COFOB Rural Land Commission / United Nations Office for the Coordination / United Nations University / FAO FESS Foundation / U.S. Government / Environment and Human Security USAID United States Agency for International Development Climate Change and Conflict / Environmental Security and Sustainability FEWSNET USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network FMNR Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration GDP Gross Domestic Product IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management JPC Sahel Joint Planning Cell MCA Millennium Challenge Account NCBA CLUSA National Cooperative Business Association Cooperative League / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACTED Agency for Technical Cooperation / NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center NGO Nongovernmental Organization NMJ Nigerien Movement / Nigerien Movement for Justice / OECD / United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations / OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation / Statistics Division / al-Qaeda / United States Agency for International Development / International Crisis Group / Service for Peace FAO Food / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / African Union / United Nations / Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability / US Federal Reserve / Institute for Environment / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / United Nations FAOSTAT Statistics Division / Peace FAO Food and Agriculture Organization / SPCR Permanent National Secretariat of the Rural Code / Institute for Environment and Human Security / Economic Community of West African States / United Nations UNU / /
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT IN THE SAHEL A POLICY BRIEF ON FINDINGS FROM NIGER AND BURKINA FASO JANUARY 2014 This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International De