1. Infrastructure for accessing and processing data AGRHYMET Regional Centre BAKO Mamane AGRHYMET/SERVIR WA 06/14/2017, Sunyani

2. AGRHYMET/CILSS AGRHYMET:
Specialized institution of CILSS (Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel )
13 member states
Activities cover 17 countries (CILSS/ECOWAS)
Over 40 years of experience
Bénin Burkina Faso Cap Vert Côte d’Ivoire Gambie Guinée Guinée Bissau Mali Mauritanie Niger Sénégal Tchad Togo

3. Mandate/Activities Activities
Mandates : (i) Food Security, (ii) Natural Resources Management for a new ecological balance in the Sahel 
Lesson learnt: Use of EO is a must for AGRHYMET 
Activities
Collect and analyze biophysical & socio-economic data;
Develop tools and methods to monitor environmental dynamics and food insecurity;
Distribute information to support decision making: seasonal forecast, early warning and Natural Resources Management;
Train, transfer tools, methods and knowledge to national institutions.

4. Training E-learning 4 specializations 5 Masters degrees
More than 10,000 technicians and engineers trained since 1974
Formal training recognized by CAMES
4 specializations
Hydrology
Agrometeorology
Instrument and computer science
Crop protection
5 Masters degrees
Sustainable Land Management
Climate Change Sustainable Development
Integrated Environmental and Water Resource Management
Food Security
Sustainable Protection of Crops and Environment
Pastoralism
E-learning
Development of a pilot training module for on-line estimating of carbon levels

5. Data METEOSAT in1989 MSG in 2004 HRPT/NOAA in1990
SPOT VEGETATION (1999)
VGT4AFRICA ( 2005)
MODIS
LANDSAT
SPOT
Photo CORONA
SRTM
RADAR
Ground Data

6. Products
Imagery based maps (Modis, Spot, MSG, Landsat, Sentinel, TAMSAT,…);
Climate monitoring : Rainfall, Surface Temperature
Environmental monitoring : Surface water, wild fires, etc.
Rangeland resources monitoring : herbaceous biomass , pasture condition, vegetation index, etc.
Agriculture monitoring : water requirement satisfaction of crops , yield forecast, expected yield anomaly ( 5 last years average),
Natural Resources Management: LULC 1974, 2000 and 2013
Agro-hydro-climatic seasonal forecast in both costal area and sudano-sahelian Africa ;
Harmonized framework for identification and analyzing of area and populations with food insecurity ;
Decadal and Monthly Bulletins of rain-season crop condition in the Sahel;
Regional System for Prevention and Management of Food Crises in Sahel and West Africa (PREGEC).

7. Data center
Over 20 servers and racks system for data processing and storage
4 computer labs for training
Access:
ftp,
ftp:ftp://nouakchott.agrhymet.ne

8. Data center PUMA, AMESD, MESA,
Satellite Data Acquisition System (Eumetcast)
PUMA, AMESD, MESA,
Landsat, Modis, FewsNet
Environmental Station
PUMA System
Installation and Management of stations (PUMA and eStation) in the 17 CILSS/ECOWAS countries

9. Platforms Platforms for satellite data processing and dissemination :
Data library from IRI (University of Colombia)
Hydrology Thematic Exploitation platform
GeonetCast - AGRHYMET
Environmental station
Regional Database Management System

10. Perspectives and challenges
Consolidate ongoing initiatives
Join AfriGEOSS community in 2017 and share some resources in the GEOSS portal
Take advantage of NASA/USAID collaboration through SERVIR/ WA, Satellite and Weather Information for Disaster Resilience in Africa (SAWIDRA) , PUMA-AMESD-MESA - GMES& Africa Call
Better Internet Bandwidth subscription and Management
Capacity building in cloud computing
Promote the merging approach (RFE) enhance model outputs

11. Thank you !
Financial:
Technical: