eprintid: 10714
rev_number: 12
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2018-06-13 03:40:40
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type: article
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creators_name: Partey, S T
creators_name: Zougmore, R B
creators_name: Ouedraogo, M
icrisatcreators_name: Partey, S T
icrisatcreators_name: Zougmore, R B
icrisatcreators_name: Ouedraogo, M
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
country: Mali
title: Climate information use implications for climate
risk mitigation in West Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: CL1
subjects: CSA
subjects: s2.8
subjects: s28
subjects: s37
subjects: s4009
divisions: CRPS1
crps: crp1.11
full_text_status: public
keywords: Climate information, climate risk mitigation, West Africa, ICT, climate information services
note: This article is part of the Special Issue on Climate-Smart Agriculture published by Tropical Agriculture Association (TTA), No.30, Spring 2017
abstract: With projections of a 70 percent increase in demand for staple
cereals by 2050 in order to feed the growing human population
(FAO, 2010), combined with the current declining per capita food
production and a dwindling natural resource base, ‘feeding West
Africa’ and increasing the resilience of livelihood systems may be
well beyond reach. This has been attributed to multiple factors
such as land tenure challenges, declining soil fertility, poor
markets, climate hazards and variability, inadequate funding and
poor infrastructural development (Ouedraogo et al, 2016; Partey
et al, 2016). The current state of food insecurity and poor rural
livelihoods are expected to be further exacerbated by climate
change and variability which has emerged as one of the major
threats to development in West Africa (Zougmoré et al, 2016)...
date: 2017
date_type: published
publication: Agriculture for Development
volume: 30
publisher: Tropical Agriculture Association (TTA)
pagerange: 16-17
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1759-0604
official_url: http://www.taa.org.uk/assets/pubs/Ag4Dev30_1AWeb_hires.pdf
citation:   Partey, S T and Zougmore, R B and Ouedraogo, M  (2017) Climate information use implications for climate risk mitigation in West Africa.  Agriculture for Development, 30.  pp. 16-17.  ISSN 1759-0604     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10714/1/Climate%20information%20use%20implications%20for%20climate%20risk%20mitigation%20in%20West%20Africa.pdf