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Institutional & promotional materials
June 2017
Western Africa

Cette note restitue les discussions et conclusions d’un atelier, qui a été organisé les 2 et 3 mai 2017 à l’initiative du Comité technique « Foncier & développement » (CTFD), du Comité scientifique et technique sur l’eau agricole (Costea) et du Pôle foncier de Montpellier.

Reports & Research
June 2017
Cameroon
Western Africa
Ghana
Senegal

A recent surge in agribusiness plantation deals has increased pressures on land in many low- and middle-income countries. Rural people have mobilised to protect their rights, seek better terms or oppose the deals altogether.

Journal Articles & Books
April 2017
Burkina Faso
Africa
Western Africa

The fire severity of the 2013–2014 fire season within Sudanian ecosystems in Burkina Faso was evaluated from Landsat 8 images using derivatives of the Normalized Burn Ratio algorithm (NBR). The relationship between the image-derived severity and the field observed severity i.e. Composite Burn Index (CBI) was best described by a nonlinear model of the form y = a + b*EXP(CBI *c) (R2 = 0.66).

Conference Papers & Reports
March 2017
Cameroon
Africa
Western Africa

In Cameroon, rangelands occupy about 20 % of surface area; provide critical habitat to many animal and

plant species; offer many vital goods and services to society and are home to pastoralists, agropastoralists,

crop farmers, fishermen and hunter-gatherers, who for centuries co-existed peacefully. In

Videos
February 2017
Western Africa

Pour qu'un barrage contribue avec succès au développement durable de la société, les populations locales doivent également en bénéficier.

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