DeSIRA-LIFT

The DeSIRA CONNECT Days – West and Central Africa & Madagascar have officially kicked off in Accra, Ghana! 🇬🇭 Interested in joining us virtually? Follow the event live on the DeSIRA CoAR YouTube channel: Watch here (https://lnkd.in/dArC8ZKg) For the next three days, over 100 participants from across the region will come together to share key lessons from DeSIRA (Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture) projects and explore innovative solutions to scale sustainable agriculture and food systems. Attendees will engage in various activities, including project presentations, collaborative discussions on participatory innovation with civil society and the private sector, and insights into responsible innovation mechanisms. The event will also dive into the critical role of research in agricultural innovation, education, job creation, and policymaking. 👉 Stay tuned here on LinkedIn for live updates and insights from the event! #DeSIRA #AgriculturalInnovation #SustainableAgriculture #FoodSystems #Accra #WestAfrica #CentralAfrica #Madagascar #Research #Innovation

🌍 Journées DeSIRA CONNECT Days – West and Central Africa & Madagascar 🌍 We're excited to announce the upcoming DeSIRA CONNECT Days in Accra, Ghana on 24-26 September 2024, organized in collaboration with Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA! This event will bring together DeSIRA projects from West and Central Africa & Madagascar to share key lessons and explore ways to continue their innovation journeys. Key highlights include: - A Project Fair with individual booths to showcase project results. - Thematic Workshops for collaborative learning and exchange of best practices. - Roundtable Discussions with stakeholders to shape the future of innovation. Each activity is designed to build on the others, fostering knowledge-sharing and collaboration. Stay connected for detailed updates on our website: https://lnkd.in/d-iSRYVj #DeSIRA #Innovation #CONNECTDays #WestAfrica #CentralAfrica #Madagascar #SustainableDevelopment

DeSIRA-LIFT has launched the book ´Stories of Change: Activating Agricultural Transitions to Sustainability through Participatory Research and Co-Innovation across Africa, Asia and Latin America´. Please read it here: https://lnkd.in/dabPxqTu This inspiring collection of stories from DeSIRA projects highlights how innovation takes place in agriculture to improve production, nutrition, environment and life in rural communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These stories showcase the real-world impact of science and innovation, offering insights into how positive change is being made globally. For more information on the DeSIRA-LIFT Stories of Change, please see our website: https://lnkd.in/d7YCMEEj #Sustainability #AgricultureInnovation #StoriesOfChange #DeSIRAInitiative #GlobalImpact

📢 Join this hybrid event tomorrow (14 Aug) on the potential of agroecology research and capacity building to contribute to a green transition in sub-Saharan Africa 🌍 at the RUFORUM Triennial Conference in Windhoek. 📅 You can register here: https://bit.ly/3Ylagb3 👉 Find more information here: https://lnkd.in/eeRv3wnx

Highlights from DeSIRA CONNECT Days Eastern and Southern Africa We gathered the past three days in Kigali, Rwanda, to reflect on the implementation and achievements of DeSIRA projects in East and Southern Africa. Our goals were to: 1. Learn from the ongoing projects. 2. Draw lessons from the DeSIRA Initiative's successes. 3. Identify scaling opportunities for the upcoming DeSIRA conference in Brussels. With €350M EU funding, DeSIRA supports 70 projects worldwide, focusing on sustainable food systems and involving research (hence the 'R' in DeSIRA). The initiative also helps refine strategies for CAADP-XP4 organizations in Africa. Key Takeaways: - Research is crucial for addressing farming challenges and must lead to actionable policies. - Ownership of knowledge by farming communities is essential. - Multistakeholder mechanisms are vital for scaling innovations, emphasizing gender and youth inclusion. Thanks to all the projects that joined our 3-day reflection. We look forward to continuing this journey with the upcoming DeSIRA+ phase. Photos by Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA #SPAC2024 #DeSIRACONNECT #DeSIRALIFT #Easternandsouthernafrica #CAADP-XP4

Five steps to whole food system transformation that embrace #agroecology principles (yellow) emerge from DeSIRA-LIFT connect days as part of #SPAC2024

DeSIRA-LIFT projects realise that their mutlistakeholder platforms at local landscape / community scales can plug the missing middle between national and international commitments and #agroecology action on the ground to effect food system transformation at #SPAC2024 - now strategising on how to ensure they are sustainable beyond project lifespans.

The FORI programme is part of the #Desira (𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒) family, and we are excited to join the discussions at the 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 during #SPAC2024. Our FORI action research projects are here to share their experiences and learnings. The Desira Connect Days started with a project fair. 🌻 Mr Joseph Kataka from our Swedish agri-agency, We Effect, presented their FORI project which focuses on improving the productivity and profitability of the sunflower value chain by increasing women's participation in the Arusha region of Tanzania. We Effect East Africa 🌳 Mr Kastory Timbula from 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬'𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 (TTGAU) presented their FORI project, highlighting their work on using tree pruning's as biomass for biochar. TTGAU is supported by our Finnish agri-agency, Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD). 💪 The #DeSIRAConnect conference brings together different projects to share success stories and knowledge, and to jointly develop policy outcomes and communication strategies for #sustainable #agricultural transformation. 🤝 Many thanks to our DeSIRA-LIFT colleagues for their great support to all Desira projects. 👀 Join us in #Kigali for #SPAC2024 and be part of the movement to transform African agriculture, #food systems and #agribusiness. You can also join the event online by pre-registering at: https://lnkd.in/ej6HpJg6. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢! European Union Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA Helena Posthumus Aurélie Toillier Margarida Lima de Faria Isolina Boto Esther Koopmanschap Ioannis Dimitriou Evelyne Kort-Nerincx

Next week, July 29-31, DeSIRA LIFT is organizing the DeSIRA CONNECT Days Eastern and Southern Africa in Kigali, Rwanda 🌍 The CONNECT Days Eastern and Southern Africa are being prepared in close collaboration with Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA and will be held during the Science and Partnerships for Agriculture Conference (SPAC 2024). Stay tuned to our channel for updates https://lnkd.in/eDscwamU #CONNECTDAYS #CONNECTDAYSeasternandsouthernafrica #DeSIRA #SustainableDevelopment #SPAC2024 #InnovationInAgriculture

interesting opportunity! #DeSIRA #agroecology