INTENSITY OF ADOPTION OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES IN FAKARA, NIGER

Abstract

The present study, conducted in the village of Kampa Zarma, one of the fars sites of the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program in Fakara, Niger, aims to assess the level of adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices. Data were collected using an individual questionnaire administered to all farmers in the village of Kampa Zarma. Analysis of the data showed that the practice of assisted natural regeneration (ANR), cropping association, home garden, half-moon, zaï and mulching were known by almost 100% of those surveyed. Knowledge of these techniques influences their use, with crop association (100%), ANR (91.8%), mulching (90.7%) and the home garden (76.6%) being the most widely adopted. This has an impact on producers' ability to determine the area of the field where the practice can be applied. This means that ANR, mulching and home gardens can be implemented by growers on all fields.