This report contains tables including analyses of the potential impact of a changed climate on the most common pests and diseases afflicting 16 important crops in Mali. For each pest or disease identified, the current prevalence of the problem under current weather conditions was assessed. Projections of climate change in the Sahel are currently uncertain and this informed the analysis. The report shows an agreement among climate models that temperatures will increase, although the models vary on the extent and rate of that change. It states that precipitation in this region is particularly difficult to model, and existing projections based on these models differ regarding the long-term evolution of annual rainfall amounts. It is also highlighted that the models also provide little insight regarding potential in geographic distribution of precipitation. Most models project a slight increase in annual rainfall in the central Sahel and a decrease in the western Sahel.
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Runoff control structures to temporarily store rainfall