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Economic Impacts of Climate change on farmers in Nioro du Rip, Senegal : An integrated assessment

Economic Impacts of Climate change on farmers in Nioro du Rip, Senegal : An integrated assessment

• Climatechangeisprojectedtoaggravatethechallengesalreadyfaced bySub-SaharanAfrica’s(SSA)smallholderfarmers.

• Changes in rainfall levels and distribution, in addition to a rise in temperatureareexpected tonegativelyaffect thegrowingconditions andthusthepotentialyieldsofmanycropsinSSA.

• InSenegal,climatechangeincreasestheuncertaintyof theonsetof the rainyseason,andthetotalamountanddistributionof therains(Seneet al.,2006).Recentstudieshavealsosuggestedpossiblefuturedeclinein rainfallandanincreaseinairtemperature(Funketal.,2012).

• These projected changes inclimate and the subsequent impact on yieldswouldcertainlyaggravate the foodsecuritystatusandpoverty levelsofsmallholderswhoselivelihoodsaredependentonagriculture.

• Theobjectiveof this study is toexamine theseeconomic impactsof futureclimateonthelivelihoodof farmpopulations intheNioroareaof Senegal.

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