SYNERGISTIC USE AND PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION OF CROPS, SHRUBS AND LIVESTOCK IN THE SAHEL

Project Information

SustainSAHEL

Grant agreement ID: 861974

DOI

10.3030/861974

Project closed

EC signature date 28 April 2020

Start date 1 September 2020

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 7 499 930,00

EU contribution

€ 7 499 930,00

Coordinated by

FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU STIFTUNG
Switzerland

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Project logo, artwork/design User Manual & templates

Project logo artworkdesign User Manual templates

Project website architecture & knowledge hub with home pages available

Project website architecture knowledge hub with home pages available

Videos for Farmers (M42)

Videos for Farmers

Videos for Farmers (M40)

Videos for Farmers

Documents, reports (10)

Internal report on scenario outputs for long-term assessment regarding climate change resilience, productivity and environmental impacts
Review on utility of selected shrub-foliage

Review on utility of selected shrubfoliage

Landscape analysis and CSL systems suitability mapping (M15)

Landscape analysis and CSL systems suitability mapping

A list of suitable shrub species
Adoption study
Open Field Day events & associated Comms/Diss Reports (M34)

Open Field Day events associated CommsDiss Reports

Baseline meta-analysis

Baseline metaanalysis

Technical report synthesizing
A document describing an empirical model of CSLP constraints
Parameterised, calibrated and biophysically validated models are available for use

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data management Plan

Other (2)

Ration calculation table for shrub-foliage diets

Ration calculation table for shrubfoliage diets

Potential integrated CSL farming systems designs

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (28)

Improving Pearl Millet Yield Estimation From UAV Imagery in the Semiarid Agroforestry System of Senegal Through Textural Indices and Reflectance Normalization

Author(s): Serigne Mansour Diene, Ibrahima Diack, Alain Audebert, Olivier Roupsard, Louise Leroux, Abdoul Aziz Diouf, Modou Mbaye, Romain Fernandez, Moussa Diallo, Idrissa Sarr
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 12, 2024, Page(s) 132626-132643, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2024.3460107

A probabilistic framework for assessing the hydrological impact of Faidherbia albida in an arid area of Senegal

Author(s): Diongue DML, Brunetti G, Stumpp C, Do F, Roupsard O, Orange D, Faye W, Sow S, Jourdan C, Faye S.
Published in: Journal of Hydrology Volume 622, Part B, July 2023, 129717, 2023, ISSN 0167-9260
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129717

The ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of organic agroforestry: a systematic review

Author(s): Willmott Aaron, Riar Amritbir, Saj Stephane, Armengot Laura, Cicek Harun, Kiboi Milka, Singh Akanksha, Grass Ingo, Cotter Marc
Published in: Agroforestry Systems, Issue 98, 2024, Page(s) 2933-2949, ISSN 0167-4366
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-024-01064-w

Coupled biophysical and decision-making processes in grassland systems in East African savannahs – A modelling framework

Author(s): Marohn, C. Troost, C. Warth, B. Bateki, C. Zijlstra, M. Anwar, F. Williams, B. Descheemaeker, K. Berger, T. Asch, F. Dickhoefer, U. Birner, R. Cadisch, G.
Published in: Ecological Modelling Volume 474, December 2022, 110113, 2022, ISSN 0304-3800
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110113

Evaluation of parameterisation approaches for estimating soil hydraulic parameters with HYDRUS-1D in the groundnut basin of Senegal

Author(s): Djim M. L. Diongue, Olivier Roupsard, Frederic C. Do, Christine Stumpp, Didier Orange, Sidy Sow, Christophe Jourdan & Serigne Faye (2022)
Published in: Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67:15, 2327-2343, 2022, ISSN 0262-6667
Publisher: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2022.2142474

A spatialized assessment of ecosystem service relationships in a multifunctional agroforestry landscape of Senegal.

Author(s): Leroux, L., Clermont-Dauphin, C., Ndienor, M., Jourdan, C., Roupsard, O., & Seghieri, J. (2023)
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, 853., 2022, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158707

Ethnobotanical study of the use of fodder plants in the commune of Guibaré in Burkina Faso

Author(s): Linda Cletchio Gabriella Traoré, Minata Ouattara, Sita Sanou, Hadja Oumou Sanon, Valérie Bougouma-Yameogo
Published in: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 1997-342X
Publisher: AJOL African Journals online
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v17i1.6

Intercropping millet with low-density cowpea improves millet productivity for low and medium N input in semi-arid central Senegal

Author(s): Yolande Senghor, Alpha B. Balde, Anicet G.B. Manga, François Affholder, Philippe Letourmy, César Bassene, Ghislain Kanfany, Malick Ndiaye, Antoine Couedel, Louise Leroux, Gatien N. Falconnier
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) e17680, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17680

Uptake of agroforestry-based crop management in the semi-arid Sahel – Analysis of joint decisions and adoption determinants

Author(s): Grovermann C, Rees C, Beye A, Wossen T, Abdoulaye T and Cicek H
Published in: Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 2023, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1042551

Adoption of agroforestry systems by smallholders’ farmers in the Sudano-Sahelian zones of Mali and Burkina Faso, West Africa

Author(s): S. Fané, D. K. Agbotui, S. Graefe, L. Sanou, S. Sanogo, A. Buerkert
Published in: Agroforestry Systems, 2024, ISSN 0167-4366
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-024-01020-8

Global maps of soil temperature

Author(s): Jonas J. Lembrechts et al.
Published in: Global Change Biology, Volume 28, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 1365-2486
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16060

Combining UAV and Sentinel-2 Imagery for Estimating Millet FCover in a Heterogeneous Agricultural Landscape of Senegal

Author(s): Ibrahima Diack, Serigne Mansour Diene, Leroux Louise, Diouf Abdoul Aziz, Heuclin Benjamin, Roupsard Olivier, Letourmy Philippe, Audebert Alain, Sarr Idrissa, Diallo Moussa
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 7305-7322, ISSN 1939-1404
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2024.3373508

Perceptions pastorales des ligneux fourragers par les éleveurs dans deux communes rurales de la région de Koulikoro, Mali

Author(s): Mamadou Coulibaly, Drissa Coulibaly, Hawa Coulibaly, Regina Roessler, Baba Cisse, Eva Schlecht
Published in: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Issue 19, 2025, Page(s) 240-252, ISSN 1997-342X
Publisher: African Journals Online (AJOL)
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v19i1.18

Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to the bioavailability of micronutrients (iron and zinc) in millet accessions

Author(s): Hassna Founoune-Mboup, Bassirou Diallo, Rabiath Féichokpè Raïssa Adigoun, Aboubacry Kane, Abdoulaye Fofana Fall
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1364469

Root litter decomposition in a sub-Sahelian agroforestry parkland dominated by Faidherbia albida

Author(s): Lorène Siegwart, Isabelle Bertrand, Olivier Roupsard, Maxime Duthoit, Christophe Jourdan
Published in: Journal of Arid Environments, Issue 198, 2025, Page(s) 104696, ISSN 0140-1963
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104696

Landscape heterogeneity analysis using geospatial techniques and a priori knowledge in Sahelian agroforestry systems of Senegal

Author(s): Ndao, B., Leroux, L., Gaetano, R., Diouf, A. A., Soti, V., Bégué, A., Mbow, C., & Sambou, B.
Published in: Ecological Indicators Volume 125, June 2021, 107481, 2021, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107481

Estimating water fluxes in the critical zone using water stable isotope approaches in the Groundnut and Ferlo basins of Senegal

Author(s): Djim M. L. Diongue; Christine Stumpp; Olivier Roupsard; Didier Orange; Frederic C. Do; Serigne Faye
Published in: Hydrological Processes, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 0885-6087
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14787

Effets longue-durée de différentes densités de <i>Piliostigma reticulatum</i> (DC) Hochst sur le stockage et la dynamique du carbone et de l’eau dans un Plinthosol épipétrique en zone nord-soudanienne du Burkina Faso

Author(s): Moussa Gnissien, Kalifa Coulibaly, Moussa Barro, Jean-Marie Douzet, Laurent Cournac, Harun Cicek, Hassan B. Nacro
Published in: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Issue 17, 2023, Page(s) 1220-1236, ISSN 1997-342X
Publisher: AJOL
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v17i3.36

Towards transdisciplinary identification of suitable woody perennials for resilient agro-silvopastoral systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa

Author(s): Regina Roessler, Harun Cicek, Laurent Cournac, Moussa Gnissien, Julia Männle, Eric Koomson, Hassna Founoune-Mboup, Kalifa Coulibaly, Abdoul Aziz Diouf, Hadja Oumou Sanon, Georg Cadisch, Sophie Graefe
Published in: Agroforestry Systems, Issue 99, 2025, ISSN 0167-4366
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-024-01113-4

Management methods of agroforestry parks and local perception of their ecosystem services in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso

Author(s): Yawo Joseph SEHOUBO, Manbèssôa MEDA, Harun CICEK, Mipro HIEN, Barthélemy YELEMOU
Published in: Journal of Applied Biosciences (JABs), Vol. 17 No. 2 (2023), 2023, ISSN 1991-8631
Publisher: African Journals OnLine
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v17i2.4

A new approach combining microwave heat pulse and infrared thermography for non-invasive portable sap flow velocity measurement

Author(s): Hervé Louche, Annick Penarier, Philippe Nouvel, Bruno Clair, Christophe Coillot, Frédéric C. Do
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 347, 2024, Page(s) 109896, ISSN 0168-1923
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109896

How far does the tree affect the crop in agroforestry? New spatial analysis methods in a Faidherbia parkland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

Author(s): Roupsard, O., Audebert, A., Ndour, A. P., Clermont-Dauphin, C., Agbohessou, Y., Sanou, J., Koala, J., Faye, E., Sambakhe, D., Jourdan, C., le Maire, G., Tall, L., Sanogo, D., Seghieri, J., Cournac, L., & Leroux, L. (2020)
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Volume 296, 1 July 2020, 106928, 2020, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.106928

Calibrating the STICS soil-crop model to explore the impact of agroforestry parklands on millet growth

Author(s): Sidy Sow, Yolande Senghor, Khardiatou Sadio, Rémi Vezy, Olivier Roupsard, François Affholder, Moussa N’dienor, Cathy Clermont-Dauphin, Espoir Koudjo Gaglo, Seydina Ba, Adama Tounkara, Alpha Bocar Balde, Yelognissè Agbohessou, Josiane Seghieri, Saidou Nourou Sall, Antoine Couedel, Louise Leroux, Christophe Jourdan, Diaminatou Sanogo Diaite, Gatien N. Falconnier
Published in: Field Crops Research, Issue 306, 2024, Page(s) 109206, ISSN 0378-4290
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109206

Faidherbia albida trees form a natural buffer against millet water stress in agroforestry parklands in Senegal

Author(s): Cathy Clermont-Dauphin, Moussa N’dienor, Louise Leroux, Halimatou. S Ba, Frans Bongers, Christophe Jourdan, Olivier Roupsard, Frederic C. Do, Laurent Cournac, Josiane Seghieri
Published in: BASE, 2023, Page(s) 182-195, ISSN 1370-6233
Publisher: Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques
DOI: 10.25518/1780-4507.20477

Digestibilité de quelques ligneux fourragers préférés par les ovins dans la zone nord-soudanienne du Burkina Faso. In Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences: Bd. Vol. 63 (Nummer 3, S. 11921–11933).

Author(s): Gabriella Traore, L. C., Sanou, S., Roessler, R., Oumou Sanon, H., Bougouma-Yameogo, V., & Schlecht, E. (2025
Published in: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2025, ISSN 2071-7024
Publisher: Biosciences

Estimation of seasonal water use of Faidherbia albida(Delile) A.Chev. in a Sahelian agroforestry parkland

Author(s): Sarr, M. S., Diouf, K., Roupsard, O., Rocheteau, A., Orange, D., Jourdan, C., Diehdiou, I., Seghieri, J., & Do, F. C
Published in: Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 2023 27(3), 196-204, 2023, ISSN 1370-6233
Publisher: Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques
DOI: 10.25518/1780-4507.20512

Analysis of the diversity of cropping systems and management of woody and shrubby trees in agroforestry parks in the northern Sudanian zone of Burkina Faso

Author(s): GNISSIEN, Moussa; COULIBALY, Kalifa; SENOU, Issaka; YAMEOGO, Jérôme T.; NACRO, Hassan B.
Published in: Sciences naturelles et appliquées, Issue 41, 81-99, 2022, ISSN 1011-6028
Publisher: INERA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13886035

Preference of Ligneous Forages by Sheep in South-East Mali

Author(s): Mamadou Coulibaly, Drissa Coulibaly, Regina Roessler, Hawa Coulibaly, Baba Cissé, Eva Schlecht
Published in: Animals, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 1102, ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ani15081102

Conference proceedings (7)

Comment augmenter les rendements grâce à la matière organique au Sahel ?

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Sousa, Fernando; Aziz Diouf, Abdoul; Cadisch, Georg
Published in: Issue 5, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo

Faidherbia albida crée des îlots de fertilité et augmente les rendements

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Sousa, Fernando; Diouf, Abdoul Aziz; Roupsard, Olivier; Cadisch, Georg
Published in: Issue 11, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131805

Faidherbia albida creates fertility islands and boosts yields

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Sousa, Fernando; Aziz Diouf, Abdoul; Cadisch, Georg
Published in: Issue 12, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17085910

Digital Advice for Agroecological Intensification - a Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess Effectiveness of Interactive Voice Recordings in Mali

Author(s): Grovermann, Christian
Published in: Issue 20, 2024
Publisher: AgEcon
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344324

Augmenter le rendement par culture intercalaire, élagage et paillage avec des arbustes Piliostigma

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Cadisch, Georg; Sousa, Fernando; Aziz Diouf, Abdoul
Published in: Issue 12, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17131777

Comparing the performances of simple Pedotransfer Functions with Hydrus 1D inverse parameters estimation in a deep cultivated sahelian soil.

Author(s): Diongue DML, Stumpp C, Orange D, Jourdan C, Sow S, Faye S, Roupsard O.
Published in: EGU 2022, 3-8 April 2022, Session SSS6.7: Advancing soil parameterization in Earth system modelling., 2022
Publisher: EGU General Assembly
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9499

How to increase yields with organic matter in the Sahel?

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Sousa, Fernando; Diouf, Abdoul Aziz; Cadisch, Georg
Published in: Issue 5, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo

Other (7)

Agroforestry in the Sahel: Recommendations for Enriching Soils, Enhancing Yields, Boosting Animal Health.

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Ouattara, Malamine; Cicek, Harun
Published in: Issue 5, 2025
Publisher: FiBL

Faidherbia albida crée des îlots de fertilité et augmente les rendements

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Koomson, Eric; Cadisch, Georg; Diouf, Aziz Abdoul; Sousa, Fernando; Roupsard, Olivier
Published in: Issue 21, 2025
Publisher: FiBL

Bienfaits des arbres et arbustes dans les champs

Author(s): Sousa, F., Beck, L., Dietemann, L., & Bissig, S. (2023).
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10052944

Increasing yields by using intercropping, pruning, and mulching with Piliostigma shrubs

Author(s): Beck, Lilian; Sousa, Fernando; Koomson, Eric; Aziz Diouf, Abdoul; Cadisch, Georg
Published in: Issue 12, 2025
Publisher: FiBL

Systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel

Author(s): Dietemann, Lauren; Rueger, Madelaine; Cicek, Harun; Baumann, Patrick
Published in: Issue 4, 2022
Publisher: FiBL CH
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6979912

Building food systems resilience in the West African Sahel

Author(s): Cicek, Harun; Dietemann, Lauren; de Porras, Miguel
Published in: Issue 11, 2021
Publisher: THE GFAR BLOG
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6324910

Final Recommendations to Researchers

Author(s): Dauphin, Clotilde
Published in: Issue 2, 2025
Publisher: FiBL

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Modeling gas exchange and biomass production in West African Sahelian and Sudanian ecological zones

Author(s): Rahimi, J., Ago, E. E., Ayantunde, A., Berger, S., Bogaert, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Cappelaere, B., Cohard, J.-M., Demarty, J., Diouf, A. A., Falk, U., Haas, E., Hiernaux, P., Kraus, D., Roupsard, O., Scheer, C., Srivastava, A. K., Tagesson, T., and Grote, R
Published in: Geosci. Model Dev., 14,3789–3812, 2021, ISSN 1991-959X
Publisher: Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-14-3789-2021