1. 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

2. 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 

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. Food Security Early Warning Favorable conditions in desert locust breeding areas

12. Food Security Early Warning Livestock carrying capacity

13. Food Security Early Warning Monthly and Special Alert Bulletins

14. 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

15. 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

16. Communication Workshops With Users
Jirapa, Ghana

17. Communication Workshops With Users
Ouahigouya
Burkina Faso

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

19. 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

20. Thank you for your attention