The ways in which crop and livestock farmers in the Sahel have responded to climatic variability have been studied widely . Local communities have developed an extensive Indigenous ecological knowledge system, enabling them to make use of ecosystem services to support their livelihoods and to survive environmental change . These knowledge systems have been crucial in people's resilience to and recovery from major environmental change, such as the severe drought period experienced in the region in the 1970s and 1980s . As climate change became evident and a primary concern on the global agenda, interest in local people's knowledge and understanding of climate change has also increased .
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