Deadline- 30th April, 2011
Countries/Region- Tanzania
In Tanzania, Agriculture, including forestry, livestock and fisheries, is the main source of livelihood for more than 83% of the poor who live and work on the land. They are therefore a vital component of any efforts to transform Tanzanian agriculture.
Productivity of agriculture remains low compared to Asia and Latin America and effects of Climate Change such as frequent droughts and unreliability of rainfall patterns further aggravate food and livelihood insecurity for the majority of rural population and the urban poor.
The Sokoine University of Agriculture has over the years developed and tested a good number of productivity enhancing technologies and best practices in various pilot villages in the country.
The purpose of EPINAV is to “enhance productivity, livelihood security and human capacity of target communities to utilize pro-poor and climate change adapted innovations in agriculture and natural resources value chains”.
The Research Component has four themes:
- Innovation systems research for up-scaling of technologies and best practices.
- Adaptation of agriculture and Natural Resources to Climate Change.
- Policy Research Analysis and Governance.
- Innovative communication and knowledge dissemination pathways.
Eligibility-
- contribute to the programme objectives;
- be led by a senior SUA researcher ;
- address a specific research theme or specific priority commodity for a particular District, Region or Zone in Tanzania.
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