IITA-IFAD Youth project on Migration

The West African Sahel and dry savannahs cover a large northern sector of the sub-region from Nigeria through Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, to Senegal where natural resource limitations, especially water scarcity and land degradation, are expected to be exacerbated by climate change. The main goal of the proposed project is to introduce climate smart agricultural technologies and innovations in the Sahel and dry savannah regions of Mali and Niger that will improve rural livelihoods and food security. In the first of the two components of the project, we will use innovation platforms (IPs) to scale out exisitng technologies along the value chain of key commodities. In Niger the delivery mechanisms that the current Norwegian project (RED/SAACC-Niger) is applying will also be adopted. In the second project component we will conduct research to develop and adapt additional technological options to expand the pool from which farmers and other value chain actors get to choose from.

西非萨赫勒与干燥稀树草原覆盖了该次区域自尼日利亚经贝宁、尼日尔、布基纳法索、马里直至塞内加尔的北部大片区域，区内自然资源制约问题——尤其是水资源短缺与土地退化——预计将因气候变化进一步加剧。本拟建项目的核心目标是在马里与尼日尔的萨赫勒及干燥稀树草原区域推广气候智能型农业技术与创新方案，以改善农村民生与粮食安全水平。项目包含两大组成部分：第一部分中，我们将借助创新平台（Innovation Platforms，IPs）沿关键大宗商品的价值链推广现有技术；在尼日尔地区，我们还将采用当前挪威项目RED/SAACC-Niger所应用的落地机制。第二组成部分中，我们将开展研究以开发并适配更多技术选项，扩充农户及其他价值链参与主体可选用的技术储备池。