West Africa

A view of partners during a conference co-organised by WASCAL and CCAFS

Current Projects

Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture (AVENIR)

Farmer from Kenya working in the field with his cattle

Building livelihoods and resilience to climate change in East and West Africa

Integrated soil-water-energy system as a climate-smart agro-sylvo-pastoral production model in Cinzana, Mali

Climate information services for increased resilience and productivity in Senegal

Upscaling climate information services and technologies through IT-led public-private-partnership

Multispecies fodder bank as climate-smart option for an improved livestock nutrition in Northern Ghana

Food System Adaptation in Changing Environments in Africa (FACE-Africa)

Synthesis and support to climate-smart agriculture evidence building and scaling

Enhanced climate information services and big data solutions to enhance smallholder production for value chains in West Africa

Low-emissions opportunities in USAID agriculture and food security initiatives

Innovative finance for scaling up climate-smart agriculture

Partnerships for Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture (P4S)

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Climate Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS)

Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA)

Supporting improved policies and institutions

Standard assessment of agricultural mitigation potential and livelihoods (SAMPLES)

Advancing cowpea productivity in West Africa

Participatory tools for gender and social inclusion research under climate change

Woman holding chart with collected measurments

Standard assessment of agricultural mitigation potential and livelihoods (SAMPLES)

Partnerships for scaling out climate-smart agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Predictive technologies for climate-smart agriculture

The social impact of weather insurance for agriculture

Scaling up climate-smart agriculture technologies for improved food and nutrition security in Niger

Completed projects

Climate Change and Social Learning Initiative

Scaling up climate-smart agriculture technologies and tools to benefit regional, national and community level end-users

Developing Climate-Smart Village models in West Africa

Gender and climate change

Bridging the science-policy gap through climate exchange platforms in West Africa

Small Holder Agriculture Monitoring and Baseline Assessment (SHAMBA)

Building climate-smart farming systems through integrated water storage and crop-livestock interventions