Rwanda

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Projects with partners - Rwanda (7)

• African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE)

  The African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) is a network of 127 educational institutions in Africa whose objective is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management. The ANAFE Coordination Unit is hosted at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi. This provides a vantage for network management, linkages with the research and development activities of ICRAF and its partners, and convenient communication facilities.

• Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA)

  CIALCA is a new initiative to revitalize the agricultural smallholder sector in Central Africa. The geographic focus lies on DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. 3 specific projects are joined within the activities of the Consortium: 1. Impact Pathways in Musa-based Systems (INIBAP ) 2. Sustainable and Profitable Banana-based Systems (IITA) 3. Enhancing resilience of agro-ecosystems (TSBF-CIAT). Local coordinator: N. Sanginga; Belgian coordinator: R. Merckx

• Fighting drought and aluminum toxicity: Integrating functional genomics, phenotypic screening and participatory evaluation with women and small-scale farmers to develop stress-resistant common bean and Brachiaria for the tropics

  To contribute to food security and sustainability of crop-livestock systems in tropical areas prone to drought stress and aluminum (AI) toxicity To discover drought and Al resistance candidate genes that are involved in maintaining root elongation under stress; to develop phenotypic and molecular tools to facilitate marker assisted selection (MAS) in common bean and Brachiaria; and to increase benefits to resource-poor farmers from stress-adapted, improved common bean and Brachiaria

• Fighting drought and aluminum toxicity: Integrating functional genomics, phenotypic screening and participatory evaluation with women and small-scale farmers to develop stress-resistant common bean and Brachiaria for the tropics

  Goal: To contribute to food security and sustainability of crop-livestock systems in tropical areas prone to drought stress and aluminum (AI) toxicity Purpose: To discover drought and Al resistance candidate genes that are involved in maintaining root elongation under stress; to develop phenotypic and molecular tools to facilitate marker assisted selection (MAS) in common bean and Brachiaria; and to increase benefits to resource-poor farmers from stress-adapted, improved common bean and Brachiaria

• Etude du fonctionnement de l'écosystème du lac Kivu en vue de son exploitation durable

  The main objective of the project is to conduct a comprehensive study of the main compartments of the ecosystem of Lake Kivu, and to develop a model of ecosystem function. The emphasis is on limnology, nutrients, and plankton in the pelagic zone.

• Mitigating the impact of climate change on rice disease resistance in East Africa

  Goal: To increase well-being of farmers growing rice in East Africa despite climate change. Purpose: To mitigate the impact of climate change on occurrence and virulence of rice pathogens affecting rice yield in East Africa.

• Promotion of neglected indigenous vegetable crops (IV) for nutritional health in Eastern and Southern Africa (Phase II)

  Goal: To improve household food security of resource-poor groups in Eastern and Southern Africa by; 1) Safeguarding biodiversity of indigenous vegetables (IVs), 2) reducing malnutrition and poverty among small-scale farmers and consumers through promotion, production and consumption of IVs and 3) diversifying and stabilizing farmers’ income and nutritional health through higher quality seed and improved cultivation practices of IV crops Purpose: To enhance genetic resource base, technology dissemination and improved seed of IVs to safeguard biodiversity for better health, nutrition and improved income