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Using Seasonal Forecast as an Adaptation Strategy: Gender Differential Impact on Yield and Income in Senegal

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11767/
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11101127
doi:10.3390/atmos11101127
 
Title Using Seasonal Forecast as an Adaptation Strategy: Gender Differential Impact on Yield and Income in Senegal
 
Creator Diouf, N S
Ouedraogo, M
Ouedraogo, I
Ablouka, G
Zougmoré, R
 
Subject Crop Yield
Agricultural Statistics
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Gender Research
 
Description The use of seasonal forecast has been demonstrated as a good option to reduce the effects
of climate variability in sub-Saharan African countries. However, its use, benefits and interests may
be different depending on gender. This paper aims at analyzing the gender differential impact of
the use of seasonal forecast on the main crop yields (rice, maize, sorghum, millet and groundnut)
and farm income in Senegal. We collected data from 1481 farmers (44% women) in four regions
of Senegal. We applied the counterfactual outcomes framework of modern evaluation theory to
estimate the local average treatment effect (LATE) of the use of the seasonal forecast on crop yield
and farm income. The results showed a significant impact of the use of the seasonal forecast (SF) in
the main crop yields and the agricultural income for farmers in Senegal. This impact varies according
to the sex and the type of the crops. The users (men and women) of the seasonal forecast gained
on average 158 kg/ha and 140 kg/ha more yield than the non-users, respectively, for millet and rice
crops. The impact of the use of SF is greater for men on millet (202.7 kg/ha vs. 16.7 kg/ha) and rice
(321.33 kg/ha vs.
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Date 2020-10
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11767/1/atmosphere-11-01127.pdf
Diouf, N S and Ouedraogo, M and Ouedraogo, I and Ablouka, G and Zougmoré, R (2020) Using Seasonal Forecast as an Adaptation Strategy: Gender Differential Impact on Yield and Income in Senegal. Atmosphere, 11 (10). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2073-4433