AGRHYMET is a specialized agency of the Permanent Inter-State Committee against Drought in the Sahel (CILSS) of thirteen countries are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania , Niger, Senegal and Togo.
AGRHYMET has two main objectives:
by providing information and training of development agents and their partners in the fields of agro-ecology in the broadest sense (agro-climatology, hydrology, plant protection, ...). It is a tool oriented regional, specialized in science and technology applicable to the sectors of agricultural development, development of rural and natural resource management..
Over the years, the AGRHYMET has established itself as a regional center of excellence in:
It is for this reason that executives of the Centre are increasingly approached by bilateral and multilateral agencies. (USAID, FAO, WHO, IRD, CIRAD, ...) and he is engaged, in connection with CILSS, in international meetings on food security, sustainable development, management of natural resources and the fight against desertification.