AGRHYMET Existing Capacities With Regard to Climate Services and Applications. Issifou Alfari Chef Département Information et Recherche Centre Régional Agrhymet Sunyani, 13 au 15 juin 2017

Background information on CILSS and AGRHYMET CILSS: Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel Created in 1973 at the aftermath of the great Sahel drought 13 member states : Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo 2006 = Activities extended to ECOWAS region 3 sites The Executive Secretariat in Ouagadougou (Policy issues) The AGRHYMET Regional Centre in Niamey (Information and Training) The Sahel Institute (INSAH) in Bamako (Research coordination) Mandate: invest itself in research on food security and combat the effects of drought and desertification for a new ecological balance in the Sahel 

The AGRHYMET Regional Center AGRHYMET: Created in 1974, Mission : to contribute to achieving sustainable food security and rational natural resource management through: Capacity building of member States Meteorological, Hydrological, crop protection and agricultural statistics agencies (training, equipment and financial support) Production and dissemination of information to various decision makers (national authorities, cooperation partners, NGOs and farmers)

The AGRHYMET Operating scheme Ground Observation and Surveys Data Agriculture Hydrology Animal Husbandry Meteorology Crop protection AGRHYMET DATA COLLECTION AND STORAGE Animal husbandry Countries ANALYSIS DIFFUSION TRAINING Satellite Data Ground Observation and Surveys Data Partners Data and Information Financial and Technical assistance Extension to ECOWAS member countries

Sources of Data METEOSAT en 1989 MSG en 2004 HRPT/NOAA en 1990 SPOT VEGETATION (1999) VGT4AFRICA ( 2005) MODIS LANDSAT SPOT Photo CORONA SRTM RADAR

Climate data collection and analysis Historical data analysis Displacement of isohyets: 200 km to the south Isohyets in mm Grey strips: 1950-1969 Red lines : 1970-1993 Blue lines : 1994-2006 Bamako 1000 mm 830 mm - 17% Niamey 640 mm 490 mm - 23%

Climate data collection and analysis Shrinking of Lake Chad October 1963 Source : Photographie Argon 1963 2010 2010 1 350 km² 25 000 km²

Climate data collection and analysis Bush fires monitoring :Active fire and burnt areas Assist in the organization of awareness campaigns on the prevention of bush fires; Assist in the implementation of sustainable fire risk assessment and crop protection measures Advice: before, during and after fires Comparaison d’occurrence de feux

ProduCt : Risk of Land DEGRADATION 2015 POIDS Rainfall erosivity 23 Population factor 50 Soil erodibility 23 Topographic indice (SL Factor) 5

Food Security Early Warning Agricultural Campaign Monitoring Seasonal forecast of rainfall, onset and cessation dates of the rainy season, dry spell durations and maximum river discharges Rainfall monitoring Monitoring water levels in rivers, dams and pounds Identification of zones where rainfall at the start of the season allowed sowing Focus on zones with late onset relatively to the average Crops water requirement satisfaction indices Vegetation indices derived from EO satellites Status of crop pests and diseases Prediction of crop yield anomalies using crop models Publication of Monthly and Special alert bulletins

Food Security Early Warning Favorable conditions in desert locust breeding areas

Food Security Early Warning Livestock carrying capacity

Food Security Early Warning Monthly and Special Alert Bulletins

Communication Workshops With Users With farmers Discussion on Indigenous methods of seasonal forecast Their forecast for the upcoming season Presentation of the results of the current PRESAO results Discussions and consensus building around the current year forecast Working groups to define management strategies to adopt with regards to the consensus forecast Plenary session to come up with recommendations for the upcoming season Evaluation of the forecasts and the outcomes of the season after the end of rains

Communication Workshops with Users AGRHYMET/CCAFS Partnership Produce and disseminate climate information adapted to users (farmers) needs Identify and disseminate adaptation strategies to Climate Variability and Climate Change Organize national communication workshops with users at the different CCAFS benchmark sites. ACCIC/DANIDA project (Appui à l’Adaptation au Changement Climatique pour l’amelioration de l’Information Climatique) Use of cell phones to collect crop and climate data and transmit advisories to farmers via SMS messages Use of local radio stations to disseminate agrometeorological information in local languages CARE and CRS NGOs in Niger

Communication Workshops With Users Jirapa, Ghana

Communication Workshops With Users Ouahigouya Burkina Faso

Assistance to herders APEL-ZP Union of herders, Tahoua region, Niger

Projects and Partnerships PUMA/AMESD/MESA IRI Data Library SERVIR SAWIDRA Scientific partners JRC, VITO, FEWSNET, CIRAD, IRI, NASA, etc... National Meteorological and Hydrological Services National Agricultural Research Institutes, Universities

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