title: Survey data on key climate and environmental drivers of farmers' migration in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
abstract: This article describes two datasets generated from various sources in south western Burkina Faso to identify the key climate and environmental drivers that cause farmers to migrate. The survey sampling is random but reasoned and rational. The first dataset from 367 farm households contains data on farmers' perception of climate change risks or hazards, their impacts on farmland productivity and farm households' risk management strategies. The second dataset from 58 farm households contains data on agricultural practices, environmental changes, and environmental migration. Three supplemental Excel sheets show the results of the surveys. Details on the sample as well as further interpretation and discussion of the surveys are available in the associated research article ('Field Facts for Crop Insurance Design: Empirical Evidence from South Western Burkina Faso' (W. M. Fonta, S. Sanfo, B. Ibrahim, B. Barry, 2015) [1]).
authors.affiliation: West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Bvd Mohamad Kadhafi 06, BP 9507 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Safiétou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanfo
authors.affiliation: West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Bvd Mohamad Kadhafi 06, BP 9507 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: M William
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fonta
authors.affiliation: West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Bvd Mohamad Kadhafi 06, BP 9507 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boubacar
authors.affiliation: Center for Development Research (ZEF), Walter Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: P A John
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lamers
keywords: Climate and environmental changes; Climate and environmental drivers; Environmentally induced migration; West Africa