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Sahara-Sahel

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The Beating Famine Sahel Conference, held from 26-28 February in Bamako, Mali, focused on farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) and other successful land restoration initiatives in the Sahel. It is estimated that FMNR has spread to 21-million hectares in the West African Sahel, making the region a world leader of the land restoration movement. The conference participants adopted a declaration to rally support to restore 100-million hectares of degraded land within the African Forest Landscapes Restoration Initiative (AFR100). Read on

14 Aug 2018

CILSS, G5 Sahel join forces to build resilience

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Development co-operation

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CILSS and the G5 Sahel held a dialogue workshop at the Agrhrymet Regional Centre in Niamey on 12-14 August. As a follow-up to the co-operation framework signed in February 2018, experts from both organisations gathered to explore opportunities to build synergy between key parts of the G5 Sahel Strategy for Security and Development and the 2020 CILSS Strategic Plan. Read on

01 Jun 2018

CILSS contributes to USAID food security strategy

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Ghana

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United States

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The USAID West Africa team organised a workshop on 30 May-1 June in Accra, to brainstorm about future work priorities associated with their food security strategy. CILSS plays a key role in implementing US priorities in the food and nutrition security field in West Africa. Read on

04 May 2018

CILSS and partners discuss seasonal climatic forecast

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CILSS and its partners held the 5th session looking at the seasonal agro-hydro-climatic situation forecast in Sudano-Sahelian Africa. The overall situation is similar to previous years. The rainy season might start slightly late and last longer than usual. Read on

27 Apr 2018

ECOWAS, AFD launch agro-ecological transition support project

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ECOWAS

France

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Launched on 27 April in Abuja, the EUR 8 million programme will finance field projects that support agro-ecological intensification on family farms in five West African countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo. Read on

22 Mar 2018

World Water Day: The answer is in nature

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Burkina Faso

Mali

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On 22 March, the 25th World Water Day promoted nature-based solutions to address the world’s water challenges. “How can we reduce floods, droughts and water pollution? By using the solutions we already find in nature” was the official theme. The importance of water is self-evident in the Sahel and West Africa region, which faces a large number of water challenges. Read on

07 Feb 2018

CILSS summit focuses on reforms

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Development co-operation

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CILSS leaders gathered on 7 February in Niamey for the 18th ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government. Organised back-to-back with the G5 Sahel summit, six presidents (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) as well the Prime Minister of Togo participated in the event. Discussions focused on how to advance reforms of the 45-year old institution and how to provide the institution with sustainable financing. Read on

05 Feb 2018

CILSS, World Bank sign funding agreement for Sahel irrigation initiative

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Sahara-Sahel

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On 5 February, CILSS and the World Bank signed a new funding agreement worth USD 20 million for the Sahel Irrigation Initiative Regional Support Project (PARIIS). The project covers six Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) and aims to improve stakeholders’ capacity to develop and manage irrigation and increase irrigated areas in the Sahel by 2024. Read on

01 Feb 2018

AfDB helps Niger build resilience

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Niger

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The African Development Bank approved on 10 January a grant of USD 43 million to help Niger become more resilient to food and nutrition insecurity. It will support the implementation of the first phase of the Reform and Economic Resilience Support Programme (PARRE) covering the period of 2017-19. Read on

01 Feb 2018

Climate change adaptation: lessons learned from three cross-border projects

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