Smart-Valleys approach in Burkina Faso for land and water management for rice-based systems and enabling factors for large scale adoption

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. 2020. Smart-Valleys approach in Burkina Faso for land and water management for rice-based systems and enabling factors for large scale adoption. Reported in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Annual Report 2020. Innovations.

The Smart-Valleys approach has been validated using a participatory approach in Burkina Faso in 4 sites characterized by different climate and soil conditions. Adoption of the approach was observed around the demonstration sites. Enabling factors for large-scale adoption of the approach to enhance farmers' resilience to drought were assessed.