Who are we?
AGRINATURA-EEIG is the operational arm of Agrinatura, the European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development
It is composed of 8 Members (Agrinatura Association, CIRAD, IAO, IICT, INIA, IRD, NRI, WUR), encompassing 35 research and higher education organizations from 18 European countries
What are we doing ?
AGRINATURA-EEIG is working in partnership with:
· the European Commission
- Strategy analysis on the Use Biotechnologies in Developing Countries
- Monitoring of EC funded CGIAR projects
· the European Initiative on Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD)
- Policy and strategic support on key ARD topics- Studies and policy briefs on
- Making ARD more pro-poor
- Capacity Development
- Impact Assessment
- International Assessment on Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
- Feasibility study for bi-regional Platforms on Agricultural Research for Development: Europe-Asia and Europe-Latin America
· Producers Organizations at the global (IFAP), regional (e.g. PAFFO, EAFF, PROPAC, SACAU) and national level
- Empowering Smallholders Farmers in the Market (ESFIM)
- Developing accessible systems to manage risks in family agriculture in Africa
· Development Partners , such as civil society groups, farmers organisations, private sector, research and education networks in Europe and in the south
- Platform for African-European partnership for Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD), in collaboration with the Forum on Agricultural research in Africa (FARA)
- Support to the Secretariat of the European Forum on Agricultural research for Development (EFARD)