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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBurkina Faso: Humanitarian Response Plan 2023 2023
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In Burkina Faso, over 16 percent of the population is expected to be in high acute food insecurity during this year’s lean season, if appropriate assistance isn’t provided. This will include, for the first time, 19 867 people in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5). Around 4 in 5 people rely on agriculture for subsistence, and need urgent support to restore food production. Every USD 1 spent on supporting farmers with a vegetable production package yields over 20 times its value in cabbages, onions and tomatoes. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureBurkina Faso: Humanitarian Response Plan 2022 2022
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No results found.More than half of Burkina Faso is experiencing conflict and insecurity, forcing thousands from their homes, disrupting livelihoods and further aggravating the food security situation. With 75 percent of people living in rural areas, restoring livelihoods is fundamental to the humanitarian response. Every USD 1 spent on supporting farmers with a cereal production package yields four-times its value in crops. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEmergency responseBurkina Faso: Humanitarian Response Plan 2025 2025
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In Burkina Faso, persistent insecurity, climate change and economic constraints are directly affecting the livelihoods and living conditions of millions of people. This is forcing populations, particularly internally displaced people, to adopt negative coping mechanisms. It is therefore urgent to provide agricultural assistance to the most vulnerable households to enable them to quickly produce food to meet their basic needs and strengthen their resilience.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookLand use/land cover and forest cover mapping in Nigeria 2020
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No results found.Within the framework of a Technical Assistance (TA) Agreement (UTF/NIR/066/NIR), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), provided technical support to the Federal Government of Nigeria to undertake a number of activities, which included land use/land cover analysis and production of an updated land cover/land use map for Nigeria. An existing national classification system, adopted by FORMECU in 1998, and comprising 36 classes was aggregated into 12 classes and used for this purpose. A land use/land cover map for 1995 based on the 12 classes was also produced. The land use/land cover analysis were undertaken in SEPAL and SEPAL-CEO (SEPAL-Collect Earth Online) which is an open-source, cloud-based platform. Map mosaics for 2006 and 2016 were produced from free Landsat images extracted from the SEPAL archives and classification was then undertaken to Collect Earth Online using the 12 aggregated land use/land cover classes. The procedure required the use of higher resolution images such as SPOT 5, GeoEye, and IKONOS images. A total of 1667 training data points were collected across the 12 land cover classes over the entire country. Fieldwork (ground-truthing) was carried out in six states to verify and clarify unresolved areas especially among savannas and arable land, tree crop plantation and forest plantation, freshwater forest and mangrove; and led to the collection of 252 additional training data points. -
BookletCorporate general interestGeospatial cropland monitoring and crop type mapping of the Gezira irrigation scheme in the Sudan
2019/20-2023/24 (September to March)
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No results found.Sudan is facing an increasing risk of severe food insecurity due to the ongoing conflict that began in April 2023, which has significantly impacted the agricultural sector. Irrigated farming is vital to Sudan's agricultural system, and the Gezira project stands as the largest and most important irrigation scheme. Recognizing the critical role of the Gezira irrigation scheme in Sudan’s agriculture and food security sector, this report presents an assessment of changes in cultivated cropland areas within the scheme. The analysis focuses on the growing cycle of dominant crops from September to March over the period from 2019/20 to 2023/24. By monitoring the extent of cropland for three major crops—wheat, sorghum, and cotton—this analysis reveals trends and shifts in crop cultivation and productivity, with a particular focus on wheat production.Utilizing remote sensing data from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, an innovative methodology was developed to address challenges in data collection in conflict-affected areas. Time-series analyses of vegetation indices and crop calendars throughout different periods of the crop growth cycle were employed to classify crop types and monitor crop rotation. Very high-resolution imagery was specifically used for verification purposes to ensure accuracy.The analysis revealed a reduction in the cultivated area and a shift from wheat to sorghum cultivation. Alongside a sharp decline in wheat yield, overall crop production is expected to exacerbate food insecurity levels throughout Sudan. This situation highlights the urgent need for integrated strategies to enhance agricultural resilience and food security under these challenging conditions. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookWest African Land Cover Reference System 2022
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No results found.There is an increasing necessity to provide timely and updated information about the status of land resources. It is well-known that land degradation not only results in reduced food production but also in reduced environmental quality, life conditions and health. In West Africa, the most conspicuous symptoms of the negative impact of land degradation on food production are stagnating and declining yields and increasing levels of poverty. There is an increasing need and interest to strengthen regional collaboration for sustainable development through a better understanding of land dynamics.