Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change in the Sahel

About this project

This project aims to improve food and nutrition security for stakeholders, particularly women and youth, from farmers’ organizations in the agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries sectors in targeted communities in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. This project supports the leadership of women and youth in implementing an innovative approach. Project activities include: (1) boosting the climate resilience of the agriculture, agro-forestry, livestock and fisheries sectors through better management of shared natural resources; and (2) strengthening value chains that are especially promising for women and youth, to address intercommunal and transboundary issues. A variety of activities and strategies will be implemented in the Sahel region to address 4 vital and interrelated development challenges: (1) the degradation of natural resources in the face of climate change; (2) the barriers facing stakeholders from various links in the food chain, especially the agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries sectors, in which women and youth are heavily involved; (3) the challenges in terms of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in accessing and managing productive resources; and (4) the gaps and weaknesses in the national and sub-regional governance of food and nutrition security.

Published by

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) · Government

Countries

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso

Sectors

Democratic participation and civil societyAgricultural land resourcesAgricultural water resourcesFood crop productionAgricultural servicesEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusClimate adaptation · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Published by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: CA-3-P006586001.

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