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

Informations projet

InnovAfrica

N° de convention de subvention: 727201

DOI

10.3030/727201

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 12 Mai 2017

Date de début 1 Juin 2017

Date de fin 30 Novembre 2021

Financé au titre de

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

Coût total

€ 4 794 632,50

Contribution de l’UE

€ 4 794 632,50

Coordonné par

NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI
Norway

CORDIS fournit des liens vers les livrables publics et les publications des projets HORIZON.

Les liens vers les livrables et les publications des projets du 7e PC, ainsi que les liens vers certains types de résultats spécifiques tels que les jeux de données et les logiciels, sont récupérés dynamiquement sur OpenAIRE .

Livrables

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

Auteurs: Myeni L, Moeletsi ME, Clulow AD
Publié dans: Water SA, 2021, ISSN 1976-2020
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Murage, Alice W., Guthiga, Paul, Gichangi, Anne W., Ndubi, Jessica & Njarui, Donald M.G.
Publié dans: African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), Numéro Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295736, 2019
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Donald M. G. Njarui Mwangi Gatheru Jessica M. Ndubi Anne W. Gichangi Alice W. Murage
Publié dans: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2021, ISSN 2363-6033
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Ruth Haug, Paul Guthiga, Eric Macharia
Publié dans: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019, ISSN 2571-581X
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Myeni,L; Moeletsi, M, E; Clulow, A, D
Publié dans: South African Journal of Science, 2021, ISSN 1996-7489
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Myeni, L; Moeletsi, M, E
Publié dans: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Mengistu Ketema, Kibebew Kibret, Feyisa Hundessa, Tewodros Bezu
Publié dans: Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology (TURJAF), 2021, ISSN 2148-127X
Éditeur: 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?

Auteurs: Haug R, Nchimbi-Msolla S, Murage A, Moeletsi M, Magalasi M, Mutimura M, Hundessa F, Cacchiarelli L, Westengen OT
Publié dans: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Myeni, L; Moeletsi, M, E; Nyagumbo, I; Modiselle, S; Mokoena, L; Kgakatsi, I, B;
Publié dans: MDPI, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Giacomo Branca, Chiara Perelli
Publié dans: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, ISSN 0959-6526
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121900

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

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

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

Auteurs: Haug, R.; Mwaseba, D.L.; Njarui, D.; Moeletsi, M.; Magalasi, M.; Mutimura, M.; Hundessa, F.; Aamodt, J.T.
Publié dans: MDPI, Numéro 13(16), 2021, 2021, ISSN 2078-2489
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Lindumusa Myeni, Mokhele Moeletsi, Mulalo Thavhana, Mulalo Randela, Lebohang Mokoena
Publié dans: Sustainability, 2019, ISSN 2071-1050
Éditeur: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11113003

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Local food systems, women farmers and health in Malawi

Auteurs: Julie T. Aamodt
Publié dans: https://nmbu.brage, Numéro M.Sc. Thesis No. 30 ECTS, May 2020, 2020
Éditeur: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

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

Auteurs: Astrid Fuglesang Stokke
Publié dans: Numéro M.Sc. Thesis No. 30 ECTS, December 2019, 2020, Page(s) 1-72
Éditeur: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)