Open AccessAgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment of Agricultural Systems in Nioro, Senegal
Author(s) -
Ibrahima Hathié,
Dilys S. MacCarthy,
Bright Salah Freduah,
Mouhamed Ly,
Ahmadou Ly,
Cheryl Porter,
Roberto O. Valdivia,
Alexander C. Ruane,
John M. Antle,
Carolyn Z. Mutter,
Gerrit Hoogenboom
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open data journal for agricultural research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2352-6378
DOI - 10.18174/odjar.v7i0.17977
Subject(s) - dssat , agriculture , climate change , environmental science , environmental resource management , crop simulation model , climate model , agricultural productivity , scenario analysis , baseline (sea) , geography , business , ecology , archaeology , finance , biology , oceanography , geology
The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) developed protocol-based methods for Regional Integrated Assessment (RIA) of agricultural systems. These methods have been applied by teams of scientists working with regional and national stakeholders across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This paper describes the data sets that were used to implement the AgMIP RIA methods for the Nioro region of Senegal. The goal of the RIA is to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the principal agricultural system in the Senegal peanut basin comprised of peanut, millet, maize and other minor crops and livestock, and to assess adaptations of that system to climate change, under current as well as future climate and socio-economic conditions. The data sets include: the Representative Agricultural Pathways (RAPs) developed for Nioro from 2000-2050; climate data used to implement crop yield simulations; the data used to parameterize the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) and the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) crop models, which include historical climate data and future climate scenarios; and the data used to parameterize the Tradeoff Analysis Model for Multi-dimensional Impact Assessment (TOA-MD) economic simulation model. The analysis is structured around four AgMIP “core questions'' of climate impact assessment.