Regions

The Sahel or Sahel Belt (from Arabic ساحل, sāḥil, shore, border or coast of the Sahara) is a semi-arid tropical savanna and steppe eco-region in Africa, which forms the transition between the Sahara to the north and the slightly less arid savanna belt to the south, known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name). Sahelian steppe grassland is a open, free of woody plants among which the predominant kind of thorny Acacia.

In Mali, the project is active in the following areas:

• Bamako:  headquarters of many organizations
• Tombouctou: rice and wheat, livestock, fishing
• Ségou: ceral, rice, all kinds of millet, livestock, fishing
• Sikasso: yams, mango, weight of soil, fruit in general farming, also cotton, but industrial

In Senegal, the project is active in the following areas:

• Dakar / Yoff: headquarters of many organizations
• Guédé-Chantier: rice, greens, tomatoes, onions, millet, livestock, fishing
• Mbam: rice, peanuts and mango, peach
• Matam: