Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutritional Security in Africa

Project Information

InnovAfrica

Grant agreement ID: 727201

DOI 10.3030/727201

Project closed

EC signature date 12 May 2017

Start date 1 June 2017

End date 30 November 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 4 794 632,50

EU contribution € 4 794 632,50

Coordinated by

NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI
Norway

Deliverables

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (9)

Report on strategies for mainstreaming gender
Analytical maps of current market value chain pathways
Comprehensive plan for investments
Six MAPs established
Strategic plan to upgrade value chains
PMB, the SEAB; and the SAB established and ToR approved

PMB the SEAB and the SAB established and ToR approved

Two VKCs established
Develop policy and institutional guidelines

Develop policy and institutional guidelines to facilitate knowledge generation and its diffusion along the value chain

KIPUS knowledge platform established

Documents, reports (19)

Five field visits (in each case country) and feedback reports

Five field visits in each case country and feedback reports

Field trial reports published/ one per case country

Field trial reports published one per case country

Strategic document strengthening seed systems in the case countries
Six policy briefs specifying effective governance models
Technical brief on key indicators
Six Policy briefs
Dissemination and Exploitation evaluation report

Dissemination and Exploitation evaluation planreport

Report on SWOT analysis
A synthesis report of proven EAS approaches and technologies
Report on stakeholder and scientific review
Synthesis report for all case countries
Farmer manuals published on the SAI systems
Six policy dialogue workshops proceedings
A policy manual with guidelines
Work plan prepared and approved by PMB

Work plan prepared and approved by PMB M01 Regarding the GA option for Article 293 the related deliverable is the Data Management Plan which will be incorporated in the work plan

A comprehensive review report
Impact assessment report
Assessment reports of adopted technologies and EASs
Report on socioeconomic analysis

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

A technical brief with a Venn diagram
InnovAfrica website

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan prepared and approved by PMB

Deliverable for DMP was not included in the GA from project start and is added by AMD

Publications

Other (3)

Field calibration of DFM capacitance probes for continuous soil moisture monitoringAuthors

Author(s): Myeni L, Moeletsi ME, Clulow AD
Published in: Water SA, 2021, ISSN 1976-2020
Publisher: South African Water Research Commission
DOI: 10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i1.9448

Determinants of household food and nutrition security among the dairy farmers in Machakos and Kirinyaga Counties, Kenya

Author(s): Murage, Alice W., Guthiga, Paul, Gichangi, Anne W., Ndubi, Jessica & Njarui, Donald M.G.
Published in: African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), Issue Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295736, 2019
Publisher: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/295736/files/164.%20Nutrition%20security%20in%20Kenya.pdf

Forage diversity and fertiliser adoption in Napier grass productionamong smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

Author(s): Donald M. G. Njarui Mwangi Gatheru Jessica M. Ndubi Anne W. Gichangi Alice W. Murage
Published in: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2021, ISSN 2363-6033
Publisher: German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics (DITSL GmbH)
DOI: 10.17170/kobra-202110274962

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Governing Seeds in East Africa in the Face of Climate Change: Assessing Political and Social Outcomes

Author(s): Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Ruth Haug, Paul Guthiga, Eric Macharia
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontier
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00053

Development and analysis of a long-term soil moisture data set in three different agroclimatic zones of South Africa

Author(s): Myeni,L; Moeletsi, M, E; Clulow, A, D
Published in: South African Journal of Science, 2021, ISSN 1996-7489
Publisher: Academy of Science of South Africa
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2021/7845

Factors Determining the Adoption of Strategies Used by Smallholder Farmers to Cope with Climate Variability in the Eastern Free State, South Africa

Author(s): Myeni, L; Moeletsi, M, E
Published in: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10090410

Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties as a Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Eastern Ethiopia: Implications for Food and Nutrition Security

Author(s): Mengistu Ketema, Kibebew Kibret, Feyisa Hundessa, Tewodros Bezu
Published in: Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology (TURJAF), 2021, ISSN 2148-127X
Publisher: Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
DOI: 10.24925/turjaf.v9i6.998-1007.3937

From Policy Promises to Result through Innovation in African Agriculture?

Author(s): Haug R, Nchimbi-Msolla S, Murage A, Moeletsi M, Magalasi M, Mutimura M, Hundessa F, Cacchiarelli L, Westengen OT
Published in: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/world2020016

Improving the Food and Nutritional Security of Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: Evidence from the InnovAfrica Project

Author(s): Myeni, L; Moeletsi, M, E; Nyagumbo, I; Modiselle, S; Mokoena, L; Kgakatsi, I, B;
Published in: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/su13179902

‘Clearing the air’: common drivers of climate-smart smallholder food production in eastern and Southern Africa

Author(s): Giacomo Branca, Chiara Perelli
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121900

Sustainable intensifications of African agriculture through legume-based cropping and Brachiaria forage systems

Author(s): Tesfai, M. Njarui DMG & Ghimire SR
Published in: African Journal of Agricultural Research, Issue Article Number - A4EDD9B61319 Vol.14(27), July 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1138-1148, ISSN 1991-637X
Publisher: Academic Journals
DOI: 10.5897/ajar2019.14120

Feminization of African Agriculture and the Meaning of Decision-Making for Empowerment and Sustainability

Author(s): Haug, R.; Mwaseba, D.L.; Njarui, D.; Moeletsi, M.; Magalasi, M.; Mutimura, M.; Hundessa, F.; Aamodt, J.T.
Published in: MDPI, Issue 13(16), 2021, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/su13168993

Barriers Affecting Sustainable Agricultural Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in the Eastern Free State of South Africa

Author(s): Lindumusa Myeni, Mokhele Moeletsi, Mulalo Thavhana, Mulalo Randela, Lebohang Mokoena
Published in: Sustainability, 2019, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11113003

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Local food systems, women farmers and health in Malawi

Author(s): Julie T. Aamodt
Published in: https://nmbu.brage, Issue M.Sc. Thesis No. 30 ECTS, May 2020, 2020
Publisher: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

The use of mobile phones in agricultural extension and advisory services in Rwanda

Author(s): Astrid Fuglesang Stokke
Published in: Issue M.Sc. Thesis No. 30 ECTS, December 2019, 2020, Page(s) 1-72
Publisher: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)