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                                                                                                                       ©FAO Marco Longari
           INTEGRATING AGRO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INCREASE 
           RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE 
           FOOD SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL
           March 2022
           SDGs:
           Countries:                 Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, the Niger, Nigeria, 
                                      Senegal and Sierra Leone
           Project Code:              TCP/SFW/3703
           FAO Contribution:          USD 247 000
           Duration:                  27 December 2019 –31 December 2021
           Contact Info:              FAO SubregionalOffice for West Africa
                                      FAO-SFW@fao.org
             INTEGRATING AGRO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INCREASE                                                                   TCP/SFW/3703
             RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE 
             FOOD SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL
             ImplementingPartners                                                    BACKGROUND
             Sectoral   ministries  of  the environment, agriculture,                The role agro-ecology plays in dealing with the food and
             livestock, water management and fisheries.                              climate crises, by enhancing local biodiversity and natural
             Beneficiaries                                                           resource conservation, is increasingly clear. It responds to
             Farmers    and the population at large; concerned                       the triple challenge facing the agriculture sector: poverty
             stakeholder entities in the ten targeted countries.                     eradication, increased productivity, and sustainability.
             CountryProgrammingFramework(CPF)Outputs                                 However,WestAfricaandtheSahellacksufficientnational
                                                                                     andsubregional data on agro-ecology; and this hinders the
             Burkina Faso, CPF 2017-2020: Priorities 1 (Food and                     implementation of policies to support systems for applying
             nutritional   security   and    resilience   of   vulnerable            the best solutions for soil conservation, biodiversity, water
             populations to climate change) and 3 (Improvement of                    andcommunityempowermentatthelocallevel.
             incomes among rural populations through sustainable and                 To support agro-ecological transition initiatives, the
             efficient agricultural and food systems).                               project was tasked with developing a ten-year programme
             Côte d’Ivoire, CPF 2018-2021: Priority 1 (Improve the                   to promote agro-ecology in West Africa and the Sahel,
             productivity,     sustainability    and     resilience     of           involving ten of the region’s countries.
             agrosylvopastoraland fishery operations).
             The Gambia, CPF 2018-2021: Priorities 1 (Enhance the                    IMPACT
             enabling environment and capacity development for                       The ten-year programme to promote agro-ecology will
             increased, sustainable and diversified agricultural and                 strengthen the agrosylvopastoral and fishery sectors, to
             fisheries production and nutrition), 2 (Sustainable natural             underpin food and nutritional security, reduce rural
             resource management for climate change adaptation and                   poverty, and conserve natural resources. It will hasten
             mitigation) and 4 (Strengthened resilience and capacities               the transformation of food systems in order to overcome
             for disaster risk reduction and management, and climate                 the many challenges facing the region, including hunger
             changeadaptationandmitigation).                                         and malnutrition, poverty, climate change, environmental
             Ghana, CPF 2018-2022: Priorities 2 (Sustainable natural                 degradation,     loss  of    biological  diversity,   gender
             resource management for a safe, secure and productive                   inequalities, public health, and access to water resources.
             environment) and 3 (Resilient livelihoods for reduced
             vulnerability and rural poverty).                                       ACHIEVEMENT OF RESULTS
             Guinea, CPF 2018-2022: Priority 1 (Food and nutritional                 The project produced diagnostic surveys in ten countries
             security, resilience of populations that are vulnerable to              of the region, and feedback and validation workshops
             crises and the effects of climate change).                              were organized in five of them (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea,
             Mali,   CPF 2018-2022: Priorities 1 (Strengthen the                     Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone). The compilation of
             resilience and social protection of populations that are                national surveys has made it possible to analyse a regional
             vulnerable to food and nutritional insecurity) and 2                    context that varies greatly between countries, with some
             (Sustainable intensification, diversification of production             countries having partially launched a reform of their food
             and development of agro-sylvo-pastoral and fishery value                systems, others having laid the technical foundations, and
             chains in Mali).                                                        others that prioritize their industrial production system. A
             The Niger, CPF 2017-2020: Priority 2 (Support to                        great deal of research is being carried out in the field of
             strengthen a political and institutional environment that               agro-ecology, as stakeholders and populations recognize
             is  conducive to agricultural development, food and                     the need for sustainable transformation and better quality
             nutritional security, and sustainable governance of natural             food production/consumption. Many projects are already
             resources).                                                             funding production tools and knowledge cocreation.
             Nigeria,   CPF 2018-2022: Priorities       2 (Support for               The synthesis carried out has resulted in a proposed
             appropriate and operationally effective agricultural policy             intervention framework that harmonizes the initiatives
             and regulatory frameworks) and 4 (Improve efficient and                 that are currently under way. A document on the ten-year
             sustainable natural resource management and ecosystem                   programme for the promotion of agro-ecology in West
             management).                                                            Africa and the Sahel has been developed and is awaiting
             Senegal,    CPF    2019-2023:     Priority  3   (Sustainable            validation by the Economic Community of West African
             managementoftheenvironmentandnaturalresources).                         States (ECOWAS) and partners. Following the validation
             Sierra Leone, CPF 2016-2019: Priority 2 (Responsible                    workshop, which is scheduled from 20 to 22 April 2022,
             governanceandmanagementofnaturalresources).                             a donor round table will be organized by ECOWAS in
                                                                                     May2022,toseekfundingtoimplementtheprogramme.
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             INTEGRATING AGRO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INCREASE                                                                  TCP/SFW/3703
             RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE 
             FOOD SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL
             The project provided an opportunity to strengthen                       4. Technological sustainability 
             the role of the Tool for Agroecology Performance                        Agro-ecological principles take technological sustainability
             Evaluation (TAPE) in the region, thus partially addressing              into account. The recommended solutions are based on
             the need for data and monitoring tools. A technical                     renewable     energy     sources,    with    solar   energy
             workshoponmonitoringtoolswillbeorganizedinApril.                        infrastructures (for example, solar pumps for irrigation)
             IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK PLAN AND BUDGET                                  being advocated for obtaining water for agriculture and
                                                                                     livestock.
             Sound management of the project was hampered by the                     5. Economic sustainability
             outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made it very
             difficult  to    recruit   consultants,   particularly   the            The proposed programme aims to mobilize external
             international consultant who was to lead the project.                   funding.
             Nonetheless, the relevant studies and analyses were
             carried out, albeit later than originally scheduled (some
             national diagnostic surveys started only a few months
             before the end of the project). Despite a no-cost extension
             of the project, the validation workshops could not be
             organized in time and will be held after the end of the
             project, as will the donor round table. The budget was
             sufficient, but some major revisions were made.
             FOLLOW-UPFORGOVERNMENT ATTENTION
             The workshop to validate the proposed programme and
             thedonorroundtablehaveyettotakeplace.                                                                                ©FAO/Marco Longari
             SUSTAINABILITY                                                         DOCUMENTSANDOUTREACHPRODUCTS
             1. Capacity development                                                 AdamuTie-on. October 2019. National diagnostic 
             The ECOWAS agro-ecology association (3AO), along with                      survey – Mali. 25 pp.
             several donors, have committed to continuing the actions                A Boubacar Issa. December 2019. National diagnostic 
             already under way; and they will be involved at a later                    survey – Niger. 58 pp.
             stage in the programme validation workshops with                        BabouAndré Bettino. June 2020. National diagnostic 
                                                                                        survey – Burkina Faso. 122 pp.
             partnersanddonors.                                                      Karim Serine Tourat. September 2020. 
             2. Gender equality                                                         National Diagnostic Survey – Gambia. 76 pp.
             Data collection did not always take the gender dimension                NaaminongKarbo. November 2020. 
                                                                                        National Diagnostic Survey – Ghana. 130 pp.
             into account, to obtain a representative balance of                     IbrahimaSylla. December 2021. National Diagnostic 
             participants.                                                              Survey – Senegal. 54 pp.
             3. Environmentalsustainability                                          Daniel Oulai. December 2021. National diagnostic 
             Data were collected on nature-based solutions for climate                  survey – Côte d’Ivoire. 51 pp.
             change     adaptation,     mitigation    and     biodiversity           Edward Kagbo. December 2021. 
                                                                                        Diagnostic Survey – Guinea and Sierra Leone. 50 pp.
             conservation, including local soil and water conservation               Ade Oluwaand EffiomOku. December 2021. 
             methods (zai holes, half-moons, management of assisted                     National Diagnostic Survey – Nigeria. 128 pp.
             natural regeneration, agroforestry), which can be adopted               SébastienRegnaut. 2022. Programmeto promote 
             onalargerscale.                                                            agroecology in West Africa and the Sahel. 86 pp.
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            INTEGRATING AGRO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INCREASE                                                      TCP/SFW/3703
            RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE 
            FOOD SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL
              ACHIEVEMENT OFRESULTS - LOGICAL FRAMEWORK
                Expected        Considered use of agro-ecological approaches contributes in a sustainable way to national food and 
                impact          nutritional security, and to the eradication  of hunger and rural poverty in the target countries 
                                The integration of agro-ecological approaches in agriculture is effective in the targeted regions and a 
                                relevant programme is developed 
                                Indicator(s)   Data on agro-ecology are collected in the countries, and a subregional programme 
                                               document is available. 
                                Baseline       0 
                Outcome         Final target   An agro-ecological information system/report is available in the project’s target 
                                               countries. 
                                Comments       Data collection activities in the target countries were completed, and a document for 
                                and follow-up  the ten-year programme to promote agro-ecology in West Africa and the Sahel was 
                                actions to be  produced. This still needs to be validated by ECOWAS and partners. Following the 
                                taken          validation workshop, to be held from 20 to 22 April 2022, ECOWAS will organize a 
                                               donor round table to seek funding to implement the programme. 
                                               
                                The diagnostic study report is  
                Output 1        Indicators                                                     Target                 Achieved 
                                A baseline document is produced for the selected countries.    One document.          Yes 
                Baseline        0 
                Comments        The basic document is available, despite the delay caused by the difficulties in recruiting the international 
                                consultant and the national consultants.  
                                The diagnostic surveys are conducted in each country and the report is produced 
                                Achieved       Yes 
                                               Diagnostic surveys were conducted in all ten countries. Nigeria was surveyed in two 
                Activity 1.1                   geographically different surveys. Guinea and Sierra Leone were surveyed together, 
                                Comments       rapidly and without consultation, owing to a lack of data and because experts were not 
                                               available. 
                                               It should be noted that the knowledge products are of uneven quality. 
                                A report feedback and validation workshop is held in each country 
                                Achieved       Partially 
                Activity 1.2                   Workshops were held in five countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and 
                                Comments       Sierra Leone), but not in the other countries owing to the travel restrictions imposed as 
                                               a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These workshops can be held online, just before the 
                                               validation by ECOWAS of the document of the programme takes place in April 2022. 
               
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