Description
Through a multi-stakeholder approach, new insight on agro-ecological practices in East Africa will be gathered to inform on existing successful practices as well as the barriers and drivers of East African smallholder farmers. This insight will help develop an indicator framework for agro-ecology, which, while building on existing frameworks, is adapted to the East African context and captures integrated aqua-agriculture practices in detail. The PrAEctiCe decision support tool will then, at the farm level, help assess environmental and socio-economic impacts, with a particular focus on impacts on climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as financial viability. The tool will be validated in three living labs, situated in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, covering different integrated aqua-agriculture farming set-ups. Knowledge sharing activities through trainings, student exchanges and events, ensure the dissemination of results across East Africa and between AU and EU.
UMU will lead work package 2: Mapping & analysis of existing agro-ecological practices. Dr Joseph Ssekandi is the lead Researcher on Tasks; Mapping of agro-ecological practices in East Africa and Task 2.3 Best practice examples of Agro-Ecology in East Africa. The overall budget for the project is Euro 6,985,275, UMU is entitled to Euros
155,000
Acronym HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-12
Related Unit Faculty of Agriculture
Affiliation HOCHSCHULE KARLSRUHE (HKA) -Germany lead partner MAKERERE UNIVERSITY (MAK) – Uganda GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET (UGOT)- Sweden UNIVERZA V MARIBORU – Slovenia MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES (DALF)- Kenya REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES FORUM FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGRICULTURE (RUFORUM) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (NARO) MASENO UNIVERSITY (MSU) – Kenya SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TANZANIA AQUAGRI IIM – INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT (AQG), – Portugal ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (AFSA) – Uganda AFRICA AGRIBUSINESS ACADEMY (KENYA)