AfriNutriForest
April 23, 2024 2024-05-03 17:08AfriNutriForest
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Agroforestry reinvented
The project aims to develop, test and promote innovative sustainable agroforestry systems (arbo-market gardens) using participatory and transdisciplinary approaches in Senegal and Kenya.
Arbo-market gardens will produce healthy and nutritious fruits and vegetables in an agro-ecological and socially acceptable way to diversify the diets of local populations, transform horticulture into a resilient food system and improve the livelihoods of local communities. Agro-ecological intensification in arbo-market gardens in a “reinvented way” particularly seeks solutions that are low-cost and offer labour-saving technologies. It also promotes farm management and rural agro- entrepreneurship models that are attractive to rural youth.
In five work packages (WP) the project addresses the monitoring of sustainability challenges along selected value chains (WP1); performs scientist-led on-farm research of innovative agroecological practices (WP2) and farmer-led research through farmer field schools (WP3) in arbo-market gardens with solar-powered and digital technologies to increase productivity while reducing manual labour, production costs and use of agrochemicals. Co-learning and training on agroecological practices and innovations and South-South exchange will be disseminated through WP4, while the project coordination and cooperation is performed in WP5.
Team
![Picture of Dr. Silke Stöber](https://www.sle-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/601-e1713813387463-300x300.jpg)
Dr. Silke Stöber
Project lead
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Aicha Mechri
Project manager & focal point Senegal
![Picture of Dr. Katja Kehlenbeck](https://www.sle-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/user-placeholder1000-300x300.jpg)
Dr. Katja Kehlenbeck
Project manager & focal point Kenya
![Picture of Mathilda Fuhrmeister](https://www.sle-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/user-placeholder1000-300x300.jpg)
Mathilda Fuhrmeister
Student assistant
Partner countries
- Senegal
- Kenia
- Germany
Partner
Dr. Rose Kigathi, Pwani University
- Dr. John Chelal, Plant Village
Papa Madiama Diop, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA)
- Leon Diouf, Eclosio
- Fatimata Diop, Association pour la Promotion de l’Agroforesterie et de la Foresterie (APAF)
- In cooperation with Université Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Senegal
Project duration
1.04.2024 – 31.03.2027
Project Budget
1.015.108,64 €
Funding agency
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture - BMEL