Water, a critical resource in the Sahel

Science at work 21 March 2023

To overcome water scarcity in the Sahel, farmers are innovating. Follow the FAIR project agronomists as they meet farmers in Senegal to find out about the challenges they face and their ingenious solutions.

Over-pumping and climate change have dried up the groundwater in the Sahelian region © R. Belmin, CIRAD
Over-pumping and climate change have dried up the groundwater in the Sahelian region © R. Belmin, CIRAD

FAIR is being conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. In all three countries, pilot villages host experimentation platforms co-managed by farmers, NGOs and agricultural research. Discover the project in pictures in the slideshow below.