Book / Monograph

West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

author(s) Jalloh, Abdulai, ed - Nelson, Gerald C., ed - Thomas, Tim - Zougmoré, Robert, ed - Roy-Macauley, Harold, ed
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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regions
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Jalloh, Abdulai, ed et al., 'West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis', International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2013

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Abstract

This book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa's population is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The region will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater.

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