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26Mar
DeSIRA (Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture):
Initiative aiming at linking more effectively research and innovation with development. Funded by the EU, this intends to boost innovation in agriculture and food systems transformation in low and middle-income countries with a view to be more resilient to the effects of climate change. It particularly emphasises the Sahel region, the poorest region in the […]
26Mar
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT):
An important element of “Feed Africa” a strategy of the African Development Bank to transform agriculture and scale up agribusiness opportunities throughout 18 key agricultural commodity value chains targeting the sorghum and pearl millet compact. TAAT supports Feed Africa by providing the needed, proven agricultural and food processing technologies and implementation strategies for inclusion within […]
26Mar
PAIRED Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development in West and Central Africa:
ThisCORAF and USAID partnership is underpinned by the conviction that regional approaches and interventions are efficient as an added value to national efforts in reaching out to millions of people whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and whose socio-cultural and economic circumstances are similar. The current program, Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED) in […]
26Mar
The USAID Feed the Future Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab (SMIL), Legumes System Research Innovation Lab (LSRIL), Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL) and Peanut Innovation Lab (PIL), Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI):
An initiative that is part of the U.S. government’s strategy to fight hunger and poverty around the world. In WA, these innovations labs are already collaborating tightly with the RCE CERAAS and its partners, especially on sorghum, millet, cowpea and groundnut improvement and variety testing together with best agronomic practices.
26Mar
Feed the Future / USAID innovation labs
Les laboratoires d’innovation du programme Feed the Future de l’USAID sont une des stratégies du gouvernement Américain pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvreté dans le monde à travers la recherche pour le développement, la formation et le partenariat entre des institutions nationales de recherche et des Universités américaines. Ces stratégies sont mises en […]
26Mar
Enhancing institutional breeding capacity in Ghana, Senegal and Uganda to develop climate resilient crops for African smallholder farmers (EBCA):
This project is supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and led by the IBP through a hosting arrangement with AfricaRice. The main objective of the project is to develop and disseminate improved crop cultivars in Senegal, Ghana and Uganda that have characteristics that meet smallholder needs (improved grain yield and quality, fodder) […]