Sahel Resilience Strengthening (SARES)

qualities in the Sahel, women are more affected by these challenges than men. Whilst agriculture remains the backbone of rural livelihoods, yields are low and over a third of crops are lost every year. Agricultural livelihoods become more and more precarious in an environment characterised by land

degradation, increasing temperatures, recurrent droughts, floods, as well as erratic rainfall. The presence of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) increases the pressure on natural resources as well as on basic infrastructure i