BSF project "Development of a Strategy for Building the Resilience of Pastoral Communities to Climate Change in Two Ecosystems of Sudan"

" Development of a Strategy for Building the Resilience of Pastoral Communities to Climate Change in Two Ecosystems of Sudan" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Sudan is endowed with a rich gene pool of forage plant genetic resources that constitutes a valuable heritage for mankind and contributes to the income and subsistence of a large sector of the population, which is either pastoralist (nomads) or agro-pastoralist. The overall objective of this BSF project is to develop a strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of forage genetic resources in the semi-arid, low rainfall Sudanese savannah in order to help agro-pastoralist communities cope with food shortages produced by climate shocks.