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Jun 29, 2022 · 2.3 Climate. The Sahel is characterized by a semiarid climate, hot, with two well-marked seasons: a dry season lasting about 8–9 months, and a rainy season (wintering) of 3–4 months.
The Sahel is highly vulnerable to climate change due its geographic location at the southern edge of the Sahara desert and the strong dependence of its population on rainfed agriculture and livestock.
Overreliance on climate-sensitive, agriculture-based livelihoods is a risk factor in the Sahel. Overuse of water and land reduces resource availability over time; as agricultural production ...
The wetter areas toward the south of the Sahel are dominated by agriculture combined with livestock breeding and cash-crop agriculture (ground nuts and cotton).
- Cheikh Mbow
- 2017
Dec 8, 2021 · Land use change and climate-smart agriculture in the Sahel. December 8, 2021. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Sahel experienced recurrent drought and famine. Farmers and their development partners reacted to this crisis by developing climate-smart agricultural practices and changes in land use, including water-harvesting techniques to restore ...
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198816959.013.12
- 2021
Sep 19, 2022 · Newly released Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the G5 Sahel region estimates that up to 13.5 million people across the Sahel could fall into poverty due to climate change-related shocks by 2050 if urgent climate adaptation measures are not taken.
Sep 21, 2020 · Climate change is a reality here. Each year, at the first signs of drought in early November, as soon as rivers start to dry up and pastures become scarce, the family leaves the Podor region in the north, close to the border with Mauritania, and moves south. They travel by cart in search of food for their own herd and the herds they care for on ...
