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Regreening the Sahel: A quiet agroecological evolution

05/11/2020

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Across large areas of the Sahel region of West Africa, one of the poorest and most environmentally precarious areas of Africa, a decades-long revolution in agroecology has produced remarkable results in improving food security and reversing environmental degradation. It has been lauded for having been led and spread by numerous local farmers, although the story […]

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Case study

Mobilité Humaine et Résilience au Sahel : Défis et opportunités

24/09/2020

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Oxfam s’est engagé depuis 2016, en partenariat avec des organisations internationales et nationales du Tchad, du Burkina Faso, du Niger, de la Mauritanie et du Mali, dans la mise en oeuvre des projets de renforcement de la résilience dans des zones fragilisées du Sahel financés dans le cadre du Fonds Fiduciaire d’Urgence de l’Union Européenne […]

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Briefing paper

Sahel : Luttre contre les inégalités pour répondre aux défis du développement et de la sécurité

03/07/2019

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Malgré son potentiel de développement, le Sahel fait face à une crise sans précédent. Aux enjeux de développement préexistants s’ajoute aujourd’hui une crise multiforme, sécuritaire, humanitaire et environnementale. Cette crise prend aussi racine dans les inégalités et un sentiment d’injustice profondément ancré, en particulier chez les jeunes. Les inégalités sont criantes et se manifestent dans […]

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Briefing paper

Sahel: Priorities for Resilience and Development

01/12/2018

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The Sahel has experienced a greater increase in hunger over the past decade than any other region. Sahelian states, regional organizations, and technical and financial partners have experienced considerable difficulties in providing a structural and sustainable response to food and nutrition insecurity. Yet hunger is not inevitable in the Sahel. Beyond the rhetoric, these various […]

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Research report

Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from the 2012 crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

16/06/2014

2 documents

58 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This report deals with the issues, or rather, with the responses to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, from a gender perspective. The field research, which was conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, builds on past work and reflects the statements made by local people. The report finds that household resilience is inconceivable […]

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Research report

First Line of Defence: Assessing the potential of local food reserves in the Sahel

21/10/2012

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Acute food crises continue to reverse positive development trends in sub-Saharan Africa. As the international community attempts to address the challenges of food security, the focus has largely been on two issues: the devastating effects of food price volatility on the most vulnerable populations, and recurrence of acute food crises. Food reserves have potential to […]

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Regreening the Sahel: A quiet agroecological evolution

Mobilité Humaine et Résilience au Sahel : Défis et opportunités

Sahel : Luttre contre les inégalités pour répondre aux défis du développement et de la sécurité

Sahel: Priorities for Resilience and Development

Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from the 2012 crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

First Line of Defence: Assessing the potential of local food reserves in the Sahel