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Closing the gap between climate information producers and users: Assessment of needs and uptake in Senegal [1]

West Africa is a very vulnerable part of the world to the impacts of climate change due to a combination of exposure and low adaptive capacity. Climate change has induced an increase in rainfall variability which in turn has affected the availability of water resources, ecosystem services and agricultural production. To adapt to the increased aridity, farmers have used indigenous and modern coping strategies such as soil and water conservation techniques, the use of drought-tolerant crops and varieties, crop diversification, etc., and lately, climate information services (CIS). The latter, according to the discourses, has positively contributed to suitable decision-making in terms of farming, pastoral and fishing management systems.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
19/02/2018
Issa Ouedraogo [3], Ndeye Seynabou Diouf [4], Mathieu Ouédraogo & et al [5]
Climate [6]
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Tags:
Climate Change [7], Senegal [8], Africa [9], Climate Adaptation [10], Farmers [11], Agriculture [12], Rainfall Pattern [13], Weather Predictions [14], Information [15]

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[2] http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/6/1/13
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/issa-ouedraogo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ndeye-seynabou-diouf
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mathieu-ou%C3%A9draogo-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/climate
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/senegal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/weather-predictions
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/information