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As cotton has become the most important non-food cash crop in the West-African drylands, a tentative study was carried out into the possible impact of climate change on cotton cultivation and the vulnerability of the crop to increasing drought stress. Not much evidence could be found yet about a geographical movement of cotton production from northern to more southern areas.
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Ton, P. (2004). Cotton and Climate Change in West Africa. In: Dietz, A.J., Ruben, R., Verhagen, A. (eds) The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands. Environment & Policy, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2158-5_10
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