Month: March 2015

The future food production in West Africa is challenged by climate change. Water availability might be threatened, which would have effect on agriculture, and therefore majority of the West African population. There are concerns regarding water availability under different climate types and how we can cope with a degrading resource that is the primary production factor for irrigated agriculture in the coastal area of Senegal, the Niayes region. “This raised …

Western Africa occasionally suffers from drought spells. The risk of drought calls for methods which can reduce vulnerablity to climate shocks and secure local food production also during the drought periods. The need for drought risk management can be expected to increase due to climate change. For instance, in Senegal, where FoodAfrica is examining resilience to climate change, the temperatures are expected to increase and rainfall to decrease in the …

In late February the FoodAfrica team met up in Nairobi for a few days of intensive and constructive discussions about the Programme. It was the annual meeting both of the Work Packages and of the Supervisory Board, but in addition a strategy workshop was organized for all team members. The goal of the strategy workshop was to start developing a sustainability strategy for the Programme, including thinking about next steps …

In connection to the annual meeting the FoodAfrica Supervisory Board paid a field visit to the Ol Kalou Dairy Cooperative on 26 February 2015. This cooperative was established by a few small-scale dairy farmers in 2003. Since then it has grown to become a major dairy cooperative in the area and has currently about 6000 members. The members of the cooperative deliver up to 40 000 litres of cow milk …