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Blog #4 - Institutionalising collaboration through InfoRange Community Committees in Namibia and Kenya
Our bi-monthly blog is intended for project staff as well as interested stakeholders from science, policy and practice, to share experiences and mutually learn. It is an opportunity to showcase the multi-faceted nature in which we improve livelihoods and support sustainable land management through local research.
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Blog #3 - Socio-economic Survey of Farmers in the Senegal River Valley
Our bi-monthly blog is intended for project staff as well as interested stakeholders from science, policy and practice, to share experiences and mutually learn. It is an opportunity to showcase the multi-faceted nature in which we improve livelihoods and support sustainable land management through local research.
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Blog #2 - Highlights from 2023 and Planned Activities for 2024
Our bi-monthly blog is intended for project staff as well as interested stakeholders from science, policy and practice, to share experiences and mutually learn. It is an opportunity to showcase the multi-faceted nature in which we improve livelihoods and support sustainable land management through local research.
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Blog #1 - Connecting Climate Knowledge Across Continents
Our bi-monthly blog is intended for project staff as well as interested stakeholders from science, policy and practice, to share experiences and mutually learn. It is an opportunity to showcase the multi-faceted nature in which we improve livelihoods and support sustainable land management through local research.
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RURAL21 - Research Article
The INTERFACES project backs four regional ventures run by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and aimed at promoting sustainable land management in sub-Saharan Africa. Its mission focuses on developing change strategies to boost innovation and implementation processes. Link to article below.
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Fostering gender-responsive innovation adoption among smallholder farmers in Africa
Fostering new farming practices and innovation adoption among female and male smallholder farmers, including marginalised groups requires addressing the economic, environmental and socio-cultural dimensions of development and contribute to social justice and gender equity. This is not a self-evident process as some innovations have contributed to adverse environmental or social effects, resulting in low adoption rates and unsuccessful scaling of innovations. In this briefing series we highlight the reasons for low adoption rates among smallholder farmers and how gender-responsive innovation adoption can be fostered.
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MINODU: Fostering Local Sustainable Development Through Technology and Research
Rapid climate change is exposing subsistence farmers to enormous challenges, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several foreign aid programs have been set up to cope with these issues, many of which have focused on technical solutions. However, there seems to be a large gap between scientific research and the needs of local communities. Besides focusing on new ways to improve the resilience of local food production, there is also an urgent need to adapt available knowledge to the local context. Based on experiences from a project to co-create community networks in Togo in 2020, we aim to empower local stakeholders, including farmers and scientists, to adapt existing knowledge of sustainable crop farming to current practices. New modes of knowledge exchange can be established with the help of participatory design. These methods may help to foster a collective approach to learning that enables people to cope with global challenges on a local level, all while valuing the traditional practices of local farmers and enriching them with scientific knowledge.
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Frederike Klümper (discussion)
Discussion: Dr. Frederike Klümper "Empowering communities for a just transition towards land degradation neutrality: evidence from Benin, Kenya, Madagascar and Malawi"
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Frederike Klümper (presentation)
Presentation: Dr. Frederike Klümper "Empowering communities for a just transition towards land degradation neutrality: evidence from Benin, Kenya, Madagascar and Malawi"
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Dr. Colin Stanley on InfoRange project
Dr. Colin Stanley explains about the InfoRange project during an interview on Namibia Connect.
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Till Below (discussion)
Discussion: Dr. Till Below "Towards climate resilient agri‐food systems in Africa: Providing farmers with climate data for informed decision-making”
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Till Below (presentation)
Presentation: Dr. Till Below "Towards climate resilient agri‐food systems in Africa: Providing farmers with climate data for informed decision-making”
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Working with Theories of Change: The INTERFACES Approach
Visual Report and Documentary of INTERFACES: COINS & DecLaRe Workshop in Tamale, Ghana organized and facilitated by INTERFACES Implementers: FARA, WASCAL, UBIDS, ZEF, IDOS & INRES
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Farmer Mahama Yakubu shares his experience practicing ISFM in the Tolon District, Ghana
Visual Report and Documentary of INTERFACES: COINS & DecLaRe Workshop Tolon District Field Visit in Tamale, Ghana organized and facilitated by INTERFACES Implementers: FARA, WASCAL, UBIDS, ZEF, IDOS & INRES
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Colloquium Series - Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom (discussion)
Discussion: Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom "United for land - Partners, networks and contributions from a German perspective"
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Colloquium Series - Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom (presentation)
Presentation: Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom "United for land - Partners, networks and contributions from a German perspective"
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Constance Awinpoka Akurugu (discussion)
Discussion: Dr. Constance Awinpoka Akurugu “Gender-based violence in northern Ghana and the role of traditional leaders in combating it”
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Constance Awinpoka Akurugu (presentation)
Presentation: Dr. Constance Awinpoka Akurugu “Gender-based violence in northern Ghana and the role of traditional leaders in combating it”
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Heike Baumüller (discussion)
Discussion: Dr. Heike Baumüller "Digitalization in Agriculture: Potentials and Pitfalls"
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Colloquium Series - Dr. Heike Baumüller (presentation)
Presentation: Dr. Heike Baumüller "Digitalization in Agriculture: Potentials and Pitfalls"
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Impression Video Tropentag 2023
The BMBF funded programme INTERFACES and the four regional projects, COINS, DecLaRe, InfoRange and Minodu came together at the Tropentag Conference from the 20th to 22nd of September in Berlin. Highlight was the pre-conference workshop organised by INTERFACES.
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Colloquium Series - Dr. David Anaafo (discussion)
Discussion: Dr. David Anaafo "Will customary land rights hold in Ghana"
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Colloquium Series - Dr. David Anaafo (presentation)
Presentation: Dr. David Anaafo "Will customary land rights hold in Ghana"
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Colloquium Series - Prof. Hornidge (discussion)
Discussion: Prof. Dr. Anna‐Katharina Hornidge "Research for the global common Good. Science as a World-making Activity"
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Colloquium Series - Prof. Hornidge (presentation)
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Anna‐Katharina Hornidge "Research for the global common Good. Science as a World-making Activity"
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Keynote with Johns Kharika (UNCCD)
This video was taken during the first Status Seminar held in hybrid form (first day only) and online 26-28 April 2023 at IDOS in Bonn.
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Impression Video First Status Seminar
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) funds transdisciplinary research on sustainable land management in order to improve livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Insights into the research project INTERFACES
In the video, the project leader Tina Beuchelt presents the project, which explores pathways to support sustainable land management in Africa.
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Science Communication and Knowledge Management
The forum encompasses all African and non-African stakeholders committed to enhancing Africa’s agricultural productivity, competitiveness, and markets to help achieve the national, regional, continental and global SDGs for poverty and hunger reduction, and environmental sustainability. A large part of knowledge management in INTERFACES will be based on FARA’s proven methodologies and platforms and will systematically merge the regional projects’ findings with other processes and stakeholders involved in sustainable land management in Sub-Sahara Africa.
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