Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management

Our project explaining seasonal forecasting to farmers in central Senegal built common ground between scientific forecasting and traditional knowledge. It helped farmers understand and use seasonal forecasts to improve crop strategies, and let farmers explain to meteorologists what seasonal climate...

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Autores principales: Ndiaye, Ousmane, Moussa, Abdoulaye S., Seck, M., Zougmoré, Robert B., Hansen, James
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27888
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author Ndiaye, Ousmane
Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
Seck, M.
Zougmoré, Robert B.
Hansen, James
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description Our project explaining seasonal forecasting to farmers in central Senegal built common ground between scientific forecasting and traditional knowledge. It helped farmers understand and use seasonal forecasts to improve crop strategies, and let farmers explain to meteorologists what seasonal climate information they most needed, in turn improving the forecasts’ usefulness.
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spelling CGSpace278882024-01-09T09:47:16Z Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management Ndiaye, Ousmane Moussa, Abdoulaye S. Seck, M. Zougmoré, Robert B. Hansen, James climate food security information dissemination participatory approaches weather forecasting risk Our project explaining seasonal forecasting to farmers in central Senegal built common ground between scientific forecasting and traditional knowledge. It helped farmers understand and use seasonal forecasts to improve crop strategies, and let farmers explain to meteorologists what seasonal climate information they most needed, in turn improving the forecasts’ usefulness. 2013-04-15 2013-04-14T23:11:48Z 2013-04-14T23:11:48Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27888 en Open Access application/pdf Ndiaye O, Moussa AS, Seck M, Zougmore R, Hansen J. 2013. Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management. Case Study prepared for Hunger • Nutrition • Climate Justice • 2013 | A New Dialogue : Putting People at the Heart of Global Development. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Aid.
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food security
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participatory approaches
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risk
Ndiaye, Ousmane
Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
Seck, M.
Zougmoré, Robert B.
Hansen, James
Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title_full Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title_fullStr Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title_full_unstemmed Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title_short Communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal for better agricultural management
title_sort communicating seasonal forecasts to farmers in kaffrine senegal for better agricultural management
topic climate
food security
information dissemination
participatory approaches
weather forecasting
risk
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27888
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