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SUMMARY
This data study contains data on the activities by concerned farmer organizations and focuses on household, farmers’ way of life, family members, property and income-generating activities through agriculture and livestock.
About the project
Project title: Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa
Project abstract
As part of the Feed the Future Initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting an innovative multi-stakeholder agricultural research program, the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING). The program’s main objective is to identify and validate scalable options for the sustainable intensification of key African cereal-based farming systems to increase food production and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and at the same time conserve or improve the natural resource base.
Project website: http://africa-rising.net
Project start date: 2011-01-01
Project end date : 2016-12-31