Grant Contracts Awarded to the Beneficiaries of the AU Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals 2016 Edition
Grant Contracts Awarded to the Beneficiaries of the AU Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals 2016 Edition
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Financed
through the Agreement between the European Commission and the African
Union Commission DCI-PANAF/2015/307-078) under the Pan-African Programme (PanAf), based on
Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 establishing a financing instrument for
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Contract
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Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Duration
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Grant
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AURG-II-1-006-2016 |
Pest
Management Centre, Sokoine University of
Agriculture |
Tanzania |
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University
of Namibia, Namibia -
University
of Venda, South Africa -
University
of Swaziland, Swaziland -
University
of Greenwich, United Kingdom |
Ethiopia,
Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda,
Tanzania |
36
months |
994,000.00 |
73.99% | ||
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Action
title |
Ecologically
Based Rodent Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in
Africa (EcoRodMan) | ||||||||
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed | ||
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AURG-II-1-060-2016 |
University
of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute (NRI) |
United
Kingdom |
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Naliendele
Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) -
Department
for Agricultural Research Services (DARS) -
Tanzania
Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) |
Malawi
and Tanzania, Eastern and Southern African regions currently affected
cassava virus diseases and drought |
36
months |
989,642.10 |
78% | ||
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Action
title |
Dual-resistant
cassava for climate resilience, economic development and increased food
security of smallholders in eastern and southern Africa (DualCassava) | ||||||||
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed | ||
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AURG-II-1-074-2016 |
West
African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
(WASCAL) |
Ghana |
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Institut
du Sahel (INSAH), Mali -
Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn Institute for Crop Science and
Resource Conservation (INRES), Germany -
Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research,
Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU),
Germany -
International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya |
Volta-Niger
Basins –Burkina Faso & Mali– (for the case study transect) with
extensions to West African Region and Kenya (for the upscaling & modelling
framework) |
36
months |
957,760.00 |
80% | ||
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Action
title |
Upscaling
Site-Specific Climate-smart Agriculture and Land use practices to Enhance
Regional production Systems in West-Africa | ||||||||
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed |
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AURG-II-1-075-2016 |
FIFAMANOR
(Centre de développement rural et de recherche appliquée en
agriculture et en élevage ; Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy
Norveziana) |
Madagascar |
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Africa
Rice Centre (AfricaRice),
Madagascar -
National
Centre for Applied Research and Rural Development (FOFIFA),
Madagascar -
University
of Antananarivo (UA), Madagascar -
Higher
Polytechnic Institute of Manica (ISPM),
Mozambique -
Stellenbosch
University (SU), South Africa -
University
of Pretoria (UP), South Africa -
Walloon
Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W), Belgium -
Reunion
Island Association of Pastoralism (ARP), France -
French
Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD),
France |
Madagascar:
Central Highlands; Mozambique: Southern and Central Mozambique; South
Africa: Gauteng and North-West provinces |
36
months |
980,645.56 |
62.09% |
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Action
title |
ECOlogical
intensification pathways for the future of crop-livestock integration in
AFRICAn agriculture (EcoAfrica) |
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed |
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AURG-II-1-162-2016 |
Department
of Agricultural Research Services, Malawi |
Malawi |
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Ministry
of Agriculture and Food Security, Zambian (Ms. Cheelo Hamulinda Mudenda,) -
Department
of Irrigation Services, Malawian (Mr. Geoffrey Mwepa) |
Malawi
in Shire Valley (Chikwawa District) and Bwanje Valley (Ntcheu
District) and Lakeshore region (Salima
Districts). Zambia
in Southern, Eastern and Central Provinces which lie in Agro ecological
Zones I and II. |
36
months |
970,776.82 |
78.36% |
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Action
title |
Improving
the water and energy efficiency for food production through solar –
powered Micro – irrigation |
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed |
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AURG-II-1-179-2016 |
Kenya
Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
(KALRO) |
Kenya |
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IGAD
Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somalia -
Terra
Nuova, Italy |
North-West
Somalia (Somaliland) and North-eastern Kenya |
36
months |
752,033.51 |
80% |
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Action
title |
Intensifying
Camel Productivity through Integrated Control of Surra within the Somali ecosystem of the Horn of
Africa |
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed |
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AURG-II-1-196-2016 |
Makerere
University |
Uganda |
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National
Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria -
MRC-University
of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, United
Kingdom |
Uganda,
Nigeria, United
Kingdom |
36
months |
999,990.40 |
80% |
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Action
title |
Developing
innovative and sustainable approaches to prevent the spread of African
swine fever in Africa (ASF-RESIST) |
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Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
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amount (USD) |
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AURG-II-1-209-2016 |
WEST
AFRICA CENTRE FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT, (WACCI) |
Ghana |
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National
Horticultural Research Institute, (NIHORT), Nigeria -
Institute
de l’Environment et de Recherches Agricoles
(INERA), Burkina Faso -
CSIR,
Crops Research Institute (CRI), Ghana -
Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, (SLU),
Sweden |
Ghana,
Burkina Faso, Nigeria |
36
months |
999,933.81 |
68.623% |
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Action
title |
Crop
and Soil Health Improvement for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
towards Economic Transformation in West Africa |
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Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
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Action
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AURG-II-1-254-2016 |
Universidade
de Coimbra |
Portugal |
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Direcção
Parque Natural de Obô
de S. Tomé - Ministery of Agriculture, S. Tomé e
Príncipe, Santomean -
Direcção
de Florestas - Ministery of Agriculture, S. Tomé e Príncipe, Santomean -
Centro
Tecnológico Nacional
(CTN) - Ministery of Science and Thecnology (MINCT) - Angola, Angolan
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Centro
de Estudo e Investigação Científica de
Botânica - University Agostinho Neto, Angola,
Angolan |
S.
Tomé e Príncipe, island of S. Tomé, Buffer Zone of Parque Natural de Obô de S.
Tomé, Local Communities |
36
months |
793,097.98 |
80% |
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Action
title |
Implementation
of Agroforestry Systems in S. Tomé and Príncipe and development of
non-wood forest products (NWFP) in Angola and S. Tomé and Príncipe to
improve income-generation and food security |
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