Adapting to drought in the Sahel
Lessons for climate change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Mortimore (Drylands Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-143 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/wcc.25 |
| OpenAlex | W2135246261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 38 |
The Sahel's experience of adapting to changes in rainfall on a scale at least comparable to that of climate change scenarios, between the 1960s and the 1990s, suggests that lessons can be learnt that may have a wider utility for policy in the future. The Sahel is a major global agroecological region and its success in adaptation will influence the achievement of the global Millennium Development Goals. From simple typologies of adaptation strategies, our understanding of adaptive capacity has evolved over time (with accumulating observations) into a contextual model which places drought management at the center of a development process. Climate change impacts in future are very uncertain. Policies and interventions should therefore aim to build on the platform of past achievements and existing local knowledge to enable flexibility and diversity and the protection of assets of small‐scale farmers and herders. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is categorized under: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Learning from Cases and Analogies
Adaptation (eye · Adaptive capacity · Adaptive Management · Climate change · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flexibility (engineering · Geography · Political science · Scale (ratio · Vulnerability (computing · Agricultural risk and resilience · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology
Rainfall trends in the African Sahel
Dynamics of pastoral traditional ecological knowledge
Fulani pastoralists’ transformation process
Dryland Ecosystems of the Sudano-Sahel
Why Livelihoods Matter in the Gendering of Household Water Insecurity
A Quantitative Evaluation of the Multiple Narratives of the Recent Sahelian Regreening
Drought impacts and community adaptation
The politics of farmer–herder conflicts and alternative conflict management in Northwest Cameroon
On- and non-farm adaptation in Senegal
People on the Move in a Changing Climate
Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
Environmental Change and African Societies
Historical drought resilience in Australian wheat farming (1920–1955)
Socioeconomic determinants of drought adaptation strategies in the Sekyere Afram Plains District, Ghana
United States agricultural stakeholder views and decisions on climate change
Envisioning the future and learning from the past
Climate change adaptation in the Sahel
An approach to assess the world’s potential for disaster risk reduction through nature-based solutions
Drought under global warming
Impacts of drought and responses of rural populations in West Africa
Climate Change Response at the Farm Level
Capturing social sensing of farming activities for policymaking in fragile contexts
Development of agroforestry food resources in Niger
Re-Defining Sahelian ‘Adaptive Agriculture’ when Implemented Locally
Drought tolerant species dominate as rainfall and tree cover returns in the West African Sahel
Rainfall and intimate partner violence
Pastoralists in a changing environment
Harnessing indigenous knowledge and practices for effective adaptation in the Sahel
The uneven geography of research on “environmental migration”
Scenarios on future land changes in the West African Sahel
Global changes, livestock and vulnerability
The vulnerability and resilience of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investments in Tanzania
The African food crisis
Adapting to Drought
Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change
Global Change in Local Places
Global Desertification
Coping better with current climatic variability in the rain-fed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa
African climate change
The costs and risks of coping with drought
Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems
Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Four African Countries
Societies and nature in the Sahel
Farmer adaptation, change and ‘crisis’ in the Sahel
Climatic perspectives on Sahelian desiccation
The Sahel in West Africa
Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate
Sahel pastoralists
Reading the Rains
Adaptable livelihoods. Coping with food insecurity in the Malian Sahel
Famine and household coping strategies
Silent Violence
Relying on Nature
Changing systems and changing landscapes
The Scramble in Africa
The Uprooted of the Western Sahel
Adapting to Drought
The Uprooted of the Western Sahel
State, Oil, and Agriculture in Nigeria
Disaster risk, climate change and international development
Roots in the African Dust
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |