AGRHYMET Newsletter. Content. Foreword by the Director General. Regional training and policy dialogue

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1 AGRHYMET Newslette AGRHYMET Regional Cente Infomation Monthly Bulletin, Mach Infom and tain on food secuity, wate management and Desetification Contol in the Sahel Foewod by the Diecto Geneal Dea eades, Between Januay and Mach 2016, vaious activities have highlighted AGRHYMET Regional Cente. It is especially the policy dialogue day and the Launching of the Regional Suppot Pogam to Pastoalism. in the Sahel (PRAPS-NIGER). The fist event was oganized as pat of the MESA ECOWAS Land Thema activities. It was an oppotunity fo the pesentation of eath obsevation poducts made available on the MESA stations and also to eceive the feedback fom decision-makes in ode to impove them. That meeting has also pemitted to sensitize national decision-makes in ode to suppot MESA and use these poducts fo decision-making in thei espective counties. The othe majo event which is the launching of the Regional Suppot Pogam to pastoalism in the Sahel (PRAPS-NIGER) is vey impotant fo livestock secto which is a key activity in Nige. This pogam implemented by CILSS is a eal oppotunity fo pastos and hedes of Nige. A section of this bulletin is also dedicated to the gaduating ceemony of the Maste goup in Food and Nutition Secuity, Sustainable Cop potection and Envionment and Maste in Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Totaling 1342 agents that ae tained by AGRHYMET Regional Cente since it is ceated. This esult is of couse a satisfaction fo CILSS and its patnes whose majo concen is to have competent manages in the CILSS membe counties. Howeve, this bulletin pesents the seasonal climate foecasts of Gulf of Guinea Counties between Mach and June 2016, chaacteized by aveage to below aveage cumulative ainfall. Nomal to late onset date of the season and longe dy spells duing the citical phase of cop gowing and epoduction. Howeve, these foecast may change ove the ainy season, theefoe, it is stongly advised to closely monito updates that will be made in Apil, May, June and July by AGRHYMET Regional Cente, ACMAD and national meteoological sevices. The othe highlights of AGRHYMET Regional Cente duing this peiod ae: The validation wokshop of ECOAGRIS indicatos, the educational tips of Fame s oganizations fom Benin and Nige at Bukina Faso. Paticipation of ARC at the national and egional events and the animation of Confeences in collaboation with IRD Foewod by the Diecto Geneal 1 Regional taining and policy dialogue Launching of the Regional Suppot Pogam to Pastoalism in the Sahel (PRAPS-NIGER) Taining on the standads and diections to suppot livestock in Emegencies Situation (LEGS) Restitution of the study on infastuctues mapping and pastoal equipment Taining on climate data analysis fo the poduction of food secuity infomation Validation of ECOAGRIS indicatos Paole aux utilisateus Focus: Educational tip oganized at in Bukina Faso by fames oganizations fom Benin and Nige Gaduating ceemony of the Maste goup in Food and Nutition Secuity and Maste in sustainable potection of Cops and envionment Gaduating ceemony of the Maste goup in Climate Change and sustainable Development Invitation of the ARC to the national and egional events Confeence Visits at ARC Content Regional taining and policy dialogue Decision-makes ae sensitized on MESA Land Thema poducts and sevices About 40 decision-makes composed of Geneal Diectos, esponsible of eseach institutions, head of Cental agicultue sevices, Livestock, Envionment etc., fancophone and Potuguese speaking counties fom the Sahel and West Afica took pat to the policy dialogue day that was held on Januay 15, 2016 at AGRHYMET Regional Cente Happy eading Pof. Bouafou Kouamé Guy Macel

2 The fomal opening ceemony of this event was chaied by his Excellency M. Mahaman EL Hadj Ousmane, Nige Ministe of livestock in pesence of D. Djimé Adoum, CILSS Executive Secetay, D Samuel MEDU, epesentative of the ECOWAS commission, the technical adviso of the Ministe of state Ministe of Agicultue and Ms. Beatice Bussi, epesentative of the Euopean Union delegation in Nige. Pof. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC), Ms. Rabi Oumaou and M. Seydou Diakité, espectively Pemanent Secetay of CILSS in Nige and Mali, the MESA Land Thema focal points, expets fom CILSS and many guesses wee as well pesent. High table Thee addesses wee deliveed duing the opening ceemony: The welcoming addess by the ARC Diecto Geneal The addess by the epesentative of the ECOWAS commission The opening addess by the ministe of Livestock In his addess, the Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente has expessed his acknowledgements to decision-makes who have taken pat to this dialogue day on MESA poducts. He has ecalled the majo actions conducted by the ARC unde the MESA ECOWAS Land Thema poject especially cicula missions to awae national policy-makes to suppot the MESA and its deived poducts fo decision-making at national level. To this, we can add the egional wokshops on MESA poducts fo fancophone, Anglophones and Potuguese speaking counties of the Sahel and West Afican counties. Finally, the Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente has on behalf of the Executive Secetay of CILSS expessed his acknowledgements to the Euopean Union and the ACP secetaiat fo sponsoing the MESA poject and the ECOWAS Commission to have enewed its confidence to ARC.. and Bush fie) fo a bette monitoing fo Envionment in the Sahel and West Afica, howeve, D. Medu has invited decision-makes fom fancophone and Potuguese speaking counties to suppot effots of the MESA ECOWAS Land Thema at national level. In his opening addess, the Ministe of livestock has emphasized the achievement of CILSS though the ARC especially the concete esults in tems of capacity-building of egional national manages on Envionment indicatos and tools, installation of AMESD stations and poduction of Envionment monitoing bulletins. He highlighted also the impotance of that day which main objective is to pemit national decision-makes to be awae of eath obsevation poducts and data fom MESA stations and also take into account thei opinion and ecommendations in ode to impove the poducts and sevices made available to them. To end, the Ministe enewed his acknowledgements to CILSS and ECOWAS fo thei technical suppots to membe states and to the Euopean Union fo sponsoing the MESA pogam The addesses wee followed by pesentation of pototype bulletin by paticipants of the egional taining on the MESA poducts and by the MESA ECOWAS Land Thema team on the sevices and functioning of MESA netwoks, the financial pocedues to use the MESA funds and also on the MESA new stations. They wee subject of debate and discussions fo a bette consideation of concens fom the Sahelian and West Afican counties in tems of envionment monitoing. At the end of the day, vaious ecommendations wee made by paticipants This policy dialogue day was also an oppotunity to delive cetificate to paticipants at the egional taining on MESA poducts and sevices that was held fom Januay 11 to 15, 2016 at AGRHYMET Regional Cente. It was ended with the addesses by Pof Atta Sanoussi and M. Djéi Alassani, espectively epesentative of the Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente and epesentative of the ECOWAS Commission. Befoe, the epesentative of the ECOWAS commission expessed his acknowledgements to ARC fo the oganization of this day. He has also highlighted the elevance of the thee MESA infomation sevices(cop, Pastoalism Family photo 2 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016

3 Launching of the Regional Pastoalism Suppot Pogam in the Sahel (PRAPS) 46 billion CFA fo the benefit of the development of pastoal activities and pomotion of pastoal society of Nige High table: D. Djimé ADOUM, CILSS Executive Secetay The fomal launching ceemony of the Regional Pastoalism Suppot Pogam in the Sahel (PRAPS-NIGER) took place on Januay 14, 2016 at Palais des Congès de Niamey, chaied by Mahaman El Hadji Ousmane, Ministe of Livestock, D. Djimé ADOUM, CILSS executive secetay, the epesentative of the Wold Bank, the epesentative of Millennium Challenge Copoation and the Geneal Secetay of the Govenoate of Niamey Pof. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente, D. Maty Ba Diao, Regional Coodinato of PRAPS, ambassados and head of diplomatic missions, epesentatives of egional and intenational oganizations, epesentatives of pastoal oganizations and many guests wee pesent at the ceemony. In his opening addess, the Ministe of livestock has fist of all, thanked those who have contibuted in making PRAPS-NIGER a eality fo sustainable development and endogen fo pastos and ago-pastos of Nige. Thus, he as thanked the Executive Secetay of CILSS, fo all activities to pomote pastoalism in West Afica and Cental Afica. mobilize 46 billion fo the development of pastoal activities and pomoting pastoal societies. Befoe the addess by the Ministe, they was the addess by: The welcoming addess by the Geneal Secetay of the Govenoate of Niamey The addess by the epesentative of the National Pastoal oganizations The addess by the epesentative of pastoal oganizations The addess by the epesentative of the Wold Bank goup in Nige Following these addesses, a 10 min documentay movie on PRAPS was pojected and satisfaction testimonials wee deliveed to pesonalities who have contibuted in the development pocedue of PRAPS. Miste El Hadj Ousmane has also thanked the Wold Bank and Millennium Challenge Copoation fo thei assistance and contibution fo the success in designing PRAPS. The Ministe has eminded the effots made by the govenment of Nige though the 3N initiative Nigeien Nouish Nigeien whee livestock secto has a elevant position. He insisted on the contibution of 46 billion CFA of PRAPS in Nige, this is eal oppotunity fo the development of pastoal zones. Accoding to the Ministe, it will be witten in Nige Livestock histoy that fo the fist time, unde the 7th epublic, Nige was able to Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas

4 Validation of ECOAGRIS indicatos As pat of the setting up of the ECOWAS Agicultue Regional Infomation System (ECOAGRIS), AGRHYMET Regional Cente has oganized fom 08 to 10 Febuay 2016 in Ouagadougou, Bukina Faso a egional validation wokshop of the ECOAGRIS indicatos. The CILSS High management, the ECOAGRIS technical team, ECOAGRIS focal points of the 15 ECOWAS membe counties, Mauitania and Chad and epesentatives of patne institutions: AFRICARICE, ReSAKSS (IFPRI), CORAF, CILSS/AGRHYMET, FAO, ROPPA, UE, ARAA, APESS, OXFAM wee pesent at the wokshop. Taining on the standads and diections to suppot Livestock in Emegency Situation (LEGS) The fomal opening ceemony was chaied by D. DJIME Adoum, CILSS executive Secetay in pesence of P. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente. The main objective The main objective of the wokshop is to examine and validate a egional set of indicatos fo the monitoing of Food and Nutition Secuity in West Afica as pat of the opeationalization of the ECOAGRIS system At this meeting, one hunded and eighty-six (186) indicatos wee selected as elevant indicatos and ae available at county level. Those indicatos wee confimed to be the egional indicatos of the ECOAGRIS platfom. Indicatos that wee selected take into account 30 ove the 60 monitoing indicatos of the ECOWAS agicultual policy selected by the RESAKSS in ode to povide all necessay infomation fo the monitoing of the ECOWAS egional agicultual policy. 26 paticipants composed of manages fom the six (6) PRAPS counties (the specialist of component 4 of National PRAPS and a esouce peson of the ealy waning system), epesentatives of fames oganizations and the Civilian society and CILSS expets, have taken pat fom 18 to 20 Januay 2016 to the taining on standads and diections to suppot livestock in emegency situation (LEGS), held at AGRHYMET Regional Cente. This meeting is pat of the activities of the Component Pevention and Management of Cises of the Regional Suppot Poject to Pastoalism in the Sahel (PRAPS). The fomal opening ceemony of this wokshop was chaied by P. Sanoussi ATTA, head of the Taining and Reseach Depatment, epesenting Pof. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of ARC in pesence of M. Paul Sylveste and M. Daouda Coulibaly, PRAPS expets The objective of that taining was to stengthen the capacities of the focal points of the component Pevention and management of cises in ode to contibute in safeguading lives and livelihoods within hede s communities who ae victim of a disaste. Moe specifically, it is to: Descibe and apply the LEGS appoach ; Identify the appopiate inteventions in tems of livestock based on livelihoods in emegency situation Design and deploy inteventions in accodance with the LEGS standads and leg diections Photo de famille 4 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016

5 Restitution of the study on catogaphy of infastuctues and pastoal equipment Taining on the analysis of climate data fo the poduction of infomation on food secuity Fom 11 to 13 Januay 2016, was held at AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC), the estitution wokshop on the catogaphy of pastoal equipment and infastuctues. This meeting which is pat of the activities of the Regional Suppot Poject to Pastoalism in the Sahel (PRAPS) has gatheed 24 paticipants composed of the manages fom the six (6) PRAPS counties (esponsible of component 2 on management of natual esouces and an expet who is specialist in data base management and Geogaphic infomation system), epesentatives of fames oganizations and the civilian society and CILSS expets. The objectives of the wokshop wee: Restitute the content of the spatial data base fo livestock infastuctues and equipment and catogaphic esults achieved in each of the counties, Pesent and shae the egional biophysics and socioeconomic data base that ae available at ARC Tain the county teams on the use and update of the BDS fo the chaacteization and monitoing of the aeas of intevention of PRAPS Agee on data and mete data to collect fo the chaacteization of the intevention aeas and the localization of the PRAPS infastuctues Then, the epesentative of the ARC Diecto Geneal has invited paticipants to get involved actively in the animation of tis wokshop whose esults will contibute in educing povety and the economic boom in the pastoal aeas. Activities that wee conducted in plenay wee especially on the following points: (i) spatial data base (BDS) pe county (ii) biophysics and socio-economic data (iii) using the BDS fo the chaacteization of the intevention aeas of the PRAPS (iv)the geo-efeential method fo PRAPS infastuctues (v) pogamming tageted suppot missions on the BDS High table: fom left to ight D. Seydou, Col Latta and M. Lawani This thid PRESAGG meeting that was held fom 14 to 18 Mach 2016 in Lomé Togo, was oganized by the pemanent intestate committee fo Dought Contol in the Sahel (CILSS) though AGRHYMET Regional Cente in collaboation with the Diectoate of National Meteoological sevice of Togo. It has gatheed manages fom the meteoological sevices fom the Gulf of Guinea counties: Benin, Côte d Ivoie, Ghana, Nigeia and Togo. That wokshop was sponsoed the Euopean Union, the Govenment of the United States of Ameica, though ECOAGRIS, MESA and USAID. The fomal opening ceemony of this meeting was chaied by colonel Do kisime Gnama LATTA, Acting Diecto Geneal of the National Meteoology of Togo in pesence of D Seydou TRAORE, epesenting P. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC). Within 3 days, paticipants have discussed the following topics: eview of definitions and calculation methodologies of agoclimate paametes fo counties of the Gulf of Guinea, foecast of the Global Centes, data collection and the use of Climate Pedictability Tool (CPT), seasonal climate foecast pe county and the poduction of consensual foecasts The last day was dedicated to the foum which fomal opening ceemony was chaied by Colonel Do kisime Gnama LATTA, Acting Diecto Geneal of the National Meteoology of Togo in pesence of D Seydou TRAORE, epesenting P. BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC), M. Lawani ALABI, Pemanent Secetay of CILSS National Committee in Togo, expets taines fom ARC an many guesses. Following this foum, a final communiqué was deliveed with the following conclusions : Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas

6 Seasonal foecast of ago-climate chaacteistics fo the Gulf of Guinea Counties (PRESAGG 2016) Cumulative Rainfall Foecast Fo the Mach-Apil-May peiod (MAM), it is expected fo the Gulf of Guinea counties, aveage to below aveage ainfall amounts especially in the South-Easten Côte d Ivoie, Southen Ghana and Togo and at the exteme South-Westen pat of Benin. Ove the othe localities below 8 N, close to aveage ainfall amounts ae expected. Giving the floo to the ARC sevices and poducts uses Use: M Katiellou Gaptia Lawan, head of Meteoological foecast Division, Diectoate of National Meteoological Sevice of Nige. Fo the Apil-May-June peiod (AMJ), below aveage to nea aveage cumulative ainfall ae expected ove the half pat of South-Easten Côte d Ivoie, Southen Ghana and Togo. Nea to aveage cumulative ainfalls ae vey likely ove the emaining pat of the concened aea. Onset dates of season In geneal, nomal to late onset date of the season ae expected within the localities stetching fom the Cental-Southen pat of Côte d Ivoie to Southen Nigeia, including Southen Ghana, Togo and Benin. Ending dates of the season Ove the South-Easten pat of Côte, Southen Ghana, Togo and Benin, ealy to aveage ending dates of the season ae expected (figue 3). Howeve, in the Cental-East of Ghana, Cental-West of Togo and the Southen half of Nigeia, nomal to ealy ending dates ae vey likely. Dy spells afte the onset dates of the season The duations of dy spells afte the onset of the season (figue 6),which is fom the onset dates of the season to the fifteenth (50th) day, ae likely to be longe to equivalent to the nomal situation in the Southen Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeia and South- Easten Côte d Ivoie Dy spells at the end of season Longe to nomal dy spells towads the end of the season ae expected in Southen Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeia and South-Easten Côte d Ivoie 1) What ae you main duties as MESA focal point? Taining of manages on MESA thematics Exploitation of the estation system fo the use of some data in ou sevices delivey. Designing a MESA Envionment Monitoing Bulletin fo cops 2) What is the usefulness of the MESA poducts? Given that MESA poducts ae of diffeent time scales, they can be used fo many things Coection of ou own data mostly exteme ainfall data in ou classic stations that ae sometimes undeestimated and oveestimated due to obsevations eos caused by human being. Satellite ainfall images pemit us to confim o infim the doubtable data. Monitoing the winte with the obseved ainfall data. To that end, we equest fo NDVI data and deivate to see how the campaign pogesses. Obsevation of wate points: as example, the pogess of flooding kamadougou 3) What ae the difficulties expeienced in implementing the MESA poject? It is about the egulaity of data inteuption and that pevent us fom bette using the poducts due to the fact that the estation is not obust 4) What is you ecommendation to make MESA successful? Stengthen the on-the-job tainings to facilitate exchanges and expeience shaing Make the station obust to make data available egulaly. The entie final communiqué is available online on the website of AGRHYMET Regional Cente at 6 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016

7 FOCUS: Study Tip of fame s oganizations fom Benin and Nige in Bukina Faso In collaboation with Consultation Council of Rice fames of Benin (CCR-B) and the Netwok fo Agicultual chambes in Nige (RECA, CILSS has oganized a study tip as pat of the FGEF/CC, fo fames oganizations of Benin and Nige in Bukina Faso fom 12 to 20 Mach, 2016 The objective of that tip is to discuss on the achievements of many pojects opeating in the field of climate adaptation. The achievements that ae visited ae: Site of the «Tee Vete»NGO at Guié: Sahelian embogagement and integation agicultue livestock Site of SOS Sahel in sustainable land management in the povince of Loum(Titao): Zaï, ago-ecology applied to the vegetable faming (maket gadening) Site of ARFA NGO in the povince of ZANDOMA (Goucy): Zaï, half moon, codon pieeux fo the assisted natual geneation The iigated peimete of Bama exploited in ice faming at one o two cycles pe yea and conte-season poduction Poduces fom Benin and Nige who have taken pat to this tip have dawn the following conclusions: climate change contibutes in degading ou livelihoods (wate esouces, coplands, socio-economic activities.) expeiencing new types of isks, it is elevant to get oganized to addess climate change effects in ou espective counties by acting as follow: Set up wate management committees and wate police in ode to potect ou wate esouces Develop a conceted natual esouce management system. Infom/sensitize and tain poduces on the ational use of natual esouces, backgound of poduction and development. Howeve, they have made the following ecommendations: Repeat this kind of tip fo the benefit of poduces; Suppot poduces fom sub-sahelian Afica to stengthen thei esilience meeting climate change effects Facilitate the setting of fames taining fields to demonstate and diffuse the techniques that ae expeienced duing the tip Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas

8 Gaduating ceemony of the Maste goup in Food and Nutition Secuity and, Maste in Sustainable potection of cops and Envionment. The fomal ceemony took place on Mach 24, 2016 at AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC). It was chaied by Pof. Sanoussi ATTA, head of the Taining and Reseach Depatment, epesenting Pof. Bouafou Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente. The ceemony was in pesence of Ms. Rabi Oumaou, Pemanent Secetay of CILSS National Committee in Nige, heads of depatments, Units, the staff, students and many othe guests This thid Maste goup of Food and Nutition Secuity and Maste in Sustainable potection of cop and Envionment (PDCE) was sponsoed by the Euopean Union as pat of the Food Secuity Thematic Pogam (FSTP 2) and FDA as pat of the Suppot Pogam to Food and Nutition Secuity in West Afica (PSANAO). The Maste goup is composed of 18 students with 2 women fo the Sustainable potection of Cop and Envionment and 21 students composed of 3 women fo the Maste in Food and Nutition secuity Awading the 3 fist of each goup : Maste in Sustainable potection of cop and Envionment 1 e pice M. ASSOGBA Kodjo (Togo) 2 ème pice M. COULIBALY Madou (Bukina Faso) 3 ème pice M. MEHOU Loko Floent (Benin) 1 e pice M. LAWSON Latévi Adomaya (Togo) 2 ème pice Mme AYENA Romaine (Benin) 3 ème pice M. ABDOU Habou(Nige) The fist five of the PDCE Maste goup The fist five of the SAN (FNS) Maste goup 8 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016

9 Gaduating ceemony of Maste goup in Climate Change and Sustainable Development. The taining fo Maste in Climate Change and Sustainable Development is the thid oganized by AGRNHYMET Regional Cente. It was sponsoed by the Euopean Union as pat of the Food Secuity Thematic Pogam (FSTP2). The goup is composed of 21 students with 20 scholas fom the Euopean Union and one (1) schola fom Fench Coopeation. It is composed of 13 manages fom the technical sevices, two manages fom NGOs and six odinay students. The fomal opening ceemony that took place on Febuay 5, 2016 at AGRHYMET Regional Cente (ARC) was chaied by Pof. ATTA Sanoussi, head of the Taining and Reseach Depatment, epesenting Pof.BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Die to Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente. The ceemony was conducted in pesence of Ms Oumaou Rabi, Pemanent Secetay of CILSS National Committee in Nige, heads of Depatments and Units, CILSS staff, students and vaious guests Delivey of cetificates to the fist 3 of the goup : Invitation of ARC to national and egional activities ---> High level dialogue on povision and exploitation of climate sevices ACMAD has oganized on Mach 23, 2016, a high level dialogue with the following theme: acceleation of climate modifications and the incease of the impacts on the economy, societies and envionment in Afica: How to oganize the povision and exploitation of climate sevices in ode to impove the policies, stategies and pactices fo esilience. The epesentatives of national stuctues (envionment, meteoology and agicultue), egional institutions and pofessional oganizations of hedes, fames. AGRHYMET Regional Cente was epesented at this meeting by D. ALHASSANE Agali, expet agonomist, who has made a pesentation on the taining and infomation stategies of AGRHYMET Regional Cente fo climate change esilience. The following points wee claified duing the pesentation: The opeational monitoing of the copping season and envionment Communication of seasonal foecast esults to fames The Maste taining pogam of ARC: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Sustainable Land Management, Food and Nutition Secuity The upcoming evolution of climate in West Afica 1 st M. KODJIO Napo 3 è (Togo) Climate change impacts on cop yields Results and eseaches on adaptation stategies The pesentation by D. Agali has contibuted in poweing the debates and pemitted paticipants to shae thei expeiences in ode to impove thei climate sevices fo esilience and sustainable development of Afica.. 2 nd M. ODJOUGBELE Olaodjéwou Benoît (Benin) ---> National Restitution wokshop on integation of climate change in agicultual policies Fom 23 to 24 Mach 2016, AGRHYMET Regional Cente has paticipated at a national estitution wokshop capacity- 3 d Mme ZAKARI Ibahim Rabi (Nige) Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas

10 building sessions fo the integation of Climate change in the agicultual policies and fomulation of investment pojects in Nige. It was oganized by the Regional Agency fo Agicultue Food (ARAA) of ECOWAS, espectively in Daka in Novembe 2015 and in Abidjan in Febuay 2016 The oveall objective of the wokshop is to diffuse the pedagogic suppots of the taining modules that wee used fo the taining in Daka and Abidjan, and stengthen stakeholde s capacities in the Agicultual secto in Nige Duing that meeting, many communications wee consideed especially the ones of D. Mouhamed LY, climatologist expet at ARC, elated to (i) climate change and vaiability in West Afica with a focus on Nige (ii) and the integation of climate change in the policies and stategies in West Afica with a focus on Nige Visits A delegation of CIRAD composed of M. Alain Ange, in chage of policy mission and Afican institutions and M. Philippe Moant, esponsible of the taining, in pesence of Ms. Haissou Aîssa kimba fom the National netwok of Chambe of Agicultue of Nige, has visited ARC on Januay 22nd 2016 Confeence Theme: Function of the hydologic netwok of Sahelian Basins: sedimentay ock and bedock zone. AGRHYMET Regional Cente and IRD have oganized on Mach 25, 2016 a confeence on the theme: Hydologic functioning of Sahelian basins: sedimentay zones and bedock zones. It was conducted by D. Jean Piee Vandevaee, soil physician, Maste of Confeence at UGA at Univesity of Genoble, eseache at the study laboatoy fo tansfe in hydology and envionment. That confeence has gatheed some fifty guests composed of students and teaches of Abdou Moumouni Univesity, students and manages of AGRHYMET Regional Cente, eseaches fom IRD, etc. A WMO delegation composed of M. Benad Edwad Gomez, epesentative of the WMO in Noth, Cental and West Afica and Miste Philbet F. Tibaijuka, consultant in Climatology has visited the ARC on Januay 19, The pesentation of D Vandevaee was mainly on the following points: The documentation of the cystalline context by the instumentation of a new site ; Chaacteization and compaison of hydo-dynamics esponses of soils in cystalline zone and sedimentay at the scales: punctual, elementay suface (10m2) and wateshed (some ha) M. Fanck HAASER, new chief of the Coopeation and Cultual Action Sevice (SCAC) at Fance embassy has visited ARC on Tuesday Januay 12, 2016 Detemination in shot and long tem, the ole of copping on hydodynamic of basins The poposal of a simple model without e-infiltation, hydodynamic functioning of the small cystalline basins The video of this confeence is available on the Website of AGRHYMET Regional Cente in the section CONFERENCES. Fom left to ight: Pof BOUAFOU, M. Piee, and M. Fanck 10 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016

11 Faewell ceemony fo D Maty Ba Diao Delivey of satisfaction testimonial cetificate by Pof BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel, Diecto Geneal of AGRHYMET Regional Cente Delivey of a pesent by D. Djimé ADOUM, CILSS executive Secetay Announcements : Scientific Confeence at AGRHYMET Regional Cente Theme Lectue Date Hydologic functioning of Sahelian basins : sedimentay zones, zones of bedock by Jean Piee Vandevaee, Maite de Conféences à l UGA à l Univesité de Genoble, physicien du Sol, checheu au Laboatoie d étude des Tansfets en Hydologie et Envionnement 25 Mach 2016 at 10: 00 Measuing ainfall amount via the mobile phone Maielle Gosset Checheu à l IRD, Geoscience Envionnement Toulouse, Fance 6 Apil 2016 At 10:00 Hydometic of lage topical basins by satellite altimety Stéphane Calmant Diecteu de Recheche, Geophysicien IRD, UMR 5566 LEGOS/ Obsevatoie Midi Pyenées Toulouse, Fance. Using natual phosphate fo a sustainable agicultue in the developing counties Impact of climate vaiability on agicultual poduction systems in the Koama in Southen Zinde Pocessing and ecycling of domestic wastewate fo agicultual use and potection of wate esouces Potential impact of the geat geen wall on West Afican climate : Study with a egional climate model D. Hassimi Moussa enseignant checheu à l Univesité de Tillabéi D Abdou BAGNA Univesité Abdou Moumouni D. Hassimi Moussa, enseignant checheu à l univesité de Tillabéi D Ibah Seidou Sanda, Expet modélisation. Cente Régional AGRHYMET 22 Apil 2016 At 10:00 25 May 2016 à 10: 00 8 June 2016, à 10: June 2016 At 10:00 COP 21. Global challenges and challenges fo the CILSS D Maguette KAIRE, Expet Foestie Cente Régional AGRHYMET 20 July 2016 At 10:00 Economic analysis of the behavio of domestic enegy souces consumes in uban aea in Nige : example of the odinay household of Niamey D TCHOUSSO Adamou, Docteu en Economie de l envionnement, Fsej/UAM de Niamey. 10 August 2016 At 10 : 00 am Climate change in the Sahel and West Afica D Mohamed LY, Expet climatologue,cente Régional AGRHYMET 14 Septembe, 2016 at 10 : 00 am Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas

12 Diecto of publication P BOUAFOU Kouamé Guy Macel Diecto Geneal of ARC Edito in chief Papa Ouma DIEYE DISCOVERING AGRHYMET Regional Cente Students fom the Institut de Fomation aux Techniques de l Infomation et de la Communication (IFTIC) Chief of the Communication Unit Deputy-edito in chief Mamane SOULE, Responsable de l Unité Suivi-Evaluation Comité de Rédaction : Pof Atta Sanoussi : Chief of the Monitoing and Evaluation Unit. Editoial boad Pof. ATTA Sanoussi: head of the Taining and eseach Depatment Issifou Alfai: Chief of the Infomation and Reseach Depatment Students fom the Abdou Moumouni Univesity of Niamey Mamadou SAMAKE: head of the Technical Suppot Depatment D. Seydou TRAORE: chief of the scientific coodination Unit Etienne Sa: Responsible of the Continuous Taining Division Matial SY Taoé: Expet Maché D. Issa GARBA: Pastoalist Expet D. Maguette Kaié: Foesty Expet D. Abdou ALI: Expet hydologist D. Idissa Maiga: Expet in Ecology and pogessive Biology Tinni Halidou Seydou: Expet in Meteoological foecast Layout, compute gaphics, electonic diffusion Boubaca Mainassaa Abdoul Aziz Fothcoming Special bulletin on CILSS achievements in the field of climate change Tanslation : YAPI Yapo Jacques: Tanslato/Intepete, AGRHYMET Newslette Mas 2016 B.P Niamey, NIGER Tel: (227) Fax: (227) admin@aghymet.ne Web: 12 Newslette du Cente Régional AGRHYMET - Mas 2016