… to the ACP Science and Technology Programme’s website (please see About for more information). Here you will be able to find information about the projects co-financed under this programme, plus news of interest to people and institutions working in the field of science and technology.
Any institution or organization in East Africa, especially Kenya in need of a researcher
Dear/Sir/Madam. I am the managing director of CHARITY MIXED FARMING CAMEROON. We are lack of materials for our farm so we are looking for a partner. We deal cocoa, coffee and vegetable such as mushroom others. THANKS BEST REGARD DIR GENERAL NDIP JACKSON P.O BOX 2940 TEL:0023722313535 MOBIL:0023776360522 FAX:0023722313535
Dear Madams, Dear Sirs, Ivorian based NGO working in agriculture, health and IT for development seeks support to its projects. Professional staff with a background in training, workshop facilitation, ICT, education, distance education. Office in Abidjan Ivory Coast. For more info please check the website http://www.ndbdeveloppement.org Adon Alexandre +225 49167381 / 47 333973
We are providing works to women and persons who are living with handicap, by growing plants that able to absorb much water to avoid erosion.
Activities addressing food productivity and security, adding value to agro products and encouraging a stronger participation by farmers in production and post-harvest management.
Challenge
Madagascar and Comoros suffer from extremely high levels of poverty, and sustainable co-evolution between society and ecosystems is reaching a critical level. Due to the on-going loss of forest cover, biodiversity is dramatically declining in these regions.
Défi
Une extrême pauvreté de l’Afrique centrale et l’appauvrissement constant et grandissant des ressources naturelles. Nonobstant les différentes mesures adoptées par les autorités compétentes soutenues par la communauté internationale, on continue d’assister à une exploitation «minière» et non renouvelable des ressources forestières existantes au Tchad comme au Cameroun.
La dégradation des ressources naturelles est particulièrement vraie dans la Vallée du Logone et concerne à la fois la disparition irréversible de la biodiversité mais également la perte du potentiel de production de la zone : ressources ligneuses, pâturages, fertilité des sols, ressources halieutiques.
Challenge
Agriculture is recognised as key to the economic recovery of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but is currently characterised by low productivity, as elsewhere on the continent.
Governments and development agencies are working to revitalise the agricultural sector, and thus boost overall economic performance, through the African Union’s (AU) Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). The CAADP outlines an African-led agricultural strategy for economic growth, for instance by enhancing agricultural research and technology dissemination and adoption. To support implementation of the strategy, efforts are underway to develop capacity within the National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES). Unfortunately, the human capital equipped with the skills to guide innovative approaches to agricultural development is lacking in most SSA countries. This is also the case at universities, which should be leading in innovation on agricultural productivity. But university research and training curricula are still too subject-based and do not respond to the multi-faceted challenges of poverty and other development needs.
