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Forage production in West Africa is essential for the region's agricultural economies and livestock systems but is greatly affected by climate variability, land degradation and increasing demographic pressures. Understanding...

Le Rapport Régional sur la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest 2024 (RRSAN) fournit des...

Climate change and its impacts on natural and human systems are increasingly evident globally. Africa is highly vulnerable and is experiencing the burden of climate change impacts of climate...

Though fisheries can contribute to nutritional needs, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable natural resource management in many developing countries, their role in the achievement...

CONTEXT: Climate change and variability have been identified as major threats to key sectors such as agriculture that drive economic growth and sustainable development in developing countries...

This resource aims at strengthening the capacity of West African pastoral stakeholders to respond to crises by focusing on the creation of real-time data collection tools and systems with extensive geographical coverage...

This publication showcases initiatives that have been successfully implemented to help youth build resilience in the agrifood system, despite the severe consequences of climate change and formidable social...

Countries in crisis requiring external assistance for food are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. The list below covers crises...

Rising temperatures, increasing rainfall variability and ocean acidification are reducing crop yields, livestock productivity and fish stocks with detrimental effects over livelihoods and food...

Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy of Senegal as in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Senegalese agricultural sector employs nearly 60% of the active population but contributed only 12.7% to GDP...