期刊名称：Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse
印刷版ISSN：1147-7806
电子版ISSN：1777-5922
出版年度：2008
卷号：19
期号：1
页码：29-37
DOI：10.1684/sec.2008.0122
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Figures See all figures Authors Benjamin Sultan , Serge Janicot , Christian Baron , Michael Dingkuhn , Bertrand Muller , Seydou Traoré , Benoît Sarr Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Laboratoire d’océanographie et du climat : expérimentation et approches numériques (Locean), Unité mixte de recherches (UMR) 7159 (CNRS/IRD/P6/MNHN), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 100, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (Cirad), Cirad-Amis/Agronomie/Ecotrop, TA 40/01, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, Centre AGRHYMET, BP 11011, Niamey, Niger Key words: agriculture, climate, monsoon, West Africa DOI : 10.1684/sec.2008.0122 Page(s) : 29-37 Published in: 2008 Climate has a strong influence on agricultural production with socio-economical impacts the severity of which varies from one region to another. These impacts are particularly strong in West African countries that in many cases are exposed to high variability in climate and where poverty increases the impact of climate fluctuations. In this context, aggravated by the long-term drought of the last decades and global climate change, it appears crucial to orient research efforts towards linking two fields of research: meteorology and agriculture. However, this linkage raises several major issues that are illustrated and discussed in this paper. These issues include (i) the spatial and temporal scales; (ii) the uncertainty in climate and impact predictions; and (iii) the use of climate information by the stakeholders.
