Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials
Agricultural production in the Sudano–Sahelian zone of west Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and climate change. The present study aimed to understand farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and change and to evaluate adaptation options together with farmers, inc...
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2015
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| author | Traoré, B. Wijk, Mark T. van Descheemaeker, Katrien K. Corbeels, Marc Rufino, Mariana C. Giller, Kenneth E. |
| author_browse | Corbeels, Marc Descheemaeker, Katrien K. Giller, Kenneth E. Rufino, Mariana C. Traoré, B. Wijk, Mark T. van |
| author_facet | Traoré, B. Wijk, Mark T. van Descheemaeker, Katrien K. Corbeels, Marc Rufino, Mariana C. Giller, Kenneth E. |
| author_sort | Traoré, B. |
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| description | Agricultural production in the Sudano–Sahelian zone of west Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and climate change. The present study aimed to understand farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and change and to evaluate adaptation options together with farmers, including tactical management of planting date in combination with the use of mineral fertilizer. Farmers perceived an increase in annual rainfall variability, an increase in the occurrence of dry spells during the rainy season, and an increase in temperature. Overall, this is in line with the observed meteorological data. Drought tolerant, short maturing crop varieties and appropriate planting dates were the commonly preferred adaptation strategies to deal with climate variability. On-farm trials confirmed that planting delays significantly reduce crop yields. The use of mineral fertilizer is often promoted, but risky for smallholders: although larger fertilizer applications increased the yield of maize (Zea mays) and millet (Pennisetum glaucum) significantly, a gross margin analysis indicated that it did not lead to more profit for all farmers. We conclude that integrating management of nutrients and planting time with improved farmer access to timely weather information, especially on the onset of the rains, is critical to enhancing adaptive capacity to increased climate variability and change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace934832025-06-17T08:23:24Z Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials Traoré, B. Wijk, Mark T. van Descheemaeker, Katrien K. Corbeels, Marc Rufino, Mariana C. Giller, Kenneth E. agriculture climate change farmers crop yield Agricultural production in the Sudano–Sahelian zone of west Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and climate change. The present study aimed to understand farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and change and to evaluate adaptation options together with farmers, including tactical management of planting date in combination with the use of mineral fertilizer. Farmers perceived an increase in annual rainfall variability, an increase in the occurrence of dry spells during the rainy season, and an increase in temperature. Overall, this is in line with the observed meteorological data. Drought tolerant, short maturing crop varieties and appropriate planting dates were the commonly preferred adaptation strategies to deal with climate variability. On-farm trials confirmed that planting delays significantly reduce crop yields. The use of mineral fertilizer is often promoted, but risky for smallholders: although larger fertilizer applications increased the yield of maize (Zea mays) and millet (Pennisetum glaucum) significantly, a gross margin analysis indicated that it did not lead to more profit for all farmers. We conclude that integrating management of nutrients and planting time with improved farmer access to timely weather information, especially on the onset of the rains, is critical to enhancing adaptive capacity to increased climate variability and change. 2015-10 2018-07-03T10:55:50Z 2018-07-03T10:55:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93483 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Traore, B., van Wijk, M.T., Descheemaeker, K., Corbeels, M., Rufino, M.C., Giller, K.E.. 2015. Climate variability and change in Southern Mali : learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials. Experimental Agriculture, 51 (4) : 615-634. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479714000507 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate change farmers crop yield Traoré, B. Wijk, Mark T. van Descheemaeker, Katrien K. Corbeels, Marc Rufino, Mariana C. Giller, Kenneth E. Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title | Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title_full | Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title_fullStr | Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title_short | Climate variability and change in Southern Mali: learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials |
| title_sort | climate variability and change in southern mali learning from farmer perceptions and on farm trials |
| topic | agriculture climate change farmers crop yield |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93483 |
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