Guinea [In West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis]

Condé, Sidafa, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald Nelson and Timothy Thomas

Chapter 7 in West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis, 2013, pp 173-202 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The Republic of Guinea covers an area of 245,857 square kilometers divided into seven administrative regions: Kindia, Boké, Mamou, Labé, Faranah, Kankan, and N’Zérékoré. The country consists of four major agroecological regions: coastal (Lower Guinea), middle (Fouta Djallon), upper, and forest Guinea. Guinea has a tropical climate with two alternating seasons, a dry season from November through March and a rainy season from April through October. In general, its rainfall increases from north to south; the mean annual rainfall is 1988 millimeters.

Keywords: crops; climate change; agriculture; food security; economic development; agricultural development; sustainability; resource management; agricultural policies; Guinea; Western Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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