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Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa

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Title Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa
 
Creator Bayala, Jules
 
Contributor Josias, Sanou
Teklehaimanot, Zewge
Kalinganire, Antoine
Ouedraogo, S.J.
 
Subject parklands
tree
ecosystem
 
Description In the Sahelian zone of West Africa, crops grown under a
discontinuous cover of scattered trees dominate many
landscapes and constitute the so-called parklands. These
systems reflect the ecological knowledge of the farmers of such
risk prone environments. Agroforestry parklands are playing an
important role, through trees and shrubs providing soil cover that
reduces erosion and buffers the impacts of climate change. They
also provide green fodder that complements crop residues for
livestock feeds, and fruits and leaves for human consumption
and for income generation. The interactions between various
components of the system influence the ecosystem service
functions of trees of parklands (provisioning, regulating and
supporting services) in several ways. These ecosystem functions
have been at the center of the local ecological knowledge guiding
the management options of the farmers and have also attracted
the attention of scientists. Findings revealed new challenges that
call for production options ensuring increased and diversified
productivity of the systems while preserving the environment.
Research on such challenges must adopt an inclusive approach
based on local knowledge supported by science-based
analyses of the socio-ecological systems in the face of high
population pressure and climate change.
 
Date 2014-11-30
2017-01-10T18:24:38Z
2017-01-10T18:24:38Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/ytGfP3m5
Jules Bayala, Sanou Josias, Zewge Teklehaimanot, Antoine Kalinganire, S. J. Ouedraogo. (30/11/2014). Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 6, pp. 28-34.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5480
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability;6,(2014) Pagination 28,34