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• TITLE: Land Use Land Cover Dynamics and Farmland Intensity Analysis at Ouahigouya Municipality of Burkina Faso, West Africa

  AUTHORS: Oble Neya, Tiga Neya, Akwasi. A. Abunyewa, Benewinde J.-B. Zoungrana, Hypolite Tiendrebeogo, Kangbeni Dimobe, Joël Awouhidia Korahire

  KEYWORDS: Farmland Dynamics, Intensity Analysis, Land Use Land Cover, Vegetation, West Africa, Climate Smart Agriculture

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Climate Change, Vol.9 No.1, March 6, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Sahel zone has been reported as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, so serious attention must be paid to this zone by researchers and development actors who are interested in environmental-human dynamics and interactions. The aim of this study was to bring more insight into the impact of actions aiming at reducing land degradation, regreening the Sahel, stopping population migration and reducing the pressure on land in the Sahelian zone. The study focused on farmland dynamic in Ouahigouya municipality based on remote sensing data from 1986 to 2016 using intensity analysis. The annual time interval change was 0.77% and 2.46% for 1986-2001 and 2001-2016, respectively. Farmlands gained from mixt vegetation, water bodies and from bar lands. Mixed vegetation and water bodies were both active during both intervals while the other land use such as woodland and bar land were dormant. Combining land use land cover analysis and intensity analysis was found to be effective for assessing the differentiated impact of the various land restoration actions.