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East & Southern Africa — 145 Results (Clear Filters)

  • Action Summit in East Africa

    Meridian Institute

    Partners: This project brings together values-aligned individuals and organizations with complementary expertise:

    1) Nourishment Economies Coalition (NEC), led by David Strelneck: Engage and support leading East African social entrepreneurs with proven track records; Organize and facilitate the Action Summit; Provide economic insights to link agroecological practices to development opportunities; Offer project management and fiscal sponsorship; Ongoing engagement in Uganda and Kenya, as African participants adapt and deploy their locally-led development strategies.

    2) Independent African Participants: Independent African participants experienced with smallholder farmers and some of these topics, including NEC members and TIFS affiliates in East Africa (e.g. Shona, Rootical, AFSA, and Biovision with whom NourishN/NEC also works elsewhere) and GCRFS grantees such as Manor House and FIPS-Africa.

    3) Designers and Scientists: Collaborate with the Soil Health Tool Kit team, Kenyan and U.S. designers, to inspire innovation.

    4) Young African Changemakers: Engage youth leaders from Ashoka’s African Youth Venture initiative and URDT’s locally-led programs to inject creativity and energy into proposals.

    5) Funders: Involve representatives of 2-3 funders to explore activating the value propositions of agroecological farming initiatives.

    Duration: 5/2024—5/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Groundswell International Operating Support

    Groundswell International

    Partners: Groundswell is a global network of network member organizations from 11 countries organized for collective impact and focused on a common mission. Our member organizations include: Burkina Faso- Association Nourrir sans Détruire (ANSD); Ghana – Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD); Mali – Sahel Eco; Senegal – Agrecol Afrique; Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); Haiti – Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL); Honduras – Vecinos Honduras and Asociación de Comités Ecológicos del Sur de Honduras (ACESH); Guatemala – Qachuu Aloom and AsociacioÌn de Agricultores las Ilusiones (AGRIDIVI); Fabián Cuxil, General Coordinator; Mexico – Centro de Desarollo Comunitario Centéotl, A.C. (Centéotl); Nepal – BBP-Pariwar; India – Preservation and Proliferation of Rural Resources and Nature (PRAN)

    Duration: 5/2024—5/2026

    Andes, East & Southern Africa

  • Co-Developed Options for Sustainable, Resilient Systems

    National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI)

    Partners: Bugobero SLM Association, Namuninge Watershed Association, Bunanganda-Bukhaweka Agroecological Farmers Association, Makerere University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, district forest offices, district natural resources officer, ministry of water and environment office at each eastern Uganda district, Ministry of Agriculture animal industry and fisheries, primary schools in project area, and national forestry authority

    Duration: 11/2023—11/2026

    East & Southern Africa

  • Transitioning to AE Catalyzed by Access to Markets

    Uganda Martyrs University–African Center of Excellence in Agroecology and Livelihood Systems (UMU-ACALISE)

    Partners: Center for Ecosystems Research and Development (CERD) (Uganda), Popular Knowledge Women’s Initiative (PKWI), and Atekere Soroti Initiative (ATSI)

    Duration: 11/2023—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Western Kenya Smallholder Systems

    Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

    Partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)–Maseno, National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARGIP) and its community-driven development committees (CDDCs) and common interest groups (CIGs), FRNs, other institutions, research and development actors, NGOs, and CBOs

    Duration: 11/2023—11/2026

    East & Southern Africa

  • FRNs for EP&D Management

    University of Greenwich

    Partners: atural Resources Institute (NRI); Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST); Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR); FRNs in northern Tanzania and central Malawi; Royal Botanic Gardens–Kew; Colorado State University NGO Floresta Tanzania; and local government authorities such as District Council agricultural services and Ministry of Agriculture extension services

    Duration: 11/2023—11/2026

    East & Southern Africa

  • Participatory, Holistic Landscape Management

    Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)

    Partners: DeTAS Ministry of Local Government through local development structures, including area development committees and village development committees; Ministry of Agriculture through Departments of Land Resources and of Agricultural Extension Services; Department of Agricultural Extension Services through Decentralized Agricultural Extension Service Structure; SCOPE Malawi; traditional authorities; group village and village headpersons; FRNs and FFSs; and National Agroecology Hub (Malawi)

    Duration: 11/2023—11/2026

    East & Southern Africa

  • Strengthening Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    Partners: TAPE technical working group, whose members represent INTA/University of Gronigen, Cornell University, IRD, Friends of the Earth International, World Agroforestry, INRAE, CIMMYT, AVSF, La Vía Campesina, MAELA, and CIRAD; also Agroscope (Switzerland/Kenya), ARAA/ECOWAS (West Africa), ARFA (Burkina Faso), COLEAD (Benin), DCA (Cambodia, Nepal, Uganda), Diaconia (Brazil), DTEAP (Laos), Eclosio (Benin, Cambodia, Peru), ECOWAS (West Africa), Enabel (Benin), ENDA Pronat (Senegal), Haramaya University (Ethiopia), Iles de Paix (Tanzania), In Situ (Argentina), INTA (Argentina), IRPAD (Mali), Louvain Coopération (Cambodia, Madagascar), reNature (Kenya, Indonesia), RSDA (Lesotho), SPC (Pacific), Trócaire (Rwanda), ULB (Congo), UNAM (Mexico), Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico), VAAS (Vietnam); research methods support Stats4SD

    OMSST, whose collaborators represent FAOSTAT, Koronivia joint work on agriculture, and Cornell University/Soil Factory

    Agroecology Knowledge Hub (AKH) composed of IRPAD, Chulalongkorn University, Asian Institute of Technology, ASEAN Academic Network, SEARCA, FiBL, Coventry University, Agroecology Europe, SOCLA, Red PP-AL, CLACSO, Rede Sial (Brazil), IPES-Food, CIRAD, INRA, CGIAR, and TPP

    Civil society organizations 3AO, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Asian Peasant Coalition, Asiadhrra, CSA, China Digital Green, ELVC, Agency of Development Initiatives, MAELA, RIAM, RUPAP, IPC, CSM, IFOAM, PAN, and URGENCI

    Private sector ROPPA, PROPAC, ESAFF, PELUM, COPROFAM, and Access Agriculture

    Knowledge platforms Biovision Africa Trust, African Union, EOA Knowledge Hub Project, ALiSEA, LaoFAB, UNISECO, CELIA, WOCAT, and SIANI

    NGOs or private foundations and donors Terre & Humanisme, Swissaid, Biovision, Groundswell International, PAN AP, SEI, Schola Campesina, Agroecology Europe, SDC, RADDO, Agroecology Fund, Global Alliance for the Future of Food, McKnight Foundation, OXFAM, GRET, ActionAid, World Rural Forum, SPC, and Agroecology Coalition

    FAO working group through CoP on family farming and agroecology

    Duration: 8/2023—8/2025

    Andes, East & Southern Africa, West Africa

  • Kenya AE Hub II R&D and Info-Sharing

    Organic Growers’ Research and Information-Sharing Network

    Partners: CCRP projects Drylands FRN, FRN-NGO, RECODA FRN, PKWI FRN, and VEDCO FRN; cross-cutting Soils, Multipurpose Legumes, and Botanical projects; NGOs and CBOs, including (town, municipality, or county with organization) Bungoma (SADI, VI), Busia (BERMA, SINGI), Homa Bay (DIG, Practical Action, Trees for the Future) Kisumu (Practical Action, Trees for the Future), Migori (ACEP, CMAD, Rural FRN), Siaya (Tembea Youth), Thika (GBIAK, RODI), and Trans-Nzoia (CMAP, Kipsaina Cranes and Wetlands Conservation Group, Thrive, SMART); IDEMS International; Innodems; Kenyan government organizations KALRO and Trans-Nzoia MOA; Manor House Agricultural Center (MHAC); PELUM Kenya; Busitema University Uganda and Maseno University

    Duration: 11/2022—2/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Bioinoculants’ Role in Crop Production and Protection

    University of Greenwich

    Partners: The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), CCRP projects in the Kilimanjaro and Singida regions where FRNs have been established, NGO Ateker Transformation and Sustainability Initiatives (ATSI-UG), Colorado State University, University of Greenwich Natural Resources Institute (NRI)

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Kenya AE Hub 3: Supporting FRN Priorities

    IDEMS International Community Interest Company

    Partners: CCRP projects and core hub members Drylands FRN, FRN-NGO, RECODA FRN, PKWI FRN, VEDCO FRN, NARO Sorghum, and KALRO MLP; also projects Cross-Cutting Soils, Multipurpose Legumes, and Botanical projects; NGOs and CBOs, including (county or town with organization) Bungoma (SADI, VI), Busia (BERMA, SINGI, Transcom), Homa Bay (DIG, Practical Action, Trees for the Future), Kisumu (Practical Action, Trees for the Future, CREPP, Migori (ACEP, CMAD, Rural FRN), Siaya (Tembea Youth), Thika (GBIAK, RODI), Trans Nzoia (CMAP, Kipsaina Cranes and Wetlands Conservation Group, Thrive, SMART), Vihiga (SOFDI), and West Pokot (SMART); Innodems; Kenyan government organizations KALRO and Trans Nzoia MOA; Manor House Agricultural Center (MHAC); PELUM Kenya; Busitema University, Cornell University, and Maseno University

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2024

    East & Southern Africa

  • Farmer-Managed Seed Systems

    Michigan State University

    Partners: Seed System Unit of MOA, NGOs including current partner of Self Help Africa, (In progress) ECHO from Tanzania, Farmers World merchants, and churches/mosques from within each EPA

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Community Food Sustainability, Soil/Water Conservation

    University of Eldoret

    Partners: CCRP project Drylands FRN, farmer groups, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, local administration, primary school, West Pokot county government, Kenya Forest Service, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, National Environmental Management Authority, CCRP sister projects, and KALRO

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Maize

    FRNs and METs for Soil, Maize-Legume, and Livelihoods

    Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)

    Partners: University of Greenwich Natural Resources Institute (NRI); NGOs (SFHC, MALEZA, LOMADEF); government extension Kasungu, Ntcheu, and Mzimba North District Agriculture Offices; Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Water Development

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Farmer-Managed Seed Systems

    Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)

    Partners: Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre/Malawi National Gene Bank, Self Help Africa-Malawi, Michigan State University’s Center for Regional Food Systems, EPAs, and FRNs

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • FRN Contributions to Resilient Food Systems

    Research Community and Organizational Development Associates

    Partners: Farmers; local government at regional, district, ward, and village levels; MVIWAARUSHA, Iles de Paix, Rikolto, Echo Tanzania, Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Agroecology Hub-Tanzania, TARI-Ilonga and TARI-Naliendele, Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement, and Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania, Participatory Agroecological Land Use Management-Tanzania

    Duration: 11/2022—11/2023

    East & Southern Africa

  • To Build the Circular Bionutrient Economy

    Cornell University and its off-campus site The Soil Factory (TSF)

    Partners: The Soil Factory Network (SFN), Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions (PHIS), Maseno University, the county government of Kisumu, Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC), Kisumu youth groups Nyalenda Young Turks and United Destiny Shapers, and women groups as well as private sector players

    Duration: 8/2022—8/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy

    Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions (PHIS)

    Partners: CCRP project team led by Cornell University’s Professor Rebecca Nelson and members of the Nelson lab and Johannes Lehmann lab; off-campus site The Soil Factory (TSF)

    Duration: 8/2022—8/2025

    East & Southern Africa

  • Research Methods Support (RMS)

    Statistics for Sustainable Development

    Partners: CCRP grantees, grantees’ partners and their institutions, students who are part of regional projects, regional teams and CoP in each region, leadership team, and cross-cutting projects; informal partners CIFOR-ICRAF, the Agroecology Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP), CIRAD, Slow Food, the Agroecology Fund, RHoMIS team, Global Landscapes Forum, and 1CG Agroecology Initiative

    Duration: 8/2022—8/2025

    Andes, East & Southern Africa, West Africa

  • Enhancing Agroecology Friendly Policies and Practices

    Agricultural Non State Actors Forum (ANSAF)

    Partners: Agroecology Hub of Tanzania, including Sokoine University of Agriculture, RECODA, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT), and Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NMAIST); Agroecology Hub; government entities the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, President Office (regional administration and local authorities), Vice President Office–Environment, and members of parliament through respective committees

    Duration: 11/2021—11/2022

    East & Southern Africa

  • Scaling Out Agroecological Pest Management and Gender Equity

    Soils, Food, and Healthy Communities (SFHC) Organization

    Partners: Agroecology Hub at LUANAR, Botanical Pesticides project, Malawian Ministry of Agriculture (through FARMS for Biodiversity, a National Science Foundation-funded project), District Agriculture Extension Coordinating Committee (DAECC), Area Development Committee (ADC), Cornell University’s Department of Global Development, University of Western Ontario’s Department of Geography and Environment, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Extension officers, Local nonprofit organizations

    Duration: 5/2021—5/2023

    East & Southern Africa

  • Agroecological Options for Food-Energy-Environment Nexus

    National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI)

    Partners: Bugobero, Namabya, and Namboko district local governments, Mbale Coalition Against Poverty (Mbale CAP), World Agroforestry (ICRAF), International Research Center, Sub-county local governments, Farmer groups, Local NGOs, Community-based research organizations, Extension workers

    Duration: 5/2021—5/2023

    East & Southern Africa

  • Legumes

    Agroecological Intensification in Western Kenya

    Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO)

    Partners: University of Nairobi (UoN), Sustainable Income Generating Investment (SINGI), Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development (TEMBEA), and RURAL FARMERS Community Based Organization (CBO)

    Duration: 11/2020—11/2023

    East & Southern Africa