Project description
Improving crop–shrub–livestock integration in the Sahel
Tree and shrub integration has been promoted as a means of enhancing rural livelihoods by providing sustainable watershed services and products. However, research to support this effort has been limited. Focussing on the Sahel zone, the EU-funded SustainSAHEL project aims to enhance the resilience of smallholder agricultural farming systems to climate change as well as their intensification potential through scalable innovations on crop–shrub–livestock (CSL) integration. The development of CSL systems through innovation platforms will help increase both productivity and farmers’ income. The project is working closely with existing Africa–Europe networks and programmes, establishing partnerships that could emerge as a model laboratory on CSL for the Sahel.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
5070 Frick
Switzerland
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Participants (18)
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1000 Brussels
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Kampala
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70599 Stuttgart
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3120 Dakar
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34125 Kassel
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01 Bobo Dioulasso
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Participation ended
SP10 3FG Andover Hampshire
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Ouagadougou
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Bamako
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15 532 Dakar
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04 Ouagadougou
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13572 Marseille
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1050 Ixelles
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Katibougou
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BP Bamako
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200001 Ibadan
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75016 Paris
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Dakar
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