• Agroecology & Climate Resilience: Multistakeholder Session at 8th AASW

    • 05/06/2023
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: ACP EN, Corp EN, News
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    On Tuesday 6 June (11:00-13:00 UTC+2) FARA, DeSIRA LIFT and IFAD are convening a parallel session on agroecology at the 8th African Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW). Remote participants are invited to register here On site participants must register to the 8th AASW The session will bring together various actors to explore how agroecological practices may contribute to climate resilience and sustainability of farming and food systems. Based on their experiences and evidence, practitioners, researchers and development partners will discuss… +
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  • Supporting the agroecological transition of Benin’s pineapple sector

    • 20/12/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Benin, News
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    As part of the project “Support to the agroecological transition of the pineapple sector in Benin”, COLEACP, with the help of a Beninese expert, is evaluating the performance of more than 400 producers and 15 processors with the goal of developing a personalised transition. Specifically, this project aims to carry out a three-step intervention: Prepare and conduct a training session on the theme “Assessment, reduction and recovery of waste from the pineapple sector: identifying and assessing the quantity of waste”… +
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  • DeSIRA-LIFT programme: COLEACP involved in Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture

    • 28/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, News
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    The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and DeSIRA-LIFT jointly organised two events at the 2nd Biennial Conference on Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture, which took place on 14–16 September 2022 in Accra, Ghana, and online. The Conference provided opportunities to discuss Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) accountability, resource use and impact in Africa amongst a wide audience. The first event, Thematic Paper Presentation on compatibility assessment of agroecology and CSA practice, focused on agroecological transformation in support of climate change and the… +
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  • Support to the agroecological transition/DEFIA: First stage of training-of-trainers in Benin’s pineapple sector

    • 18/04/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Africa, Benin, News
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    As part of the project “Support to the agroecological transition of the pineapple sector in Benin”, COLEACP organised a training of trainer’s session in Cotonou from 28 to 30 March 2022. About twenty selected experts participated in this session, which is part of a training cycle planned in three stages and which aims to strengthen the skills of relay experts on technical and pedagogical subjects so that they can subsequently accompany DEFIA’s partner clusters in their agro-ecological transition projects. This… +
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