AGRHYMET: A drought monitoring and capacity building center in the West Africa Region

AGRHYMET: A drought monitoring and capacity building center in the West Africa Region

The AGRHYMET Regional Center, a specialized institution of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), was created in 1974 at the aftermaths of the severe droughts that affected this region in the early 1970s. The mission assigned to the Center was to train personne...

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Main Authors: Seydou B. Traore, Abdou Ali, Seydou H. Tinni, Mamadou Samake, Issa Garba, Issoufou Maigari, Agali Alhassane, Abdallah Samba, Maty Ba Diao, Sanoussi Atta, Pape Oumar Dieye, Hassan B. Nacro, Kouamé G.M. Bouafou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
Subjects:
Drought monitoring center
Environmental monitoring
Food security early warning
Human resources development
Sahel
West Africa
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094714000279

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