TREEFOOD Project: Enhancing nutritious food availability through promotion of native edible tree/shrub species in Sub-Saharan Africa

What about

The project aims at supporting so-called farmer-led innovation platforms in improving collection, production, processing and marketing of products from edible tree/shrub species, whereas field schools will be established to disseminate technologies. This holistic approach will allow the sustainable development, use and conservation of a number of local tree species occurring in the different agro-ecological zones. Additionally, preservation and improvement of the ecosystem services they provide will ensure/improve the livelihoods of rural communities.

Partners

• Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique/Institut d’Economie Rurale (Mali)
• Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d’Estimations Forestières/University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
• Institute for training and research on life and earth sciences/University Ouaga/Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso)
• Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Niamey (Niger)
• Department of Bioscience/Aarhus University (Denmark)
• Ghent University (Belgium)

Funder

 Thought for Food1 Initiative (Agropolis Fondation, Fondazione Cariplo and Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso)