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Strengthening Food System Resilience in West and Central Africa

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Best wishes and thanks from CORAF

Dear partners, collaborators and friends of CORAF,

In this new year, we wish you the best of health, happiness and prosperity. We would like to express our deep gratitude for your valuable collaboration and continued commitment to agricultural development in West and Central Africa. Your support is essential to achieving our common goals.

May this year be rich in shared successes and significant progress. We look forward to continuing this successful collaboration and contributing together to the positive transformation of our region’s agricultural systems.

Best wishes,

Dr Alioune FALL
CORAF Acting Executive Director

ARTICLES

CORAF supports the revision of the common agricultural policy of the Economic Community of Central African States

CORAF organized in partnership with ECCAS, FAO and Hub RuRal, a regional conference from 16 to 18 January 2024, focusing on the revision of the ECCAS Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its Regional Agricultural Investment Programme, of Food Security and Nutrition (PRIASAN).

Handover ceremony for CORAF’s Executive Director

CORAF organized the handover between the outgoing Executive Director, Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, and his interim successor, Dr. Alioune Fall, marking an important turning point for the organization.

Climate-smart agriculture for Zoundwéogo producers

The province of Zoundwéogo in Burkina Faso has inaugurated a climate-smart village. Rural actors discovered its characteristics during a visit organized by the TARSPro project.

FSRP: CORAF strengthens the capacities of actors in agricultural research in bioinformatics and biotechnology

CORAF finalized a series of regional training workshops aimed at strengthening the skills of NARS actors in biotechnology and bioinformatics to support agricultural innovation.

Chad: ITRAD and CORAF join forces to manage risks related to food systems

ITRAD and CORAF, under the Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP), organized a workshop in Ndjamena to consider the creation of a National Wheat Specialization Centre in Chad.

Feeding dairy cows: The Léo Milk Innovation Platform able to recover crop residues

The Milk Innovation Platform (PIL) in Léo, Burkina Faso, organized a training on the valorization of crop residues/picks and forages in the feeding of dairy cows under the TARSPro project.

Chad: the “climate-smart village of Amsinéné created by ProPAD is inaugurated

The village of Amsinéné, Chad, has received equipment for its "climate-smart village" as part of the World Bank-supported ProPAD project. Three climate-smart villages have been established by CORAF in different regions of Chad.

Follow-up of the TARSPro project: The coordinator in the footsteps of Burkina Faso’s activities

The TARSPro project coordinator visited the Regional Centre of Excellence in Fruit and Vegetables (CRE-FL) to evaluate the activities implemented and find solutions to the challenges encountered.

OUR OPPORTUNITIES

CORAF is looking for qualified profiles for its projects.

Recruitment of a firm or agency

For the administrative and logistical organization and payment of allowances for regional meetings and events.

General Contracting Notice - Management 2024

Potential bidders are requested to express their interest to CORAF by sending their expression of interest / request for approval file including their references for works, supplies or equipment, provision of services of similar nature, size and/or complexity to the address below: [email protected]

LOOKING FORWARD

10-12 April 2024, Cotonou, Benin

Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the CORAF General Assembly (AG-14)

07-08 March 2024, Bingerville, Ivory Coast

High-level policy and technical dialogue on Cassava virus diseases

With Thanks to

Contributors

Editors:
Christel KENOU

Editorial Advisers:
Dr Alioune FALL
Dr Emmanuel NJUKWE

Design:
Jimmy Mandabrandja

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