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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal 2015 FrancePublisher:Frontiers Media SA Authors: Augustine A. Ayantunde; Matthew D. Turner; Adamou Kalilou;handle: 10568/68491
La sécheresse est l'un des principaux risques climatiques ayant un impact sur les différents secteurs, y compris les cultures et l'élevage dans le Sahel ouest-africain. Les communautés pastorales et agro-pastorales de la région sont régulièrement touchées par la sécheresse, la vulnérabilité variant selon le sexe, l'âge, le statut de richesse (accès aux terres cultivées et à la dotation en bétail), la situation géographique, les réseaux sociaux et l'exposition antérieure à la sécheresse. Des interventions efficaces nécessitent un suivi régulier de la vulnérabilité à la sécheresse, pour lequel diverses approches quantitatives et qualitatives existent. Les évaluations qualitatives de la vulnérabilité reposent sur des approches participatives mettant l'accent sur l'implication des communautés locales dans l'analyse de leur vulnérabilité aux stress induits par le climat. Dans cette étude, nous avons utilisé une approche participative pour évaluer la vulnérabilité de trois communautés agro-pastorales du Niger à la sécheresse. L'objectif spécifique de cette étude était d'évaluer la force et les limites d'une approche participative de la vulnérabilité à l'aide d'une étude de cas. Selon les répondants de tous les sites de l'étude, l'incidence de la sécheresse est devenue plus fréquente au cours des trois dernières décennies par rapport aux décennies précédentes (avant 1970). Selon les participants, les impacts de la sécheresse sur les moyens de subsistance comprenaient la pénurie alimentaire, la famine, la vente forcée de bétail pour acheter des céréales, la décimation des troupeaux de bétail et l'exploitation massive des espèces de plantes ligneuses. La principale faiblesse des évaluations participatives de la vulnérabilité est l'évolutivité des résultats, car elles sont souvent spécifiques à un lieu. Par conséquent, l'évaluation participative devrait être complétée par des approches quantitatives plus rigoureuses afin d'améliorer l'applicabilité des résultats à d'autres endroits ayant des contextes similaires. La sequía es uno de los principales peligros climáticos que afectan a los diversos sectores, incluidos los cultivos y la ganadería en el Sahel de África Occidental. Las comunidades pastorales y agro-pastorales de la región se ven afectadas regularmente por la sequía, y la vulnerabilidad difiere según el género, la edad, el estado de riqueza (acceso a tierras de cultivo y dotación de ganado), la ubicación geográfica, las redes sociales y la exposición previa a la sequía. Las intervenciones efectivas requieren un monitoreo regular de la vulnerabilidad a la sequía, para lo cual existen diversos enfoques cuantitativos y cualitativos. Las evaluaciones cualitativas de la vulnerabilidad se basan en enfoques participativos con énfasis en la participación de las comunidades locales en el análisis de su vulnerabilidad a las tensiones inducidas por el clima. En este estudio, utilizamos un enfoque participativo para evaluar la vulnerabilidad de tres comunidades agro-pastorales en Níger a la sequía. El objetivo específico de este estudio fue evaluar la fortaleza y la limitación de un enfoque de vulnerabilidad participativa utilizando un estudio de caso. Según los encuestados en todos los sitios de estudio, la incidencia de la sequía se ha vuelto más frecuente en las últimas tres décadas en comparación con las décadas anteriores (antes de 1970). Según los participantes, los impactos de la sequía en los medios de subsistencia incluyeron la escasez de alimentos, el hambre, la venta forzada de ganado para comprar grano, la aniquilación de los rebaños de ganado y la explotación masiva de especies de plantas leñosas. La principal debilidad de las evaluaciones participativas de vulnerabilidad es la escalabilidad de los hallazgos, ya que a menudo son específicos de la ubicación. Por lo tanto, la evaluación participativa debe complementarse con enfoques cuantitativos más rigurosos para mejorar la aplicabilidad de los resultados a otros lugares con contextos similares. Drought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop and livestock in the West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, with vulnerability differing with gender, age, wealth status (access to cropland and livestock endowment), geographic location, social networks, and previous exposure to drought. Effective interventions require regular monitoring of vulnerability to drought, for which various quantitative and qualitative approaches exist. Qualitative assessments of vulnerability rely on participatory approaches with emphasis on involvement of the local communities in the analysis of their vulnerability to climate-induced stresses. In this study, we used a participatory approach to assess the vulnerability of three agro-pastoral communities in Niger to drought. The specific objective of this study was to assess the strength and limitation of a participatory vulnerability approach using a case study. According to the respondents in all the study sites, the incidence of drought has become more frequent in the last three decades compared to previous decades (before 1970). The impacts of drought on livelihoods according to the participants included food shortage, famine, forced sale of livestock to buy grain, decimation of livestock herds, and massive exploitation of woody plant species. The main weakness of participatory vulnerability assessments is the scalability of findings, as they are often location-specific. Therefore, participatory assessment should be complemented with more rigorous quantitative approaches to enhance applicability of the results to other locations with similar contexts. الجفاف هو أحد المخاطر المناخية الرئيسية التي تؤثر على مختلف القطاعات بما في ذلك المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية في منطقة الساحل الغربي لأفريقيا. تتأثر المجتمعات الرعوية والزراعية الرعوية في المنطقة بانتظام بالجفاف، مع اختلاف الضعف باختلاف الجنس والعمر وحالة الثروة (الوصول إلى الأراضي الزراعية والثروة الحيوانية) والموقع الجغرافي والشبكات الاجتماعية والتعرض السابق للجفاف. تتطلب التدخلات الفعالة رصدًا منتظمًا لقابلية التأثر بالجفاف، والتي توجد لها مناهج كمية ونوعية مختلفة. تعتمد التقييمات النوعية لقابلية التأثر على النهج التشاركية مع التركيز على مشاركة المجتمعات المحلية في تحليل قابليتها للتأثر بالضغوط الناجمة عن المناخ. في هذه الدراسة، استخدمنا نهجًا تشاركيًا لتقييم مدى تعرض ثلاثة مجتمعات زراعية رعوية في النيجر للجفاف. كان الهدف المحدد من هذه الدراسة هو تقييم قوة وحدود نهج الضعف التشاركي باستخدام دراسة حالة. وفقًا للمستجيبين في جميع مواقع الدراسة، أصبح معدل حدوث الجفاف أكثر تواترًا في العقود الثلاثة الماضية مقارنة بالعقود السابقة (قبل عام 1970). شملت آثار الجفاف على سبل العيش وفقًا للمشاركين نقص الغذاء والمجاعة والبيع القسري للماشية لشراء الحبوب وهلاك قطعان الماشية والاستغلال المكثف لأنواع النباتات الخشبية. تتمثل نقطة الضعف الرئيسية لتقييمات الضعف التشاركية في قابلية النتائج للتوسع، لأنها غالبًا ما تكون خاصة بالموقع. لذلك، ينبغي استكمال التقييم التشاركي بنهج كمية أكثر صرامة لتعزيز قابلية تطبيق النتائج على مواقع أخرى ذات سياقات مماثلة.
CGIAR CGSpace (Consu... arrow_drop_down CGIAR CGSpace (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)Article . 2015License: CC BYFull-Text: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68491Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2011 Netherlands, France, FrancePublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Ayantunde, Augustine A.; Leeuw, Jan de; Turner, M.D.; Said, Mohammed Yahya;handle: 10568/3499
Pastoralism is not only a livestock-based livelihood strategy but also a way of life with socio-cultural norms and values, and indigenous knowledge revolving around livestock. Pastoral systems in Africa are facing demographic, economic, socio-political and climatic pressures which are driving many pastoralists into non-livestock based livelihood strategies. The changing contexts in which pastoralists operate raise the issue of the sustainability of pastoral systems in dryland Africa. The specific objectives of this paper are: (i) to identify the challenges of assessing the sustainability of pastoral systems with focus on East and West Africa; (ii) to propose criteria and indicators for sustainability assessment of pastoral systems; and (iii) to demonstrate the diversity of pastoral systems by elaborating on features in East and West Africa with case studies from pastoral communities in both regions, namely Samburu in Kenya and Fakara in Niger. All these objectives are to contribute to the debates on the sustainability of pastoralism. Assessing sustainability of pastoral systems is challenging and complex in view of different aspects that should be addressed over time and at different scales. The main challenges addressed in this paper include purpose and interpretation of sustainability, time dimension and scale, diversity of pastoral systems, inter-relatedness of assessment criteria, comprehensiveness and measurability of indicators. To illustrate the challenges, we proposed a number of criteria based on key systems' components of production, stability, efficiency and resilience. For each criterion, a number of indicators were proposed. The criteria we suggested are inter-related and should not be considered in isolation bearing in mind that sustainability is a composite attribute that integrates several variables. In terms of sustainability of pastoral systems in East and West Africa, the key issues are mobility, livestock diversity, livelihood diversification options, and preservation of pastoral tradition and indigenous knowledge. The degree with which these issues are constraining pastoral production and economy will largely shape the trajectory of sustainability of different pastoral systems in both regions.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2024 NetherlandsPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | TRAINEdEC| TRAINEdFraval, Simon; Mutua, John Yumbya; Amole, Tunde; Tolera, Adugna; Feyisa, T.; Thornton, P.K.; Notenbaert, A.M.O.; Adesogan, A.; Balehegn, M.; Ayantunde, A.A.; Zampaligre, N.; Duncan, A.J.;pmid: 38897107
Demand for animal-source foods and livestock feed are forecast to increase across sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, there is a need to estimate the availability of livestock feed to support decision-making at local, sub-national and national levels. In this study, we assess feed balances for ruminant livestock in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Feed availability was estimated using remotely sensed products and detailed feed composition data. Feed requirements were estimated for maintenance, growth, lactation, gestation and locomotion using a data-intensive model. Biomass available as animal feed was estimated to be 8.6 tonnes of DM per hectare in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 3.2 tonnes DM per hectare in the Ethiopian lowlands, 2.9 tonnes DM per hectare in Burkina Faso's Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 1.0 tonne DM per hectare in the Sahel. The energy requirements of lactating cows were estimated to be 62.1 Megajoules (MJs) per animal per day in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 62.7 MJ in the Ethiopian lowlands, 88.5 MJ in Burkina Faso's Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 53.1 MJ per animal per day in the Sahel. Feed scarcity hotspots are most prominently located in the Ethiopian highlands and the Sahelian agro-ecological zone of Burkina Faso. Demand-side policy and investment initiatives can address hotspots by influencing herd sizes, nutritional requirements and herd mobility. Supply-side policy and investment initiatives can secure existing feed resources, develop new sources of feed and incentivise trade in feed resources. Improving feed balances will be of value to decision-makers with the aims of optimising livestock productivity, minimising exposure to climatic shocks and minimising greenhouse gas emission intensity.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019 FrancePublisher:Informa UK Limited Authors: Ayantunde, Augustine A.; Oluwatosin, B.O.; Yameogo, Viviane; Wijk, Mark T. van;handle: 10568/106199
In West African Sahel, there has been an only limited intensification of the mixed crop and livestock systems due to many constraints faced by smallholder farmers including climate change, low use of external inputs, insecure land tenure, and low adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies. However, the growing demand for food caused by a rapidly growing population offers opportunities for intensification of farming systems in the region in view of the current low productivity. A study involving 400 households was carried out in two provinces (Seno and Yatenga) in Burkina Faso in the Sahelian zone of the country to characterize the intensification practices by smallholder farmers in mixed crop and livestock systems. Our results confirmed the advantage of intensification practices in terms of increased crop and livestock productivity which is critical to improving food security. Also, the results showed that access to extension services is an important determinant of adoption of intensification practices in both study sites, which reaffirmed the vital role of extension services in adoption of agricultural technologies. The results also showed strong differences in adoption of intensification practices between the two provinces driven by their divergent history of land use, even though both provinces fall in the same agro-ecological zone.
CGIAR CGSpace (Consu... arrow_drop_down CGIAR CGSpace (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)Article . 2019License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106199Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)International Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityArticle . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: CrossrefInternational Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityArticleLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: UnpayWalladd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Conference object , Other literature type , Journal 2021 Germany, Denmark, Germany, France, GermanyPublisher:Copernicus GmbH Funded by:EC | SustainSAHELEC| SustainSAHELJ. Rahimi; E. E. Ago; E. E. Ago; A. Ayantunde; S. Berger; S. Berger; J. Bogaert; K. Butterbach-Bahl; K. Butterbach-Bahl; B. Cappelaere; J.-M. Cohard; J. Demarty; A. A. Diouf; U. Falk; E. Haas; P. Hiernaux; P. Hiernaux; D. Kraus; O. Roupsard; O. Roupsard; O. Roupsard; C. Scheer; A. K. Srivastava; T. Tagesson; T. Tagesson; R. Grote;Abstract. West African Sahelian and Sudanian ecosystems provide essential services to people and also play a significant role within the global carbon cycle. However, climate and land use are dynamically changing, and uncertainty remains with respect to how these changes will affect the potential of these regions to provide food and fodder resources or how they will affect the biosphere–atmosphere exchange of CO2. In this study, we investigate the capacity of a process-based biogeochemical model, LandscapeDNDC, to simulate net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and aboveground biomass of typical managed and natural Sahelian and Sudanian savanna ecosystems. In order to improve the simulation of phenology, we introduced soil-water availability as a common driver of foliage development and productivity for all of these systems. The new approach was tested by using a sample of sites (calibration sites) that provided NEE from flux tower observations as well as leaf area index data from satellite images (MODIS, MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). For assessing the simulation accuracy, we applied the calibrated model to 42 additional sites (validation sites) across West Africa for which measured aboveground biomass data were available. The model showed good performance regarding biomass of crops, grass, or trees, yielding correlation coefficients of 0.82, 0.94, and 0.77 and root-mean-square errors of 0.15, 0.22, and 0.12 kg m−2, respectively. The simulations indicate aboveground carbon stocks of up to 0.17, 0.33, and 0.54 kg C ha−1 m−2 for agricultural, savanna grasslands, and savanna mixed tree–grassland sites, respectively. Carbon stocks and exchange rates were particularly correlated with the abundance of trees, and grass biomass and crop yields were higher under more humid climatic conditions. Our study shows the capability of LandscapeDNDC to accurately simulate carbon balances in natural and agricultural ecosystems in semiarid West Africa under a wide range of conditions; thus, the model could be used to assess the impact of land-use and climate change on the regional biomass productivity.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal , Conference object 2016 India, United Kingdom, France, FrancePublisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC Authors: Robert B. Zougmoré; Samuel T. Partey; Mathieu Ouédraogo; Bamidele Oluwarotimi Omitoyin; +5 AuthorsRobert B. Zougmoré; Samuel T. Partey; Mathieu Ouédraogo; Bamidele Oluwarotimi Omitoyin; Timothy S. Thomas; Augustine A. Ayantunde; Polly Ericksen; Mohammed Y. Said; Abdulai Jalloh;handle: 10568/78427
De nombreuses projections de l'impact du changement climatique sur les secteurs des cultures, de l'élevage et de la production halieutique de l'agriculture africaine sont rapportées dans la littérature. Cependant, ils peuvent être sans doute trop généraux pour comprendre l'ampleur de l'impact et pour éclairer les stratégies d'adaptation et les efforts d'élaboration de politiques adaptés à la promotion d'une agriculture intelligente face au climat dans la seule région de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Ce document a été synthétisé à partir de plusieurs publications scientifiques et visait à fournir des informations à jour sur les impacts du changement climatique, les stratégies d'adaptation, les politiques et les mécanismes institutionnels que chaque sous-secteur agricole avait mis en place pour faire face au changement climatique et à ses problèmes connexes en Afrique de l'Ouest. Pour chaque sous-secteur (culture, pêche et élevage), l'état actuel, les impacts du changement climatique, les stratégies d'atténuation et d'adaptation ont été analysés. En outre, nous avons examiné les récentes initiatives politiques dans la région qui favorisent le développement et l'adoption d'options agricoles intelligentes face au climat pour améliorer la résilience des systèmes agricoles et les moyens de subsistance des petits exploitants face aux risques liés au changement climatique. Des niveaux communautaire aux niveaux national et régional, diverses stratégies et politiques sont également prises pour guider les actions et les investissements en faveur d'une agriculture intelligente face au climat en Afrique de l'Ouest. En la literatura se informan muchas proyecciones del impacto del cambio climático en los sectores de producción agrícola, ganadera y pesquera de la agricultura africana. Sin embargo, podría decirse que son demasiado generales para comprender la magnitud del impacto y para informar las estrategias de adaptación y los esfuerzos de desarrollo de políticas que se adaptan a la promoción de la agricultura climáticamente inteligente solo en la región de África Occidental. Este documento se sintetizó a partir de varias publicaciones académicas y tenía como objetivo proporcionar información actualizada sobre los impactos del cambio climático, las estrategias de adaptación, las políticas y los mecanismos institucionales que cada subsector agrícola había implementado para abordar el cambio climático y sus problemas relacionados en África Occidental. Para cada subsector (cultivo, pesquería y ganadería), se ha analizado el estado actual, los impactos del cambio climático, las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación. Además, revisamos las iniciativas políticas recientes en la región que fomentan el desarrollo y la adopción de opciones agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes para mejorar la resiliencia de los sistemas agrícolas y los medios de vida de los pequeños agricultores a los riesgos del cambio climático. Desde la comunidad hasta los niveles nacional y regional, también se están adoptando diversas estrategias y políticas para guiar las acciones y la inversión en la agricultura climáticamente inteligente en África Occidental. 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 arguably too general to understand the magnitude of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development efforts that are tailored to promoting climate-smart agriculture in the West African region alone. This paper was synthesized from several scholarly literature and aimed at providing up-to-date information on climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, policies and institutional mechanisms that each agriculture subsector had put in place in dealing with climate change and its related issues in West Africa. For each subsector (crop, fishery and livestock), the current status, climate change impacts, mitigation and adaption strategies have been analyzed. In addition, we reviewed recent policy initiatives in the region that foster the development and adoption of climate-smart agricultural options to improve resilience of farming systems and livelihoods of smallholder farmers to climate change risks. From community to national and regional levels, various strategies and policies are also being taken to guide actions and investment for climate-smart agriculture in West Africa. تم الإبلاغ عن العديد من التوقعات لتأثير تغير المناخ على قطاعات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية والسمكية في الزراعة الأفريقية في الأدبيات. ومع ذلك، قد تكون عامة للغاية لفهم حجم التأثير ولتوجيه استراتيجيات التكيف وجهود وضع السياسات المصممة خصيصًا لتعزيز الزراعة الذكية مناخيًا في منطقة غرب إفريقيا وحدها. تم تجميع هذه الورقة من العديد من المؤلفات العلمية وتهدف إلى توفير معلومات محدثة عن آثار تغير المناخ واستراتيجيات التكيف والسياسات والآليات المؤسسية التي وضعها كل قطاع فرعي زراعي في التعامل مع تغير المناخ والقضايا ذات الصلة به في غرب أفريقيا. بالنسبة لكل قطاع فرعي (المحاصيل ومصائد الأسماك والثروة الحيوانية)، تم تحليل الوضع الحالي وآثار تغير المناخ واستراتيجيات التخفيف والتكيف. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، استعرضنا مبادرات السياسة الأخيرة في المنطقة التي تعزز تطوير واعتماد خيارات زراعية ذكية مناخياً لتحسين مرونة النظم الزراعية وسبل عيش المزارعين أصحاب الحيازات الصغيرة في مواجهة مخاطر تغير المناخ. من المستوى المجتمعي إلى المستوى الوطني والإقليمي، يتم أيضًا اتخاذ استراتيجيات وسياسات مختلفة لتوجيه الإجراءات والاستثمار من أجل الزراعة الذكية مناخيًا في غرب إفريقيا.
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La sécheresse est l'un des principaux risques climatiques ayant un impact sur les différents secteurs, y compris les cultures et l'élevage dans le Sahel ouest-africain. Les communautés pastorales et agro-pastorales de la région sont régulièrement touchées par la sécheresse, la vulnérabilité variant selon le sexe, l'âge, le statut de richesse (accès aux terres cultivées et à la dotation en bétail), la situation géographique, les réseaux sociaux et l'exposition antérieure à la sécheresse. Des interventions efficaces nécessitent un suivi régulier de la vulnérabilité à la sécheresse, pour lequel diverses approches quantitatives et qualitatives existent. Les évaluations qualitatives de la vulnérabilité reposent sur des approches participatives mettant l'accent sur l'implication des communautés locales dans l'analyse de leur vulnérabilité aux stress induits par le climat. Dans cette étude, nous avons utilisé une approche participative pour évaluer la vulnérabilité de trois communautés agro-pastorales du Niger à la sécheresse. L'objectif spécifique de cette étude était d'évaluer la force et les limites d'une approche participative de la vulnérabilité à l'aide d'une étude de cas. Selon les répondants de tous les sites de l'étude, l'incidence de la sécheresse est devenue plus fréquente au cours des trois dernières décennies par rapport aux décennies précédentes (avant 1970). Selon les participants, les impacts de la sécheresse sur les moyens de subsistance comprenaient la pénurie alimentaire, la famine, la vente forcée de bétail pour acheter des céréales, la décimation des troupeaux de bétail et l'exploitation massive des espèces de plantes ligneuses. La principale faiblesse des évaluations participatives de la vulnérabilité est l'évolutivité des résultats, car elles sont souvent spécifiques à un lieu. Par conséquent, l'évaluation participative devrait être complétée par des approches quantitatives plus rigoureuses afin d'améliorer l'applicabilité des résultats à d'autres endroits ayant des contextes similaires. La sequía es uno de los principales peligros climáticos que afectan a los diversos sectores, incluidos los cultivos y la ganadería en el Sahel de África Occidental. Las comunidades pastorales y agro-pastorales de la región se ven afectadas regularmente por la sequía, y la vulnerabilidad difiere según el género, la edad, el estado de riqueza (acceso a tierras de cultivo y dotación de ganado), la ubicación geográfica, las redes sociales y la exposición previa a la sequía. Las intervenciones efectivas requieren un monitoreo regular de la vulnerabilidad a la sequía, para lo cual existen diversos enfoques cuantitativos y cualitativos. Las evaluaciones cualitativas de la vulnerabilidad se basan en enfoques participativos con énfasis en la participación de las comunidades locales en el análisis de su vulnerabilidad a las tensiones inducidas por el clima. En este estudio, utilizamos un enfoque participativo para evaluar la vulnerabilidad de tres comunidades agro-pastorales en Níger a la sequía. El objetivo específico de este estudio fue evaluar la fortaleza y la limitación de un enfoque de vulnerabilidad participativa utilizando un estudio de caso. Según los encuestados en todos los sitios de estudio, la incidencia de la sequía se ha vuelto más frecuente en las últimas tres décadas en comparación con las décadas anteriores (antes de 1970). Según los participantes, los impactos de la sequía en los medios de subsistencia incluyeron la escasez de alimentos, el hambre, la venta forzada de ganado para comprar grano, la aniquilación de los rebaños de ganado y la explotación masiva de especies de plantas leñosas. La principal debilidad de las evaluaciones participativas de vulnerabilidad es la escalabilidad de los hallazgos, ya que a menudo son específicos de la ubicación. Por lo tanto, la evaluación participativa debe complementarse con enfoques cuantitativos más rigurosos para mejorar la aplicabilidad de los resultados a otros lugares con contextos similares. Drought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop and livestock in the West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, with vulnerability differing with gender, age, wealth status (access to cropland and livestock endowment), geographic location, social networks, and previous exposure to drought. Effective interventions require regular monitoring of vulnerability to drought, for which various quantitative and qualitative approaches exist. Qualitative assessments of vulnerability rely on participatory approaches with emphasis on involvement of the local communities in the analysis of their vulnerability to climate-induced stresses. In this study, we used a participatory approach to assess the vulnerability of three agro-pastoral communities in Niger to drought. The specific objective of this study was to assess the strength and limitation of a participatory vulnerability approach using a case study. According to the respondents in all the study sites, the incidence of drought has become more frequent in the last three decades compared to previous decades (before 1970). The impacts of drought on livelihoods according to the participants included food shortage, famine, forced sale of livestock to buy grain, decimation of livestock herds, and massive exploitation of woody plant species. The main weakness of participatory vulnerability assessments is the scalability of findings, as they are often location-specific. Therefore, participatory assessment should be complemented with more rigorous quantitative approaches to enhance applicability of the results to other locations with similar contexts. الجفاف هو أحد المخاطر المناخية الرئيسية التي تؤثر على مختلف القطاعات بما في ذلك المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية في منطقة الساحل الغربي لأفريقيا. تتأثر المجتمعات الرعوية والزراعية الرعوية في المنطقة بانتظام بالجفاف، مع اختلاف الضعف باختلاف الجنس والعمر وحالة الثروة (الوصول إلى الأراضي الزراعية والثروة الحيوانية) والموقع الجغرافي والشبكات الاجتماعية والتعرض السابق للجفاف. تتطلب التدخلات الفعالة رصدًا منتظمًا لقابلية التأثر بالجفاف، والتي توجد لها مناهج كمية ونوعية مختلفة. تعتمد التقييمات النوعية لقابلية التأثر على النهج التشاركية مع التركيز على مشاركة المجتمعات المحلية في تحليل قابليتها للتأثر بالضغوط الناجمة عن المناخ. في هذه الدراسة، استخدمنا نهجًا تشاركيًا لتقييم مدى تعرض ثلاثة مجتمعات زراعية رعوية في النيجر للجفاف. كان الهدف المحدد من هذه الدراسة هو تقييم قوة وحدود نهج الضعف التشاركي باستخدام دراسة حالة. وفقًا للمستجيبين في جميع مواقع الدراسة، أصبح معدل حدوث الجفاف أكثر تواترًا في العقود الثلاثة الماضية مقارنة بالعقود السابقة (قبل عام 1970). شملت آثار الجفاف على سبل العيش وفقًا للمشاركين نقص الغذاء والمجاعة والبيع القسري للماشية لشراء الحبوب وهلاك قطعان الماشية والاستغلال المكثف لأنواع النباتات الخشبية. تتمثل نقطة الضعف الرئيسية لتقييمات الضعف التشاركية في قابلية النتائج للتوسع، لأنها غالبًا ما تكون خاصة بالموقع. لذلك، ينبغي استكمال التقييم التشاركي بنهج كمية أكثر صرامة لتعزيز قابلية تطبيق النتائج على مواقع أخرى ذات سياقات مماثلة.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2011 Netherlands, France, FrancePublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Ayantunde, Augustine A.; Leeuw, Jan de; Turner, M.D.; Said, Mohammed Yahya;handle: 10568/3499
Pastoralism is not only a livestock-based livelihood strategy but also a way of life with socio-cultural norms and values, and indigenous knowledge revolving around livestock. Pastoral systems in Africa are facing demographic, economic, socio-political and climatic pressures which are driving many pastoralists into non-livestock based livelihood strategies. The changing contexts in which pastoralists operate raise the issue of the sustainability of pastoral systems in dryland Africa. The specific objectives of this paper are: (i) to identify the challenges of assessing the sustainability of pastoral systems with focus on East and West Africa; (ii) to propose criteria and indicators for sustainability assessment of pastoral systems; and (iii) to demonstrate the diversity of pastoral systems by elaborating on features in East and West Africa with case studies from pastoral communities in both regions, namely Samburu in Kenya and Fakara in Niger. All these objectives are to contribute to the debates on the sustainability of pastoralism. Assessing sustainability of pastoral systems is challenging and complex in view of different aspects that should be addressed over time and at different scales. The main challenges addressed in this paper include purpose and interpretation of sustainability, time dimension and scale, diversity of pastoral systems, inter-relatedness of assessment criteria, comprehensiveness and measurability of indicators. To illustrate the challenges, we proposed a number of criteria based on key systems' components of production, stability, efficiency and resilience. For each criterion, a number of indicators were proposed. The criteria we suggested are inter-related and should not be considered in isolation bearing in mind that sustainability is a composite attribute that integrates several variables. In terms of sustainability of pastoral systems in East and West Africa, the key issues are mobility, livestock diversity, livelihood diversification options, and preservation of pastoral tradition and indigenous knowledge. The degree with which these issues are constraining pastoral production and economy will largely shape the trajectory of sustainability of different pastoral systems in both regions.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2024 NetherlandsPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | TRAINEdEC| TRAINEdFraval, Simon; Mutua, John Yumbya; Amole, Tunde; Tolera, Adugna; Feyisa, T.; Thornton, P.K.; Notenbaert, A.M.O.; Adesogan, A.; Balehegn, M.; Ayantunde, A.A.; Zampaligre, N.; Duncan, A.J.;pmid: 38897107
Demand for animal-source foods and livestock feed are forecast to increase across sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, there is a need to estimate the availability of livestock feed to support decision-making at local, sub-national and national levels. In this study, we assess feed balances for ruminant livestock in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Feed availability was estimated using remotely sensed products and detailed feed composition data. Feed requirements were estimated for maintenance, growth, lactation, gestation and locomotion using a data-intensive model. Biomass available as animal feed was estimated to be 8.6 tonnes of DM per hectare in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 3.2 tonnes DM per hectare in the Ethiopian lowlands, 2.9 tonnes DM per hectare in Burkina Faso's Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 1.0 tonne DM per hectare in the Sahel. The energy requirements of lactating cows were estimated to be 62.1 Megajoules (MJs) per animal per day in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 62.7 MJ in the Ethiopian lowlands, 88.5 MJ in Burkina Faso's Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 53.1 MJ per animal per day in the Sahel. Feed scarcity hotspots are most prominently located in the Ethiopian highlands and the Sahelian agro-ecological zone of Burkina Faso. Demand-side policy and investment initiatives can address hotspots by influencing herd sizes, nutritional requirements and herd mobility. Supply-side policy and investment initiatives can secure existing feed resources, develop new sources of feed and incentivise trade in feed resources. Improving feed balances will be of value to decision-makers with the aims of optimising livestock productivity, minimising exposure to climatic shocks and minimising greenhouse gas emission intensity.
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In West African Sahel, there has been an only limited intensification of the mixed crop and livestock systems due to many constraints faced by smallholder farmers including climate change, low use of external inputs, insecure land tenure, and low adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies. However, the growing demand for food caused by a rapidly growing population offers opportunities for intensification of farming systems in the region in view of the current low productivity. A study involving 400 households was carried out in two provinces (Seno and Yatenga) in Burkina Faso in the Sahelian zone of the country to characterize the intensification practices by smallholder farmers in mixed crop and livestock systems. Our results confirmed the advantage of intensification practices in terms of increased crop and livestock productivity which is critical to improving food security. Also, the results showed that access to extension services is an important determinant of adoption of intensification practices in both study sites, which reaffirmed the vital role of extension services in adoption of agricultural technologies. The results also showed strong differences in adoption of intensification practices between the two provinces driven by their divergent history of land use, even though both provinces fall in the same agro-ecological zone.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Conference object , Other literature type , Journal 2021 Germany, Denmark, Germany, France, GermanyPublisher:Copernicus GmbH Funded by:EC | SustainSAHELEC| SustainSAHELJ. Rahimi; E. E. Ago; E. E. Ago; A. Ayantunde; S. Berger; S. Berger; J. Bogaert; K. Butterbach-Bahl; K. Butterbach-Bahl; B. Cappelaere; J.-M. Cohard; J. Demarty; A. A. Diouf; U. Falk; E. Haas; P. Hiernaux; P. Hiernaux; D. Kraus; O. Roupsard; O. Roupsard; O. Roupsard; C. Scheer; A. K. Srivastava; T. Tagesson; T. Tagesson; R. Grote;Abstract. West African Sahelian and Sudanian ecosystems provide essential services to people and also play a significant role within the global carbon cycle. However, climate and land use are dynamically changing, and uncertainty remains with respect to how these changes will affect the potential of these regions to provide food and fodder resources or how they will affect the biosphere–atmosphere exchange of CO2. In this study, we investigate the capacity of a process-based biogeochemical model, LandscapeDNDC, to simulate net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and aboveground biomass of typical managed and natural Sahelian and Sudanian savanna ecosystems. In order to improve the simulation of phenology, we introduced soil-water availability as a common driver of foliage development and productivity for all of these systems. The new approach was tested by using a sample of sites (calibration sites) that provided NEE from flux tower observations as well as leaf area index data from satellite images (MODIS, MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). For assessing the simulation accuracy, we applied the calibrated model to 42 additional sites (validation sites) across West Africa for which measured aboveground biomass data were available. The model showed good performance regarding biomass of crops, grass, or trees, yielding correlation coefficients of 0.82, 0.94, and 0.77 and root-mean-square errors of 0.15, 0.22, and 0.12 kg m−2, respectively. The simulations indicate aboveground carbon stocks of up to 0.17, 0.33, and 0.54 kg C ha−1 m−2 for agricultural, savanna grasslands, and savanna mixed tree–grassland sites, respectively. Carbon stocks and exchange rates were particularly correlated with the abundance of trees, and grass biomass and crop yields were higher under more humid climatic conditions. Our study shows the capability of LandscapeDNDC to accurately simulate carbon balances in natural and agricultural ecosystems in semiarid West Africa under a wide range of conditions; thus, the model could be used to assess the impact of land-use and climate change on the regional biomass productivity.
Geoscientific Model ... arrow_drop_down KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie)Article . 2021License: CC BYData sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)CIRAD: HAL (Agricultural Research for Development)Article . 2021Full-Text: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03319224Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Université Grenoble Alpes: HALArticle . 2021Full-Text: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03319224Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)CGIAR CGSpace (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)Article . 2023License: CC BYFull-Text: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129272Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSUArticle . 2021Full-Text: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03319224Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Copenhagen University Research Information SystemArticle . 2021Data sources: Copenhagen University Research Information SystemUniversity of Copenhagen: ResearchArticle . 2021Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRAArticle . 2021Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRAArticle . 2021Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal , Conference object 2016 India, United Kingdom, France, FrancePublisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC Authors: Robert B. Zougmoré; Samuel T. Partey; Mathieu Ouédraogo; Bamidele Oluwarotimi Omitoyin; +5 AuthorsRobert B. Zougmoré; Samuel T. Partey; Mathieu Ouédraogo; Bamidele Oluwarotimi Omitoyin; Timothy S. Thomas; Augustine A. Ayantunde; Polly Ericksen; Mohammed Y. Said; Abdulai Jalloh;handle: 10568/78427
De nombreuses projections de l'impact du changement climatique sur les secteurs des cultures, de l'élevage et de la production halieutique de l'agriculture africaine sont rapportées dans la littérature. Cependant, ils peuvent être sans doute trop généraux pour comprendre l'ampleur de l'impact et pour éclairer les stratégies d'adaptation et les efforts d'élaboration de politiques adaptés à la promotion d'une agriculture intelligente face au climat dans la seule région de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Ce document a été synthétisé à partir de plusieurs publications scientifiques et visait à fournir des informations à jour sur les impacts du changement climatique, les stratégies d'adaptation, les politiques et les mécanismes institutionnels que chaque sous-secteur agricole avait mis en place pour faire face au changement climatique et à ses problèmes connexes en Afrique de l'Ouest. Pour chaque sous-secteur (culture, pêche et élevage), l'état actuel, les impacts du changement climatique, les stratégies d'atténuation et d'adaptation ont été analysés. En outre, nous avons examiné les récentes initiatives politiques dans la région qui favorisent le développement et l'adoption d'options agricoles intelligentes face au climat pour améliorer la résilience des systèmes agricoles et les moyens de subsistance des petits exploitants face aux risques liés au changement climatique. Des niveaux communautaire aux niveaux national et régional, diverses stratégies et politiques sont également prises pour guider les actions et les investissements en faveur d'une agriculture intelligente face au climat en Afrique de l'Ouest. En la literatura se informan muchas proyecciones del impacto del cambio climático en los sectores de producción agrícola, ganadera y pesquera de la agricultura africana. Sin embargo, podría decirse que son demasiado generales para comprender la magnitud del impacto y para informar las estrategias de adaptación y los esfuerzos de desarrollo de políticas que se adaptan a la promoción de la agricultura climáticamente inteligente solo en la región de África Occidental. Este documento se sintetizó a partir de varias publicaciones académicas y tenía como objetivo proporcionar información actualizada sobre los impactos del cambio climático, las estrategias de adaptación, las políticas y los mecanismos institucionales que cada subsector agrícola había implementado para abordar el cambio climático y sus problemas relacionados en África Occidental. Para cada subsector (cultivo, pesquería y ganadería), se ha analizado el estado actual, los impactos del cambio climático, las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación. Además, revisamos las iniciativas políticas recientes en la región que fomentan el desarrollo y la adopción de opciones agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes para mejorar la resiliencia de los sistemas agrícolas y los medios de vida de los pequeños agricultores a los riesgos del cambio climático. Desde la comunidad hasta los niveles nacional y regional, también se están adoptando diversas estrategias y políticas para guiar las acciones y la inversión en la agricultura climáticamente inteligente en África Occidental. 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 arguably too general to understand the magnitude of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development efforts that are tailored to promoting climate-smart agriculture in the West African region alone. This paper was synthesized from several scholarly literature and aimed at providing up-to-date information on climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, policies and institutional mechanisms that each agriculture subsector had put in place in dealing with climate change and its related issues in West Africa. For each subsector (crop, fishery and livestock), the current status, climate change impacts, mitigation and adaption strategies have been analyzed. In addition, we reviewed recent policy initiatives in the region that foster the development and adoption of climate-smart agricultural options to improve resilience of farming systems and livelihoods of smallholder farmers to climate change risks. From community to national and regional levels, various strategies and policies are also being taken to guide actions and investment for climate-smart agriculture in West Africa. تم الإبلاغ عن العديد من التوقعات لتأثير تغير المناخ على قطاعات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية والسمكية في الزراعة الأفريقية في الأدبيات. ومع ذلك، قد تكون عامة للغاية لفهم حجم التأثير ولتوجيه استراتيجيات التكيف وجهود وضع السياسات المصممة خصيصًا لتعزيز الزراعة الذكية مناخيًا في منطقة غرب إفريقيا وحدها. تم تجميع هذه الورقة من العديد من المؤلفات العلمية وتهدف إلى توفير معلومات محدثة عن آثار تغير المناخ واستراتيجيات التكيف والسياسات والآليات المؤسسية التي وضعها كل قطاع فرعي زراعي في التعامل مع تغير المناخ والقضايا ذات الصلة به في غرب أفريقيا. بالنسبة لكل قطاع فرعي (المحاصيل ومصائد الأسماك والثروة الحيوانية)، تم تحليل الوضع الحالي وآثار تغير المناخ واستراتيجيات التخفيف والتكيف. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، استعرضنا مبادرات السياسة الأخيرة في المنطقة التي تعزز تطوير واعتماد خيارات زراعية ذكية مناخياً لتحسين مرونة النظم الزراعية وسبل عيش المزارعين أصحاب الحيازات الصغيرة في مواجهة مخاطر تغير المناخ. من المستوى المجتمعي إلى المستوى الوطني والإقليمي، يتم أيضًا اتخاذ استراتيجيات وسياسات مختلفة لتوجيه الإجراءات والاستثمار من أجل الزراعة الذكية مناخيًا في غرب إفريقيا.
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