@article{fdi:010066837,
  title = {{P}erceptions of recent rainfall changes in {N}iger : a comparison between climate-sensitive and non-climate sensitive households},
  author = {{K}osmowski, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {L}eblois, {A}. and {S}ultan, {B}enjamin},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nderstanding public perceptions of changes in local weather patterns is fundamental to both climate science and policy, especially in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica where adaptation will be crucial to reduce the projected impacts of climate change. {I}n this study, a nationally-representative sample of households in {N}iger is used to document how perceptions of 2007-2011 rainfall changes vary across households depending on their socio-economic characteristics and their location within the latitudinal rainfall gradient of the country. {W}e further characterize the complex relationship between perceived rainfall trends and rainfall data derived from satellite data. {W}e found that over the last five years, most people perceive less rainfall (76 %), worse distribution of rainfall in the year (78 %), more frequent droughts (83 %) and a rainy season delayed (71 %) and also finishing earlier (80 %). {T}hese perceptions are consistent with an observed worsening of rainfall conditions as seen from satellite data. {O}ur results demonstrate that smallholders, commercial farmers, pastoralists and sedentary agro-pastoralists living in rural dry areas have a higher level of awareness of local changes than other respondents. {I}ndeed, perceptions of these climate-sensitive households are more consensual and more closely related to observed local changes. {W}e found that climate-sensitive households are able to detect very accurately changes in the beginning of the rainy season and to a lesser extent changes in rainfall distribution and drought frequency.},
  keywords = {{NIGER}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}limatic {C}hange},
  volume = {135},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {227--241},
  ISSN = {0165-0009},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10584-015-1562-4},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066837},
}