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CRARF
Project: Agricultural Research & Capacity Building Programme (ARCB) for post-conflict regions of Angola & DR Congo
Project Manager: World Vision
Contact: Dr Hans
Peter Zerfas +49 6172 763 232 (Hans-Peter_Zerfas@wvi.org)
Project Partners
1. Agricultural
Research Institute (IIA), Angola
2.
National
Institute of Agricultural Research
(INERA), DRC
Project
location:
(1) Huambo -
central highlands of Angola
(2)
Bas-Congo
& Kinshasa regions (DRC).
Grant Amount €998,980
Project Start Date 1
January 2007
Overall Objectives
- Improve sustainable
crop production technologies and systems for management of natural
resources to
increase agricultural production and productivity.
- Empower smallholder
Farmer Associations and develop an integrated value chain for selected
high
value crops
Specific Objective
- To re-vitalize the capacity of the
National Agricultural Research
Systems (NARS) in Angola
and DRC to carry out market -led research to address the needs of
smallholder farmers.
Major Activities
- Collection and screening of
local germplasm
- (maize ,Irish potato,
phaseolus beans,
groundnut & other field crops)
- Field trial evaluation of
improved germplasm from regional initiatives
- maize, Irish potato, rice
& beans from
CGIAR centres
- Technology advancement with
farmer organisations and on-farm field
trials
- Seed multiplication of
groundnut, upland
& wetland rice varieties
- evaluation of bean, maize, Irish potato & groundnut varieties
- Field trial evaluation of
organic & inorganic fertilizers
- Technology advancement to
improve soil fertility
- improved fallow and cover
crop trials
- fertilizer
combination trials
- Identification of National
Market preferences and demand characteristics
for crop varieties
- Collection of market price,
transport information and input/output
market feasability studies
- Radio and farmer to farmer
technology advancement
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