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Titre : CaSSECS : Carbon Sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in (agro) Sylvopastoral Ecosystems in the Sahelian CILSS States

Pays/Région : Senegal ; Burkina Faso ; Niger ; Mali ; Chad ; Mauritania

Date : Start date 2020-01-01 End date 2023-12-31

Identifiant : 220-CASSECS
Type de projet : Development and innovation oriented (research) project

Objectif
Improve the assessment of carbon footprint of Sahelian agro-silvopastoral ecosystems in order to better quantify their impacts on climate change for the development of livestock policies adapted to the Sahel.

Présentation
The Paris Agreement has strengthened the global efforts to fight climate change by requiring all countries to set climate targets, particularly in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction. According to the current estimation models, GHG emissions from ruminantsin (agro) pastoral systems represent a significant share of the total GHG emissions in many developing countries and are expected to increase in the coming decades. One of the major challenges of the CaSSECS project is therefore to modify the vision of the negative impact of (agro) pastoral livestock farming systems on the environment. More specifically, it is about enabling (agro) pastoral farmers to continue to live from their practices, by producing products and services and having the ability to adapt and participate in the mitigation of climate change effects. Undeniably, Sahelian (agro) pastoral livestock systems (LS) are threatened, in particular because they are declared as significant emitters of GHGs, due to insufficient data, repositories and reliable scientific and technical skills.

Coordinateur : Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA)
Partenaires : Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD) Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles du Burkina Faso (INERA) Centre International de Recherche-Développement sur l’Elevage en zone Subhumide (CIRDES) AGRHYMET Regional Center Research Institute for Development (IRD) University of Copenhagen Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

Financement principal : Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)
Budget : 4 999 806 EUR

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