SustInAfrica

Sustainable Intensification of Food Production through resilient farming systems in West and North Africa

SustInAfrica applies a transdisciplinary systems approach to testing and implementing landscape, soil, water and plant health management strategies and sustainable agricultural practices to ensure that the agricultural technologies being developed are sustainable, economic viable, resilient to current and future climate shocks and stresses, and provide ecological provisioning services across the targeted regions of Africa. Practices are screened and adapted to maximise the benefits to female farmers and value chain actors and the nutrition of farmers, their families and consumers. Four key areas of SustInAfrica research are:

• The development of smart farming technologies, using remote sensing and AI-based algorithms to detect crop pests, and manage farming and irrigation systems.

• Participatory on-farm research and demonstration trials of agroecological crop production practices.

• Training agronomists from students to farmers and frontline agriculture extension staff.

Developing technology exploitation plans for those that are scaling ready, producing business plans and public policy recommendations.

Funding acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 861924