Supporting the Drafting of a Regional Strategy and Policy Document for the Development of Small-Scale Irrigation in West Africa - TCP/RAF/3604
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Food security is a major problem in Africa and especially in West Africa, where many countries have made agriculture an economic priority In order to find a community based solution to the issue, the Economic Community of West African States ( has developed and adopted its own common agricultural policy ( Despite this, given the effects of climate change over the last few years, irrigation has become the key factor in food security In this context, as part of the cooperation framework with FAO, ECOWAS requested the drafting of a regional strategy and policy document for the development of small scale irrigation in West Africa The decision made to support irrigation is linked to the fact that the Regional Agricultural Investment Programme ( has incorporated specific action to “strengthen irrigation”, with no concrete measures implemented to date In addition, the recommendations made in the Malabo Declaration 2014 at the Conference of the Parties (COP 21 on climate change and in the new guidelines of the ECOWAP II (for 2015 have all focused on intensive and sustainable agriculture, among other aspects This is because irrigation in the ECOWAS area is one of the main tools used in the sustainable intensification of agriculture.