The DeSIRA projects

ABEE : Renforcement des réseaux et des capacités institutionnelles en Amélioration des plantes pour le développement de cultures résilientes répondant aux besoins des paysans d’Afrique de l’Ouest

Objectif : L'objectif général est de contribuer à l'augmentation durable de la productivité agricole et de la résilience des petits exploitants agricoles face à la croissance démographique, à la vulnérabilité économique et au changement climatique. Plus spécifiquement, le projet vise à mettre en oeuvre une approche mieux coordonnée en sélection variétale, tant au niveau régional que national, en plaçant des sélectionneurs de cinq spéculations cibles (mil, sorgho, fonio, arachide et niébé) provenant de trois pays (Burkina Faso, Niger et Sénégal) au coeur de l’action pour améliorer et moderniser leurs pratiques de sélection et mieux répondre à la demande du marché.

Organisation d'exécution : CORAF

Localisation : Burkina Faso, Niger, Sénégal

Durée : 5 ans (2019-2024)

Budget: € 8,771,930

APSAN : Enhancing crop productivity and climate resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Mali

Project objectives

The global objective of the project is to contribute to sustainably increasing crop productivity and farmers' income in the context of climate change. Thus, the project specifically aims at:(1) increasing agricultural productivity in the face of population growth and climate change trough the promotion of varieties developed under previous projects, (2) improving resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change and economic vulnerability through an innovative demand-driven and modern breeding schemes, (3) achieving more efficiently exchanges of genetic material and data at the regional scale, and (4) sustainably strengthening research teams in crop improvement.

Localisation : Mali

Implementing organization

The project is led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

Duration

5 Years (2019-2024)

Total budget: € 4,270,000

Biorisques : Anticiper et gérer les risques biologiques pour renforcer la résilience des agriculteurs au changement climatique en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre

Objectifs du projet

Le projet vise l’augmentation de la production, la stabilité des rendements et des revenus des principales cultures vivrières et fruitières dans dix pays d'Afrique centrale et occidentale grâce à la maîtrise des maladies à virus du manioc, de la chenille légionnaire d’automne du maïs et des mouches des fruits des mangues en permettant aux acteurs nationaux et aux réseaux régionaux de gérer correctement les risques biologiques.

Organisation d'exécution

CORAF

Localisation

Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone et Togo

Financement et cofinancement  

5 000 000 € 

Durée

5 ans (2020-2024)

CLIMA-LoCa : Fostering CLIMAte-relevant and LOw CAdmium innovations to enhance the resilience  and inclusiveness of the growing cocoa sectors in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

Objectives of the project

Clima-LoCa aims to foster the development and scaling of low cadmium and climate-relevant production practices and innovations that fit the diverse contexts of smallholder cocoa production.

Implementing organization

CIAT, operating under the Alliance of Bioversity International, and research partners from LAC and Europe.

Region

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Total budget

€ 6,000,000

Duration

December 2019 – December 2023 (4 years)

https://climaloca.org/

CLIMA-LoCa video (sous-titres en français) - duration: 2:05

Objective : to support Costa Rica’s national transition to low-emission, climate-resilient and sustainable agricultural production systems, in the selected key agricultural sectors of Musaceae, coffee, and livestock.

Implementig organisation : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Localisation: Productive landscapes of Musaceae, livestock, and coffee in Costa Rica

Funding and co-funding: 4.150.000 € (European Union), 1.550.000 € (BMUV-contribution)

Duration: 48 Months (01.11.2021 – 31.10.2025)

Climate-smart innovations to improve productivity, profitability, and sustainability of agriculture and food systems in Malawi through multidisciplinary research

Objectives of the project

The main objective of DeSIRA project is to improve climate change adaptation of agricultural and food systems in Malawi through research and uptake of integrated technological innovations. The project aims to develop climate-resilient integrated technological innovations, to enhance understanding of the opportunities and constraints for uptake of these innovations by farmers, and to inform policy makers and scaling partners about the potential of these technologies to contribute to climate resilience and sustainability.

Implementing organization

the International Potato Center (CIP)

Region

The project is implemented in the following districts in Malawi: Mzimba, Chitipa, Karonga, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Salima, Mulanje, Thyolo and Chiradzulu. Some research stations outside these districts will also be selected.

Duration : 5 ans (dec 2019-dec 2024)

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 6,315,790

FAREI DeSIRA : Supporting Sustainable Agriculture for Improved Food Security and Safety in the Republic of Mauritius - Enhancing FAREI’s R&D Capacity for a Sustainable and Modern Agriculture.

Objectives of the project

The main objective is to foster innovation in agriculture through consolidation of the Research and Development capacity of the Food and Agricultural Research and Extension institute (FAREI)’s to address climate change challenges and development of climate smart practices for sustainable production. The specific objectives are: 1) improve the level of food security and the contribution of agriculture to the economy in the country; 2) provide safe and quality food for the local population and for export; and 3) promote sustainable management of land, water and other natural resources.

Implementing organization

FAREI

Region

Republic of Mauritius

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 2,579,000

Duration

36 months (2020-2022)

UOM : Enhancing climate resilience in agriculture for improved food and nutrition security through research, innovation and training in the Republic of Mauritius

Objectives of the project

The overall objective of the action is to strengthen the capacity of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius in research and training to promote sustainable agriculture for improved food security in response to climate change. The specific objectives are : 1) to use molecular methods for pest and disease characterisation; 2) to develop a package of climate-smart agriculture technologies for agriculture; 3) to develop the competences for innovative transformation of raw materials from the agricultural sectors into high-value products; 4) to increase the marketed supply of quality and wholesome milk from smallholder dairy farmers for the local market and as input for the local agroindustry; and 5) to empower the human capital in Rodrigues through agricultural education for improved resilience to climate change.

Implementing organization

University of Mauritius 

Region

Republic of Mauritius

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 5,081,000

Duration

36 months (2020-2022)

Video Innovation University of Mauritius - 3:44

ReDIAL, Research for Development and Innovation Agriculture and Learning Action

Objective : To contribute to transformation and innovation in agriculture and food systems in Ghana through action research, application of innovative technologies and organization of farmers and multi-stakeholder platforms. The specific objective is to foster innovation for improving soil fertility in Ghana by generating scientific knowledge and data while applying innovative technology to improve threshing of Grains and Cereals.

Implementing organization : Friends of the Nation (FoN) (The Lead), Tropenbos Ghana (TBG) and the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (FRNR KNUST). 

Country : Ghana

Funding and co-funding: European Union; EUR 2,120,000.00

Duration: Four (4) years; July 2020 – June 2023

SyRIMAO : Système Régional Innovant de contrôle des Mouches des Fruits en Afrique de l’Ouest (Phase II)

Objectif : Renforcer la lutte préventive et le contrôle des infestations par les mouches phytophages en horticulture dans les pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest pour améliorer les revenus des producteurs ouest africains de fruits et légumes, et particulièrement des petits producteurs, et ainsi contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire, à la réduction de la pauvreté et à la création d’emplois dans la sous-région.

Organisation d'exécution : Le projet est mis en œuvre sous l’égide de l’Agence Régionale pour l’Agriculture et l’Alimentation (ARAA) de la CEDEAO, basée à Lomé, Togo.

Localisation : 15 pays de la CEDEAO

Durée :48 mois (mi2020- mi 2024)

Financement et co-financement : EUR 11,435,000

ABRIGUE: Strengthening territorial capacities to promote innovations in agroecology, artisanal fishing and circular bioeconomies for climate change adaptation and mitigation in colombia’s coastal zones and forest frontiers

Objectives : Strengthen agriculture, forestry, among other land uses, (AFOLU) and artisanal fishing sectors within agroecological systems and bioeconomies (AEBE) to increase their competitiveness, productivity, resilience and efficiency.

Location : Colombia

Implemneting organisation: Amazon Institute of Scientific Research-SINCHI

Location: Colombia, Chocó, Caquetá and Meta Departments.

Funding and co-funding: European Union: € 3.320.000; Partners: € 830.000

Duration: 36 months (may 2021-may 2024)

Agroforestry Rwanda : Improving resilience of farmers’ livelihoods to climate change through innovative, research proven climate-smart agroforestry and efficient use of tree resources in the Eastern Province and peri-urban areas of Kigali city

Objective

The general objective is to increase the pace and scale of agroforestry-based restoration of degraded agricultural lands and sustainable use of biomass energy, with associated improvements of land health, livelihoods and poverty reduction. The specific objective is to effectively understand and demonstrate the ecological, social and economic pathways to, and resultant benefits from, the scale up of agroforestry-based restoration and sustainable biomass use in Eastern Province and in the  peri-urban Kigali city of Rwanda.

Implementing organizations

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL) in Rwanda

Region

Eastern Province of Rwanda (7 districts) and peri-urban areas of Kigali City.

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 4,000,000

Duration

5 years (February 2020 - January 2025)

Agroforestry Rwanda video (sous-titres en fraçais) - duration: 2:24

Agroforestry Rwanda: support from the EU delegation in Kigali

Some news

DeSIRA agroforestry research project preliminary findings shows indigenous trees key to landscapes restoration in Rwanda - Story | IUCN

AgroInnova : Sistemas Agroforestales Adaptados para el Corredor Seco Centroamericano

Objective

The project aims to improve the situation and resilience of small producers of the Central American Dry Corridor, through the validation and extension of innovative agricultural technologies and practices with multistrata agroforestry system for the production of basic staple foods, as maize and beans.

Implementing organization

Interamerican Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, IICA

Region

Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 6,600,000

Duration

48 months (2020-2023)

AgroInnova in Centroamericano (subtítulos en francés) - duration: 2:14

AgroInnova in Centroamericano (subtítulos en inglès) - duration: 2:14

ASSET : Agroecological and Safe food System Transitions in South East Asia

Objective

The overall objective of the ASSET project is to transform food and agricultural systems in Southeast Asia into more sustainable, safer and inclusive systems by harnessing the potential of agroecology. This will be achieved through strengthening and synergizing initiatives contributing to Agroecological and Safe food System Transitions (ASSET) from local to regional levels.

Implementing organizations: GRET and CIRAD

Region: Laos PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam

Funding and co-funding: European Union (Eur 7 million) and Agence Française de Développement (Eur 5 million)

Duration: 6 years (October 2019 - September 2025)

Cocoa4Future : Sustainability of production systems and new dynamics in the cocoa sector

Objective of the project

The overall objective is to enhance the sustainability of cocoa farms while preserving the environment by tailoring cocoa cropping systems to the changing context in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Our aim is to contribute to the agroecological transition of cocoa production in these countries by proposing research that will help trigger a shift towards production systems that are in tune with environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social responsibility, and quality standards, including ethical imperatives.

Implementing organization

Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD).

Region

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 7,000,000

Duration

February 2020 - January 2025

Site web : www.cocoa4future.org

Objective : L'objectif général est de contribuer à réduire la pauvreté et l'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des communautés rurales des hautes terres centrales de Madagascar. L'objectif spécifique est de contribuer à réduire la vulnérabilité des exploitations agricoles familiales (EAF) des hautes terres centrales (HT) aux évolutions climatiques et environnementales par la promotion de systèmes de production performants, durables et mieux adaptés reposant sur des pratiques agroécologiques.

Imlementing organisation : Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)

Localisation :

Madagascar, Hautes Terres des régions Analamanga (commune d'Anjozorobe), Itasy (commune Ampahimanga) et Vakinankaratra (commune Mandritsara).

Financement :   Union européenne : €4.150.000 (95%) ; consortium : €218.421 (5%)

Durée :   48 mois (janvier 2022-janvier 2025)

FAIR Sahel : Promouvoir une intensification Agroécologique de l’agriculture pour favoriser la résilience des exploitations dans le Sahel (Fostering an Agroecological Intensification to improve farmers’ Resilience in Sahel)

Objectif du projet

L’objectif général est de créer les conditions pour que les petits producteurs du Sahel mettent en place des systèmes techniques innovants d'intensification agro écologique (IAE), leur permettant une gestion plus efficiente et durable des ressources et une amélioration de leurs revenus, tout en rendant leur exploitation plus résiliente au changement climatique dans les trois pays d’intervention du projet. Un objectif plus spécifique est de redéfinir le rôle de la recherche afin que les acteurs institutionnels, politiques et techniques aient accès à la connaissance nécessaire, accompagnent efficacement les producteurs organisés et volontaires et créent des conditions favorables à l’IAE.

Organisation d’exécution

CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)

Localisation

Burkina Faso, Mali et Sénégal. Le projet développera ses activités dans 3 contextes écologiques (Pluvial zones sèches, pluvial zones Subhumides et systèmes irrigués).

Financement et cofinancement

Budget total: € 9,000,000

Durée

4 ans (2020-2023)

Site web

https://www.fair-sahel.org/

FO-RI : Farmers Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems (FO-RI)

Objectives : The main goal of this action is to drive a transition towards resilient, productive and sustainable agroecological food systems through farmer-led innovation and research.

Implementing organization: Agricord

Localisation: 16 countries in Africa (Burkina, Mali, Senegal, Cameroun, Burundi, RDC, Madagascar, Tanzania), Asia (Philippines), Pacific (Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Samoa), Caribbean (Haiti) and Latin America (Brazil & Uruguay).

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: EUR 10.338.442

EU Contribution:  95% = EUR 9.828.421

Duration: 5 years (February 2022 to December  2026)

IDEAS : Research and development for the stabilization of the agricultural frontier

Objective : Contribute to the stabilization of the agricultural frontier by supporting agroecological intensification, sustainable forest management, and landscape restoration through a common territorial vision supported by the generation of knowledge, dialogue, effective governance, and innovative tools.

Implementig organization : ONF International through its branch in Colombia ONF Andina 

Location: Colombia in two territories (Department of Guaviare, Department of Antioquia)

Funding and co-funding:  the European Union (2 000 000 €) , co-founding of partners (700 000 €)

Duration: Four (4) years and 6 months (December 2020, June 2025)

InACC : Integrated Approach to Climate Change in Rice Production System in Nigeria

Objectives :The project  promotes agricultural innovations that contribute to climate change resilience, food security and close collaboration between small-scale rice producers and agro-pastoralists in selected rural areas in Nigeria

Implementing organisation : GIZ

Localisation : Nigeria, States of Benue and Nasarawa;

Funding and co-funding : 5.1 million EUR (4.1 million from the European Commission and 1.0 million from BMZ).

Duration : August 2021 to September 2024 (38months)

INV-NIGER :  Innovations pour l'intensification durable des systèmes agricoles irrigués résilients face au changement climatique au Niger

Objectifs du projet

L´objectif du projet est de contribuer à l’amélioration de la résilience des familles nigériennes face au changement climatique, grâce à l'innovation dans les agrosystèmes irrigués. Le premier objectif spécifique est le renforcement de la gouvernance et de la gestion des ressources en eau et des agrosystèmes irrigués. Le deuxième est l´intensification agro écologique de la production agricole dans les agrosystèmes irrigués en facilitant l’accès au marché et l’inclusion des groupes vulnérables.

Organisation d’exécution

AECID/Tragsa

Localisation

Niger, régions de Tahoua, Tillaberi et Maradi

Financement et cofinancement

Budget total: € 5,243,000

Durée

48 mois (2020-2024)

IRFFS : Integrated Rice-fish Farming: A Research and Extension Development Based Initiative to Improve Food Security and Nutrition in Liberia

Objective of the project

The project aims to improve food and nutrition security by transforming low-yielding, climate-risky traditional rice-fish production systems into more climate-resilient, high-yielding, resource-use-efficient systems in Liberia.

Implementing organisations

AfricaRice and WorldFish.

Region

Gbarpolu, Grand Gedeh, Maryland, Margibi, and River Gee Counties in Liberia

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 3,638,047

Duration

36 months (2020-2023)

Video Integrated Rice-fish Farming in Liberia (EU Delegation) - 1:24

LEG4DEV, Legume-based agroecological intensification of maize and cassava cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa for water-food-energy nexus sustainability, nutritional security & livelihood resilience

Objective of the project : 

1. To identify, develop and adapt legume-based agroecological intensification technologies/practices as well as innovations for rural energy and labour efficiency for smallholders, especially women.

To identify, develop, adapt and scale innovations for transformative shifts in rural bioeconomies by generating new enterprises and rural employment (especially for youth and women) from legume-derived products and co-products.

Implementing organization : National University of Ireland Galway (Ryan Institute)

Localisation: East Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania) and southern Africa (Malawi, Zambia).

Funding and co-funding: European Union, € 6.5 million

Duration:  5 years, (Nov 2020 – Oct 2025)

Website : https://leg4dev.org/

Malmon Guinea Bissau : Mangroves, mangrove rice and mangrove people - sustainably improving rice production, ecosystems and livelihood

Objective of the project

To contribute to poverty and hunger eradication and green growth in an inclusive and ecologically-sustainable way, through the transformation of agricultural and food systems in Guinea-Bissau— particularly those associated with mangrove swamp rice cultivation — and through the strengthening of researchers’ and farmers' skills in the development and dissemination of innovations. More broadly the project aim at developing a sustainable Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) towards resilience to political instability and economic crisis.

Implementing organization

ISA – University of Lisbon

Region

Guinea Bissau

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 3,000,000

Duration

five (5) years: January 2020 - December 2024

Website

http://www.malmon-desira.com

Video

Particpatory clip : https://youtu.be/9gpHysbiJRU

MARIGO, Développement d’un maraichage péri-urbain agroécologique encourageant le mutualisme entre les acteurs des territoires

Objectif : Le projet MARIGO propose (i) d’établir un diagnostic de la filière maraîchère périurbaine de Côte d’Ivoire, (ii) de produire des connaissances pluridisciplinaires sur la chaine de valeurs et, (iii) d’accompagner les acteurs (producteurs, éleveurs, vendeurs et consommateurs) vers une transition agroécologique permettant d’assurer une production saine et durable dans un contexte de changement climatique.

Organisation d'exécution : CIRAD

Localisation : Côte d’ivoire et quatre (4) zones d’intervention : Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, Bouaké, Korogho

Financement :  Union européenne,  deux millions d’euros (2,000,000 €)

Durée : 4 ans (décembre 2020- november 2024)

Site web : MARIGO, Maraîchage agroécologique périurbain en Côte d'Ivoire (projet-marigo.org)

ProSilience: Enhancing soils and agroecology for resilient agri-food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Objective : The specific objective (outcome) of ProSilience is to enhance the agroecological transition towards sustainable agri-food systems in selected partner countries. The overall objective (impact) of ProSilience is to contribute to the climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in low and middle-income countries (corresponding to the overall objective of DeSIRA).

Imlementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Localisation: Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar

Funding and co-funding: 12,000,000 EUR (8,000,000 EUR EU; 4,000,000 EUR BMZ)

Duration: 43 months (06/2021-12/2024 an inception phase of 5 months (06/2021 – 10/2021)

RAIZ: Resilience Building through Agroecological Intensification in Zimbabwe        

Objectives of the Project: The overall objective is to develop and implement in Zimbabwe scientifically tested agroecological approaches to enhance agricultural production and resilience to climate change, while protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We will provide scientific evidence and support innovation for designing Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) at the plot, farm and landscape levels, contextualized for mixed crop-livestock farms under sub-humid to semi-arid environments.

Implementing organization : CIRAD

Localisation : Zimbabwe

Funding and co-funding:

European Commission : 3 320 000 Euros

co-funding from CIRAD : 900 000 Euros including 150 000 in PhD Thesis scholarships

Duration: 4 years starting in January 2022 and ending in December 2025

RE-FARM: Research on agroecological innovations for increasing resilience to climate change in Cuanza Sul and Benguela

Objective : The overall objective is to contribute to the transformation of the agriculture sector in Angola, through research and innovation activities. RE-FARM aims at developing applied research and innovation on agroecological practices to address climate change adaptation and resilience of family farming in two provinces of the Central Highlands Area (Planalto Central).

Implementing organisation : Università degli Studi di Firenze –Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI-UNIFI), Florence, Italy.

Location: Cuanza Sul and Benguela provinces, Angola

Funding and co-funding: European Commission , €1.000.000

Duration: 48 months (July 2022- June 2026)

ROBUST : Robusta coffee agroforestry to adapt and mitigate climate change in Uganda

Objective : to support the sustainable economic development of Uganda by promoting and improving the Robusta coffee agroforestry farming system

Implementing organization: Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD, France)

Localisation : Uganda

Funding and co-funding : European Union : 4.150 M.€ ; Partners : 0.28 M.€ of co-funding

Duration :  Four years starting 1^st December 2021

SAFEVEG, Safe locally-produced vegetables for West Africa’s consumers   

Objectives of the project: SAFEVEG aims to pilot and scale innovative approaches to improve the functioning of vegetable value chains through strengthening the relationships among value chain actors, and increase the production and consumption of safe vegetables, leading to better nutrition and more jobs, especially for women and youth in West Africa.

Implementing organization : World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg)

Localisation: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali with potential scaling to other ECOWAS countries.

Funding and co-funding: EU contribution: € 8 M ; Netherlands contribution: € 3.97 M; Total: € 11.97 M

Duration: Start: November 1, 2020 ; End: October 31, 2025

STAR-FARM: Smart Agro-ecological Transformation of Farming Systems towards Resilience and Sustainability in Middle and Coastal Zones of the Viet Nam Mekong Delta

Objectives : To facilitate smart agroecological transformation of agri-food farming systems of the Viet Nam's Mekong Delta (VMD) and strengthen resilience to climate change, environmental degradation, and other external shocks.

Implementing organization : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Localisation: Vietnam/ Mekong Delta

Funding : EUR 4,150,000 from the European Commission

Duration: 48 months (expectedly from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2026)

TAERA :  Transition Agro-Ecologique par la Recherche Agricole

Objectif du projet

L’objectif est de renforcer l’agriculture familiale dans ses capacités contributives à la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle et ses réponses au développement durable, notamment par l’identification et l’expérimentation des conditions d’une transition agro-écologique pour les riziculteurs et les maraîchers au Sud-Bénin.

Organisation d'exécution

l’Agence belge de développement (Enabel).

Localisation

Le projet est mis en œuvre au Bénin dans le département du Mono et les communes de Lalo et Dogbo Tota pour la filière « riz », situées dans le département du Couffo.

Financement et Co-financement

Budget total: € 1,500,000

Durée

5 ans : dec 2019 – dec 2024

TAERA - Benin video (subtitles in English) - duration: 2:23

ACCEPT : Adapter l’accès aux ressources agro-pastorales dans un contexte de mobilité et de changement climatique pour l’élevage pastoral au Tchad

Objectif du projet

L’objectif est de contribuer au renforcement de la résilience des pasteurs et agro-pasteurs face au changement climatique (CC) en adaptant l’accès aux ressources agro-pastorales dans un contexte de mobilité et de changement climatique et en co-concevant des innovations pour les pasteurs et agro-pasteurs du Tchad.

Organisation d'exécution

Institut de Recherches en Élevage pour le Développement (IRED), Tchad

Localisation

Tchad (Afrique centrale). Zone d’intervention au profil agro-écologique complémentaire : Mandoul/Moyen-Chari (zone Soudanienne) ; Guéra/Batha et Chari-Baguirmi (zone Sahélienne), Ennedis/Ouadi Fira (zone Saharienne).

Financement et cofinancement

Budget total: €3,157,895

Durée de projet

4 années (2019-2023)

CSARIDE : Climate Smart Agriculture Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains in Eritrea

Objective of the project

The objective is to promote inclusive, sustainable and climate-relevant transformation of the Eritrean dairy value chain to enhance food and nutrition security, reduce poverty, create job opportunities for young people, and promote resilience to climate change while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

Implementing organization

The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority - TEAGASC (Ireland)

Region

Eritrea/ Debub, Maekel and Anseba Regions

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 4,248,057

Duration

52 months (2020-2024)

Website : https://www.teagasc.ie/about/international-food-security/current-projects/eritrea/csaride/

CSARIDE Eritrea video (sous-titres en fraçais) - duration 2:33

CSARIDE Eritrea video (undertitled in English) - duration 6:14

CaSSECS, séquestration du carbone et émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans les écosystèmes (agro) sylvopastoraux des États du CILSS sahéliens

Objectifs du projet

Améliorer l'évaluation de l'empreinte carbone des écosystèmes agrosylvopastoraux sahéliens afin de mieux quantifier leurs impacts sur le changement climatique pour l'élaboration de politiques d'élevage adaptées au Sahel, renforcer les capacités des acteurs impliqués et accompagner les changements de pratiques et de politiques.

Organisation d’exécution

Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA).

Localisation

Six pays sahéliens du CILSS: Sénégal, Burkina-Faso, Niger, Mali, Tchad et Mauritanie

Financement et cofinancement  

Budget total: € 5,555,000

Durée

quatre (4) ans; janvier 2020 - décembre 2023

Site web : https://www.cassecs.org

video : CaSSECS: Un Projet pour la reconnaissance des systèmes d'élevage pastoraux - YouTube

ESSA :  Earth observation and environmental sensing for climate-smart sustainable agropastoral ecosystem transformation in East Africa

Objective 

To contribute to the pastoralist households’ transition towards climate-smart agropastoral systems in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia and Kenya) by understanding the dynamics of and interlinkages between tropical upland forest cover and semi-arid lowland landscapes, and the multifunctionality of agropastoral landscapes, through a system-wide view of food and nutrition security, diversified livelihoods and ecosystem sustainability leading to improvements.

Implementing organization : University of Helsinki

Countries : Ethiopia, Kenya

Funding : €5.000.000 (European Commission)

Duration : December 2020 – December 2024

ICSIAPL : Integrated & Climate Smart Innovations for Agro-Pastoralist Economies and Landscapes in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Land’s 

Objective of the project : To enhance livelihoods of agro-pastoralist communities through improved forage production and livestock husbandry, building on market driven climate smart innovations and sustainable landscape management in Taita Taveta, Kajiado and Narok counties.

Implementing organizations: SNV Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) in collaboration with Kenya Agriculture Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

Localisation: Kenya’s (counties of Narok, Kajiado and Taita Taveta)

Funding and co-funding: European Union : EUR 2.500.000, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs : EUR 2.500.000

Duration: Three (3) years from 1 January 2021–31 December 2023.

LIDISKI : Livestock Disease Surveillance Knowledge Integration

Objectives of the project

LIDISKI aims at improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers in the North of Nigeria. LIDISKI will contribute to the reduction of small ruminants and poultry mortality by improving the surveillance and the control of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and Newcastle Disease (ND), the two main diseases affecting the livestock of smallholder farmers in Nigeria.

Implementing organization

Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD, France)

Region

Nigeria

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 2,675,514

Duration

Four (4) years; January 2020 - December 2023

Website

www.lidiski.org

Video Nigeria LIDISKI: Livestock Disease Surveillance Knowledge Integration - 2:15

Nigeria LIDISKI: Livestock Disease Surveillance Knowledge Integration - 1:59

LIPS- Zim : Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe

Objectives of the project

The general objective of the project is to  increase livestock productivity in Zimbabwe’s agro-ecological regions IV and V. The project specifically aims to  promote increased adoption of climate relevant innovations in livestock-based production systems and  improved surveillance and control of livestock diseases.  The project activities will help tackle human nutrition challenges, increase market profitability, diversify investments of income from livestock and improve animal health.

Implementing organization

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Region

Zimbabwe (5 Provinces, 10 Districts) viz. Manicaland Province (one district), Mashonaland East  Province (one district), Matabeleland North Province (tree districts), Matabeleland South Province (two districts), Masvingo Province (two districts) and Midlands Province (one district).

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 5,000,000

Duration

Four (4) years; 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023

Video LIPS- Zim: Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe

Objectif : L’objectif du projet est de contribuer à une transformation agro-écologique adaptée au changement climatique des systèmes agro-pastoraux pour les rendre plus productifs, résilients et sains pour les animaux, les humains et l'environnement.

Organismes d’exécution : Enabel, AECID, LuxDev.

Localisation :  Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Financement et cofinancement :

• UE : 6 000 000 d’euros,
• AECID : 495 000 €

Durée : 48 mois (01/01/2022 au 31/12/2025

SIRGE, Strengthen an Innovative System for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Environmental Impacts of the Nascent Beef Industry in Uganda in Support of Rural Sustainable Transformation

Project Objectives: Contribute to the climate-relevant, productive, and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in Uganda. Specifically, foster innovation and rural communities’ and institutions’ access to new technologies for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental impacts of the nascent beef industry in Uganda.

Implementing organization: ACTED

Localisation: Uganda: Mbarara and Nakasongola Districts.

Funding and co-funding: European Union (EUR 2,000,000); Co-funding (EUR 200,000).

Duration: Three years (1 January 2021–December 31, 2023).

Artemia4Bangladesh : Introducing Circularity Through Climate-Smart Aquaculture in Bangladesh 

Objective of the project

The overall objective is to enhance food and nutrition security in Bangladesh through climate smart innovation. The specific objectives are to: (i) introduce an integrated salt and Artemia production system - not yet explored in Bangladesh; and subsequently (ii) increase marine aquaculture production and productivity.

Implementing organization

WorldFish (International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management)

Region

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Funding and co-funding

€ 2.500,000

Duration

48 months (2020-2023)

Artemia4Bangladesh video (sous-titres en français) - duration 2:01

BIOSTAR : Des bioénergies durables pour les petites entreprises agroalimentaires des territoires ruraux d’Afrique de l’Ouest    

Objectif:

Organisation de mise en oeuvre : CIRAD

Localisation : Burkina Faso et Sénégal. Des actions sont prévues en Côte D’Ivoire, Mali et Niger.

Funding and co-funding : UE : 9.4 M€, AFD 2 M€

Durée  : 5 ans (2020-2024)

GRAPE, Green Resilient Agricultural Productive Ecosystems in Sudurpashchim province and Karnali province, Nepal    

Objectives: The overall objective of the action is to promote climate resilient, green economic growth of Sudurpashchim and Karnali provinces. The specific objectives of the action are (1) increased profitable participation in value chains that are based on sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural ecosystems and (2) improved climate-resilience and sustainability of market-oriented productive agricultural ecosystems.

Implementing organizations: GIZ

Localisation: Sudurpashchim and Karnali Provinces in Nepal

Funding and co-funding : European Union (4,15 Mio. EUR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (4 Mio. EUR), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (4,2 Mio. EUR)

Duration : 5/2021-12/2024

5GF : Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica, a regional initiative for climate, biodiversity, and people

Objective : This project will work collaboratively with governments, civil society, research partners, and Indigenous Peoples to transform agriculture and food systems and protect intact forested ecosystems in Mesoamerica’s Five Forests, in order to adapt to and mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity, and improve livelihoods.

Implementing organization : Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Localisation: Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, and El Salvador)

Funding and co-funding: € 4.150.000 (European Union)

Duration: 48 months (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025)

Health & Territories: Health as a development leverage in the frame of agroecological transition

Objective: “Health & Territories” aims at designing, testing and evaluating an innovative participatory and inclusive approach to accompany the agroecological transition by improving the health of human, agricultural production systems and the environment conjointly, and then positively and sustainably impact the livelihood of populations in given territories. 

Implementing organization : Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France

Localisation : 

Lac de Guiers – Sénégal, Cotton zones – Bénin, Champasak – Laos, Battambang – Cambodia.

Funding and co-funding:

European Union (4M euros)– Agence Française de Développement (2M euros)

Duration: 5 Years; May 2021 – May 2026

Website :  https://santes-territoires.org/

Video : https://youtu.be/zJ8MCQRLv0Q

INNOVACC : Innovation pour l’Adaptation au Changement Climatique

Objectifs : Améliorer la résilience des populations au changement climatique dans les régions du Nord et du Grand Nord du Cameroun. Plus particulièrement, le projet a pour but d’améliorer durablement la productivité des systèmes agrosylvopastoraux et les revenus des ménages ruraux, tout en réduisant leur vulnérabilité aux effets du changement climatique. 

Organisation responsable de la mise en œuvre : Centre de recherche forestière internationale (CIFOR)

Localisation : Cameroun, régions du Nord et du Grand Nord

Financement :  Union européenne : 4 150 000 € 

Durée : 4 ans (01/01/2022 – 31/12/2025)

IRRINN: Intensification of agricultural production through upscaling of innovative adapted irrigation practices and technologies

Objectives :

The main objective is to find ways to deal with the technical, financial, economic, organizational and institutional constraints that limit the development of small-scale irrigation in Burkina Faso. The specific objective is to establish operational and institutional support mechanisms for innovation that will place producers at the center of the innovation system for the development of solutions for irrigation adapted to different productive, economic, social and environmental contexts.

Implementing organization : CIRAD, https://www.cirad.fr/

Localisation: Burkina Faso

Funding and co-funding : euros 2 399 365

Duration: 4 years, from February 2021

LSC-IS : Land, Soil and Crop Information Services to support Climate Smart Agriculture

Objective: The project aims to develop sustainable land-, soil-, crop-information hubs in national agricultural research organizations to enhance the effectiveness of national Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) and contribute to rural transformation and Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in East Africa.

Implementing organization : WUR (Wageningen University), ISRIC (World Soil Information) and ILRI/CCAFS

Localisation: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda in East Africa.

Funding and co-funding: European Union 5.3m EUR, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1.4m EUR, ISRIC 0.2m EUR.

Duration: 4 years, from January 2021 to December 2024.

OBSYDYA : Observatoire pilote des paysages et des dynamiques agricoles du Bénin

Objectives of the project: The scientific objective is to explore and operationalize the possibilities offered by the current supply of satellite images to produce new indicators (regular and inexpensive) and maps of the dynamics of agrarian systems and landscapes in Central and Northern Benin; the operational objective is to set up a pilot observatory of agrarian systems and landscapes, in the form of a collective of people sharing a platform of services dedicated to the capitalization of spatialized information coming mainly from satellite data.

Implementing organization : Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)

Localisation : Bénin

Funding and co-funding : European Union : 1.785.000 €

Duration : four (4) years, April 2022 - May 2026

ReSI-NoC : Strengthen agricultural innovation systems with a view of promoting agro-sylvo-pastoral production systems that are economically profitable, ecological sustainable and socially equitable in the North Region of Cameroon 

Objectives : The global objective is to promote agro-sylvo-pastoral production systems that are economically profitable, ecological sustainable and socially equitable in the North Region of Cameroon. The specific objective is to strengthen the agro-sylvo-pastoral innovation systems in their processes of inclusive planning, negotiation, cocreation and implementation of technical, organisational and social innovations.

Implementing organization : ICRAF

Location : North Cameroon

Duration : 4 years (Oct 2020 – Sept 2024)

Funding and co-funding : 2.5 million EUR

Sankuru Agorforest : Climate neutrality, conservation and green economy through the development of an inclusive rubber tree industry in the territories of Lomela and Lodja

Objective : The overarching goal of the project is to help maintain forest cover and protect and restore biodiversity in the equatorial forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which are valuable sources of income, food and ecosystem services for local and global populations. The specific goal of the project is to encourage local communities to embrace sustainable management and exploitation models for the high carbon density equatorial forest, revolving around an inclusive rubber tree industry in the territories of Lomela and Lodja (Sankuru Province, DRC).

Implementig organisation : Enabel (Belgian Development Agency)

Location

Territories of Lodja and Lomela, Sankuru province, DRC

Funding

European Union: EUR 4,150,000

Duration

January 2022 – January 2026 (48 months)

STREAM Mongolia : SusTainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia

Objective : To strengthen the Mongolian communities capacities to implement innovative and sustainable long-term landscape management to address food system challenges and climate stresses.

Implementing organization : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Localisation:  Mongolia – national level; Javkhlant, Mandal and Eruu soums (districts) in Selenge aimag (province); Bayan-Adraga, Binder and Umnudelger soums in Khentii aimag

Funding and co-funding:  European Union (under the GCCA+/DeSIRA - Global Climate Change Alliance plus/Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture) – EUR 4,150,00 and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development EUR 400,000

Duration:  3 years – 01 May 2021 – 30 April 2024

SUSTLIVES : SUSTaining and improving local crop patrimony in Burkina Faso and Niger for better LIVes and EcoSystems

Objectives : The general objective is to promote the transition toward sustainable and climate-resilient agro-food systems in Burkina Faso and Niger through the enhancement of local agro-biodiversity to ensure food security and improve the livelihoods of rural communities. The specific objective is to strengthen the research and innovation capacities of AKIS actors in the value chains of neglected and underutilized crops (NUS) in Burkina Faso and Niger.

Implementing organizations: AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) and CIHEAM-Bari (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes)

Localisation: Burkina Faso and Niger

Funding: European Union, €6.000.000 ; AICS, €1.650.000

Duration: Four (4) years; August 2021 - July 2025

Website : https://www.sustlives.eu

SUSTENTA e INOVA - Sustainable and innovative agriculture and competitive advantages in the Brazilian Amazon  – Cadeias de valor e agricultura sustentável e inovadora na Amazônia”             

Objective : Develop and implement sustainable and innovative agricultural practices, as well as develop competitive tools in the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on biodiversity conservation, deforestation reduction, landscape restoration, mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The project long-term effect will consist of encouraging the sustainable use of land, strengthening local producing agents and encouraging sustainable businesses in the Amazon.

Implementing organisation: SEBRAE PARÁ

Localisation

State of Pará, located in micro-regions in the territory of Marajó and counties along the Trans-amazon Highway (Xingu territory) and Belém-Brasília territory (Rio Capim region).

Funding and co-funding : European Union: 4.150.000 euro;  Sebrae Pará: 500.000 euro

Duration : 48 months (july 2021-june 2025)

WATDEV: Climate Smart WATer Management and Sustainable DEVelopment for Food and Agriculture in East Africa

Objectives of the project:

The overarching objective of the project is to increase the sustainability of agricultural water management and resilience of agro-ecosystems to climate change in East Africa and Egypt. This will be achieved by two specific objectives: SO1. National Ministries and Research Institutions will be able to improve their knowledge and management on water in agriculture ; SO2. Farmers and local actors will implement innovative/sustainable solutions and skills on water management

Implementing organization: The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).

Localisation: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya with study areas identified in each country.

Funding and co-funding:

DG International Partnerships (INTPA) of the European Union (EU) : € 7.499.897,00:

Parallel funding of 1.20 M Euro by AICS with the WATER KNOWLEDGE HUB. 

Duration: 48 months (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2026)

WE4F:  Water and Energy for Food

Objectives : to scale up climate-friendly, energy-efficient and water-efficient innovations by working closely with the private sector to increase the sustainability of agricultural food value chains and address environmental and climate resilience in developing countries and emerging markets – with a particular focus on the poor and women.

Implementing organization : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Localisation: East Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia and Malawi

Funding and co-funding: The Multi Donor Action (12 Mio. EUR) is jointly co-financed by the European Union (6 Mio. EUR) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, 6 Mio. EUR) as contribution to the international WE4F Initiative.

Duration: 3.5 years, January  2020 – June 2023

Women Coffee : Women's empowerment for socio-ecological resilience of coffee value chain against climate change in ethiopia

Objective : Enhance gender equality and sustainability of Ethiopian coffee value chain through eco-efficiency, social innovation, and south–south cooperation.

Implementing organization : AEICD

Localisation:

The Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve in Ethiopia.

Funding and co-funding:

• EU: 1.000.000 EUR
• AECID: 118.000 EUR

Duration: 30  months (November 2021; March 2024)

Objective : to contribute to improved environmental resilience and food security in the Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve through application of research-oriented and climate-relevant landscape management systems. The specific objective is to let the communities have a sustainable business model for their livelihood activities, and Government plays its role to reduce and reverse deforestation and degradation in Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve.

Implementing organization : Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (International NGO)

Localisation:

Iin six Weredas (Districts) situated in Yayu Forest Coffee Biosphere Reserve, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Funding and co-funding:

EU funding: €4150 000;

Partners co-financing: €415,000.

Duration: 30 Aug 2021- 30 Aug 2025

DARE : Developing Affordable and innovative food Resources to increase quality of nutritious foods for young children, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women in Ethiopia

Objective of the project

This project develop local, accessible and affordable food solutions for pregnant women and young children to increase diet diversity through financially viable private sector collaboration and to reduce reliance on public funding.

Implementing organization

UNICEF

Region

Ethiopia

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 2,000,000

Duration

48 months (2020-2021)

DARE - Ethiopia video (sous-titres en français) - duration 2:11

Message from the EU Delegation (English) - duration 2:55

AcceSS : Accélérer les dynamiques d’innovation dans l’agriculture par le renforcement des Services Support à l’Innovation

Objectif : Appuyer la création et le déploiement de services support à l’innovation dans le secteur de l’agriculture, en particulier ceux fournis par les incubateurs privés ou semi-privés, les structures de recherche et les opérateurs de conseil agricole, en lien avec les centres de recherche-formation. Les objectifs spécifiques sont de : 1. Accompagner et accélérer des initiatives d’innovation en cours en renforçant les liens entre incubation-recherche-formation 2. Renforcer les capacités des fournisseurs de services support à l’innovation (FSSI). 3. Accompagner l’opérationnalisation de la politique publique d’innovation dans le secteur agricole afin de créer un environnement plus favorable aux fournisseurs de SSI et aux innovateurs.

Organisation de mise en oeuvre : CIRAD

AMINATA : AMélioration de l’accès aux INnovations Agricoles pour la Transition Agroécologique

Objectif : La finalité du projet est de contribuer au renforcement de la capacité d’action des producteurs maliens pour l'adaptation de leur système de production. Il s’agit de consolider l’émergence de dispositifs d’appui à l'innovation agricole, durables et réactifs, pour faciliter l’accès des producteurs  innovateurs aux connaissances et aux savoir-faire pour élaborer des innovations adaptées à leurs besoins, à leurs moyens et aux évolutions des contextes locaux de production.

Organisation de mise en œuvre : CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)

Localisation :  Cercle de Kita et Cercle de Bougouni, Mali

Financement : commission européenne 2.000.000 euros

Durée:  48 mois à partir du 1^er février 2022

 CDI-Rwanda, Capacity Development for Innovation in Rwanda: strengthening innovation partnerships

Objectives : The overall objective of this project is to strengthen agricultural innovation partnerships and processes that support climate-relevant and sustainable transformation of agriculture systems in Rwanda. It will strengthen capacities for agricultural innovation in six districts, supporting individuals, organizations and policy level, to address outstanding challenges, expand and promote best practices in identified thematic areas.

Implementing organizations:  FAO

Localisation: Rwanda, in Burera, Rutsiro, Gatsibo, Nyagatare, Bugesera, and Ruhango Districts.

Funding: European Union, 2.000.000€.

Duration: Four (4) Years; from 15 January 2021 to 15 January 2025.

Objective : to strengthen Malagasy capacities to support innovations in rural areas.

Implementing organisation : CIRAD (The French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions)

Localisation: Madagascar/ Regions Analamanga, Itasy, Vakinankaratra, Alaotra Mangoro, Amoron’i Mania, Analanjirofo, Androy, Vatovavy Fitovinany et DIANA

Funding and co-funding :  EU : €2.000.000 ; partners : € 225.000

Duration : 5 years (January 2022/December 2026)

TAP-FAO : Developing capacities in agricultural innovation systems: scaling up the Tropical Agriculture Platform Framework

Objective of the project

To strengthen capacity to innovate in national Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) in the context of climate-relevant, productive, and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems.  The project will facilitate the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) at the global level,  strengthen regional and sub-regional organizations’ capacity to analyse and strengthen AIS at the regional level and will strengthen capacity to innovate in nine countries (five in Africa, three in Asia and one in Latin America).

Implementing organization
FAO

Region

• Global (for TAP related work)
• Africa: Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal
• Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan
• Latin America: Colombia

Funding and co-funding

Total budget: € 5,000,000

Duration

60 months (July 2019- July 2024)

Web site

www.fao.org/in-action/tropical-agriculture-platform/en/

Examples of TAP-AIS in Senegal

http://www.fao.org/3/cb3562fr/cb3562fr.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/cb3556fr/cb3556fr.pdf

UAKIS : Supporting an inclusive transition to a “green” economy in the Agri-food sector and development of a “climate-smart” Uzbek Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation System     

Objective : to contribute to an inclusive transition to a “green” economy in the Uzbekistan food and agriculture sector and to the implementation of a “climate-smart” Uzbek Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation System.

Implementing organisation : UNDP (United Nation Development Programme) in Uzbekistan

Localisation:  Uzbekistan, pilot Regions are Tashkent, Kashkadarya and Ferghana

Funding and co-funding:  European Union - EUR 4.150.000

Duration:  4 years – 30 September 2021 - 30 September 2025