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The effects of climate change-induced flooding on harvest failure in Burkina Faso: case study

Müller et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Public Health

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1166913 ↗

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Summary

Combines farmer reports, satellite imagery and weather data to investigate flood-related harvest losses.

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Scientific notes: 2026-11-11 · Research connections: 12 November 2026

Key findings

88/180 farmers (49%) reported at least one flooded field; 175/834 fields (21%) were flooded. Satellite examples were consistent with reported inundation.

Study design & setting

Study design and methods

Population, setting or evidence base

Nouna, Burkina Faso. Exploratory flood and harvest-loss case study. 180 farmers, 834 fields,August–December 2021.

Methods

Farmer questionnaires, visual Sentinel-2 comparisons, local rainfall records and illustrative food-energy/economic loss calculations.

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Limitations

No comparable historic flood series; cloud cover and image timing restrict validation; flooding dates were not collected precisely. Single-season observations do not attribute individual floods to anthropogenic climate change.

Research relevance

Broadens food-security research from drought to excessive rainfall and flood-related crop loss.

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