Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Scoping Projects Announced

The Innovate UK Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa is bringing innovative people and organisations together through a range of initiatives starting with Scoping Projects. Twelve Scoping Projects will build networks between the UK, Brazil, Ghana, and Nigeria. The projects will identify opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing to develop technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture solutions for sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.

Through 12 Scoping Projects led by UK universities and research and technology organisations, opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing will be identified. They will deliver collaborative networking activities to build a diverse network of stakeholders that develop productive research and innovation partnerships; and identify technology gaps with an opportunity to implement innovative collaborations that can lead to developing, commercialising, or scaling a technology.

Today, we are pleased to share the Scoping Project winners:

• A trilateral network for agroforestry and integrated regenerative landscape management to support climate resilient development and food security led by the University of York and Bangor University

• Climate-smart cowpea for Africa led by the University of Sheffield

• Development of a UK, Ghana, Nigeria, and Brazil network on cocoa improvement led by the University of Reading

• Digital Agri-Tech Africa-Brazil Ecosystem Engagement (DATA-BEE) led by the UK Agri-Tech Centre

• Enhancing Cassava Productivity in Africa: Connecting the dots for sustainable agriculture and higher yields in Ghana and Nigeria with microbial biological solutions led by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)

• Exploring how a blended approach of ecology, culture and technology can help translate nature-based solutions for pest-control into crop farming for African subsistence farming communities led by University College London (UCL)

• Identifying priority areas and aligned innovations for sustainable goat production in Africa led by Harper Adams University and University of Reading

• Scoping Climate-Smart Livestock Systems in Africa (SciCLiSA) led by the Global Academy of Agriculture & Food Systems, University of Edinburgh

• Silvopasture for climate resilient livestock systems led by the Organic Research Centre and Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol

• Soil health for productivity and climate resilience led by the University of Plymouth

• SusNet Cacao (Sustainability Network for Cocoa) led by the NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany) and Durham University
• Sustainable Oil Palm Options (SOPO) led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Get involved

Attend our online introduction webinar on 11 December 2024 to learn more about the topic-specific networks each Scoping Project will be looking to build, and future activities you can get involved with.

Join the Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa LinkedIn group to speak with the Scoping Project Leads and network with those in the community who work within sustainable agriculture. For the latest updates, subscribe to our mailing list.

Contact us

Please email us at agripartnership@iukbc.org.uk if you are keen to speak with a particular project.