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A systematic review of climate change adaptation in vegetable farming systems in Africa Open

Esdras Abréwa Rêmilokoun Obossou, Edmond Totin, Chandni Singh, Alcade C. Segnon · 2025

Vegetables are central to sustainable food systems and healthy diets, yet climate adaptation research in agriculture has largely focused on staple crops, with less emphasis on vegetable farming systems. We conducted a systematic review of …

Drivers of use and adoption of bundled climate-smart agriculture and climate information services in Northern Ghana Open

Obed Kwaku Mahama, Abdul-Basit Tampuli Abukari, Osman Tahidu Damba, Powell Mponela, Mustapha Alasan Dalaa , et al. · 2025

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the extent of use and adoption of bundled climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information service (CIS) in Northern Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzed farmers’ pref…

Connecting climate science and society: reflections from early and mid-career researchers at the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference 2023 Open

Leandro B. Díaz, Carla Gulizia, Shipra Jain, Gaby S. Langendijk, Hindumathi Palanisamy , et al. · 2025

This paper reflects the discussions of early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) during the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference 2023 EMCRs Symposium, to advance climate knowledge for greater transformative power in soci…

Drivers and impacts of mobile phone-mediated scaling of agricultural technologies: a meta-analysis Open

Mori W. Gouroubera, Soulé Akinhola Adéchian, Alcade C. Segnon, Ismaïl Moumouni, Robert B. Zougmoré · 2025

Mobile phone-mediated scaling of agricultural technologies (MPSATs) attracts attention as an effective approach for promoting agricultural development and sustainability. Despite the growing interest, a comprehensive understanding of drive…

Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations Open

Gina Maskell, Roopam Shukla, Kripa Jagannathan, Katherine E. Browne, Nícola Ulibarrí , et al. · 2025

Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptat…

Gender vulnerability assessment to inform gender-sensitive adaptation action: a case study in semi-arid areas of Mali Open

Alcade C. Segnon, Mariame Magassa, Esdras Abréwa Rêmilokoun Obossou, Samuel T. Partey, Prosper Houessionon , et al. · 2024

Understanding the gender dimensions of vulnerability to climate change is crucial for designing effective gender-transformative climate actions. This is particularly crucial in the semi-arid regions of West Africa, a climate change “hotspo…

Addressing future food demand in The Gambia: can increased crop productivity and climate change adaptation close the supply–demand gap? Open

Tony W. Carr, Felicity Addo, Amanda Palazzo, Peter Havlík, Katya Pérez-Guzmán , et al. · 2024

Harnessing indigenous knowledge and practices for effective adaptation in the Sahel Open

Robert B. Zougmoré, Alcade C. Segnon, Philip K. Thornton · 2023

Enabling gender and social inclusion in climate and agriculture policy and planning through foresight processes: assessing challenges and leverage points Open

Edwige Marty, Alcade C. Segnon, Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Sabrina Trautman, Sophia Huyer , et al. · 2023

Scenario-guided foresight processes are increasingly used to engage a broad range of stakeholders in sharing knowledge, reflecting, and setting priorities to respond to present and future dynamics and inform agricultural policies and plann…

Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: A systematic review Open

A. Paige Fischer, Mohammad Aminur Rahman Shah, Alcade C. Segnon, Custódio Matavel, Philip Antwi-Agyei , et al. · 2023

We assessed how people adapt to climate change in the context of forests through a systematic review of the international empirical research literature. We found that drought, precipitation variability, extreme precipitation and flooding, …

A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation Open

Jan Petzold, Tom Hawxwell, Kerstin Jantke, Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse, Charlotta Mirbach , et al. · 2023

Who is adapting and how? Identifying actors and roles in climate change adaptation Open

Jan Petzold, Tom Hawxwell, Kerstin Jantke, Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse, Charlotta Mirbach , et al. · 2023

An assessment of the global progress in climate change adaptation is urgently needed. Despite a rising awareness that adaptation should involve diverse societal actors and a shared sense of responsibility, little is known about the types o…

Socio-economic and food system drivers of nutrition and health transitions in The Gambia from 1990 to 2017 Open

Zakari Ali, Pauline Scheelbeek, Sarah Dalzell, Genevieve Hadida, Alcade C. Segnon , et al. · 2023

Supporting Prosperity through Better Mobility and Rural Reinvigoration Open

Robert B. Zougmoré, Andrea Castellanos, Elliott Ronald Dossou-Yovo, Julian Gonsalves, Niéyidouba Lamien , et al. · 2023

Rerouting farming and rural livelihoods to new trajectories can help tackle increasing youth unemployment and failing food systems. While agriculture must be made more attractive by promoting 'stepping up', alternative livelihoods based on…

Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake Open

Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Robbert Biesbroek , et al. · 2023

Enabling effective maize seed system in low-income countries of West Africa: Insights from Benin Open

Rabiath F. R. Adigoun, Aristide Carlos Houdegbe, Nicodème V. Fassinou Hotegni, Alcade C. Segnon, Sognigbé N’Danikou , et al. · 2022

Introduction Access to high-quality seeds remains a key constraint to the intensification of crop production in low-income countries. In this study, we analyzed maize seed production and distribution systems in Benin to identify leverage p…

Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking Open

Alcade C. Segnon, Robert B. Zougmoré, Rosemary Green, Zakari Ali, Tony W. Carr , et al. · 2022

Identifying and assessing adaptation options are key pre-requisite steps to adaptation prioritization and effective adaptation planning. In this paper, we presented a systematic approach for adaptation stocktaking, combining a systematic m…

Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia Open

Zakari Ali, Pauline Scheelbeek, Jyoti Felix, Bakary Jallow, Amanda Palazzo , et al. · 2022

Facilitating dietary change is pivotal to improving population health, increasing food system resilience, and minimizing adverse impacts on the environment, but assessment of the current ‘status-quo’ and identification of bottlenecks for i…

Synergies and trade-offs between climate change adaptation options and gender equality: a review of the global literature Open

Joyashree Roy, Anjal Prakash, Shreya Some, Chandni Singh, Rachel Bezner Kerr , et al. · 2022

Tradeoffs and Synergies Across Global Climate Change Adaptations in the Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus Open

Sarah A. Torhan, Caitlin Grady, Idowu Ajibade, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Rebecca R. Hernandez , et al. · 2022

Food‐energy‐water (FEW) systems are increasingly vulnerable to natural hazards and climate change risks, yet humans depend on these systems for their daily needs, wellbeing, and survival. We investigated how adaptations related to FEW vuln…

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review Open

Tony W. Carr, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Alcade C. Segnon, Zakari Ali, Robert B. Zougmoré , et al. · 2022

Agriculture in West Africa faces the challenge of meeting the rising demand for food as national incomes and populations increase while production becomes more uncertain due to climate change. Crop production models can provide helpful inf…

Validity and validation in archetype analysis: practical assessment framework and guidelines Open

Luigi Piemontese, Regina Neudert, Christoph Oberlack, Simona Pedde, Matteo Roggero , et al. · 2022

Archetype analysis is a promising approach in sustainability science to identify patterns and explain mechanisms shaping the sustainability of social-ecological systems. Although considerable efforts have been devoted to developing quality…

Adaptation to Compound Climate Risks: A Systematic Global Stocktake Open

Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Robbert Biesbroek , et al. · 2022

SummaryThis article provides a stocktake the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to better understand how responses affect risk under the particularly challenging conditions of compound climate impacts. Across 39 countries, 45 resp…

Barriers and Enablers to effective science-policy interfacing for CSA mainstreaming: lessons learnt from the science-policy platforms in West Africa Open

Alcade C. Segnon, Vincent Ansah Botchway, Oumar Samaké, Mamoudou Idrissa, George Owusu Essegbey , et al. · 2021

This Info Note provides a synthesis of barriers and enablers of effective science-policy interfacing using the cases of the national science-policy dialogue platforms in Ghana, Mali and Niger. Using a participatory SWOT analysis, the study…

Capacitating Science-Policy dialogue platforms to trigger actions for accessing climate finance: experiences and lessons learnt from Ghana, Mali and Niger Open

Alcade C. Segnon, Vincent Ansah Botchway, Bougouna Sogoba, Mamoudou Idrissa, Komlanvi Moglo , et al. · 2021

Adequate financial resources are key barriers limiting the effectiveness and sustainability of the national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa. This Info Note documents the outcomes of and lessons learnt from capacity buildin…

A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation Open

Nícola Ulibarrí, Idowu Ajibade, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Elphin Tom Joe, Alexandra Lesnikowski , et al. · 2021

Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing ris…

The impacts of weather and climate information services on technical efficiency and farm productivity among smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana Open

Abdoulaye Ibrahim Mahamane Djido, Prosper Houessionon, Gordon K. Nikoi, Issa Ouédraogo, Mathieu Ouédraogo , et al. · 2021

This study evaluates the impacts of a pilot project that introduced weather and climate \ninformation services (CIS) on technical efficiency (TE) and sorghum productivity (Y) using a total \nof 210 plotlevel data comprising of 92 users and…

A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change Open

Lea Berrang‐Ford, A.R. Siders, Alexandra Lesnikowski, A. Paige Fischer, Max Callaghan , et al. · 2021

Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation Open

Adelle Thomas, Emily Theokritoff, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Diana Reckien, Kripa Jagannathan , et al. · 2021

Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice Open

Chandni Singh, Soundarya Iyer, Mark New, Roger Few, Bhavana Rao Kuchimanchi , et al. · 2021

The Paris Agreement articulates a global goal on adaptation, which aims to ensure an ‘adequate adaptation response’ to the ‘global temperature goal’, and requires countries to report progress through periodic global stocktakes. However, th…

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