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

R Zougmoré, S Partey, M Ouédraogo… - Agriculture & Food …, 2016 - Springer
Many 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 …

Forage conservation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Review of experiences, challenges, and opportunities

M Balehegn, A Ayantunde, T Amole, D Njarui… - Agronomy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forage conservation is an important potential solution to seasonal variation in feed quality
and quantity and herder‐farmer conflicts in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Considerable …

Livestock feed resources in the West African Sahel

T Amole, A Augustine, M Balehegn… - Agronomy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Limited supply of quality feed is the most important factor limiting livestock productivity in
many sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries. Having a systematic inventory of available feed …

Livestock farmers' perception of climate change and adaptation strategies in the Gera district, Jimma zone, Oromia Regional state, southwest Ethiopia

H Abazinab, B Duguma, E Muleta - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The aim of this study is to assess livestock farmers' perception of climate change
(CC)/variability and adaptation strategies in the Gera district. Rainfall and temperature were …

Determinants of climate-smart agricultural practices in smallholder plots: evidence from Wadla district, northeast Ethiopia

AD Belay, WM Kebede, SY Golla - International Journal of Climate …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine determinants of farmers' use of climate-smart
agricultural practices, specifically improved crop varieties, intercrop**, improved livestock …

Estimating and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in West Africa: does threshold matter?

EB Ntiamoah, I Appiah-Otoo, D Li, MA Twumasi… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Greenhouse gas emissions have an impact on agricultural activity in the West African
region, which is largely agrarian. As a result, most of the countries in the region are food …

Leveraging available resources and stakeholder involvement for improved productivity of African livestock in the era of genomic breeding

EM Ibeagha-Awemu, SO Peters, MN Bemji… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The African continent is home to diverse populations of livestock breeds adapted to harsh
environmental conditions with more than 70% under traditional systems of management …

Propensity to adapt to climate change: Insights from pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households of Laikipia County, Kenya

TW Ng'ang'a, JY Coulibaly, TA Crane, CK Gachene… - Climatic change, 2020 - Springer
Climate change is a reality in Africa's drylands. Pastoralists are engaging and embracing a
range of adaptive strategies to adjust to these changes. The socioeconomic factors driving …

Benefits and barriers to the adoption of climate‐smart agriculture practices in West Africa: A systematic review

TP Agyekum, P Antwi‐Agyei, AJ Dougill… - Climate Resilience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) serves as a credible mechanism to simultaneously address
food security, climate change, and agricultural productivity. Despite the widespread adoption …

Towards indigenous community-based adaptation to climate change: a typological analysis of tree-livestock integration in smallholding systems in dryland areas of …

AS Assani, AK Yarou, NVFG Dedehou, HS Worogo… - Agroforestry …, 2024 - Springer
Integration of livestock farming practices with trees is neglected and poorly explored in the
context of climate change (CC) in drylands. However, such knowledge is urgently needed to …