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TECA partners
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AATF
African Agriculture Technology Foundation.
Nairobi- Kenya
(http://www.aftechfound.org/) |
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The African Agriculture Technology
Foundation AAFT is facilitating and
promoting partnerships with public
and private sector entities designed
to remove many of the barriers that
have prevented smallholder farmers
in sub-Saharan Africa from gaining
access to existing agricultural technologies
that could help improve food security
and reduce poverty. AATF's operations
are based in Africa and are led, managed
and directed by Africans. |
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FHIA
Honduran Foundation for Agricultural
Research
(http://www.fhia.org.hn/) |
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FHIA, is a private, non-profit organization,
with the purpose of generating and
transferring technology thereby contributing
to the expansion and improvement of
the agricultural sector, in order
to benefit the producer and strengthen
the national economy. It was founded
on 1984 through an agreement between
the Honduran and US government, represented
by USAID. Headquarter is in the city
of La Lima, department of Cortés,
Honduras. |
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ICBA
The International Center for Biosaline
Agriculture
(http://www.biosaline.org/) |
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The mandate of the The International
Center for Biosaline Agriculture is
to develop sustainable management
systems to irrigate food and forage
crops and ornamental plants with saline
water and to provide a resource of
salt-tolerant plants for socio-economic
development in arid and semi-arid
areas and salt-affected areas of the
Islamic World and elsewhere. |
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IITA
The International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture Nigeria
(http://www.iita.org/) |
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The mission of the International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA) is to enhance the food security,
income, and well-being of resource-poor
people in sub-Saharan Africa by conducting
research and related activities to
increase agricultural production,
improve food systems, and sustainably
manage natural resources, in partnership
with national and international stakeholders. |
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IRRI
International Rice Research Institute
(http://www.irri.org/default.asp) |
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The International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI) is an autonomous, nonprofit
agricultural research and training
organization with offices in more
than ten nations. The Institute’s
main goal is to find sustainable ways
to improve the well-being of present
and future generations of poor rice
farmers and consumers while at the
same time protecting the environment |
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LEAD
– Livestock Environment Agriculture
Development
(http://www.virtualcentre.org/) |
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is an Initiative which its targets
at the protection and enhancement
of natural resources as affected by
livestock production while alleviating
poverty. Earlier work of LEAD has
identified, at a global scale, the
consequences of increased pressure
on grazing and mixed farming systems
and the dangers of the shift to industrial
modes of production. |
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WARDA
The Africa Rice Centre
(http://www.warda.cgiar.org/) |
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The mission of the Africa Rice Centre
is to contribute to poverty alleviation
and food security in Africa, through
research, development and partnership
activities aimed at increasing the
productivity and profitability of
the rice sector in ways that ensure
the sustainability of the farming
environment. |
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