Crops and Pastures

Key Users

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:22 administrator

ECOWAS

AGRHYMET Regional Centre (CILSS)

International and regional organisations

national authorities

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:12 )

Objectives and Thematic Action

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 07:13 administrator

ECOWAS : Water Management for Cropland and Rangeland Management Associated countries

Mauritanie / Sénégal / Gambie / Cap Vert / Guinée Bissau / Guinée Conakry / Sierra Léone / Libéria / Cote d’Ivoire / Ghana / Togo / Bénin / Nigeria / Tchad / Niger / Burkina Faso / Mali

Objectives and Thematic Actions

The overall objective of the AMESD program in the ECOWAS region is accessing water management for cropland and rangeland management and monitoring for sustainable management of environmental resources.

It is aimed at developing operational geo-information services and strengthening the information management capacity of regional and national institutions in order to support decision and policy making processes.

The ECOWAS THEMA aims inter alia at improving the national structures (Ministries of Agriculture, Ministries of Environment, etc.) within the ECOWAS Region (enlarged to Mauritania and Chad), in environmental management to alleviate poverty in one of the poorest area of the planet.

It is to increase the information management capacity in the region provided by the regional and national institutions that are responsible for managing water linked to the agricultural and livestock resources management. It lastly aims to support the regional decision makers by facilitating access to environmental information derived from Earth Observation data for the West Africa Region.

Regional Implementation Centre (RIC)

Centre Régional Agrhymet (CRA)

Key products: Vegetation state, Dry matter productivity, Phenology, Fraction cover, small water bodies, active fires, burnt areas

Distributed in near real time by EUMETCast and internet

Key users: ECOWAS, CILSS,

International and regional organisations, national authorities

Service « Production and Distribution of indicators for four environmental themes chosen by the users »:

estimation of yields of cultural and pastural land

dryland areas and drought risks

filling levels of small water bodies to support livestock management

savannah fires

Region ECOWAS: THEMA Implementation Regional implementation

EUMETCast (PUMA and AMESD) reception stations localisation

Region ECOWAS: Regional and national actions

Actions at regional level

Creation of a data base of AMESD data and products

Elaboration of AMESD thematic information products on use for selected themes

Implementation of information services for the diffusion of AMESD products

Diffusion of AMESD products via EUMETCast and Internet

Training of trainers for the use of AMESD products

Training of technicians and thematic experts for the instituions hosting AMESD stations

Organisation of regional meetings of sensitization of decision makers

Actions at country level

Upgrade of PUMA station network for the reception of AMESD products

Installation of new AMESD stations

Organisation of information workshops on AMESD products

Implementation of AMESD national focal points to facilitate the exchange of AMESD products and their use by decision makers

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:17 )

Significant achievements by the AGRHYMET Regional Centre in the AMESD ECOWAS Thema implementation on “Water Management for Cropland and Rangeland”

Monday, 14 June 2010 08:13 administrator

15 June 2010, Niamey, Niger: The AGRHYMET Regional Centre - a specialized institution of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), is implementing the thematic action on “Water Management for Cropland and Rangeland Management” in the ECOWAS region, in the framework of the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) pan African Program.

A grant contract of EUR 1,943,157 was signed by the African Union Commission, through the European Union, to its implementing partner AGRHYMET Regional Centre on 26^th October 2009 at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria.