Farming in the West African Sudan Savanna: Insights in the context of climate change

摘要: Farming is the main livelihood activity in semi-arid rural West Africa, involving largest portion of population, contributing significantly to regional economy and intimately intertwined with current environmental problems. Key vulnerabilities Sudan Savanna include its ecological fragility, institutional weakness, high levels poverty food insecurity, political economic instability, now aggravated by climate change. The characterization farming cropping systems key for understanding proposing meaningful adaptation strategies at field, farm, local national levels. This review begins examining agroecological (biophysical) profile, detailing climatic, edaphological hydrological qualities. Next, socioeconomic features: demography, culture, organizational institutions are summarized, followed a associated management. paper concludes offering an outlook on targeted activities, interventions cope adapt change variability, as well soil fertility challenges within socio-ecological context.