The research explores traditional sorghum and corn cropping systems in the Guera region of the Sahel, focusing on social, economic, and ecological criteria. The region faces challenges due to its tropical climate, dro...
funded by the National Ministry of High Education,Research and Technological Innovation of the Republic of Niger through the Scientific Research and Technological Innovation Support Funds(FARSIT).
Our paper assessed the improvement performance of the reanalysis(ERA5)compared to ERAI(ERA-Interim)both from the ECMWF(European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast)in representing the WAM(West African Monsoon)dyn...
The authors wish to thank the Ecosystem Approach to the management of fisheries and the marine environment in the West African Waters(AWA)project.They also acknowledge support from the international joint laboratory ECLAIRS.The Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique(LMD)and the Global Challenges Research Fund(GCRF)African Science for Weather Information and Techniques(SWIFT)Programme.NASA,CNES,and ICARE are acknowledged for providing access to CALIOP and Sun photometer AERONET data.
Saharan dust represents more than 50%of the total desert dust emitted around the globe and its radiative effect significantly affects the atmospheric circulation at a continental scale.Previous studies on dust vertica...
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the seasonal performance of 20 MW solar power plants in Senegal. The analysis revealed notable seasonal variations in the performance of all stations. The most significa...
This study describes the floristic composition and structure of a woody stand in the Senegalese Sahel, paying particular attention to the edaphic factors of its floristic composition. A stratified inventory considerin...
funded by the New Zealand Government to support the objectives of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases;the CaSSECS project(Carbon Sequestration and Green-house Gas Emissions in(Agro)Sylvopastoral Ecosystems in the Sahelian CILSS States)[FOOD/2019/410-169];Tagesson was additionally funded by the Swedish National Space Agency(SNSA 2021-00144;2021-00111)and FORMAS(Dnr.2021-00644).
Background The savannah ecosystems of Sahel have experienced continuous and heavy grazing of livestock for centuries but still,their vegetation response to grazing pressure remains poorly understood.In this study,we a...
Sahel is an African area with high solar potential. However, this potential is not uniform across the region. This paper examines the spatial distribution of the available solar potential by using six stations across ...
Bush fire is one of the drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide.However,the impact of bush fires on biodiversity in the West Africa Sahel is not well documented.Therefore,this study reviewed the effects of bush fires o...
the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA19030203);the National Natural Science Foundation of China project(Grant No.41661144022)。
The region-wide spatial pattern of the drivers of vegetation trends in the African Sahel-Sudano-Guinean region, one of the main drylands of the world, has not been fully investigated. Time-series satellite earth obser...
In Niger, a poor and arid country in West Africa, irrigated agriculture is undoubtedly the means with the greatest chance of ensuring food and nutritional security, increasing incomes and therefore reducing poverty, e...