Present and future climate change in the semi-arid region of West Africa: A crucial input for practical adaptation in agriculture

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Sarr, Benoît ^a  

^a Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Projection; Semi arid region; Trend; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; TREND ANALYSIS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84859747189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.368     Document Type: Article

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