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    Supporting innovation towards environmentally sound, climate smart and socially just agri-food systems transformation.

    DeSIRA-LIFT (Leveraging the DeSIRA Initiative for agri-food systems transformation) is a service facility supporting the DeSIRA Initiative (Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture, in short DeSIRA) funded by the European Commission.

     

    DeSIRA aims to bridge the gap between research and policy making towards resilient, sustainable and equitable agri-food systems in the Global South.

    DeSIRA-LIFT provides services to DeSIRA Initiative’s implementers under three service areas, aligned with the DeSIRA pillars:

    Service Area 1

    Support to the country-based DeSIRA projects to enhance their impacts by promoting Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) thinking and the use of developmental evaluation approaches.

    Service Area 2

    Support to African apex organisations for research on agricultural development (CORAFASARECA, CCARDESA and FARA), extension (AFAAS) and higher education (RUFORUM), and add value to global initiatives TAP and GFAR.

    Service Area 3

    Support to co-create knowledge and evidence to feed policy dialogues and programming on agri-food systems in the Global South.

    Updates

    Call for experts

    DeSIRA-LIFT is looking for an expert to conduct a rapid review of regional agricultural policies in Africa.
    📅 Deadline for applications: 30 August 2023.
    🔗 Download the Terms of Reference for further details.

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    Call for experts

    DeSIRA-LIFT is looking for two experts to conduct a scoping study on existing funding mechanisms for innovation in Africa.
    📅 Deadline for applications: 15 August 2023.
    🔗 Download the Terms of Reference for further details.

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    Call for experts

    DeSIRA-LIFT is looking for an Expert  in Agricultural and Innovation Policies and an Expert in Communicating Research.
    📅 Deadline for applications: 23 June 2023.
    🔗 Download the Terms of Reference for further details.

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    Advancing Agroecology for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Africa

    DeSIRA-LIFT, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) jointly hosted a parallel session during the 8th African Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW8), focusing on “Improving Climate Resilience and Sustainability of Farming and Food Systems: Exploring the Contribution of Agroecology”. Read the main takeaways from the event.

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     Implementing partners of DeSIRA-LIFT

     
     
    Agrinatura members:

    Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
    Centre for international cooperation research and development in agriculture (CIRAD)
    Instituto Superior de Agronomia / University of Lisbon (ISA)
    Natural Resources Institute / University of Greenwich (NRI)
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

    European Forum for Agricultural Research (EFARD):

    COLEAD – Committee Linking Entrepreneurship-Agriculture-Development

    Contact

    info@desiralift.org

    Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation 

    P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen
    the Netherlands

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