Markets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Thornton: 0000-0002-1854-0182
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1029-9en
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: WA_CSA
cg.issn1436-3798en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalRegional Environmental Changeen
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
cg.volume17en
dc.contributor.authorOuédraogo, Mathieuen
dc.contributor.authorZougmoré, Robert B.en
dc.contributor.authorMoussa, Abdoulaye S.en
dc.contributor.authorPartey, Samuel T.en
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip K.en
dc.contributor.authorKristjanson, Patricia M.en
dc.contributor.authorBadiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacineen
dc.contributor.authorSomé, Léopolden
dc.contributor.authorNaab, Jesse B.en
dc.contributor.authorBoureima, Moussaen
dc.contributor.authorDiakite, L.en
dc.contributor.authorQuirós, Carlos F.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-19T13:49:54Zen
dc.date.available2016-09-19T13:49:54Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/77067
dc.titleMarkets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africaen
dcterms.abstractAgricultural practices have constantly changed in West Africa, and understanding the factors that have driven the changes may help guide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture in the region. To contribute to such efforts, this paper analyzes drivers of change in farming practices in the region using data obtained from surveys of 700 farming households in five countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal). The results showed that farmers have adopted various practices in response to the challenges they have faced during the last decade. A series of logit models showed that most changes farmers made to their practices are undertaken for multiple reasons. Land use and management changes including expanding farmed areas and using mineral fertilization and manure are positively related to perceived changes in the climate, such as more erratic rainfall. Planting new varieties, introducing new crops, crop rotation, expanding farmed area and using pesticides are positively associated with new market opportunities. Farm practices that require relatively high financial investment such as use of pesticides, drought-tolerant varieties and improved seeds were positively associated with the provision of technical and financial support for farmers through development projects and policies. Changes in markets and climate are both helping to promote needed changes in farming practices in West Africa. Therefore, policies that foster the development of markets for agricultural products, and improved weather- and climate-related information linked to knowledge of appropriate agricultural innovations in different environments are needed.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.available2016-08-02
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOuédraogo M, Zougmoré R, Moussa AS, Partey ST, Thornton PK, Kristjanson P, Ndour NYB, Somé L, Naab J, Boureima M, Diakité L, Quiros C. 2016. Markets and climate are driving rapid change in farming practices in Savannah West Africa. Regional Environmental Change 17(2):437–449.en
dcterms.extentp. 437-449en
dcterms.issued2017-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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