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      3. African Union Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals 2016 Edition

      Grant Contracts Awarded to the Beneficiaries of the AU Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals 2016 Edition

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      Grant Contracts Awarded to the Beneficiaries of the AU Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals 2016 Edition
      Mar 7, 2018 - 19:15

      GRANT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO THE BENEFICIARIES OF
      THE  AFRICAN UNION RESEARCH GRANTS II OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2016 EDITION

      Financed through the Agreement between the European Commission and the African Union Commission DCI-PANAF/2015/307-078) under the Pan-African Programme (PanAf), based on Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) for the period 2014-2020.

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Contract Number

      Beneficiary

      Nationality

      Partner Institutions

      Action location

      Duration

      Grant amount

       (%) financed by EU

      AURG-II-1-006-2016

      Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

      Tanzania

      - University of Namibia, Namibia

      - University of Venda, South Africa

      - University of Swaziland, Swaziland

      - University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

      Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania

      36 months

      994,000.00

      73.99%

      Action title

      Ecologically Based Rodent Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Africa (EcoRodMan)

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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      by EU

      AURG-II-1-060-2016

      University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute (NRI)

      United Kingdom

      - Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)

      - Department for Agricultural Research Services (DARS)

      - Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC)

      Malawi and Tanzania, Eastern and Southern African regions currently affected cassava virus diseases and drought

      36 months

      989,642.10

      78%

      Action title

      Dual-resistant cassava for climate resilience, economic development and increased food security of smallholders in eastern and southern Africa (DualCassava)

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Contract Number

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      by EU

      AURG-II-1-074-2016

      West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)

      Ghana

      - Institut du Sahel (INSAH), Mali

      - Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Germany

      - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Germany

      - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya

      Volta-Niger Basins –Burkina Faso & Mali– (for the case study transect) with extensions to West African Region and Kenya (for the upscaling & modelling framework)

      36 months

      957,760.00

      80%

      Action title

      Upscaling Site-Specific Climate-smart Agriculture and Land use practices to Enhance Regional production Systems in West-Africa

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       


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      AURG-II-1-075-2016

      FIFAMANOR (Centre de développement rural et de recherche appliquée en agriculture et en élevage ; Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy Norveziana)

      Madagascar

      - Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice), Madagascar

      - National Centre for Applied Research and Rural Development (FOFIFA), Madagascar

      - University of Antananarivo (UA), Madagascar

      - Higher Polytechnic Institute of Manica (ISPM), Mozambique

      - Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa

      - University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa

      - Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W), Belgium

      - Reunion Island Association of Pastoralism (ARP), France

      - French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France

      Madagascar: Central Highlands; Mozambique: Southern and Central Mozambique; South Africa: Gauteng and North-West provinces

      36 months

      980,645.56

      62.09%

       

      Action title

      ECOlogical intensification pathways for the future of crop-livestock integration in AFRICAn agriculture (EcoAfrica)

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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      Beneficiary

      Nationality

      Partner Institutions

      Action location

      Action duration

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       (%) financed
      by EU

       

      AURG-II-1-162-2016

      Department of Agricultural Research Services, Malawi

      Malawi

      - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Zambian (Ms. Cheelo Hamulinda Mudenda,)

      - Department of Irrigation Services, Malawian (Mr. Geoffrey Mwepa)

      Malawi in Shire Valley (Chikwawa District) and Bwanje Valley (Ntcheu District) and Lakeshore region (Salima Districts).

      Zambia in Southern, Eastern and Central Provinces which lie in Agro ecological Zones I and II.

      36 months

      970,776.82

      78.36%

       

      Action title

      Improving the water and energy efficiency for food production through solar – powered Micro – irrigation

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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      Nationality

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      Action duration

      Grant amount (USD)

       (%) financed
      by EU

       

      AURG-II-1-179-2016

      Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

      Kenya

      - IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somalia

      - Terra Nuova, Italy

      North-West Somalia (Somaliland) and North-eastern Kenya

      36 months

      752,033.51

      80%

       

      Action title

      Intensifying Camel Productivity through Integrated Control of Surra within the Somali ecosystem of the Horn of Africa

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Contract Number

      Beneficiary

      Nationality

      Partner Institutions

      Action location

      Action duration

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       (%) financed
      by EU

       

      AURG-II-1-196-2016

      Makerere University

      Uganda

      - National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria

      - MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, United Kingdom

      Uganda, Nigeria, United  Kingdom

      36 months

      999,990.40

      80%

       

      Action title

      Developing innovative and sustainable approaches to prevent the spread of African swine fever in Africa (ASF-RESIST)

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Contract Number

      Beneficiary

      Nationality

      Partner Institutions

      Action location

      Action duration

      Grant amount (USD)

       (%) financed
      by EU

       

      AURG-II-1-209-2016

      WEST AFRICA CENTRE FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT, (WACCI)

      Ghana

      - National Horticultural Research Institute, (NIHORT), Nigeria

      - Institute de l’Environment et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso

      - CSIR, Crops Research Institute (CRI), Ghana

      - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, (SLU), Sweden

      Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria

      36 months

      999,933.81

      68.623%

       

      Action title

      Crop and Soil Health Improvement for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification towards Economic Transformation in West Africa

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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      by EU

       

      AURG-II-1-254-2016

      Universidade de Coimbra

      Portugal

      - Direcção Parque Natural de Obô de S. Tomé - Ministery of Agriculture, S. Tomé e Príncipe, Santomean

      - Direcção de Florestas - Ministery of Agriculture, S. Tomé e Príncipe, Santomean

      - Centro Tecnológico Nacional (CTN) - Ministery of Science and Thecnology (MINCT) - Angola, Angolan

      - Centro de Estudo e Investigação Científica de Botânica - University Agostinho Neto, Angola, Angolan

      S. Tomé e Príncipe, island of S. Tomé, Buffer Zone of Parque Natural de Obô de S. Tomé, Local Communities
      Angola, Provinces of Bengo, Kwanza Sul and Benguela

      36 months

      793,097.98

      80%

       

      Action title

      Implementation of Agroforestry Systems in S. Tomé and Príncipe and development of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in Angola and S. Tomé and Príncipe to improve income-generation and food security

       

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