Safe food in a sustainable and profitable manner – FoodAfrica research programme will help farmers to improve food safety in sub-Saharan Africa

How are soil micronutrients, safe milk and maize, and child nutrition interrelated? In sub-Saharan Africa, these issues are intertwined. Finnish and international researchers have been seeking solutions to improving food safety as part of the FoodAfrica research programme coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland. The results of the FoodAfrica research programme, which brings together research expertise from West Africa, East Africa and Finland, will help African smallholder farmers to …

Climate change workshops in Senegal informed about FoodAfrica results

FoodAfrica work package 3 has organized a series of events during the winter to disseminate both technical and empirical information on climate change to stakeholders in Senegal. At the end of February ISRA, IFPRI and Luke team organized a Mardi du BAME policy conference “L’Agriculture sénégalaise à l’épreuve du Changement climatique” which was aimed at francophone audience. It was an opportunity to discuss the resilience of Senegalese agriculture in the …