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1 Creevey, L. E. (Ed.) 1986. Women farmers in Africa: Rural development in Mali and the Sahel. New York, NY, USA: Syracuse University Press. xv, 212p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 331.4 G100 CRE Record No: H06495)
2 IIMI; CEMAGREF. 1992. International Workshop on The Application of Mathematical Modelling for the Improvement of Irrigation Canal Operation, October 26-30, 1992, Montpellier, France. Unpublished workshop proceedings. 335p.
Irrigation management ; Management Information Systems ; Decision making ; Decision support tools ; Irrigation canals ; Flow control ; Canal regulation techniques ; Simulation models ; Computer models ; Distributary canals ; Irrigation programs ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Rivers ; Irrigation water ; Water conveyance ; Performance evaluation ; Mathematical models / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Egypt / Indonesia / Argentina / Turkey / Pakistan / Mexico / Niger / India / China / Canada / France / Fayoum Irrigation Scheme / Mendoza / Harran Main Canal / Punjab / North West Frontier Province / Chashma Right Bank Canal / LaBegoña / Guanajuato / Mali / Sahel Canal / Tamil Nadu / Thamiravaruni Irrigation System / Yellow River / ChenGai Irrigation area / Southern Alberta
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.1 G000 IIM Record No: H022408)
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3 Pesche, D. 2004. Services by the people for the people: Farmer organizations in Mali. Agriculture and Rural Development, 11(1):21-23.
Farmers’ associations ; Institutional development ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Fertilizers / Africa / Mali
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6830 Record No: H034542)
4 Dossou-Yovo, E. R.; Zwart, Sander J.; Kouyate, A.; Ouedraogo, I.; Bakare, O. 2019. Predictors of drought in inland valley landscapes and enabling factors for rice farmers’ mitigation measures in the Sudan-Sahel Zone. Sustainability, 11(1): 1-17. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11010079]
Drought ; Valleys ; Landscape ; Agricultural production ; Rice fields ; Farmers ; Crop production ; Soil properties ; Precipitation ; Evapotranspiration ; Groundwater ; Water availability ; Water balance ; Land ownership ; Socioeconomic environment ; Remote sensing ; Gender ; Women's participation / Sahel Region / Sudan / West Africa / Sudano Sahelian Region / Burkina Faso / Mali / Nigeria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049050)
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Drought is a noteworthy cause of low agricultural profitability and of crop production vulnerability, yet in numerous countries of Africa little to no consideration has been paid to readiness for drought calamity, particularly to spatial evaluation and indicators of drought occurrence. In this study, biophysical and socio-economic data, farmers’ community surveys and secondary data from remote sensing on soil characteristics and water demand were used to evaluate the predictors of drought in inland valley rice-based production systems and the factors affecting farmers’ mitigation measures. The study intervened in three West African countries located in the Sudan-Sahel zone, viz. Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria. Significant drying trends occurred at latitudes below 11°30' whilst significant wetting trends were discerned at latitude above 11°30'. Droughts were more frequent and had their longest duration in the states of Niger and Kaduna located in Nigeria and in western Burkina Faso during the period 1995–2014. Among 21 candidate predictors, average annual standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index and duration of groundwater availability were the most important predictors of drought occurrence in inland valleys rice based-production systems. Land ownership and gender affected the commitment of rice farmers to use any mitigation measure against drought. Drought studies in inland valleys should include climatic water balance and groundwater data. Securing property rights and focusing on women’s association would improve farmers’ resilience and advance drought mitigation measures.
5 Jr. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.; Aihounton, G. B. D.; Lokossou, J. C. 2023. “Climate-smart agriculture and food security: cross-country evidence from West Africa” Global Environmental Change, 81:102697. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102697]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Food security ; Climate resilience ; Agricultural productivity ; Agricultural production ; Nutrition security ; Land productivity ; Households ; Yields ; Food consumption ; Organic fertilizers ; Policies / West Africa / Ghana / Mali / Nigeria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052070)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023000638/pdfft?md5=0b789080b6d21c49fcf332db706ce0bb&pid=1-s2.0-S0959378023000638-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052070.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052070.pdf
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In the face of climate change and extreme weather events which continue to have significant impacts on agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has emerged as one important entry point in reducing the emission of greenhouse gases and building climate resilience while ensuring increases in agricultural productivity with ensuing implications on food and nutrition security. We examine the relationship between CSA, land productivity (yields), and food security using a survey of farm households in Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria. To understand the correlates of the adoption of these CSA practices as well as the association between CSA, yields, and food security, we use switching regressions that account for multiple endogenous treatments. We find a positive association between the adoption of CSA practices and yields. This increase in yields translate to food security as we observe a positive association between CSA and food consumption scores. Although we show modest associations between the independent use of CSA practices such as adopting climate-smart groundnut varieties, cereal-groundnut intercropping, and the use of organic fertilizers, we find that bundling these practices may lead to greater yield and food security gains. Under the different combinations, the use of climate-smart groundnut varieties exhibit the strongest association with yields and food security. We also estimate actual-counterfactual relationships where we show that the adoption of CSA practices is not only beneficial to CSA adopters but could potentially be beneficial to non-CSA adopters should they adopt. These results have implications for reaching some of the sustainable development targets, especially the twin goals of increasing agricultural productivity and maintaining environmental sustainability.
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