Could agroecology enable sustainable intensification of agricultural production in the Sahel, which is deeply vulnerable? This is the challenge of the ''Fostering an agroecological intensification to improve farmers’ Resilience in the Sahel'' (FAIR Sahel) project coordinated by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). Co-funded to the tune of 9 million euros by the European Union and the French Agency for Development, it will bring together ten European and West African partners for four years to conduct activities in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal.

The project includes the following components:

1. Diagnosis, identification of innovation groups and situations and implementation of partnership or collaborative arrangements;
2. Co-design and adaptation of innovative systems;
3. Creating favorable conditions for agroecological intensification;
4. Sharing experiences in agroecological intensification, training, and dissemination;
5. Project management, coordination and monitoring, and evaluation.