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Project DIVAGRI, a bio-based horizon
Project 'Revenue diversification pathways in Africa through bio-based and circular agricultural...
Start of the EU project DIVAGRI: Agricultural innovation for African smallholders
On June 1, 2021, the research project “Revenue diversification pathways in Africa through...
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Improving soil fertility with intercropping in Lake Agege
SMALL farmers at Lake Agege, Ghana are experimenting with intercropping Okra, cowpeas and Melons to improve soil...
DIVAGRI and SUWI
Stellenbosch University Water Institute is working with small farmers in Lynedoch to co-create technologies that develop new business opportunities and …
CLAY-BASED irrigation could reduce water use by more than half in semi-arid Botswana
DIVAGRI researchers from Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) are experimenting with...
Its never too late
Small farmer Mona Stone (64) was 16 years old when she had to leave school to help support her brothers and sisters….
A small farmer with a big vision
JOE Barends, the new head of a secondary cooperative in Lynedoch outside Stellenbosch called the Stellenbosch Farmer…
Kwa Ndaba Farmers Rate Divagri Technologies
A group of small farmers from Kwa Ndaba in KwaZulu Natal travelled to Pretoria to rate the seven bio-based...
Smallholder Farmers in Ghana Research Pigeon Pea and Maize Intercropping
SMALLHOLDER farmers in Ejura, Ghana are using their ethnobotanical knowledge of intercropping pigeon peas and maize to...
DIVAGRI tests Gliricidia Sepium as an intercrop for Maize Farmers in Mozambique
Wonder Tree Gliricidia Sepium being researched in Guro, Mozambique DIVAGRI researchers in Guro, Manica Province –...
Reviving the forgotten taste of Namibia
At first sight, a small patch of land at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Hotel School grounds...
DIVAGRI launches its Webinar Series
Hear and explore how our projects are delivering on diversifying revenue in rural Africa through bio-based solutions. Access to insightful information from our experts in agricultural systems, bio-based solutions and beyond. The project DIVAGRI is paving the way towards the African Union and the European Union partnership via co-creating and co-operating with real-scale pilot experiment and advancing pioneering bio-based solutions.
DIVAGRI represented at the IV International Symposium for Agriculture and Food (ISAF 2022)
The IV International Symposium for Agriculture and Food (ISAF 2022) on 12-14 October 2022 takes place in Ohrid, North Macedonia, and is organised and hosted by fellow partner Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (UKIM). The event is presided by Prof. Dr. Vjekoslav TANASKOVIKJ, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, who realised a field training session on irrigation in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Project DIVAGRI, a bio-based horizon
DIVAGRI ambitions to contribute to sustainable livelihoods in rural areas of Africa, through domestic agri-food systems which can sustain growing populations in an inclusive and environmentally friendly way in the long term. DIVAGRI increases the productivity of the African agri-food systems, connects supply to demand and turn wastes into resources through connected value networks within the bioeconomy through selected enabling bio-based solutions tailored to specific conditions in the five target countries.