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WP1 Strengthening soil research

WP2 Sustainable dairy production

WP3 Agricultural practices in changing climate

WP4 Traditional foods for nutrition

WP5 Reducing risk of mycotoxins

WP6 Better market access through ICT

WP7 Innovative extension approaches

Midterm Seminar 2014

Final Seminar 2016

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FoodAfrica – Improving Food Security in West and East Africa

FoodAfrica is a research and development Programme enhancing food security in West and East Africa. The objective of the Programme is to provide new knowledge and tools for researchers, decision makers and local farmers to improve local food security. The FoodAfrica Programme is implemented in six countries: Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda.

FoodAfrica Programme is coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The other cooperating partners are four CGIAR institutions and two Finnish universities:

Food Africa Programme's main funding agency is the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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Sustainable and profitable milk production in Senegal – see the Food Africa programme’s video!

Doubling the income of milk producers puts food on the table of many African families

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

Cooperation between business and research is the key to sustainable development

Register to FoodAfrica Seminar on Global Food Security 12 April 2016

Luke’s Executive Vice President Johanna Buchert visited FoodAfrica partners in Kenya

Climate is changing the rules

Blog by Martti Esala: Healthy soils are the key to Green Revolution in Africa

Luke and FARA are seeking cooperation possibilities

FoodAfrica team met and strategised in Nairobi

Drought risk calls for a range of methods to ensure food security

FoodAfrica Supervisory Board visited Ol Kalou Dairy Cooperative

Amy Faye studies ways to adapt to climate change

Blog by Keith Shepherd: The simplicity of light is revolutionising the measurement of soil health

Katri Leinonen is analyzing Ugandan smallholders’ market access

Population growth and climate change can shape extensive livestock husbandry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Two billion people suffer from hidden hunger

Beatrice Tuei is developing a solution for farmers’ fodder issues

Kenyan meteorological experts trained in Finland

Seminar on food and nutrition security gathered experts in Helsinki in June

Weather data helps to forecast the risk of mycotoxin formation in the dairy chain

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