
Livestock farming has a long and rich cultural history for the people of West and Central Africa. However, due to pressures of increasing human population and decreasing availability of land, livestock farming is also undergoing a major transition, with sedentarisation of groups that have traditionally practiced transhumance and increased livestock management by groups that have traditionally cropped.

Despite the market potential of animal products, many such farmers remain unable to produce enough food each year to feed their families over a full twelve-month cycle. CORAF’s work over the years has consisted of providing education and training for livestock owners to characterizing, valorizing and conserving livestock.
Success Stories
Thanks to a training workshop organized by CORAF as part of the Agricultural Technologies and Innovations Scaling Project for Increasing...
How Senegalese researchers, in collaboration with their American peers and under the coordination of CORAF, succeeded in growing groundnut and...
A meeting to review joints initiatives by CORAF and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) takes place in...
