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Engagement of a Consultant to train Country Stakeholders on Resource Mobilization and management in conjunction with International Experts
Consulting Services: Engagement of a Consultant to train Country Stakeholders on Resource Mobilization and management in conjunction with International Experts Name of project: CAADP-XP4 Activity Ref No: CAADP-XP4 Output 2/ Activity 2.2.1 / 2021 Procurement Ref: FARA/CAADP-XP4/CS/IC/2021/01 Date: Monday, April 19, 2021 The Science for African Agriculture (S4AC) Consortium comprising AFAAS, ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF and FARA, has secured resources
Advocating for Gender-Smart Investments In Advancing Science, Technology and Innovation within Africa’s AR4D
#CHOOSETOCHALLENGE By; Karen Munoko Nguru This year’s International Women’s Day is celebrated in such unprecedented times. As the continent and, more specifically, the agricultural community start to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic slowly, it presents an opportunity to build back better. However, to do that requires immediate, practical actions that choose to challenge the systemic issues that have prevented the
Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes
The first One Earth Root and Soil Health Forum A new annual event examines root and soil health’s importance for food security, livelihoods and climate resilience and marks the launch of a community for root and soil health action. The first One Earth Root and Soil Health Forum took place on March 1. Over 800 people attended to discuss how
African Development Bank backs young ‘agripreneurs’ to beat climate change
Africa’s youth need investment, not ’empowerment’, to realise the continent’s potential and support food security, says the head of the African Development Bank By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The African Development Bank plans to deploy billions of dollars to help young people build a new digitally-driven model of agriculture that can feed the continent’s people
Success Story from the BiomassWeb Project: ‘Using Cassava Peels for Mushroom Cultivation’ Project.
By: Alice E. Dawson, Gideon N. Ashitei & Paulina S. Addy – Women in Agricultural Development (WIAD) Directorate –Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Ghana.. Mushroom cultivation requires a very well managed local climate which must be cool, adequately ventilated, with high humidity and optimal light. This becomes especially necessary at the cropping stage. Conventionally, small to medium scale growers
Consultancy to produce Best Practice Guidance Note
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) RE-ADVERTISING Consulting Services: To develop Continental Good Practice Guidance Notes based on AR4D Institutional Partnerships and Collaborative experiences of FARA, SROs and AFAAS to facilitate lesson learning and advocacy Name of project: Activity Ref No: CAADP-XP4 Output 4/ Activity 4.4.3 / 2020 Procurement Ref: FARA/CAADP-XP4/CS/IC/2020/16 Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 The Science
Consultancy on the ‘Flagship Publication of Africa Status Report on Research and Innovation’ – AfARR
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) RE-ADVERTISING Consulting Services: Consultancy on the ‘Flagship Publication of Africa Status Report on Research and Innovation’ – AfARR Name of project: Activity Ref No: CAADP-XP4 Output 4/ Activity 4.4.2 / 2020 Procurement Ref: FARA/CAADP-XP4/CS/IC/2020/15 Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1. The Science for African Agriculture (S4AC) Consortium comprising AFAAS, ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF and
Advances In Knowledge Management & Outreach for Enhancing the Impact Of Research And Innovation in the COVID era. The FARADataInformS Example
According to the World Economic Forum (2015), Africa produces only 2.6% of global scientific knowledge with just 29 publications per million inhabitants compared to 1,013 and 609 for North America and Europe respectively. 64.6% of these publications are co-authored with researchers from other continents. The continent has just 79 scientists per million inhabitants compared to countries like Brazil and United
Science in Agriculture is working at unprecedented Scale in Africa -AfDB President
The President of the African Development Bank made a clarion call for the strengthening of research for development institutions on the continent. He affirmed with empirical data that the ‘Technology Delivery Platforms are working and that it is time to revamp FARA and to support the development of the agriculture value chains. These sentiments were passionately expressed in his keynote
Closer Africa-Europe collaboration needed to deliver food and nutrition security roadmap, says leading research body
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) calls for more engagement as the long-term EU-AU research and innovation partnership (LEAP) reaches its midpoint. November 26, 2020, ACCRA, Ghana – Africa’s apex organization for coordinating and advocating for agricultural research and innovation has called on more African and European countries to prioritize investment in science, technology and innovation for
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