Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors

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dc.creatorZougmoré, Robert B.
dc.creatorPartey, Samuel T.
dc.creatorOuédraogo, Mathieu
dc.creatorOmitoyin, Bamidele
dc.creatorThomas, Timothy S.
dc.creatorAyantunde, Augustine A.
dc.creatorEricksen, Polly J.
dc.creatorSaid, Mohammed Yahya
dc.creatorJalloh, Abdulai
dc.date2016-12
dc.date2016-12-20T20:57:14Z
dc.date2016-12-20T20:57:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:43:00Z
dc.descriptionMany projections of the impact of climate change on the crop, livestock and fishery production sectors of African agriculture are reported in the literature. However, they may be arguably too general to understand the magnitude of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development efforts that are tailored to promoting climate- smart agriculture in the West African region alone. This paper was synthesized from several scholarly literature and aimed at providing up-to-date information on climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, policies and institu- tional mechanisms that each agriculture subsector had put in place in dealing with climate change and its related issues in West Africa. For each subsector (crop, fishery and livestock), the current status, climate change impacts, mitigation and adaption strategies have been analyzed. In addition, we reviewed recent policy initiatives in the region that foster the development and adoption of climate-smart agricultural options to improve resilience of farming systems and livelihoods of smallholder farmers to climate change risks. From community to national and regional levels, various strategies and policies are also being taken to guide actions and investment for climate-smart agriculture in West Africa.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/78427
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/112613
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceZougmoré R, Partey S, Ouédraogo M, Omitoyin B, Thomas T, Ayantunde A, Ericksen P, Said M, Jalloh A. 2016. Toward Climate smart-agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors. Agriculture & Food Security 5:26.
dc.subjectlivelihood
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectplant production
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectfisheries
dc.subjectfinance
dc.titleToward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors
dc.typeJournal Article

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