"11770","11","archive","3170",,,"disk0/00/01/17/70","2021-03-30 05:04:37","2021-03-30 05:04:37","2021-03-30 05:04:37","article",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Chiputwa","B","","","","","","","Zougmoré","R B","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","World Agroforestry (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi","Kenya","Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal","pub","SM1","CRPS1","crp1.11","public",,,"Weather, Climate, Information services, Co-production, Impact evaluation, Smallholder agriculture, Senegal Africa",,"Funding: This work was supported by the USAID through grant
number USAID Contract No: AID-OAA-A-16-00072 under the Climate
Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI), A Learning Agenda for
Climate Information Services in sub- Saharan Africa. The evaluation is
based on the work implemented as part of the CGIAR Research Program
on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which is
carried out with support from CGIAR Fund Donors and through bilateral
funding agreements.","Does the provision of weather and climate information services (WCIS) enhance farmer’s use of forecasts in
informing farm decisions? This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Multi-disciplinary Working Group (MWG)
– a WCIS co-production initiative in Senegal in influencing farmers uptake of weather and climate information
(WCI). WCIS are increasingly gaining importance and widely touted as critical in helping farmers adapt to
climate variability. While there have been various WCIS initiatives producing and translating climate data into
tailored information and knowledge in different parts of the world, there is hardly any rigorous evidence
assessing their effectiveness in improving uptake. In this assessment, we use innovative survey methods and
apply rigorous analytical approaches that control for self-selection bias to establish causal linkages between the
MWG and use of WCIS. Our findings indicate that MWGs are positively associated with farmers’ awareness,
access and uptake of WCI resulting in farm management responses depending on the type of information used.
The presence of MWGs generally increases farmer’s awareness of WCI by 18%, access by 12% and uptake by
10%. Furthermore, use of seasonal forecasts is generally associated with a higher proportion of farmers using
improved seed, fertilizers and manure, but negatively with crop diversification within MWG locations. This
suggests that participatory approaches in the provision of tailored climate information and advisory services can
lead to higher uptake and use among farmers in informing farm management responses for better adaptation to
climate change. We highlight lessons for improved evaluations of WCIS in future.","2020-11","published",,"Climate Services","20",,"Elsevier",,"1-17",,,,,,"doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100203",,,,,"TRUE",,"2405-8807",,,,,,"","https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100203","https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.1016%2Fj.cliser.2020.100203&btnG=","pub",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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"11770",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Makui","P","","",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"National Civil Aviation and Meteorology Service in Senegal (ANACIM), A´eroport L´eopold Sedar Senghor","Senegal",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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