GCRF-Agricultural and Food System Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy (AFRICAP) is a £9.2 million programme to make agriculture and food production in sub-Saharan Africa more productive, sustainable and resilient to climate change.
Working with local organisations and governments in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, we are creating an evidence base to underpin new country-specific policies in agriculture and food production.
Themes
Expert Views
The dirt on soil health: Addressing Africa’s food insecurity from the ground up
Soil degradation is a critical issue that must be addressed to achieve food security in Africa. Dr Samuel Eze unpacks his recent research on soil health in Malawi and Tanzania, sharing insights on ways to address soil degradation through climate-smart agriculture.
How to rethink agricultural innovation: Redefining success
Agricultural innovation packages, like conservation agriculture, are usually developed by research communities and disseminated for farmers to use. Through examples from her research with CIMMYT and Malawian farmers, Thirze Hermans explains why we need to rethink how we measure success, moving beyond counting adoption to consider local context.
Latest News
- AFRICAP launches free course on climate change and food system resilience, register by 29 March
- Crop breeding for climate resilience in southern Africa: Webinar recap, recording and slides
- Predicting the food future by watching present trends
- As climate changes, Tanzanian farmers switch to smart production practices
- AFRICAP programme researchers participate in the Cultivate Africa virtual dialogues
- It’s time to act on agriculture promises
- Scenarios modelling for future climate change
- Call for applications: Cradle to Grave – A research & programme management workshop series
Upcoming Events
15/03/2021
Independent Dialogue: What are resilient African seed systems and how can they be achieved?
29/03/2021
Free online course: Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems
Recent Past Events