As the project proceeds, this page will be your one-stop shop to find results and outcomes, such as publications and created tools.

Publications

Convergence and divergence of smart and precision farming technologies, agroecological principles and smallholder agriculture in Africa

Authors:  Pierre Ellssel, Marius Hobart, Bernhard Freyer, Michael Schirrmann, Stephanie Saussure, Nils Borchard

From waste to wonder? Scaling the off-farm production of organic and biofertilizers in Africa: A scoping study 

Authors:  Pierre Ellssel, Fortunate Nyakanda, Stéphanie Saussure, Hamada Abdelrahman, Nadege Amizero, Fatimah Von Abubakari, Esther Koopmanschap, Ioannis Dimitriou, Helena Posthumus, Bernhard Freyer

Drought monitoring / prediction using remotely-sensed data and SSP climate change scenarios in a Tunisian olive orchard

Authors:  Zare, M.; Hobart, M.; Boussadia, O.; Ben-Hamouda, A.; Chaieb, N; Ellssel, P.; Schirrmann, M.

Photogrammetrically assessed smallholder pineapple fields in Ghana using small unmanned aircraft systems

Authors:  Marius Hobart, Eugene Anin-Adjei, Emmanuel Hanyabui, Godwin Badu-Marfo, Nina  Schiller, Michael Schirrmann

LINKING DRIVERS OF FOOD INSECURITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN AFRICA.

Authors:  Gregory A. Aryee, Idalina D. Sardinha, Cristina Branquinho

Building a solid foundation: advancing evidence synthesis in agri-food systems science

Authors:  Pierre Ellssel, Georg Küstner, Magdalena Kaczorowska-Dolowy, Eduardo Vzquez, Claudia Di Bene, Honghong Li, Diego Brizuela-Torres, Elansurya Elangovan Vennila, Jos Luis Vicente-Vicente, Daniel Itzamna Avila-Ortega

Performance and Sustainability of Organic and Conventional Cotton Farming Systems in Egypt: An Environmental and Energy Assessment

Authors:  Andi Mehmeti, Ahmed Abdelwahab M. Abdelhafez, Pierre Ellssel, Mladen Todorovic, Generosa Calabrese

Food systems in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: Critical reflections on the interface between food systems and ecosystem services using social practice theory 

Authors:  Bernhard Freyer, Zerihun Amare, Claudia Bieling, Jim Bingen, Marta López Cifuentes, Pierre Ellssel, Valentin Fiala, Violet Kisakye, Lucia Diez Sanjuan, Christine Wieck  

Optimizing Soil Health in Africa – A holistic approach to fertilizer management using in situ and ex situ resources

Authors:  Pierre Ellssel, Frank Place, Fortunate Nyakanda, Stephanie Saussure, Helena Posthumus, Sieg Snapp, Cargele Masso, William Burke, Bernhard Freyer      

Impact of Green Manures on Olive Tree Fertility in North of Tunisia

Authors:  Olfa Boussadia, Ons Riahi et Hatem Zgalai 

The impact of soil management, agroecological zone, and season on ground-dwelling insects in Tunisian olive groves

Authors: Amel Ben Hamouda, Olfa Boussadia, Pierre Ellssel, Marius Hobart, Stéphanie Saussure   

No-tillage and cover crop practices for the agroecological transition of rainfed Tunisian olive groves.

Authors:  Olfa Boussadia, Hatem Zgallai, Amel Ben Hamouda, Marius Hobart, Pierre Ellssel, Stéphanie Saussure    

Deliverables

  • D1.1. – Survey and assessment toolbox for data collection 

    In this document, we intend to present the key achievements in the progress of developing a common conceptual methodological model for data collection at baseline for a plural assessment of …

  • D1.3. Farming practices overview 

    This deliverable presents an overview and information on agroecological farming practices (AEP) and the effects on productivity, farm economic and ecosystem service indicators. A systematic literature was conducted to collect …

  • D1.4. Smart farming and monitoring technology overview 

    This deliverable presents a database of recent research activities, technologies, businesses and scientific projects concerning the agricultural sector in Europe and the western world as well as initiatives working with …

  • D1.5 – Farming Systems Database

    This deliverable presents a compilation of 595 diverse datasets, spanning various dimensions such as socio-economic factors, agroecological conditions, farming practices, vegetation cover, input accessibility, labor dynamics, water resource management, tillage …

  • D1.6 – Analysis of ecosystems services

    This report is part of WP1 Baseline assessments, for the Ecosystem Services evaluation framework, here based on the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services – CICES, which includes Provisioning, Regulation …

  • D3.1. Synthesis of knowledge for defining site specific trials

    The presented deliverable represents the jointly prepared synthesis of knowledge for defining site-specific guidelines for the implementation of on-farm demonstrations (OFD) and on-farm experiments (OFE). Thus, this deliverable will ensure …

  • D3.2 – Demonstration Trials

    This deliverable describes demonstration trials on nine crops in 13 AEZs and a total of 39 communities in targeted African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Egypt, Niger, Ghana and Tunisia. It …

  • D4.1 – Education and Training Concept

    This deliverable presents the strategy to support SIAfrica partners in designing customized training courses. Depending on the progress and results of WP3’s experimental trials in each country, the available budget …

  • D4.2 – First In-Person Training

    The first in-person training session within the scope of this project focused on Smart Farming. The objective of this training was to educate stakeholders and end-users on the latest research …

  • D5.1 – Socioeconomic and environmental screening metrics

    This report presents an initial list of metrics for assessing methods, technologies, and solutions developed by SustInAfrica for climate resilience, impact on gender, nutrition and the environment, its potential for …

  • D5.2 – IP Frameworks

    In this study, through desk research, followed by a round of validation fromdifferent SustInAfrica project resource people, we examined the IP landscapeand frameworks for five countries in Africa named: Egypt, …

  • D5.3 – Revised Screening Metrics

    A key role of WP5: Sustainability, replicability & exploitation of successful practices, is to screen themethods, technologies, and solutions developed by SustInAfrica for climate resilience, impact ongender, nutrition and the …

  • D5.4 – Replicability Indicators

    The present document is a step toward “Developing a methodological framework for replicability analysis” in the framework of the SustInAfrica project. The analytical framework aims to combine qualitative and quantitative …

  • D5.5 – Technology Score

    Analysing technology and practices for gender, nutrition, climate resilience, environmental, economic, and social impact. In the context of SustInAfrica project, the deliverable D 5.5 reports the tools and indicators used …

  • D5.6 – Technology scores (Readiness)

    A key role of WP5: Sustainability, replicability & exploitation of successful practices, is to screen the methods, technologies, and solutions developed by SustInAfrica for climate resilience, impact on gender, nutrition …

  • D6.1 – Website

    The external website (www.sustinafrica.com) is built to communicate and disseminate project-related information to a wider audience. The objective of the website is to provide a brief summary of the project …

  • D6.2 – Methodology workshop

    This deliverable presents the jointly prepared and agreed framework SustInAfrica will apply during i) reviewing systematically literature and databases, ii) processing data gathered from multiple sources (review and surveys) and …

  • D6.3 – SustInAfrica Communication, Engagement and Dissemination Strategy

    This report presents the communication, engagement and dissemination strategy and global planning of the SustInAfrica project. This strategy provides a description of the approaches and timing towards communicating, transferring knowledge …

  • D6.4 – Communication tool kit

    Deliverable 6.4 deals with SustInAfrica’s toolkit for communication, both internally and externally. It details SustInAfrica’s visual identity, thorough it’s logo as well as thematically and visually coherent communication materials and …

  • D6.5 – Baseline Workshops in Africa

    This deliverable outlines the approaches that will be used to organise baseline workshops in the first stage of the SustInAfrica project. The main objective of the workshops is to gather …

  • D7.1 – Project management guidelines

    This document describes the Project Management and Governance structure of SustInAfrica. Including details and general information on SustInAfrica’s structure, partnerships, resources, and methodologies to plan, monitor, and evaluate project progress. …

  • D7.2  – Quality assurance

    This document represents the project quality assurance guidelines for the SustInAfrica project. The aim of D7.2 is to describe the procedures and standards to be used throughout the project in …

  • D7.3 – Risk Management Plan

    The purpose of this document is to provide a risk management framework for the SustInAfrica project. This deliverable describes potential risks, processes, policies and procedures applied to mitigate and control …

  • D7.4 – Data management plan

    The data management plan (DMP) describes principles and protocols for data collection (see also Ethics described D8.1 and D8.2), data transfer, data processing, data storage, and data retention and sharing. …