Drought Impacts on the Crop Sector and Adaptation Options in Burkina Faso: A Gender-Focused Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

The crop sector in Burkina Faso has been facing recurrent droughts since 1970. This study analyzes the impacts of and adaptation options such as use irrigation capacity development methods, integrated soil management drought-tolerant varieties on sector. Indeed, we focus consequences agricultural economic growth employment gender dimension household poverty. Using a gendered dynamic computable general equilibrium model linked to microsimulation model, conduct simulations various drought scenarios (mild, moderate severe). We show that mild, intense experienced by over past ten years have negatively affected country’s performance considerably degraded welfare its households. gross domestic product fallen 3.0% short term 3.3% long due droughts. Moreover, number poor people is growing faster male-headed households than female-headed Given large female population both groups households, women bear brunt These results also demonstrate how these negative could worsen future with recurrence threat global climate change. find room reduce adopting varieties, approaches or expanding their capacity.