The effects of climate change-induced flooding on harvest failure in Burkina Faso: case study

The effects of climate change-induced flooding on harvest failure in Burkina Faso: case study

BackgroundClimate change leads to more frequent and severe extreme weather events including floods, heatwaves, heavy rainfalls, and droughts. In contrast to the majority of research on weather extremes in sub-Saharan Africa, which focus primarily on how a lack of rainfall causes droughts, this paper...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Müller, Windpanga Aristide Ouédraogo, Maximilian Schwarz, Sandra Barteit, Rainer Sauerborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
sub-Saharan Africa
extreme weather events
low-income country
agriculture
subsistence-farming
extreme rainfall
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1166913/full

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