A l’occasion du Salon international de l’agriculture 2019 portant cette année sur l’agriculture au Sahel, l’AFD et le CIRAD co-organisent une conférence sur cette même thématique. Au Sahel, deux habitants sur trois vivent de l’agriculture et de l’élevage. Le développement de [...]

Small pelagic fish species, naturally occurring or introduced to lakes and reservoirs, form some of the most important inland fisheries in Africa and account for the highest volume of inland fishery catches on the continent. The group’s contribution to the [...]

This report provides an analysis of various dimensions of the resilience capacity of Mauritanian households. The results of the RIMA analysis (Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis) provide evidence to demonstrate the factors that enable certain households to overcome shocks and [...]

In this bulletin:   Thirty-four plant and forest pests and diseases and animal and aquatic diseases were forecasted by FAO experts for the period October-December 2018. A total of 281 forecasts were conducted in 116 countries.  Food Chain Crisis (FCC) threats are expected to [...]

Poor rains in 2017 affected livestock across the pastoral areas of the Sahel. Persisting insecurity hampers access of animals to the grazing areas in northeastern Nigeria, northern Mali and the Lake Chad Region. Large concentrations of livestock in safe areas [...]