<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal"^^ . "Does the provision of weather and climate information services (WCIS) enhance farmer’s use of forecasts in\r\ninforming farm decisions? This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Multi-disciplinary Working Group (MWG)\r\n– a WCIS co-production initiative in Senegal in influencing farmers uptake of weather and climate information\r\n(WCI). WCIS are increasingly gaining importance and widely touted as critical in helping farmers adapt to\r\nclimate variability. While there have been various WCIS initiatives producing and translating climate data into\r\ntailored information and knowledge in different parts of the world, there is hardly any rigorous evidence\r\nassessing their effectiveness in improving uptake. In this assessment, we use innovative survey methods and\r\napply rigorous analytical approaches that control for self-selection bias to establish causal linkages between the\r\nMWG and use of WCIS. Our findings indicate that MWGs are positively associated with farmers’ awareness,\r\naccess and uptake of WCI resulting in farm management responses depending on the type of information used.\r\nThe presence of MWGs generally increases farmer’s awareness of WCI by 18%, access by 12% and uptake by\r\n10%. Furthermore, use of seasonal forecasts is generally associated with a higher proportion of farmers using\r\nimproved seed, fertilizers and manure, but negatively with crop diversification within MWG locations. This\r\nsuggests that participatory approaches in the provision of tailored climate information and advisory services can\r\nlead to higher uptake and use among farmers in informing farm management responses for better adaptation to\r\nclimate change. We highlight lessons for improved evaluations of WCIS in future."^^ . "2020-11" . . . "20" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Climate Services"^^ . . . "24058807" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P"^^ . "Makui"^^ . "P Makui"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Nakelse"^^ . "T Nakelse"^^ . . "B"^^ . "Chiputwa"^^ . "B Chiputwa"^^ . . "O"^^ . "Ndiaye"^^ . "O Ndiaye"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Wainaina"^^ . "P Wainaina"^^ . . "P A"^^ . "Minang"^^ . "P A Minang"^^ . . "R B"^^ . "Zougmoré"^^ . "R B Zougmoré"^^ . . . . . . "Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "main.pdf"^^ . . . "Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11770 \n\nTransforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Smallholder Agriculture"@en . . . "Climate Change"@en . .