Descripción del proyecto
Desarrollo de prácticas agrícolas en África Oriental
Expertos de todo el mundo aunarán esfuerzos para proporcionar un nuevo conjunto de indicadores agroecológicos en pos de ayudar a los pequeños agricultores de África Oriental. Irán más allá de los marcos de indicadores existentes al respaldar la selección de la combinación más adecuada de prácticas agrícolas agroecológicas. Su trabajo en el marco del proyecto PrAEctiCe, financiado con fondos europeos, se centrará en los sistemas circulares de agua, energía y nutrientes de la acuicultura integrada. Emplearán planteamiento de múltiples partes interesadas para proporcionar conocimientos nuevos sobre las prácticas agroecológicas en África Oriental. Sus hallazgos capitalizarán los marcos existentes y ayudarán a los agricultores a evaluar los efectos ambientales y socioeconómicos. El proyecto también organizará cursos de formación, intercambios de estudiantes y actos para garantizar la difusión de los resultados en África Oriental y entre la Unión Africana y la Unión Europea.
Objetivo
PrAEctiCe will provide a novel agro-ecology indicator set for East Africa, aimed at helping smallholder farmers in their agro-ecological transition. The project goes beyond the existing indicator frameworks by putting the “concept into action” with a decision support tool for agro-ecology advisors supporting the selection of the best suited combination of agro-ecological practices in a local context. In addition, it puts a focus on circular water-energy-nutrient systems of integrated aqua-agriculture, an practice with high potential for efficient farming with minimal climate impacts, which has not been sufficiently explored in previous indicator work. Through a multi-stakeholder approach, new insight on agro-ecological practices in East Africa will be gathered to inform on existing successful practices as well as the barriers and drivers of East African smallholder farmers. This insight will help develop an indicator framework for agro-ecology, which, while building on existing frameworks, is adapted to the East African context and captures integrated aqua-agriculture practices in detail. The PrAEctiCe decision support tool will then, at the farm level, help assess environmental and socio-economic impacts, with a particular focus on impacts on climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as financial viability. The tool will be validated in three living labs, situated in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, covering different integrated aqua-agriculture farming set-ups. Knowledge sharing activities through trainings, student exchanges and events, ensure the dissemination of results across East Africa and between AU and EU. To reach practitioners at every level, a cascade training mechanism with a train-the-trainer course will help agro-ecology advisors train farming representatives at the local level who then will help the farmers in their agro-ecological transition. Policy recommendations for AU and EU policies will round off the project.
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