Philippe Dudouit Sun-scorched and wind-scoured, the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna. Though dozens of tribes ...

Time series of Sahel precipitation anomalies for 1960–2100 as simulated by eight coupled general circulation models of the global ocean and atmosphere. Precipitation is averaged over West Africa ...

Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

In particular, the production potential of agricultural and pastoral economies in the Sahel must be strengthened by integrating innovative and resilient technical solutions to the adverse effects of ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

With 2024 set to be the hottest year on record, drought could impact 75% ... nations in the Sahel region of Africa decided to stop the southward spread of the Sahara Desert to the north -- fuelled ...

There are serious concerns about the vulnerability of Sahel communities to the impacts of climate change ... through the Great Green Wall Initiative which tackles challenges of desertification, land ...

These impacts exacerbate poverty and ... Green Wall program involves 11 countries across the Sahel region that have been affected by desertification for decades. Almost half the land in the ...