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Current status and trends in Cabo Verde agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorFortes, Arlindo
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Vladmir
dc.contributor.authorEssoh, Anyse Pereira
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Isildo
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, A. Manuel
dc.contributor.authorRomeiras, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-23T11:54:46Z
dc.date.available2020-01-23T11:54:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractWith climate change, drought is expected to increase, and its negative impacts will be particularly important in developing countries, usually with rainfall-dependent agriculture. The Cabo Verde archipelago is characterized by limited resources, remoteness, vulnerability to natural disasters, and a fragile environment. In this study, we provide the first report of the current status and trends of agriculture in Cabo Verde. We present data on the current performance of agricultural production areas in these islands and discuss them in terms of their most important natural constraint, water. Also, we assess the impact of institutional strategies on crop production and evaluate recent mechanisms that have been engaged towards agrarian development in this archipelago. Our results show that, among the ten Cabo Verde Islands, Santiago has the largest area used for agriculture (52.5%), followed by Santo Antão (16%) and Fogo (15.8%), and that rainfed farming dominates in all of them. The staple crops, such as maize and beans, are produced through rainfed subsistence farming, whereas irrigated crops (i.e., sugarcane, tomatoes) are mostly grown for commercial purposes. The prolonged drought periods, exposure, erosion and soil degradation, which led to increasing desertification over the last decades, have been identified as the main constraints to agrarian development across the ten islands of the archipelago. The strategies of Cabo Verde government to mitigate water scarcity through small-scale irrigation based mainly on small dams and drip irrigation technology have a marked effect on agricultural production in the predominantly arid and semi-arid areas of this archipelagopt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationAgronomy 2020, 10, 74pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/agronomy10010074pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19404
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionwww.mdpi.com/journal/agronomypt_PT
dc.subjectagriculture resiliencept_PT
dc.subjectclimate changept_PT
dc.subjectdroughtpt_PT
dc.subjectirrigated farmingpt_PT
dc.subjectrainfed farmingpt_PT
dc.titleCurrent status and trends in Cabo Verde agriculturept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleAgronomypt_PT
person.familyNameRomeiras
person.givenNameMaria
person.identifier520836
person.identifier.ciencia-id6A1C-085E-9038
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9373-6302
person.identifier.ridJ-4552-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id15842082800
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