Big data analytics in weather forecasting: A systematic review

M Fathi, M Haghi Kashani, SM Jameii… - … Methods in Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Weather forecasting, as an important and indispensable procedure in people's daily lives,
evaluates the alteration happening in the current condition of the atmosphere. Big data …

Agriculture in West Africa in the twenty-first century: climate change and impacts scenarios, and potential for adaptation

B Sultan, M Gaetani - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Do climate services make a difference? A review of evaluation methodologies and practices to assess the value of climate information services for farmers …

A Tall, JY Coulibaly, M Diop - Climate Services, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the need for more rigorous evaluation of climate service projects and
investments given the existence of little evidence on the actual value of climate services and …

Gender and climate risk management: evidence of climate information use in Ghana

ST Partey, AD Dakorah, RB Zougmoré, M Ouédraogo… - Climatic Change, 2020 - Springer
The gender perspective of climate information use is not well studied although necessary for
develo** gender-responsive climate information services (CIS). This study determined …

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 …

Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda

C Vaughan, J Hansen, P Roudier… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's
agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack …

Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa

E Nkiaka, A Taylor, AJ Dougill… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The vulnerability of social-ecological systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to climate
variability and change means that there is an urgent need to better integrate weather and …

Risk management and decision making in relation to sustainable development

M Hurlbert, J Krishnaswamy, FX Johnson… - 2019 - diva-portal.org
Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

Climate services can support african farmers' context-specific adaptation needs at scale

JW Hansen, C Vaughan, DM Kagabo… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan
African farmers' adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an …

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 …