Moringa Platform Development: Identifying knowledge gaps for sustainability and livelihood improvement in East and South Africa

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 PROJECT SUMMARY

Project name

Moringa Platform Development: Identifying knowledge gaps for sustainability and
livelihood improvement in East and South Africa

Project short-name

Moringa Platform

AMU project code

EXT/SWE/TH02/CNS/Bio/03/2016

Project phase

I

Partner countries

Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Czech Republic, and Sweden

AMU coordinating office

Biology Department, College of Natural and Computational Sciences

Project type

Research and community development

Project location

Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa

Target communities

Ethiopian, Kenyan, Zambian, and South Africa moringa growing farmers

Project investigators

Anna Maňourov (Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CZU, Czech Republic);
Awoke Guadie Alemu (AMU); Shambel Boku Solaho (Gamo Zone Agricultural Department),
Salmina Mokgehle (University of Mpumalanga, Mbombela, South Africa), Molepo Nkoti Solly
(North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, South Africa); Masresha Belachew
(South West Ethiopia, Agriculture Bureau); George M. Ogendi (Environmental Science Department,
Egerton University, Kenya)

Total project budget ( €)

23,000

Project start

1-Nov-23

Project end

1-Oct-24

Financial reporting period

Annually

Project finance management office

  

Progress reporting period

Annually

Contact person

Dr. Awoke Guadie Alemu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Project Management Office

Office of the Director for Grant and Collaborative Project Management:
Dr. Thomas Torora (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Moringa Platform project aims to initiate a research and development (R&D) network between Sweden and partners in East and South Africa focused on moringa production. Various stakeholders will be brought together to identify future directions as well as knowledge gaps in the moringa value chain. To provide a complex overview of moringa plant cultivation potential together with marketing and product processing gaps, all the value chain nodes will be addressed by involving different stakeholders (researchers, smallholder farmers and policymakers). The project will be coordinated in line with sustainable development goals (SDGs), specifically targeting SDGs 1 (No poverty), 2 (Zero hunger) and 3 (Good health and well-being), leading to SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production). This will be achieved through three main activities: 1) Project coordination and network formation; 2) Pilot study: data collection and knowledge gaps identification; and 3) Project outcomes dissemination and follow-up preparation. At the end of the project, a viable moringa platform will be created, ready to address identified knowledge gaps through future joint R&D initiatives.