African Union Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development’s
About AU SAFGRAD
The African Union Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development’s (AU-SAFGRAD’s) goal is to contribute to sustainable food security of smallholder agricultural producers and others chain actors in the semi-arid zone (SAZs) of Africa by helping build their resilience to crises and shocks. The SAZs of Africa occupy a large area that spans from Senegal in West Africa through Tunisia in North Africa, Djibouti in East Africa to South Africa. These zones are among the most challenging areas of the world and will become even more so as a result of climate change. The SAZs of Africa are also vulnerable to conflicts arising partly from natural resource use com petitions and other socio-political causes.
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Enhancing Measurement for Assessing R&D System Performance in the CAADP BR Process, Kampala, Uganda, April 16-17, 2024.
AU-SAFGRAD has organized a workshop on “Enhancing Measurement for Assessing R&D System Performance in the CAADP BR Process”, The workshop brought together, in addition to AU-SAFGRAD, a task force team of key experts including AU CAADP team, IFPRI, Akademya2063, AUDA NEPAD, Malabo commitment lead(IFPRI) expert, FAO and CGIAR expert. The...
About SAFGRAD
“To lead, coordinate and facilitate the formulation of appropriate policies and programs that would build resilience of rural livelihoods in semi-arid Africa through strengthening of institutional capacities aimed at advancing agricultural research, technology transfer and adoption; enhancement of value chains; management of natural resources; and mitigation and adaptation to climate change and combating desertification as well as other related areas”Read More
