"10795","15","archive","1305",,,"disk0/00/01/07/95","2018-07-17 08:22:54","2018-07-17 08:31:21","2018-07-17 08:22:54","book_section",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Jalloh","A","","","","","","","Zougmore","R B","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","Natural Resources Management, West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD) (Dakar)","Senegal","Overview","pub","s2.8","","","public",,,"Crops, Climate change, Agriculture, Food security
Agricultural development, Sustainability, Agricultural policy",,,"The part of Africa designated as West Africa is made up of 16 countries—
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its land area is about 5 million square kilometers,
and its population in 2010 was about 290 million. With the exception
of Mauritania, these countries are members of the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS). The subregion comprises a diversified agricultural
base spread over a wide range of agroecological zones with significant
potential for improved agricultural productivity.
Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for the majority of West
Africans. The agricultural sector employs 60 percent of the active labor force
but contributes only 35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The disparity
between contribution to GDP and share of population means that
many West African farmers are very poor, producing close to subsistence levels
and facing numerous constraints such as droughts, soil acidity, and nutrientdepleted
and degraded soils that impinge on agricultural development. The
most important foodcrops grown and consumed in West Africa are cereals—
sorghum, millet, maize, and rice; roots and tubers—cassava, sweet potatoes,
and yams; and legumes—cowpeas and groundnuts. Major cash crops are
cocoa, coffee, and cotton...","2013","published","IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series",,,,"International Food Policy Research Institute","Washington","1-35","408",,,,,,,,,,"TRUE","978-0-89629-204-8",,"West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis","Jalloh","A","","","","http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896292048","","",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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