Blog post by Pierre Ellssel (BOKU, Vienna) In the heart of Berlin at the renowned Humboldt University, we had the privilege of participating in the Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Research …
SustInAfrica’s third annual meeting in Bari
SustInAfrica consortium gathered for its third annual meeting in Bari, Italy, during the first week of September. CIHEAM Bari hosted the 3-day meeting with participants from Italy, Germany, Austria, Ireland, …
The 5th AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference
Ground-breaking Projects Spearheading Sustainable Agriculture in Africa. In recent developments in African agriculture, five key projects were highlighted in a thematic session titled “Research and Innovation for smarter policies and …
Convergence and divergence of farming technologies, agroecological principles and smallholder agriculture
Researchers from SustInAfrica participated at TROPENTAG 2022, the conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development. The conference contribution of SIA colleagues dealt with the …
SustInAfrica Progress Report 2022
SustInAfrica has started on September 20 and is expected to be concluded in August 25. The overall goal of is to empower West and North African smallholder farmers and small- …
Enhancing quality and yield of olive production through application of organic farming practices in Egypt
Context In Egypt, olive cultivationis is as old as 3000+ years, as documented by wall-drawing of ancient Egyptians (Fig. 1 illustrats photos of wall-paiting of ancient Egyptians harvesting olive from …
Testing some agro-ecological practices to enhance biodiversity and the productivity of olive orchards in Tunisia
Context In Tunisia, olive is considered an important crop for its high economic and nutritional values. It is mainly cultivated under rainfed conditions for olive oil production. However, the water …
SustInAfrica Project Communication UDS
Food production in Africa over the years has realized a decline. This decline can be attributed to poor soil health, and loss of functional ecosystems due to the unregulated use …
Agro-ecological practices and ICT among African smallholder farmers: Evidence from SustInAfrica
Authors: (CIHEAM Bari – Andi Mehmeti, Generosa Jenny Calabrese, Mladen Todorovic) African agriculture and food systems are constantly under pressure due to a set of inter-connected factors including an underdeveloped …
Measuring mango and pineapple fields in Tamale and Cape Coast
A report for measurement series in Ghana. Participants: The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), DexAfrica (DEX), University for Development Studies (UDS), University of Cape Coast (UCC). Authors: …