The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso
This infonote summarizes initial findings of a project entitled “Impact of communicating seasonal climate forecasts to cowpea and sesame farmers in Yatenga region, North Burkina Faso’” undertaken during the 2014 main agricultural season by scientists from the CCAFS West Africa programme and the...
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| author | Ouédraogo, Mathieu Zougmoré, Robert B. Barry S Somé, Léopold Grégoire B |
| author_browse | Barry S Grégoire B Ouédraogo, Mathieu Somé, Léopold Zougmoré, Robert B. |
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| description | This infonote summarizes initial findings of a project entitled
“Impact of communicating seasonal climate forecasts
to cowpea and sesame farmers in Yatenga region, North
Burkina Faso’” undertaken during the 2014 main agricultural
season by scientists from the CCAFS West Africa
programme and the Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches
Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso.
Sesame is a cash crop promoted in recent years to respond
to a growing global demand. Quite versatile and
produced across the country, yields remain low with an
average of 300-350kg/ha. National production was estimated
at around 60,000 tons in 2012, mostly for export.
Cowpea is a key legume crop, mostly cultivated by smallholder
farmers in intercropping with cereals (95%). Yields
are low (around 300kg/ha) while it could reach 1,500kg/ha
in monoculture. Just a minority (5%) of farmers use modern
inputs (improved seeds, fertilizer) and market their
grain for the regional market.
This project aims at assessing:
The effect of climate information services on farm
productivity and incomes for cowpea and sesame
farmers in the Yatenga region;
Farmers’ willingness to pay for such climate
information services
Lessons learned for potential scaling up of
communicating climate forecasts services in the
cowpea and sesame sector as a way to improve
farmer climate resilience and productivity.
Such studies are also being carried out in climate-smart
villages in Senegal (Kaffrine region). |
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| spelling | CGSpace685372024-01-09T09:53:28Z The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso Ouédraogo, Mathieu Zougmoré, Robert B. Barry S Somé, Léopold Grégoire B climate change climate-smart agriculture food security agriculture This infonote summarizes initial findings of a project entitled “Impact of communicating seasonal climate forecasts to cowpea and sesame farmers in Yatenga region, North Burkina Faso’” undertaken during the 2014 main agricultural season by scientists from the CCAFS West Africa programme and the Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso. Sesame is a cash crop promoted in recent years to respond to a growing global demand. Quite versatile and produced across the country, yields remain low with an average of 300-350kg/ha. National production was estimated at around 60,000 tons in 2012, mostly for export. Cowpea is a key legume crop, mostly cultivated by smallholder farmers in intercropping with cereals (95%). Yields are low (around 300kg/ha) while it could reach 1,500kg/ha in monoculture. Just a minority (5%) of farmers use modern inputs (improved seeds, fertilizer) and market their grain for the regional market. This project aims at assessing: The effect of climate information services on farm productivity and incomes for cowpea and sesame farmers in the Yatenga region; Farmers’ willingness to pay for such climate information services Lessons learned for potential scaling up of communicating climate forecasts services in the cowpea and sesame sector as a way to improve farmer climate resilience and productivity. Such studies are also being carried out in climate-smart villages in Senegal (Kaffrine region). 2015-10-12 2015-10-15T09:20:35Z 2015-10-15T09:20:35Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68537 en Open Access application/pdf Ouedraogo M, Zougmore R, Barry S, Some L, Baki G. 2015. The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso. CCAFS Info Note. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change climate-smart agriculture food security agriculture Ouédraogo, Mathieu Zougmoré, Robert B. Barry S Somé, Léopold Grégoire B The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title | The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title_full | The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title_short | The value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture: evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate-smart villages of Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | value and benefits of using seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture evidence from cowpea and sesame sectors in climate smart villages of burkina faso |
| topic | climate change climate-smart agriculture food security agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68537 |
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