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GRANT
CONTRACTS AWARDED TO THE BENEFICIARIES OF
THE AFRICAN UNION 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
development cooperation (DCI) for the period 2014-2020. |
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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Duration
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Grant
amount |
(%) financed by
EU |
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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
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University
of Venda, South Africa
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University
of Swaziland, Swaziland
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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
by
EU |
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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)
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Department
for Agricultural Research Services (DARS)
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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
by
EU |
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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
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Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn Institute for Crop Science and
Resource Conservation (INRES), Germany
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Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research,
Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU),
Germany
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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
by
EU |
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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
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National
Centre for Applied Research and Rural Development (FOFIFA),
Madagascar
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University
of Antananarivo (UA), Madagascar
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Higher
Polytechnic Institute of Manica (ISPM),
Mozambique
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Stellenbosch
University (SU), South Africa
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University
of Pretoria (UP), South Africa
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Walloon
Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W), Belgium
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Reunion
Island Association of Pastoralism (ARP), France
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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
by
EU |
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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,)
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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
by
EU |
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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
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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
by
EU |
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AURG-II-1-196-2016 |
Makerere
University |
Uganda |
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National
Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
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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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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed
by
EU |
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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
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Institute
de l’Environment et de Recherches Agricoles
(INERA), Burkina Faso
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CSIR,
Crops Research Institute (CRI), Ghana
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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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Contract
Number |
Beneficiary |
Nationality |
Partner
Institutions |
Action
location |
Action
duration |
Grant
amount (USD) |
(%) financed
by
EU |
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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
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Direcção
de Florestas - Ministery of Agriculture, S. Tomé e Príncipe, Santomean
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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
Angola, Provinces of Bengo, Kwanza Sul and Benguela |
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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