Climate-Smart Agriculture in African Countries: A Review of Strategies and Impacts on Smallholder Farmers
The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect crop yields and livestock production thus threatening food security, especially in a vulnerable continent like Africa. This review provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and their impacts on smallholder farmers in five African countries (Algeria, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria and Zambia).
Year: 2022
Country/ies: Algeria, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia
Geographical coverage: Africa
Full text available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/18/11370
Content language: English
Author: Thaddaeus Obaji Ariom, Elodie Dimon, Eva Nambeye
, Ndèye Seynabou Diouf, Oludotun Olusegun Adelusi , Sofiane Boudalia
Type: Article