Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierIssa Ouedraogo: 0000-0002-5675-6769en
cg.creator.identifierNDEYE SEYNABOU DIOUF: 0000-0002-5866-6265en
cg.creator.identifierRobert Zougmore: 0000-0002-6215-4852en
cg.creator.identifierAnthony Whitbread: 0000-0003-4840-7670en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111515en
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: WA_CINSEREen
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-WA_CINSEREen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2073-4433en
cg.issue11en
cg.journalAtmosphereen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETSen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorOuédraogo, Issaen
dc.contributor.authorDiouf, Ndeye Seynabouen
dc.contributor.authorGnalenba, Abloukaen
dc.contributor.authorZougmoré, Robert B.en
dc.contributor.authorWhitbread, Anthony M.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-18T16:28:42Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-18T16:28:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117580
dc.titleUtility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africaen
dcterms.abstractWeather and climate information services (WCIS) are gaining recognition among scientists and governments as an essential adaptation tool for agriculture, especially in the drylands of Africa. In Senegal, the widespread production and dissemination of WCIS was initiated in 2015 to cover the agricultural, pastoral and fishing sectors. This paper analyzes the types of decisions made by WCIS users, their preferences and level of satisfaction, and explores the triggers of agricultural WCIS adoption. We collected data during the onset and cessation of the rainy seasons to understand the utility and reliability of WCIS by farmers across all stages of the growing season. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A binary logistic regression was tested to understand the socio-economic triggers in uptake of WCIS. Results showed that rainfall forecast is the most preferred WCIS (49% of the respondents) followed by extreme wind forecast. At the beginning of the rainy season, nearly 80% of the respondents have chosen the sowing date and about 60% have chosen crop varieties based on disseminated WCIS. In the middle of the growing season, about 70% of the respondents used WCIS to decide on fertilizer application dates. Results also showed that age and level of education, being trained on WCIS use, membership to farmers’ organizations, owning a radio have a significant effect on WCIS-based decision-making. These factors are essential for triggering the uptake of WCIS, and therefore are required to improve the implementation of existing weather climate services in Africa.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2021-11-17en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOuédraogo I, Diouf NS, Gnalenba A, Zougmoré RB, Whitbread AM. 2021. Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa. Atmosphere 12(11):1515.en
dcterms.extent1515en
dcterms.issued2021-11-17en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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