Building trilateral partnerships in Ghana and Nigeria
This pilot programme will build collaborations and enable knowledge sharing between the UK, Brazil and Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) to develop technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture in Ghana and Nigeria.
Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that guides actions to transform food systems towards green and climate resilient practices. It supports reaching internationally agreed goals such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It aims to tackle three main objectives:
- sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes
- adapting and building resilience to climate change
- reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions, where possible (FAO, 2024)
By accelerating the development, adoption and scaling of technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture the programme will promote sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.
Experience, strengths and complementarities between these nations will drive new research, technological demonstration, scale solutions, and support sustainable agriculture and food security. This trilateral partnership pilot will strengthen international connections, opening new routes for the exchange of ideas and new markets for innovative businesses.
The Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and delivered by Innovate UK.
EXPLORE PROJECTS
Trilateral partnerships to drive innovation in climate-smart agriculture
Innovate UK has awarded funding to 30 projects promoting climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems. The projects are all collaborations between the UK, Brazil and Ghana or Nigeria.
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Funding support available
Scoping Projects
A series of scoping projects led by UK universities or research and technology organisations to build trilateral networks and identify opportunities for public-private collaboration and knowledge sharing. Applications closed on the 2 October 2024.
Innovation Awards
A cohort of six-month long trilateral Innovation Awards to build early-stage partnerships to enable technology transfer and development. Competitions will be for innovation-focused trilateral projects (UK-Brazil-Nigeria / UK-Brazil-Ghana) requiring business involvement. International partners will be able to claim costs for their activities on the projects. Applications closed on the 7 May 2025.
Travel Grants
Travel grants to build/strengthen connections between potential partners and increase engagement between research institutions and the private sector across the UK, Brazil, and Africa. International partners will be able to claim eligible travel and subsistence costs. Applications closed on the 7 May 2025.
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Related Events and Recordings
Wed
11
Dec
2024
Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Scoping Projects: Introduction & Networking Webinar
14.00 - 15.00 GMT | Online
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Trilateral partnerships to drive innovation in climate-smart agriculture
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New Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Scoping Project reports published
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