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Developing climate-smart agriculture to face climate variability in West Africa: challenges and lessons learnt
This paper reviewed the prospects for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) development and promotion in West Africa as well as lessons learnt and challenges with a focus on climate change and variability. It was evident from the literature that West Africa is vulnerable to climate change and variability, on account of its socio-economic and physical characteristics. As climate change and variability persists, the region’s quest to use agriculture as the mainstream opportunity to deliver on set targets of the sustainable development goals will be strongly challenged without appropriate interventions. Adopting CSA seems to be a suitable strategy to achieving food security while also mitigating and adapting to climate-related risks. Among numerous CSA technologies, the review found (1) agroforestry (farmer-managed natural regenerations), soil and water conservation technologies (zai, half-moon, tie/contour ridges, conservation agriculture) and (3) climate information services as highly valued promising options for climate change adaptation and risk management in West Africa. -
Facing climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of climate-smart agriculture opportunities to manage climate-related risks
In the literature, a lot of information is available about climate change perceptions and impacts in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited attention in the region to emerging initiatives, technologies and
policies that are tailored to building the adaptive capacity of agricultural systems to climate change and
variability. In this paper, we discuss the prospects for climate-smart agriculture technologies and enabling
policies in dealing with climate change and variability at different sub-regional levels of sub-Saharan Africa to sustain farm productivity and livelihoods of agrarian communities -
Lexique des mots et termes météo
Le présent ouvrage, réalisé dans le cadre du programme BRACED, est le fruit d’un long processus d’échange de l’ensemble des acteurs des secteurs publics et privés, les ONGs et Institutions impliqués dans le processus de production et de diffusion de l’information climatique au Burkina Faso. Le processus d’élaboration de ce document a permis de lever le traditionnel quiproquo qui existe entre les spécialistes de la météorologie et les hommes des médias. En effet depuis belle lurette, les deux camps se rejettent mutuellement la faute quand il est question de transmettre le contenu des messages météos à la population qui ne comprend pas souvent le contenu des messages et informations diffusées.