Predictors of drought in inland valley landscapes and enabling factors for rice farmers’ mitigation measures in the Sudan-Sahel Zone

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut d'Économie Rurale, Malien
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Institute for the Environment and Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationAgricultural Research Council of Nigeriaen
cg.contributor.crpBig Data
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su11010079en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2071-1050en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalSustainabilityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorDossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronalden
dc.contributor.authorZwart, Sander J.en
dc.contributor.authorKouyate, A.en
dc.contributor.authorOuédraogo, I.en
dc.contributor.authorBakare, O.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-05T03:47:58Zen
dc.date.available2019-02-05T03:47:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99285
dc.titlePredictors of drought in inland valley landscapes and enabling factors for rice farmers’ mitigation measures in the Sudan-Sahel Zoneen
dcterms.abstractDrought is a noteworthy cause of low agricultural profitability and of crop production vulnerability, yet in numerous countries of Africa little to no consideration has been paid to readiness for drought calamity, particularly to spatial evaluation and indicators of drought occurrence. In this study, biophysical and socio-economic data, farmers’ community surveys and secondary data from remote sensing on soil characteristics and water demand were used to evaluate the predictors of drought in inland valley rice-based production systems and the factors affecting farmers’ mitigation measures. The study intervened in three West African countries located in the Sudan-Sahel zone, viz. Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria. Significant drying trends occurred at latitudes below 11°30' whilst significant wetting trends were discerned at latitude above 11°30'. Droughts were more frequent and had their longest duration in the states of Niger and Kaduna located in Nigeria and in western Burkina Faso during the period 1995–2014. Among 21 candidate predictors, average annual standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index and duration of groundwater availability were the most important predictors of drought occurrence in inland valleys rice based-production systems. Land ownership and gender affected the commitment of rice farmers to use any mitigation measure against drought. Drought studies in inland valleys should include climatic water balance and groundwater data. Securing property rights and focusing on women’s association would improve farmers’ resilience and advance drought mitigation measures.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2018-12-24
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDossou-Yovo, E. R.; Zwart, Sander J.; Kouyate, A.; Ouedraogo, I.; Bakare, O. 2019. Predictors of drought in inland valley landscapes and enabling factors for rice farmers’ mitigation measures in the Sudan-Sahel Zone. Sustainability, 11(1): 79. doi: 10.3390/su11010079en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectdroughten
dcterms.subjectvalleysen
dcterms.subjectlandscapeen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen
dcterms.subjectrice fieldsen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectcrop productionen
dcterms.subjectsoil propertiesen
dcterms.subjectprecipitationen
dcterms.subjectevapotranspirationen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectwater availabilityen
dcterms.subjectwater balanceen
dcterms.subjectland ownershipen
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic environmenten
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomen's participationen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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