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Promoting climate-smart agriculture in West Africa

The Promotion of Smart Agriculture towards Climate Change and agro-ecology transition in West Africa (in French, “Agriculture Intelligente pour le Climat”, or AIC) is a regional initiative focused on Africa. The global objective is to support the transition towards agro-ecology in West Africa to reinforce the resilience of vulnerable populations. The initiative aims at the adoption of practices by 25 million households by 2025.

This initiative includes two steps: firstly, the spread of best practices through public policies (involvement of public services in charge of agricultural and environmental policies) and, subsequently, farmers training and support by NGOs and producers (involvement of producer organisations and operators).

Activity period 2015–2024
Last CoAct update n/a
Web URL https://www.araa.org/en/projets/promoting-climate-smart-agriculture-west-africa
Output effectiveness
0.11
Accountability Index
0.50
Inclusiveness Index
0.17
Num. actors 15
Functions Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Participatory management, Training, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs 1 2 3 5 8 10 12 13 15 17
Themes land use
Policy focus Mainly adaptation
Sectors Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Implementation countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger (the), Togo
Target Target type
Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices by 25 million households by 2025 People/countries affected target