This Atlas summarizes recent advances in interdisciplinary approaches and research to address the different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture. It thereby draws on the results of several major collaborative research projects and stakeholder consultations conducted in West Africa over the past two decades, and in particular on the UrbanFoodPlus project in Ghana and Burkina Faso (www.urbanfoodplus.org). The publication targets with its innovative design a broad range of stakeholders.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2018Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2014Burkina Faso, Western Africa
In Burkina Faso, more than two-thirds of the population relies on rain-fed agriculture for food and income. However, scarce and insufficient water or irregular rainfall frequently puts farmers at risk of losing their crops. Climate change is making already variable rainfall less reliable. Yet all kinds of water users—farmers, fishers, livestock herders, domestic users, city dwellers, emerging industries–and ecosystems depend on access to water of the right quality, in the right quantity, and at the right time.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2010Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa
Most African countries underwent water legislation reform since the 1990s, through
which existing plural legal systems were changed into nation-wide permit systems, in
which the state acts as custodian of the nation’s water resources. Although globally
heralded as the best way to manage water resources within the broader context of
Integrated Water Resource Management, this project examines the problematic
implications of the new laws for the majority of the rural and peri-urban poor. Since time
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Library ResourceSeptember, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 2011Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceJuly, 2012Burkina Faso, Western Africa
L’agriculture contribue à environ 40 % du PIB et assure emplois et revenus à 86 % des Burkinabé. La forte dépendance des populations rurales vis-à-vis de l’agriculture non irriguée, accentue leur vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques. Cette situation a entraîné des stratégies d’adaptations chez certaines populations rurales, orientées plus vers de nouvelles pratiques culturales au détriment des cultures de rente sous pluies. L’association entre la culture céréalière et celle des arbres est un moyen potentiel pour une bonne gestion des terres agricoles.
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Library ResourceSeptember, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceSeptember, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Ciblage et disse?mination
January, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western AfricaThe project will develop an evidence and know- ledge-based tool to assess and map the likelihood that a given intervention will be successful in given locations, at the basin scale. The project seeks to answer the question of what works where and why
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