Agrometeorological services for smallholder farmers in West Africa
Vieri Tarchiani
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto di Biometeorologia, National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, 50145 Florence, Italy
José Camacho
Agricultural Meteorology Division, WMO, 7bis Av. de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Hamidou Coulibaly
Office National de la Météorologie, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Federica Rossi
Istituto di Biometeorologia, National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, 50145 Florence, Italy
Robert Stefanski
Agricultural Meteorology Division, WMO, 7bis Av. de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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There is a limited knowledge on impacts of Climate Services in Africa. This paper analyses the impacts that agrometeorological services have for smallholder farmers in a typical rainfed staple crop production system of West Africa. The results show that such services enable farmers to mitigate some climatic risks and to optimize the inputs use efficiency. The final outcome is an increase of crop yield and an economic benefit compared to farmers that does not use the services.
There is a limited knowledge on impacts of Climate Services in Africa. This paper analyses the...