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14 Sep 2018

Good harvest forecast for West Africa

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Togo

Topics:

Agriculture & Fisheries

Food security & Nutrition

Livestock

Resilience

Sahara-Sahel

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Food security experts met from 12-14 September in Lomé to analyse the ongoing agro-pastoral campaign and harvest forecasts for 2019 in the Sahel and West Africa. With the exception of central and western areas of the Sahel, the food production forecast is overall average or good. Cereal production is estimated at about 66-73 million tonnes. This would be a 10-20% increase compared to the five-year average, thus much faster than the average population growth. Read on

10 Jul 2018

7th UEMOA high-level committee on food security

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Agriculture & Fisheries

Food security & Nutrition

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SWAC:

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For the seventh time, UEMOA leaders met to discuss the food and nutrition situation in member countries. The UEMOA high-level committee was held on 10 July in Niamey. Considering the critical pastoral situation, ministers in charge of livestock also participated in this event. Within the UEMOA area, some 3.5 million people are currently in a crisis situation and need urgent food assistance, notably in the Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal). Read on

06 Jun 2018

ECOWAS discusses governance of the regional food security reserve

Topics:

Agriculture & Fisheries

Development co-operation

Food security & Nutrition

Livestock

Resilience

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ECOWAS

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ECOWAS ministers in charge of agriculture met on 6 June 2018 in Ouagadougou to adopt a series of recommendations to support vulnerable populations during the lean season. They took measures to operationalise the Regional Food Security Reserve and further develop its governance structure. Drawing on recommendations of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal are eligible to submit formal requests to ECOWAS in order to benefit from country support operations. Read on

26 Apr 2018

ECOWAS promotes peaceful cross-border transhumance

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Cross-border co-operation

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On 26 April, ECOWAS and the government of Nigeria held a high-level meeting on pastoralism and cross-border transhumance in Abuja. The conference brought together ministers of security and agriculture/animal resources from ECOWAS countries, Cameroon, Chad, Mauritania and the Central African Republic. Their goal was to find lasting solutions to the escalating conflicts between herders and farmers in the ECOWAS zone and in other regions. Read on

16 Mar 2018

CILSS programmes co-ordination meeting

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Development co-operation

Food security & Nutrition

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The 7th CILSS Steering Committee meeting was opened on 16 March in Lomé. It provided an opportunity to take stock of current regional programmes implemented by CILSS and its development partners. Three major programmes were the focus of discussions. Read on

01 Mar 2018

Transhumance and nomadism

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Transhumance is a mobile livestock farming method that is based on regular, seasonal movements. The movements are mostly predictable; each year, herders follow the rhythm of the seasons and pass over the same trails and pasturelands that they already know. On the other hand, nomadism is characterised by the continual and unpredictable movements of all members of a family or a group. Most agro-pastoralists in the Sahel today practice semi-transhumance. Read on

23 Feb 2018

RPCA calls for action to address the critical pastoral situation

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The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) organised a regional consultation on the critical pastoral situation in the Sahel on 21-23 February in Niamey. Bringing together six Sahelian countries, the main host countries on the West African coast and development partners, the Network members made a series of recommendations to the region’s policy makers on how to address the crisis. Read on

08 Jan 2018

Does pastoralism still have a future in West Africa?

Topics:

Culture & Society

Development co-operation

Food security & Nutrition

Livestock

Migration & Mobility

Sahara-Sahel

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This issue of the Grain de Sel magazine published by Inter-réseaux, is part of a series of reflections on pastoralism in West Africa, which started in 2015. It underlines the linkages between pastoralism in the Sahel and coastal countries, which have often been neglected in development strategies. Read on

08 Dec 2017

Pastoralism and conflict prevention

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Benin

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Cross-border co-operation

Development co-operation

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From 6-8 December in Cotonou, Benin, CILSS organised a conference on “Operational approaches to conflict sensitivity and prevention in pastoral areas,” which was chaired by the Beninese minister of agriculture, livestock and fisheries. The purpose of the event was to present the achievements of the Pastoralism and stability in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (PASSHA) project. Read on

29 Sep 2017

Livestock in coastal countries

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The fourth high-level meeting on “Peaceful transhumance and livestock mobility in the Sahel and West African coastal countries” was held by ECOWAS from 27-29 September 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Livestock ministers from across the region endorsed the funding modalities to establish the Regional Investment Programme for Livestock Development in Coastal Countries (PRIDEC), targeting the livestock sector of five coastal countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo). PRIDEC is designed to complement the Regional Support Project for Pastoralism in the Sahel (PRAPS). Read on

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Livestock

Good harvest forecast for West Africa

7th UEMOA high-level committee on food security

ECOWAS discusses governance of the regional food security reserve

ECOWAS promotes peaceful cross-border transhumance

CILSS programmes co-ordination meeting

Transhumance and nomadism

RPCA calls for action to address the critical pastoral situation

Does pastoralism still have a future in West Africa?

Pastoralism and conflict prevention

Livestock in coastal countries

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