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Challenges

1. Improving access to safe and nutritious food

This challenge focuses on how households in poor communities can better access safe and nutritious food. It covers aspects of pre- and postharvest food loss, how to prevent food borne diseases and best ways to connect farmers to markets.

Use of groundwater for irrigation in Kandal Province, Cambodia

2. Agricultural productivity and ecosystem functions

The starting point of this challenge is in the dependence on well-functioning ecosystem services as a basis for sustainably increasing agricultural productivity. It looks at the hurdles, potentials and options for smallholders to increase farm productivity with minimal impact on the natural capital.

3. Science-based innovation and extension

A science-based extension service is crucial for improving smallholder productivity and profitability in a sustainable way. The focus of this AgriFoSe2030 challenge will be the “linkage problem” in the science – innovation – extension – adoption chain.

Chemist examining a beaker at a crude oil processing lab in Arusha, Tanzania

4. Smallholder agriculture within transforming food systems

Rapid urbanisation and expanding urban food markets provide opportunities for smallholder farmers to engage more with markets. The overall objective of this challenge is to translate science to inform policy and practice for rural-urban dynamics.

News and Events

Webinar: The status of agricultural biologicals in Southern Africa

As part of the South Africa Sweden University Forum (SASUF) we now invite you to join the SASUF Satellite Event: “The status of agricultural biologicals in Southern Africa” remotely Tuesday March 28th at 09:00 – 12:00 CEST/SAST. This is a chance to get a picture of the knowledge and use of biologicals in Southern Africa, and we will report results from our surveys and analysis in the region around biologicals as part of the AgriFoSe2030 project.

Agrifose: agricultural biologicals

Report launch: Navigating the Food Crises – Insights from AgriFoSe2030 Projects

Welcome to join this report launch: Navigating the Food Crises – Insights from AgriFoSe2030 Projects. The event will be held online 14 April.

Kyambogo Uni hosts course for researchers in collaboration with AgriFoSe2030

Improving agriculture development in Sub-Saharan Africa requires increased synergies between scientific research findings and policy and practice. This evidence-based approach needs to be tailored to specific local conditions while emphasising knowledge co-creation through facilitating interactions between scientists, smallholder farmers and relevant agricultural sector actors.

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AgriFoSe2030 welcomes three new colleagues

During the last few months AgriFoSe2030 has welcomed three new colleagues to the team - Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Selorm Kugbega and Gwendolyn Varley. With their special expertise in different areas they will be an excellent contribution to the work AgriFoSe2030 is doing.

Change stories

Supporting the engagement of smallholder farmers in local government policy making processes

Digitalization of extension services in Quảng Trị delivering early results

Improving the value chain for edible insects in Zimbabwe through increased production and trade

Tigray government scales vermi-composting technology to boost agricultural productivity

Videos

Rice straw management in Vietnam

Black Soldier Fly in Vietnam

National workshop in Vietnam on E-commerce

Sub-national workshop and training on E-commerce

Resources

AgriFoSe2030 contributes to sustainable intensification of agriculture for increased food production on existing agricultural land. Policy briefs, reports, annual reports and scientific articles from the programme are listed here.

Outputs

Agriculture for food security 2030 - Translating science into policy and practice

The AgriFoSe2030 programme targets the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 - "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture" in low-income countries. We synthesise and translate existing science into policy and practice, and develop capacity to achieve this.

The programme contributes to sustainable intensification of agriculture, increased market access for smallholders and strengthen the role of women and youth.

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