Knowledge Base

The three main local partners will engage with districts stakeholders and district government and private sector and seek their commitment and involvement in the project.

• The Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC) has a focus on improving food and livelihood security of the rural poor through scientific management of natural resources and community-based initiatives. Therefore, they are supporting the field implementation of the project through their operational strategy knowledge.
• Bhittibhumi is an NGO working, among other things, on the theme of agroecology with a focus on gender equality and organic farming. They also are supporting the field implementation.
• Sahaja Samrudha with their work and capacity on encouraging farmers towards organic farming, they are, as well, supporting the project on the field implementation.

• Raya Karkara is a platform that brings together a multi-actor network that works to promote agroecology, support family farming, capitalise on experiences and share and create synergies. As a partner organisation of AFSA, they are supporting the policy implementation side of the project.
• AgriProFocus is a multi-stakeholder network for innovative entrepreneurs in agricultural value chains to link agribusiness and development. They support the project on the demand and supply implementation sides.
• Kundji Fondo is a local NGO working on malnutrition, the health sector, nutrition, and food security sectors. Their specific interest is the nutritional education focused on functional literacy for young women and girls and their empowerment. For the project, they are supporting the demand implementation side.
• Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) works on the design and execution of agricultural research programmes in all areas of rural development as well as the coordination of agricultural research in the country. They support the project on the supply implementation, through the characterisation of the NUS and the valorisation of them, and on the policy side.
• SUSTLIVES is a project coordinated by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) that aims to foster the transition of sustainability and climate change resilient food and agricultural systems in Burkina Faso and Niger.  Given the similarity of the thematic with CROPS4HD synergies are likely to arise.

• The Plateforme d’Echanges et de Promotion de l’Agriculture Familiale (PEPAF) is a platform that brings together a range of multi-actors that works to provide technical support for the promotion of family farming. For the project, it will support the implementation of activities on the policy and advocacy side.
• The Institut Tchadien de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (ITRAD) is supporting the implementation of the national agricultural research policy, contributing to the identification of rural development projects as well as carrying out scientific and technical research necessary for the development of plant, forest and fisheries production while ensuring a rational management of natural resources. For the project, they will provide support regarding the supply implementation through the characterisation of the NUS.
• The University of Agronomy and Environment of Sarh will provide support the project in the supply implementation through the characterisation of the NUS.
• PROFISEM (Programme d’Opérationnalisation de la fillière semencière au Tchad) is a program under the guardianship of the Ministry of Production, Irrigation and Agricultural Equipment (MPIEA) and implemented by the German International Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ InS). Its focus is on the development of the seed sector as well as the diversification and improvement of agricultural production systems in certain intervening provinces. Given the similarity of the thematic of action of the program as well as the common provinces, synergies with CROPS4HD are likely to arise.

• The Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) aims is to strengthen national agricultural research system, to enhance the development and dissemination of technologies, innovations and management practices, to address the real needs of farmers and other agricultural stakeholders. For the project, they will support on the supply implantation side with the characterisation of the NUS.
• The Tanzania Alliance for Biodiversity (TABIO) is an alliance of civil society and private sector organizations concerned with biodiversity conservation, with an emphasis on agricultural biodiversity for livelihood security and food sovereignty. They will support the project on demand implantation side, with a support to the peasant groups related to indigenous seed and agrobiodiversity, and also on the policy implementation side.