Grouped climate solutions for better production: Science listening to West African farmers

The rain delays, sorghum withers; when a storm finally breaks, complaints rise again. To break this cycle of uncertainty, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, INERA, and the University of Ghana conducted the first large-scale survey on agricultural climate services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, and Senegal.

Published on July 9, 2025, in Frontiers in Climate, the study analyzes the expectations of 1,212 farmers and charts a credible path to turn weather reports into a profitable investment. Lead researchers include: Adama Ouedraogo, Mathieu Ouedraogo, Irene S. Egyir, Peter Läderach, Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu, and John Baptist D. J. Jatoe