Amou developpement environnement - Benin (ADE-Benin)
ADE-Benin is a Non-Governmental Organization created on November 20, 2009 and headquartered in Glazoué in the hills department of central Benin. The NGO works in the fields of agriculture, environment, health, water, hygiene and sanitation.
ADE-Benin aims to contribute to the development of the population while ensuring human sustainability on the land through sustainable development that preserves ecosystems, conserves the biological heritage and restores the environmental balance.
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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CGIAR/CCAFS)
Agricultural systems in East Africa are mainly rain-fed and highly vulnerable to climate change and variability. The frequency and severity of climate shocks such as drought, floods, heat and cold stress have increased with negative impacts on agriculture and food security. |
East African Community
Enhancing food security and rational agricultural and livestock within the Community through harmonisation of agricultural policies as well as joint programmes for efficient and effective production
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FAO Regional Office for Africa
FAO’s interventions in Africa at regional, sub-regional and country level promote an integrated programme approach to food security and nutrition challenges and sustainable development. We are informed by regional priorities and commitments, such as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the Malabo declaration, while responding to FAO’s strategic objectives.
The main areas of focus are showcased through three Regional Initiatives, namely: supporting Africa’s commitment to end hunger by 2025; promoting sustainable production intensification and value chain development; and, building resilience in Africa’s drylands. The cross-cutting issues of climate change, nutrition, gender, and governance are integral to our work, as is working in partnerships.
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FAO - Adapting irrigation to climate change (AICCA)
Improving sustainability and adaptation of small-scale irrigation systems across key agro-ecological zones in West and Central Africa.
The West and Central Africa region is becoming highly vulnerable to climate change, and farmers across the region are increasingly dealing with climate variability and weather risks. Dry spells and significant climate events such as devastating droughts and floods are hitting smallholders more frequently, and there is an urgent need to adapt the irrigation techniques. There is a range of technologies and practices that are adapted to climate shocks that need to be inventoried and scaled up in the region.
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FAO - Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme
MICCA provides support to governments in Africa as part of its programme on capacity development, supporting the regular updating and submission of national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories to the UNFCCC. Focus has been given to regional, sub-regional and country level activities.
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Farm Africa Limited
Farm Africa is an international organisation working to build a prosperous rural Africa. It helps farmers to increase their harvests, build their incomes and sustain natural resources, partnering with governments and the private sector to find effective ways to fight poverty. It works closely with local communities, who actively participate in all the decisions about its work.
Today, almost half of the world’s extreme poor live in sub-Saharan Africa. The vast majority work in agriculture. Farm Africa reduces poverty in eastern Africa by helping farmers grow more, sell more and sell for more. It works in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda growing agriculture, protecting the environment and developing businesses in rural areas.
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Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
FANRPAN for Africa is a autonomous, non-profit, scientific organization operational in Member States of Africa with a mandate to co-ordinate policy research and dialogue and recommend strategies for promoting food, agriculture and natural resources sectors in Africa.
Its mission is to build resilient food systems across Africa through the creation, implementation and assessment of food, agriculture and natural resources policies that are both evidence-based and developed in partnership with non-state actors.
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Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
FARA is the apex continental organization responsible for coordinating and advocating for agricultural research for development (AR4D). FARA serves as the technical arm of the Africa Union Commission on matters concerning agriculture science, technology and innovation.
FARA serves as the entry point for agricultural research initiatives designed to have a continental reach or a sub-continental reach spanning more than one sub-region. Headquartered in Accra, Ghana, FARA has been in existence for 12 years. Over this period, FARA has provided a continental forum for stakeholders in AR4D to shape the vision and agenda for this sub-sector, and to mobilize themselves to respond to key continent-wide development frameworks, notably the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
FARA also plays a key role in galvanizing the agricultural research for development sector, and brings a strong African voice to global forums such as the G-8 and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR).
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Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW)
The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative is an African Union program bringing together more than 20 countries from the Sahelo-Saharan region including Algeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, the Gambia and Tunisia. The initiative aims to transform the lives of millions of people by creating a great mosaic of green and productive landscapes across North Africa, the Sahel and the Horn.
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SOS SAHEL International France (SOS SAHEL)
SOS SAHEL is an African-born grassroots organization with over 40 years of experience. Food security and nutrition of rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa lie at the heart of its actions. SOS SAHEL is the only organization working from East to West Africa in both the French and English speaking countries, harnessing local potential. Supported by SOS SAHEL’s expertise and approach, local community members are able to identify their own needs and priorities and find sustainable solutions to food security that they can then spread to the rest of the community.
Its projects address challenges to development in innovative, integrated ways spanning a variety of sectors from nutrition, to health and hygiene, to women’s empowerment. SOS Sahel's programs tackle the root causes of food insecurity and poverty in the Sahel, and in the process address issues of malnutrition, poor access to water and sanitation and limited resources for economic and social development of rural families.
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Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
SACAU is a not-for-profit farmer organization representing national agricultural unions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region formed in 1992
SACAU aims to be the main voice of farmers within the region and to promote effective producers’ organizations in all regional countries. Its mandate is to foster understanding between farmers’ organisations and policymakers in southern Africa by providing a forum for the discussion of matters of common interest and by disseminating information about agriculture in the region to relevant agencies, organizations and companies.
Its mission is to be the main voice of farmers on regional, continental and global matters, and to promote and ensure strong and effective farmers/producers’ organisations in all countries in southern Africa.
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Southern African Development Community (SADC) - agriculture
SADC Member States seek to improve the lives of their people by removing the serious obstacle of inadequate access to food, as a healthy, well-fed population will be better equipped to build for a better future. SADC addresses the Agriculture and Food Security issues within the Southern African region by focusing on five key areas:
1. Food Security
2. Crop Production
3. Livestock Production
4. Improving work methods, capacity building and disease control.
5. Agricultural Information
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Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN)
SWAGEN is an indigenous organization founded and owned by grassroots women in Uganda. Its mission is to create strong grassroot women groups capable of active participation in and meaningful contribution to mainstream national development.
SWAGEN promotes agro-ecological and organic agriculture practices at household level. This involves indigenous seed preservation, soil nutrient recycling and natural methods of pest and disease control.
The organization works with forest dependent communities, with women spearheading the process, to secure their rights to participate in and share benefits of Natural Resource Conservation in a collaborative management arrangement with National Forest Authority.
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