Effectiveness of climate information services: An evaluation of the accuracy and socio-economic benefits for smallholder farmers in Niger and Mali

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWest African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Useen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut d'Économie Ruraleen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquéeen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Maradien
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierMoussa, Soule: 0000-0001-9125-1304en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345888en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2624-9553en
cg.journalFrontiers in Climateen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.volume6en
dc.contributor.authorBizo, Issiaka M.en
dc.contributor.authorTraore, Boubaen
dc.contributor.authorSidibé, Amadouen
dc.contributor.authorSoulé, Moussaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-16T13:25:28Zen
dc.date.available2024-07-16T13:25:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149103
dc.titleEffectiveness of climate information services: An evaluation of the accuracy and socio-economic benefits for smallholder farmers in Niger and Malien
dcterms.abstractClimate information services are foundational means of building the farmer’s resilience. However, studies are scarce about the accuracy of climate information services in dryland regions such as the West Africa Sahel, like in Mali and Niger. Thus, this study examined the accuracy of climate forecasts and their socio-economic benefits in these two countries. For rainfall forecasts and alerts, we collected the 2022 data from the ‘SMS Sandji’ platform in Mali (Nara) and the national meteorological agency alert database in Niger (Zinder). The socio-economic benefits of climate information were determined using a sample of 900 individuals in Niger and 227 in Mali. The results indicate that both seasonal and daily climate forecasts have high to moderate accuracy from 0.7 to 0.58 for CSI and 0.11 to 0.43 for BS index in Niger, and 0.94 to 0.91 for CSI, and 0.06 to 0.25 for BS in Mali. The results of field survey show that, in general, 87 to 100% of the respondents in Niger and 100% in Mali received the seasonal forecasts. ANOVA also reveals with high significance ( p value = 0.0001) that the utilization of climate information plays a crucial role in improving farmers’ average financial incomes with FCFA 24,943 per hectare at season onset to FCFA 15,355 per hectare during the cropping season, and FCFA 6204 per hectare at the end of the season, and time-saving of 36 h per hectare to 8 h per hectare, depending on the period when the information was used. Globally, this work underscores the importance of climate information services and highlights their positive socio-economic impacts to the livelihood of farmers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2024-04-17en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBizo, I.M.; Traore, B.; Sidibé, A.; Soulé, M. (2024) Effectiveness of climate information services: An evaluation of the accuracy and socio-economic benefits for smallholder farmers in Niger and Mali. Frontiers in Climate 6: 1345888. ISSN: 2624-9553en
dcterms.extent15 p.en
dcterms.issued2024-04-17en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectevaluationen
dcterms.subjectclimate services-climate information servicesen
dcterms.subjectsahelen
dcterms.subjectsmallholders-small farmersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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