Climate change impact and variability on cereal productivity among smallholder farmers under future production systems in West Africa
2021
MacCarthy, Dilys S. | Adam, Myriam | Freduah, Bright S. | Fosu-Mensah, Benedicta Yayra | Ampim, Peter A. Y. | Doro, Luca | Worqlul, Abeyou W. | Osorio, Javier M. | Meki, Manyowa Norman
Agriculture in West Africa is constrained by several yield-limiting factors, such as poor soil fertility, erratic rainfall distributions and low input systems. Projected changes in climate, thus, pose a threat since crop production is mainly rain-fed. The impact of climate change and its variation on the productivity of cereals in smallholder settings under future production systems in Navrongo, Ghana and Nioro du Rip, Senegal was assessed in this study. Data on management practices obtained from household surveys and projected agricultural development pathways (through stakeholder engagements), soil data, weather data (historical: 1980–2009 and five General Circulation Models; mid-century time slice 2040–2069 for two Representative Concentration Pathways; 4.5 and 8.5) were used for the impact assessment, employing a crop simulation model.
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