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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWest African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Useen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut d'Économie Ruraleen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquéeen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Maradien_US
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken_US
cg.coverage.countryMalien_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeren_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MLen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMoussa, Soule: 0000-0001-9125-1304en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345888en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2624-9553en_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Climateen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.volume6en_US
dc.contributor.authorBizo, Issiaka M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTraore, Boubaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSidibé, Amadouen_US
dc.contributor.authorSoulé, Moussaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-16T13:25:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-07-16T13:25:28Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149103en_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of climate information services: An evaluation of the accuracy and socio-economic benefits for smallholder farmers in Niger and Malien_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-04-17en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent15 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-04-17en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectevaluationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate services-climate information servicesen_US
dcterms.subjectsahelen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholders-small farmersen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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