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Senegal benefited from the support of CCAFS West Africa program to implement National Dialogue Science
Policy Platform on Adaptation of Agriculture and Food Security to Climate Change. This is a network of
national stakeholders including mainly scientists, policy makers and other related stakeholders for undertaking
regular exchange of information and knowledge on adaptation to climate change.
As part of the implementation of the roadmap, the platform has initiated a study to identify all key national
stakeholders actively involved in the management of climate change issues especially for agriculture and food
security. This is a first step that would enable the platform to analyze the roles and missions of the stakeholders
but also and especially to consider mechanisms or approaches to functional interaction to support decision
making. The study helped identify about forty key national organizations and define their respective missions
and roles in the development of national strategies and action plans to fight against the effects of climate
change. She also documented the current national policies, mechanisms and institutional arrangements, as well
as the gaps that hinder effective integration of scientific knowledge and information for decision-making. The
study finally evoked suggestions for an effective system of support for policy making, especially through an
operational dialogue between researchers and decision makers in Senegal.