The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) together with Agropolis fondation (AF), Gearbox Pan African Network (GB) and Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) have formed a consortium to implement a project called Accelerating Inclusive Green Growth through Agri-based Digital Innovation in West Africa (AGriDI), one of the ACP Innovation Fund granteed projects.
Nine (9) third-party projects have been selected through a call for proposals and will be funded under AGriDI. The third-party projects will start from March 1, 2022, for a duration of two years.
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Name of Entity |
Country |
Project Title |
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Université de Parakou |
Benin |
AGriCef, Une solution digitale pour une gestion agro-écologique plus efficace et efficiente de la Chenille Légionnaire d’Automne (CLA) au Nord Bénin |
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Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (FUNAAB) |
Nigeria |
Digital Soil Mapping for Optimal Agricultural Yield and Sustainable Soil Biodiversity in Southwest Nigeria Using Artificial Intelligence |
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) |
Ghana |
Precision Pest and Disease Management System based on Multidimensional Big Data |
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African Green Corporation SA |
Benin |
Boosting rice and maize supply chains through innovative e-market and financial services to smallholder farmers in Benin (BoMeF) |
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Sosai Renewable Energy |
Nigeria |
MarketMap: Improving Women’s opportunities to access microfinance for solar-powered agro-processing equipment |
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Esoko Limited |
Ghana |
Digital Tools to Drive Market Access and Manage Ag-Value Chains |
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AgroCenta Limited |
Ghana |
Scaling AgroCenta Platform and Adoption for Effective Market Linkages in Ghana |
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Centre d’Actions pour l’Environnement |
Benin |
Renforcement de l’environnement politique et réglementaire pour le développement et la mise à l’échelle des innovations numériques dans |
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Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial |
Ghana |
Enhancing farmers’ uptake of digital technologies through empirical research, innovation and policy intervention |
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