Innovative and integrative agroforestry in Africa: strengthening rural livelihoods and resilience to climate change

Abstract

The "GALILEO" project focuses on genuine cooperation among various stakeholders by developing context-specific, people-centered and innovative agroforestry solutions. The focus lies on agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in agro-pastoral (agriculture and livestock), agroforestry (agriculture and trees) and agro-silvo-pastoral (agriculture, trees and livestock in combination) regions.

The aim is to strengthen agroforestry as an effective strategy for coping with climate change - not only in agriculture but in households as well as society in general. At the same time, the project promotes biodiversity and contributes to a more sustainable future.

Project website

Financing

• State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
• European Commission

Project partners

• Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), France
• Wageningen University (WU), Netherlands
• Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), France
• Università degli Studi della Basilicata (UNIBAS), Italy
• IQ-Plan International Advisors, Greece
• Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Senegal
• Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE), Senegal
• Embu University, Kenya
• University of Ghana, Ghana
• International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya
• Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (IRAD), Cameroon
• Farm Africa, Kenya
• University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Nitidae, France
• Conseil National de Concertation et de Cooperation (CNCR), Senegal
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria
• Max Havelaar, France
• Terre Verte, France
• Nature Conservation Research Center, Ghana
• 4 local farmer cooperatives
• Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland

FiBL project leader/ contact

• Nicolay Gian L. (Department of International Cooperation)

FiBL project staff

• Marohn Carsten (Department of Soil Sciences)

Role of FiBL

Project partner

Project results

• FiBL publications from the project available in the Organic Eprints online archive

Further information

• cordis.europa.eu: Project on the CORDIS Website

Group/ Work area/ Location

• Policy & Sector Development (Department of International Cooperation, FiBL Switzerland)

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