Farmer-led Research for Food Security and Nutrition in Malawi
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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)
Out of a desire to protect our region from this virus, all of SFHC’s field work activities have been closed as of April 7. Although the Malawi government has not yet confirmed any cases of COVID-19 in the… Read More
With funding from Avaaz, SFHC did a major distribution of food and hygiene supplies this August. These supplies are critical for families affected by the pandemic. According to local request, we delivered… – 25, 000 cloth face masks–… Read More
We’re proud to feature in the prominent food systems newspaper, Civil Eats, in an article discussing the failure of U.S. investment in African industrial agriculture. The article explores the promise of African agroecology as an alternative: offering new,… Read More
SFHC has been busy during May. In order to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission, SFHC has divided the staff into several teams who work on various SFHC projects independently at the SFHC office. Teams only come in once… 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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COVID-19: Updates on SFHC activities
March 28, 2020
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
Out of a desire to protect our region from this virus, all of SFHC’s field work activities have been closed as of April 7. Although the Malawi government has not yet confirmed any cases of COVID-19 in the… Read More
Avaaz funds major hygiene and food distribution for COVID-19 affected families
September 11, 2020
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
With funding from Avaaz, SFHC did a major distribution of food and hygiene supplies this August. These supplies are critical for families affected by the pandemic. According to local request, we delivered… – 25, 000 cloth face masks–… Read More
SFHC highlighted in Civil Eats
August 29, 2020
By Rachel Bezner-Kerr
We’re proud to feature in the prominent food systems newspaper, Civil Eats, in an article discussing the failure of U.S. investment in African industrial agriculture. The article explores the promise of African agroecology as an alternative: offering new,… Read More
May Update
July 30, 2020
By Bunmi Osias
SFHC has been busy during May. In order to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission, SFHC has divided the staff into several teams who work on various SFHC projects independently at the SFHC office. Teams only come in once… Read More