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19 May 2016

UEMOA holds consultation on agricultural professional sectors

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Food security & Nutrition
Resilience
Members:
UEMOA
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From 17 to 19 May, UEMOA organised the 4th meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee for Agricultural Sectors (CCRFA) in Ouagadougou. Under the theme of "Strengthening the involvement of agricultural professional actors in the implementation of the UEMOA Agricultural Policy (PAU)," the meeting brought together members of the Network of Farmers' and Agricultural Producers' Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA), several sub-regional and national professional organisations, government representatives and technical and financial partners. Read on
13 May 2016

Agricultural fires light up West Africa

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Climate & Climate change
Environment
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Fascinating satellite images from NASA show fires raging across West Africa as farmers carry out the cyclical clearing of last year's crop remains. Each hot spot, which appears as a red mark, is an area where the thermal detectors on the Suomi NPP satellite recognised temperatures higher than background. When accompanied by plumes of smoke, as in the images, such hot spots are diagnostic for fire. Read on
14 Apr 2016

West African courtesy visit at the OECD

Country:
Chad
Guinea
Mali
Niger
Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Development co-operation
Resilience
Members:
CILSS
ECOWAS
UEMOA
SWAC:
SWAC
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On the sidelines of the Restricted Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mr Douglas Frantz invited on 14 April 2016 a high-level delegation of West African leaders for a brief exchange on co-operation between Africa and the OECD. The delegation was composed of six West African ministers as well as regional leaders from ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS and representatives of West African agricultural producers’ organisations. Read on
30 Mar 2016

Sierra Leone: Agribusiness project to benefit 50 000 farmers

Country:
Sierra Leone
Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Development co-operation
Food security & Nutrition
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The Government of Sierra Leone, the World Bank and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) intend to better link farmers to agribusinesses. They signed a USD 55 million project to support smallholder commercialisation and agribusiness development. Under the five-year credit agreement and in line with the government’s Agenda for Prosperity, the project aims to benefit some 50 000 smallholder farmers, including 40% women and young farmers. Read on
24 Mar 2016

Nearly 30% of the West Africans lack access to an improved water source

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Environment
Health
Infrastructure
SWAC:
SWAC
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Nearly 30% of the West African population does not have access to an improved drinking water source. While disparities between rural and urban areas are decreasing, significant gaps remain. Among the Sahelian countries, only Burkina Faso and Mali have achieved Target C of MDG 7 relating to access to safe drinking water; no Sahelian country has achieved the goal relating to access to basic sanitation services. Read on
23 Mar 2016

5th CILSS Steering Committee takes stock of regional projects

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Development co-operation
Food security & Nutrition
Livestock
Members:
CILSS
ECOWAS
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The 5th CILSS Steering Committee meeting, held from 21-22 March in Lomé, provided an opportunity to take stock of current and new regional programmes implemented by CILSS and its development partners. The meeting was chaired by the newly appointed ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tchambakou Ayassor. Read on
22 Mar 2016

World Water Day 2016: Water and employment

Topics:
Health
Environment
Agriculture & Fisheries
Members:
CILSS
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Held every year on 22 March, World Water Day is dedicated this year to the theme of water and employment. In West Africa as elsewhere, water is a job creator (building and maintenance of infrastructure, distribution, etc.) and is necessary for agriculture (irrigation) as well as for urban development. As a public good, targeted by Sustainable Development Goal 6, access to water and sanitation leads to indirect positive effects on employment, due to its role in the development of human capital. Read on
22 Mar 2016

Surface water in Africa

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Environment
SWAC:
SWAC
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Few indicators offer a more mixed picture of Africa than that of waterways. Represented according to their permanent or seasonal nature, African waterways seem to cut the continent into a succession of zones of unequal thickness. Read on
15 Feb 2016

Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme: More, better and faster

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Climate & Climate change
Environment
Resilience
Sahara-Sahel
Members:
CILSS
Body:
The CILSS is implementing the regional component of an ambitious multi-stakeholder project which aims to more than double the irrigated areas of six Sahelian countries to 1 million hectares by 2020. Funded by the World Bank Group, the Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme (SIIP) covers Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Read on
28 Jan 2016

SWAC presents at rural-urban connections conference

Topics:
Agriculture & Fisheries
Demographic trends
Food security & Nutrition
SWAC:
SWAC
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The University of Copenhagen hosted a conference on "Rural-urban connections in sub-Saharan Africa" from 25-28 January. Participants explored the impacts of mobility and urbanisation on poverty and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Thomas Allen from the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat at the OECD (SWAC/OECD) was invited to present on key changes in the West African agro-food value chains. Read on

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Disentangling urban and rural food security in West Africa

06 Jun 2018

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The region suffers from the double burden of under- and over-nutrition: While over 58 million people in the region are underweight, some 52 million people, mostly urban dwellers, are either overweight or obese.

Rice, the white gold of West Africa?

01 Feb 2018

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The Dynamiques paysannes magazine, published by SOS Faim Belgium, analyses the rice sector in West Africa from a producers’ perspective.

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Agriculture & Fisheries

UEMOA holds consultation on agricultural professional sectors

Agricultural fires light up West Africa

West African courtesy visit at the OECD

Sierra Leone: Agribusiness project to benefit 50 000 farmers

Nearly 30% of the West Africans lack access to an improved water source

5th CILSS Steering Committee takes stock of regional projects

World Water Day 2016: Water and employment

Surface water in Africa

Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme: More, better and faster

SWAC presents at rural-urban connections conference

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Disentangling urban and rural food security in West Africa

Rice, the white gold of West Africa?