DAKAR – On July 11, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CCAFS), the National Agency Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACIM) and the Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA) launched a new climate information services project to increase the resilience and productivity in Senegal.

The three-year, $3.5 million Project of Climate Information Services to Increase Resilience and Productivity in Senegal (USAID / CINSERE) will be implemented by the international Consortium in close collaboration with the aviation and agricultural research agencies.  It will support Senegal’s efforts to address the negative impacts of climate change on the primary economic sectors of farming, livestock and fisheries.