A strategy will be implemented in the Regional Project to Support Pastoralism in the Sahel, which is in its second Phase (PRAPS-2).

PRAPS-2 covers six (6) Sahelian countries, namely Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mali, Mauritania, Old Style”, “Serif">PRAPS-2 covers six (6) Sahelian countries, namely Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mali, Mauritania, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritania, Niger and Chad. This project benefits from the technical and financial support of the World Bank to the tune of 517 billion FCFA and the scientific support of the Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD) and the Institute for Research and Application of Rural Development Methods (IRAM). This sector, a lever for the resilience of communities in the face of the adverse effects of climate change, is the subject of great attention. It is in this sense that the problem of pastoralism was evaluated by researchers, technical and financial partners, producers and practitioners from the 6 countries concerned, from 2 to 4 July in Dakar.
This phase 2 of PRAPS is part of the consolidation of the achievements and convincing results of phase-1. Therefore, PRAPS-2 plans to increase the area of sustainably managed land from 6,598,000 hectares in 2021 (phase 1) to 13,738,000 hectares by 2027 at the end of