Agriculture in West Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Climate Change and Impacts Scenarios, and Potential for Adaptation
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Sorbonne Université · +5 more institutions
Abstract
West Africa is known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to high climate variability, high reliance on rain-fed agriculture, and limited economic and institutional capacity to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, better knowledge of how climate will change in West Africa and how such changes will impact crop productivity is crucial to inform policies that may counteract the adverse effects. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of climate change impacts on agriculture in West Africa based on the recent scientific literature. West Africa is nowadays experiencing a rapid climate change, characterized by a widespread warming, a recovery of the monsoonal…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 53.84
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 228
Authors
2- BSBenjamin SultanCorresponding
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
- MGMarco Gaetani
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales
Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Agriculture
- Precipitation
- Context (archaeology)
- Monsoon
- Cropping
- Geography
- Environmental science
- Climate action