Helen Coskeran We were excited to welcome Dr Chris Paterson (Media and Communications, University of Leeds) and Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (POLIS, University of Leeds) to lead our February seminar, hosted jointly with fellow GCRF programme African SWIFT and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies. Focusing on work funded by the university’s quality-related Global Challenges Research Fund allocation, …
On 29 January 2020, we were delighted to host Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the University of Aberdeen and a co-investigator on GCRF-AFRICAP in a seminar hosted jointly with the Global Food and Environment Institute. As one of the convening lead authors on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and …
Learning through strong partnerships Sithembile Mwamakamba has many years’ experience of building partnerships and capacity in Africa. She oversees the ‘climate smart agriculture’ programmes portfolio at the African policy advocacy network FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network). This involves implementing projects and programmes to increase sustainable food production, while both strengthening farmers’ …
On Thursday 28th November 2019, AFRICAP’s Malawi Country Node CISANET (Civil Society Agriculture Network) successfully launched its Strategic Plan for the period of 2019 to 2023. The high level event which took place at the Bingu International Conference Center in Lilongwe brought together more than 100 participants from local and international organisations, government ministries, departments …
On 11 December 2019, we were delighted to run the first AFRICAP seminar to take place outside of the University of Leeds. Programme partner Chatham House hosted AFRICAP team members Christian Chomba (Agricultural Consultative Forum, Zambia) and Alfred Kambwiri (Civil Society Agriculture Network, Malawi) as they drew to the end of their three-month fellowships in …