7a4102ed-40fb-48a0-980a-f50ec6e51e47 8ae26013-56bc-4b78-a4f7-a53e0472cfce Irit Eguavoen eguavoen@uni-bonn.de 2018-04-19T11:12:00 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso: aid dependency and obstacles to political participation 2015-08-19 1864-6638 This study analyses the climate change discourses and political dynamics in south-western Burkina Faso from three empirical entry points: (a) the production of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action; (b) climate change discourses in the Ioba province; and (c) the role of the public media. Climate change is not a popular discourse in Burkina Faso and seems limited to the national and international levels. Farmers in the Ioba province have experienced environmental degradation and changes in precipitation patterns but have not linked these to climate change, except for extreme events. Local discourses mostly focus on deforestation and express disappointment in the degree of support that the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) offer to producers of food crops. External support is characterized by a good knowledge base of climate change among government officials and NGO staff but also insufficient funds, a lack of coordination, shifting donor interest in development themes and little responsiveness to farmers’ concerns and needs, leading to a lack of political interest. Farmers’ low levels of understanding of elections, voting power and political accountability have resulted in little political representation of their interests. Climate change and adaptation options are disseminated via radio, drama groups, mobile cinema and trainings. These participatory formats allow top-down information flow and opportunities for farmers to publicly discuss their views, concerns and questions beyond climate change. The popularity of these formats show that farmers are eager to communicate, become informed and get active in environmental change and resources management. Working paper in cooperation with Julia Wahren. We would like to thank Karsten Schulz, Daniel Callo-Concha, Papa Sow, Tabitha Triphaus, Nicholas Moret and Christian Borgemeister for their helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper. Irit Eguavoen Center for Development Research, Department C: Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn Senior researcher +49-228-73-4912 Walter-Flex-Straße 3 Bonn 53111 Germany eguavoen@uni-bonn.de Julia Wahren julia.wahren@programmbuero-klima.de https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=7a4102ed-40fb-48a0-980a-f50ec6e51e47&fname=type_scientific_publication.png large_thumbnail png politics development aid GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet National Adaptation Programmes of Action media NAPA Burkina Faso Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions West Africa Citation: Eguavoen, I. & J. Wahren 2015. Climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso: aid dependency and obstacles to political participation. ZEF Working Paper 140. Bonn society -6.943347156946067 2.900402841683672 9.362346793591614 15.199380151631749 PDF Center for Development Research (ZEF) https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/file.disclaimer?uuid=7a4102ed-40fb-48a0-980a-f50ec6e51e47&fname=WSC_soc_climate-change-adaptation_burkina-faso_2015.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download WSC_soc_climate-change-adaptation_burkina-faso_2015.pdf File to download