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The programme will build, strengthen and scale up the resilience and adaptive capacities of smallholder farmers and rural communities of seven least developed countries (LDCs) in this region. It will...

Scaling CSA climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and innovations is essential to address climate change impacts in agriculture and food systems in West Africa. Through engagement with existing...

Due to the urgent need to protect communities, ecosystems, and economies from the impacts of a changing climate, adaptation is becoming increasingly relevant. Climate change is already a significant stressor on most...

Climate change and extreme weather events are heightening levels of acute food insecurity and food crises around the world. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and deals...

Rice is a major strategic commodity in Senegal government's options, it accounts for 34% of national cereal consumption; from which 50% of cereals consumed in urban areas and 24%...

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a multi-purpose legume widely cultivated in the semiarid tropics. In Senegal, groundnut is historically an important crop, and it remains one of the commodities with a huge...

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

La variabilité et le changement climatiques ont eu et auront des répercussions assez considérables sur les populations et leurs activités...

FAO and the government of Quebec have joined forces with the Governments of Senegal and Haiti to support the implementation of the adaptation component of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the integration of agriculture...

This publication describes climate-smart agriculture case studies that apply the five action points for CSA implementation. The action points are: expanding the evidence base for CSA...