Approach / Zimbabwe West Africa Laboratory / NUS / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Rwanda / Senegal / Zambia / Niger / Benin / Burundi / Mozambique / South Africa / Peru / Zimbabwe / Mali / Gambia / Kenya / Uganda / Malawi / Burkina Faso / Togo / Tanzania / Nigeria / Botswana / Ghana / Ethiopia / Bolivia / Spain / India / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Africa University / Zimbabwe West Africa Laboratory of Agricultural Biodiversity / Sub-region Partner Eastern Africa University of Nairobi / India Plant / Capacity building / Kenya Southern Africa Africa University / /
IndustryTerm
mass commodity products / net food importer / input agricultural systems / ecosystem services / low cost technology / agricultural systems / staple food / value chain / food energy intake / food / appropriate technologies / raw and processed products / private sector processors / educational networks / non-food products / Food production / value chains / millet products / food crops / food security / laborious post-harvest processing / food culture / improved food / local production systems / communications activities / educational network / /
NaturalFeature
Andes / /
Organization
European Plant Science Organization / Kenya Southern Africa Africa University / National Action / Africa University / Sub-region Partner Eastern Africa University of Nairobi / International Fund for Agricultural Development / United Nations / US Federal Reserve / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / European Union / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / /
Position
farmer / Director General / replicable model for value chain upgrading Research / /
Region
West Africa / East Africa / Eastern Africa / Southern Africa / Latin America / South Sudan / /
1.1. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIONDescription Introduction Agricultural research and development (R&D) in Africa has since colonial times focused on increasing productivity of a limited number of staple crops, in par