TY  - CHAP
AV  - public
T3  - IFPRI?s climate change in Africa series
A1  - Yaye, H
A1  - Danguioua, A
A1  - Jalloh, A
A1  - Zougmore, R B
A1  - Nelson, G C
A1  - Thomas, T S
TI  - Niger
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10798/
SN  - 978-0-89629-204-8
PB  - International Food Policy Research Institute
CY  - Washington
ED  - Jalloh, A
ED  - Nelson, G N
ED  - Thomas, T S
ED  - Zougmore, R B
ED  - Roy-Macauley, H
N2  - Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa located between 11°37´ and
23°23´ north latitude and between 00°10´ and 16°00´ east longitude,
with an area of 1,267,000 square kilometers. Niger shares borders with
Algeria and Libya in the north, Chad in the east, Nigeria and Benin in the
south, and Burkina Faso and Mali in the west. Three-fourths of Niger is covered
by the Sahara Desert. The southern part of the country is in the Sahelian
climate zone, with Sudan savannah vegetation. The rainy season lasts for only
three months, with total rainfall ranging from 150 to 600 millimeters per
year in the Sudan savannah; maximum temperatures are high (45°C in the
shade in April?May). The vegetation cover is sparse, and nomadic agriculture
is dominant...
KW  - Niger
KW  -  West Afica
KW  -  African Agriculture
KW  -  Land Use
KW  -  Agriculture
KW  -  Vulnerability
KW  -  Climate Change
Y1  - 2013///
SP  - 233
T2  - West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
ID  - icrisat10798
EP  - 258
ER  -