Stabilising the global temperature within the predicted 2°C rise, it is necessary to provide accurate information to policymakers on the current state, temporal and spatial changes of CO2 emission from land use and land ...

The Niger river basin is characterized by hydro-climatic changes induced by land use and climate change that have significant impacts on local populations. The Niger Inland Delta (NID) wetland comprises a large flooded ...

Following the decades of dramatic droughts that started in the 1960s, Burkina Faso started implementing Soil and Water Conservation in 1960s (SWC) measures to combat desertification. The implementation of SWC measures ...

Agricultural production particularly rice production is one of the priority areas for vision 2020 agricultural and natural resources policy document for the Gambia. An agronomic trial was conducted in 2017 and 2018 at the ...

This study assessed the impact of climate and land use/land cover (LULC) change on the water balance components in the Vea catchment, West Africa using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The specific objectives ...

As the climate of the West African Sahel changes due to global warming, agricultural systems are facing stress due to the excess water induced by extreme rain events. Our first experiment, implemented in the suburbs of ...

Both Climate and Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) changes are the key factors that can modify water resources availability. Water resources which are a vital necessity for any existing life form are controlled by Climate Change ...

Agroforestry plays an important role in food security and farmer‘s resilience to climate change and variability in West Africa. However, the link between agroforestry parkland profiles and the capability of these parklands ...

In this study, we analysed trends of daily precipitation-based indices in the ensembles of Global and Regional Climate Models (GCMs and RCMs) for historical and future climate projection. The specific objectives of the ...

African farmers need to better adapt to climate variability. Many of them underwent a terrible famine in the seventies and still face food insecurity. In this study we aim to investigate the situation of Malian farmers of ...