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R‌estricted RPCA meeting in Lomé

Members of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) are gathering from 2 to 6 March in Lomé. On the agenda: assessment of the food and nutrition situation & recommendations; impact of the Ebola epidemic; evaluation of the Charter, Regional Food Security Reserve and a new tool to analyse and measure resilience.

Market, food security & structural changes

The West African food economy is changing: restructuring of agricultural markets; reconfiguration of cross-border trade; development of agro-food chains; changes in consumer behaviour. How to design policies that support agricultural production and encourage the emergence of new activities in the context of strong population growth & evolving markets? > find out +

Regional governance of food security

Food security has been at the core of the Club's founding mission. Current focus areas include facilitating work of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA):

• Global Alliance for Resilience (AGIR)
• External evaluation of the Charter
• Regional Food Reserve

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Cross-border co-operation

This new strategic reflection cycle addresses the major challenges and opportunities of cross-border co-operation. Three key questions will be addressed: 1) What is the relevant scale of activity for cross-border co-operation?; 2) How do cross-border policy networks work?; and 3) How can a network approach applied to cross-border co-operation help decision-making? > find out +

The Sahara-Sahelian areas

‌The 2013-14 West African Futures (WAF) programme focused on the Sahara-Sahelian areas. The Atlas of the Sahara-Sahel addresses the security challenges through the mobility characteristic of its territories, populations and the socio-economic networks that connect them. Its analysis contributes to policy dialogue on the strategies for the Sahel.

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