Agriculture, water, climate and migration in semi-arid lands in Burkina Faso
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2017-11
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This report details a study of agricultural communities in the semi-arid central plateau of Burkina Faso and how available water and land resources are managed amidst changing climatic conditions. Farming households in eight villages around the Ziga dam on the Nakambé River were consulted by quantitative survey and discussions with focus groups. These communities are managing by ‘exporting’ their prime male labour force to work in agriculture elsewhere for six months of the year. Women are thus left behind to carry the heavy work load. Construction of small, built water storage infrastructure such as ponds would help local development.
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SEMI-ARID REGIONS, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WOMEN’S ROLE, LABOUR MIGRATION, RAIN FED FARMING, FOOD SECURITY, DAMS, MAPPING, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, BURKINA FASO, SOUTH OF SAHARA