Is migration an effective adaptation to climate-related agricultural distress in sub-Saharan Africa?

Through a set of 52 qualitative interviews, this study examines first-time seasonal migration out of Bourasso, a village in North-Western Burkina Faso, to neighbouring countries and provides qualitative evidence demonstrating that in Bourasso climate-related seasonal migration by migrant men was predominately perceived as an erosive or failed strategy.

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Kira Vinke, Sophia Rottmann, Christoph Gornott, Pascal Zabre, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Rainer Sauerborn
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Vinke, K., Rottmann, S., Gornott, C. et al. 2022. Is migration an effective adaptation to climate-related agricultural distress in sub-Saharan Africa?. Popul Environ 43:319–345.

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2022
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