Farmer-led Research for Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi
Partners
InnovAfrica is implemented in six African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa.
InnovAfrica is jointly coordinated by NIBIO and the BecA-ILRI Hub, and brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts from 16 institutions in Europe and Africa:
• Agricultural Research Council (South
Africa)
• Haramaya University (Ethiopia)
• International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
South Africa Regional Office (Zimbabwe)
• Kenya Agricultural and Livestock
Research Organization (Kenya)
SFHC hosted a 4 day training for 65 participants on how to make organic ‘biofertilizer.’ Participants included farmers, Ministry of Agriculture extension staff, NGO staff and SFHC members. The training was supported by the Seeds and Knowledge Initiative,… Read More
In December, SFHC hosted a meeting with the SFHC Trustees and General Assembly. The SFHC Trustees are farmers who have experience using agroecological methods and serve for 3 years. They oversee the work of SFHC staff, while the… Read More
Mr. Laifolo Dakishoni, Deputy Director and Finance and Administrative Manager of SFHC, represented our team at the Conference on Agroecology for Climate Resilience in November. The conference, hosted by the African Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), brought together “officials,… Read More
Partners
InnovAfrica is implemented in six African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa.
InnovAfrica is jointly coordinated by NIBIO and the BecA-ILRI Hub, and brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts from 16 institutions in Europe and Africa:
• Agricultural Research Council (South Africa)
• Haramaya University (Ethiopia)
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
South Africa Regional Office (Zimbabwe)
• Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Kenya)
• Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (Kenya)
• Knowledge Intelligence Applications GmbH (Germany)
• Modern Dairy Farmers’ Cooperative (Rwanda)
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
• Rwanda Agriculture Board (Rwanda)
• Soils Food and Healthy Communities Organization (Malawi)
• Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania)
• Stitching Dienst Landbrouwkundig Onderzoed (DLO-Alterra)
(The Netherlands)
• University of Malawi (Malawi)
• University of Tuscia (Italy)
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Biofertilizer training!
December 30, 2019
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
SFHC hosted a 4 day training for 65 participants on how to make organic ‘biofertilizer.’ Participants included farmers, Ministry of Agriculture extension staff, NGO staff and SFHC members. The training was supported by the Seeds and Knowledge Initiative,… Read More
SFHC holds first General Assembly
December 30, 2019
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
In December, SFHC hosted a meeting with the SFHC Trustees and General Assembly. The SFHC Trustees are farmers who have experience using agroecological methods and serve for 3 years. They oversee the work of SFHC staff, while the… Read More
SFHC presents at conference in Ethiopia, hosted by the African Food Sovereignty Alliance
December 30, 2019
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
Mr. Laifolo Dakishoni, Deputy Director and Finance and Administrative Manager of SFHC, represented our team at the Conference on Agroecology for Climate Resilience in November. The conference, hosted by the African Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), brought together “officials,… Read More