Food Security & Agroecology

Objectives:

Strengthen the scientific, technological, and institutional capacities of Specialised Regional Organisations (SROs) and RMRNs/RCoEs in agroecology to produce, collect, access, process, share data/information and to conduct impactful research activities using a gender-sensitive approach.
Enhance the contribution of RMRNs/RCoEs in agroecology to transformative, high-quality research and the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Improve cross-sectoral and cross-regional coordination and strategic steering of RCoEs to address the challenges related to Science, Technology and Innovations in Africa’s green transition.

Location: Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Central and Southern Africa
Duration: 36 months
Budget: €2 million
Lead Organisation: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), JRC Thematic Unit

Regional Centres of Excellence:
Eastern Africa: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
Western Africa: West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research (CORAF)t
Southern Africa: Centre for Coordination of Agriculture Research and Development (CCARDESA)

Location	Custom text
-0.20179846407018, 5.6062898651488	Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Country: Ghana Project Framework: PANAP, Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition
32.568629539923, 0.33708061008844	Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Country: Uganda Project Framework: Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transition

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Water footprint

Water Footprint in Africa, considered as the sum of both the green and blue WF and defined as the ratio between evapotranspiration (in m3 per hectare) and crop yield (in ton per hectare). The values a...