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Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11926/
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111515
doi:10.3390/atmos12111515
 
Title Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa
 
Creator Ouedraogo, I
Diouf, N S
Ablouka, G
Zougmoré, R B
Whitbread, A M
 
Subject Climate Change
Africa
Drylands
 
Description Weather and climate information services (WCIS) are gaining recognition among scientists
and governments as an essential adaptation tool for agriculture, especially in the drylands of Africa.
In Senegal, the widespread production and dissemination of WCIS was initiated in 2015 to cover
the agricultural, pastoral and fishing sectors. This paper analyzes the types of decisions made by
WCIS users, their preferences and level of satisfaction, and explores the triggers of agricultural WCIS
adoption. We collected data during the onset and cessation of the rainy seasons to understand the
utility and reliability of WCIS by farmers across all stages of the growing season. Data were analyzed
using descriptive statistics. A binary logistic regression was tested to understand the socio-economic
triggers in uptake of WCIS. Results showed that rainfall forecast is the most preferred WCIS (49% of
the respondents) followed by extreme wind forecast. At the beginning of the rainy season, nearly 80%
of the respondents have chosen the sowing date and about 60% have chosen crop varieties based on
disseminated WCIS. In the middle of the growing season, about 70% of the respondents used WCIS
to decide on fertilizer application dates. Results also showed that age and level of education, being
trained on WCIS use, membership to farmers’ organizations, owning a radio have a significant effect
on WCIS-based decision-making. These factors are essential for triggering the uptake of WCIS, and
therefore are required to improve the implementation of existing weather climate services in Africa.
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Date 2021-11
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11926/1/Ouedraogo%20et%20al%202021_Utility%20and%20Triggers%20in%20Uptake%20of%20WCIS%20in%20Senegal.pdf
Ouedraogo, I and Diouf, N S and Ablouka, G and Zougmoré, R B and Whitbread, A M (2021) Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa. Atmosphere (TSI), 12 (11). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2073-4433