Climate-smart agriculture in African countries: A Review of strategies and impacts on smallholder farmers

TO Ariom, E Dimon, E Nambeye, NS Diouf, OO Adelusi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic
greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect …

Current and future challenges and opportunities for livestock farming in West Africa: Perspectives from the case of Senegal

R Eeswaran, AP Nejadhashemi, A Faye, D Min… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Livestock farming is a livelihood activity and is critically important for the food and nutritional
security of the majority of the population in West African countries, including Senegal …

SWOT-FAHP-TOWS analysis for adaptation strategies development among small-scale farmers in drought conditions

M Savari, MS Amghani - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022 - Elsevier
The small-scale farmers in Iran and around the world have experienced the highest level of
drought vulnerability among all social groups in recent years. As very little research has …

[HTML][HTML] Farmer forecasts: Impacts of seasonal rainfall expectations on agricultural decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa

Z Guido, A Zimmer, S Lopus, C Hannah, D Gower… - Climate Risk …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seasonal climate variability frequently undermines farm yields, reduces food availability,
and lowers income. This is particularly evident among small-scale agricultural producers in …

Empowering citizen-led adaptation to systemic climate change risks

TH Oliver, P Bazaanah, J Da Costa, N Deka… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The increasing impacts of climate change instigate the need for adaptation. However, most
adaptation initiatives focus on actions by government or businesses, despite growing calls …

A global meta-analysis of climate services and decision-making in agriculture

L Born, S Prager, J Ramirez-Villegas, P Imbach - Climate Services, 2021 - Elsevier
Harmonizing the supply of climate information with the type of information needed by next-
users is crucial for effective weather and climate services (CS). Understanding of information …

Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal

B Chiputwa, P Wainaina, T Nakelse, P Makui… - Climate services, 2020 - Elsevier
Does the provision of weather and climate information services (WCIS) enhance farmer's
use of forecasts in informing farm decisions? This paper assesses the effectiveness of the …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that influence the use of climate information services for agriculture: A systematic review

D Warner, S Moonsammy, J Joseph - Climate Services, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of climate information services (CIS) is widely considered as a key adaptation
strategy for the agriculture sector in dealing with the challenges posed by climate variability …

Prioritizing climate‐smart agriculture: An organizational and temporal review

M Gardezi, S Michael, R Stock, S Vij… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extant systematic literature reviews on the topic of climate smart agriculture (CSA) have
mainly focused on two issues: reviewing framing of the CSA discourse in the academic and …

An analysis of the barriers to using climate information services to build a resilient agricultural system in Iran

M Savari, M Zhoolideh, M Limuie - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, applying climate information services (CIS) have attracted the attention of
policymakers as one of the risk management approaches, and they consider it a key …