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Chapter14 AdaptationProcesses inAgriculture andFoodSecurity: Insights fromEvaluating BehavioralChanges inWestAfrica JacquesSomda,RobertZougmore´, IssaSawadogo,BabouAndre´Bationo, SaakaBuah, andTougianiAbasse Abstract This chapter focuses on the evaluation of adaptive capacities of community-level human systems related to agriculture and food security. It high- lights findings regarding approaches and domains tomonitor and evaluate behav- ioral changes fromCGIAR’s research programonclimate change, agriculture and foodsecurity(CCAFS).Thisprogram, implementedinfiveWestAfricancountries, is intended to enhance adaptive capacities in agriculture management of natural resources and foodsystems. In support ofparticipatoryaction researchonclimate- smart agriculture, amonitoring and evaluation planwas designedwith the partic- ipation of all stakeholders to track changes in behavior of the participating com- munitymembers. Individuals’ andgroups’ stories of changeswere collectedusing most significant change tools. The collected stories of changeswere substantiated throughfield visits and triangulation techniques. Frequencies of the occurrence of characteristicsofbehavioralchangesinthestorieswereestimated.Theresultsshow that smallholder farmers in the interventionareasadoptedvariouscharacteristicsof J. Somda (*) Planning,Monitoring,Evaluation andLearning, InternationalUnion forConservationof Nature,Ouagadougou,BurkinaFaso e-mail: jacques.somda@iucn.org R.Zougmore´ AfricaProgram,CGIARResearchProgramonClimateChange,AgricultureandFoodSecurity (CCAFS),Bamako,Mali e-mail: r.zougmore@cgiar.org I. Sawadogo •B.A.Bationo Environment andAgriculturalResearch Institute,Ouagadougou,BurkinaFaso e-mail: sawissa2001@yahoo.fr; babou.bationo@gmail.com S.Buah SavannaAgriculturalResearch Institute, 494,Wa,Ghana e-mail: ssbuah@yahoo.com T.Abasse NationalAgriculturalResearch Institute ofNiger,Niamey,Niger e-mail: abasse.tougiani@gmail.com ©TheAuthor(s) 2017 J.I.Uitto et al. (eds.),EvaluatingClimateChangeAction for Sustainable Development,DOI10.1007/978-3-319-43702-6_14 255