Assessing climate change impacts on sorghum and millet yields in the Sudanian and Sahelian savannas of West Africa

Assessing climate change impacts on sorghum and millet yields in the Sudanian and Sahelian savannas of West Africa

Sub-Saharan West Africa is a vulnerable region where a better quantification and understanding of the impact of climate change on crop yields is urgently needed. Here, we have applied the process-based crop model SARRA-H calibrated and validated over multi-year field trials and surveys at eight cont...

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Main Authors: B Sultan, P Roudier, P Quirion, A Alhassane, B Muller, M Dingkuhn, P Ciais, M Guimberteau, S Traore, C Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
agriculture
climate change
impacts
West Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014040

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014040

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