Contribution to the study of the Impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector and its adaptation strategies in Forest Guinea

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Agriculture in Guinea faces the challenge of meeting the growing demand for food as national incomes and populations increase and production becomes more uncertain due to climate change. This research, which covers the period from 2000 to 2016, focuses on the assessment of the impacts of climate change in the agricultural sector and adaptation strategies in Forest Guinea. The results obtained show that nearly 88% of the populations surveyed believe that climate change has caused rainfall to vary, with a decrease of around 30%, the disruption of the rainy season (25%), the greater frequency of pockets of drought during the vegetative cycle of crops (15%) and the drop in agricultural production (18%). Slash-and-burn agriculture, excessive cutting of wood for carbonization and marketing are, among other things, the causes of the change in rainfall mentioned by the populations surveyed in the area. Thus, following the survey conducted, we realized that certain strategies for adapting to changes in rainfall were practiced but not revealed, while others were unknown to farmers, which are: varietal adaptation, use of water and soil conservation techniques, use of organic manure, modification of sowing date, use of lowlands. Indeed, the use of short-cycle plants and the use of lowlands are strategies for adapting to seasonal variations in rainfall in the region.

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