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Group communication (WA)
Group membership• [email protected] • Aissatou Sitta [email protected] • Sanfo Bienvenue Judith [email protected] • Aminata Bagayoko – contact through Ousmane Ndiaye:
[email protected]• Mariama Keita - contact through Ousmane Ndiaye: [email protected]• Sokhna Sall - • Njongo Baba Njao - • Vieri Tarchiani - [email protected]• Youssouf Coulibaly - contact through Ousmane Ndiaye:
[email protected]• Mady Lega - contact through Ousmane Ndiaye: [email protected]• Souibou Toure - contact through Ousmane Ndiaye: [email protected]
Group Communication (WA)
• Title: Communicating Agroclimatic Information in West Africa
• Goal: – Problems to be addressed: communication gap between
agroclimatic information producers and users (most of farmers do not receive climate information), language, inappropriate form of the information (too technical sometimes), insufficient communication ways, ….
– Farmers benefits: better crop management, Improvement of yield, Increase of incomes, Increase of awareness of climate importance in Agriculture
– Where: West Africa from Regional to local level
Group Communication (WA)• Indicators of success: Number of farmers reached, number of
feedbacks received, Yield increase, number of radio broadcasts, number of agreements with cell phone companies
• Good practices discussed in the workshop:– To be incorporated: ref: summary of the five thematic
working group– How to involve farmers: participatory approach (seminars,
valorization of farmers knowledge, two ways communication flow, use of green lines…)
– Gender challenges: women illiteracy, low incomes, men have the radio in the family most of the time
– Synergy with on-going programs: NAPAs, METAGRI,CCAFS, national platforms in GFC initiatives, IWG (GTP),
Group Communication (WA)• Getting started and next steps: – Identification of partners: Meteorological services,
extension and central services in rural development, farmers organizations, farm radios and other media, cell phone companies, donors, local authorities
– Institutional arrangement: Meteorological Services as leaders
– Human resources: experts at local , national, and regional levels in a south-south partnership way
– Timeline: at least 5 years– financial issues: Cannot be estimated at this step
