ACTION THEMES
Founded in 2005, the Foundation for Agriculture and Rurality in the World (FARM) aims to inform decision-makers in countries of the South and North, public and economic actors, on strategic issues such as:
The sectors, from producers to markets
Food and nutrition security
The resilience of rural areas
PUBLICATIONS
Diets in West Africa: Diversification, Urbanization and Nutritional Challenges
Food consumption in West Africa has undergone profound transformations in recent years, such as the decline in self-production, greater reliance on the market, the growth of processed products, and the proliferation of supply points. Drawing on a variety of data, including household surveys and studies conducted in several countries in the region, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) recently published a study that provides an update on the subject. The FARM Foundation discussed the future outlook for diets in the region with two of its authors from the Sahel and West Africa Club, Jill Bouscarat (junior policy analyst) and Alban Mas Aparisi (economist and associate researcher at the Africa in the World laboratory at Sciences Po Bordeaux).
Industrial hemp in Southern Africa, a growing sector
Industrial hemp cultivation is booming worldwide, although limited to a small area (barely 200,000 hectares). In southern Africa, it is in its infancy, with promising development prospects pending the construction of a solid value chain.
North Africa facing changes in global trade: what agricultural export strategies?
The recent rise in trade tensions on global markets, illustrated by the strengthening of tariff barriers in the United States, is a reminder of the complex challenges of a rapidly changing globalization landscape. In this unprecedented context, the FARM Foundation is continuing its regional analyses of African agricultural foreign trade, focusing on North Africa and its trade with the rest of the world. A second part will complement these analyses on trade relations with the United States and China.
EXAMPLES OF SUPPORTED PROJECTS
Pretag project to implement strategies for reducing pesticide use in the South.
AACC-Med: adaptation from agriculture to climate change in the Mediterranean.
Media and Resources
La Minute FARM #1 | Livestock, Crops and Soil Fertility in the Senegal River Valley
The FARM Foundation visited Senegal in early July as part of a project co-funded with the French Development Agency to better understand soil fertility issues in West Africa. In the Senegal River Valley, near Mauritania, we met with livestock farmers, including young women who came to learn about livestock farming and plant production practices at a pilot farm run by Laiterie du Berger.
La Minute FARM #2 | With producers in the Senegal River Delta
The FARM Foundation visited Senegal in early July as part of a project co-financed with the French Development Agency to better understand the issues related to soil fertility in West Africa. Accompanied by SAED (National Society for the Development and Exploitation of the Lands of the Senegal River Delta), three major constraints for producers were identified:
FARM meets (episode 4) Guillaume Amadji: research in the service of tropical soils
The FARM Foundation, in partnership with the Beninese media Le Rural, meets Professor Guillaume Amadji, a lecturer and researcher in soil sciences at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin.
