Burkina Faso : integrating indigenous forecasting and scientific rainfall forecasting (French)

This case study describes how farmers in Bonam, a village in rural Burkina Faso, predict seasonal rainfall, and, examines how their forecasts relate to scientific ones. The research shows that farmers are used to operate in multiple cognitive frameworks, though are interested in receiving scientific forecasts, given the perception that local forecasts are becoming less reliable due to increasing climate variability. However, understanding local cultural...

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Roncoli, Carla;

Ingram, Keith;

Kirshen, Paul;

Jost,;
Document Date
2001/12/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
23312
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Burkina Faso,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/11/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Burkina Faso : integrating indigenous forecasting and scientific rainfall forecasting
Keywords
Indigenous knowledge

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Roncoli, Carla; Ingram, Keith; Kirshen, Paul; Jost,.

Burkina Faso : integrating indigenous forecasting and scientific rainfall forecasting (French). Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes|no 39 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/596471511171449362

Burkina Faso : integrating indigenous forecasting and scientific rainfall forecasting (French)

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