African Research System Request Proposals For Agri Innovation

The African Agriculture Climate Adaptation Research System Request for Proposals seeks innovative approaches to improving climate adaptation for agriculture.

African Research System Request Proposals For Agri Innovation

The African Agriculture Climate Adaptation Research System Request for Proposals seeks innovative approaches to improving climate adaptation for agriculture in Africa by connecting directly with and strengthening the ecosystem of local actors and institutions. 18–24 month projects that support innovations that strengthen agriculture-related risk management processes and adaptation prioritisation, planning, and investment through intra-Africa data, data science, and modelling research collaboration.

Programming that encourages co-learning, trainings, and/or scientist exchanges on core agricultural adaptation data-related research areas, such as modelling and data analysis, data translation for decision makers, and so on.

Climate change and food security are inextricably linked. Climate change has a cascading impact from agroecosystems to agricultural production, on people and countries, and ultimately on consumers who rely on reliable food production and availability. African agriculture is already experiencing and will continue to experience the downstream effects of climate change, highlighting the need for climate-adaptive food systems.

Responding to existing food security challenges in the face of climate change will require increasing productivity both to meet consumption demands and to limit further agricultural land expansion into natural ecosystems. Therefore we need to strengthen the research foundations of climate adaptation planning, risk management, translation from research to action, and investment for the success of each country’s climate agrisystem.

Innovative data collection and quantification systems for the effects of climate-smart interventions on SSP livelihood, consumption, micronutrient deficiencies, obesity, and so on. This may include both data collection and analytics.

Fair data management practises have been strengthened for agricultural and climate data programmes, including genetic information, allowing for data sharing and collaboration.

Funding will be available at two stages of project maturity. Seed projects (proof-of-concept projects) will receive USD $100,000 for studies involving a novel idea that must be validated and data gathered to support or confirm the concept. Transition to scale projects (proven concepts) will receive USD $200,000 to validate in a controlled environment as they seek to develop and scale the product or process.