
• Forestry
• Rangelands
• Soils Desertification
• Biodiversity
• Health
• Culture

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Overall Challenges

• Organizational
• 1. Identification of Experts (National Study
  Team)
• 2. Working Arrangements (Sectoral Technical Task
  Team) vis Coordinator

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Technical Challenges

• Requirements for Extensive input DATA.
• Lack of data
• Poor quality Data
• Data not in format required by VA tools
• Data Collection Processing took 70 of
  project time.

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Agriculture

• Methodology DSSAT 3.0
• Climate Scenarios CCCM, GFDL,GISS,UKHI
• Crops Maize, Sorghum, Beans
• Input DATA soil
• crop
• climate
• Simulations done for field but conclusions to be
  drawn are for country dimension (NOT considerate
  of agro-ecological zones of the country.)
• SOLUTION ADOPTED Identification of area
  representative of 4 broad agro-ecological zones)

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Consideration of Climatic Extremes (Drought,
Floods)

• Approach adopted Run DSSAT for 3 cycles Normal,
  Wet Dry Years, these need input data be created
  these cycles for the Climate Scenarios.
• Cultivar Local cultivar to be simulated not in
  DSSAT Data base.
• Solution Adopted cultivar closer by
  characteristics to local brands.

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DSSAT Limitations (Queries)

• Risks of Hail, Frosts, Birds etc not examined.
• Temperature biased Warmer conditions translate
  into yield growth although precipitation is
  minimal.
• Shifting of Planting Dates result in marked
  differences in yields is not consistent with
  shift in seasonality (Maize).
• DSSAT does not capture indegenous agricultural
  practices.
• Lack of integrated approach.
• Economic indicators.

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GEF Review results

• Organizational issues Good
• Technical Excellent

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Conclusions

• Data collection Processing to be continuous
  be supported under UNFCCC.
• Research related studies to be supported.