African Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation Potential

1Jesse Naab, 2Andre Bationo, 3Benson M. Wafula, 4Pierre S. Traore, 5Robert Zougmore, 6Mamadou Ouattara, 7Ramadjita Tabo, and 8Paul L. G. Vlek 1West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso jessenaab@gmail.com 2Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), PMB KIA 114, Accra, Ghana ABationo@agra-alliance.org 3Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), P.O. Box 27, Embu, Kenya bensonwafula@gmail.com 4International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) BP 320, Bamako, Mali p.s.traore@cgiar.org 5International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) BP 320 Bamako, Mali R.Zougmore@cgiar.org 6West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) KIA 114, Accra, Ghana mouattara@agra-alliance.org 7Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), PMB CT 173, Cantonments rtabo@fara-africa.org 8West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) KIA 114, Accra, Ghana p.vlek@uni-bonn.de