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Enhancing value chains and markets of Neglected and Underutilized crop Species to contribute to Agroecological transition in Africa

Africa, regional

Status

Implementation

Aid type

Project-type interventions

Africa, regional


Location

-

€ 2,000,000
Committed
€ 60,001
Used

Description

AgrEcoNUS+ aims to enhance food and nutrition security, climate resilience, and socio-economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa by strengthening sustainable value chains rooted in neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) through agroecological approaches. The project, pursuing and expanding upon lessons learned and achievements realized in previous initiatives, promotes the transition toward resilient food systems, combining local knowledge, innovation, and multi-stakeholder governance for market development and increasing demand for NUS-based and agroecological products. The logic of the initiative is based on the strengthened integration of NUS and agroecology in local agri-food systems, acting on three interconnected results: sustainable and resilient agricultural production through the promotion of NUS and agroecological practices, achieved through the documentation of traditional knowledge, scientific research, and capacity building. The promotion of a political-institutional environment favorable to agrobiodiversity, local seed systems, and agroecological systems. The support for markets and consumption by promoting NUS/agroecological value chains to increase consumer access to and trust in diverse and nutritious foods. Implemented in nine countries in Western, Eastern, and Southern Africa, the project targets three main groups (value chain actors, decision-makers/institutions, and academic institutions), promoting female and youth inclusivity, and involving a partnership of over forty African and European partners. The initiative aligns its objectives with continental and global frameworks (e.g., African Union's Agendas, EU Green Deal), positioning NUS as a driver of sustainable and inclusive development. read more close
Year Committed Used
2026 € 2,000,000 € 60,001

Agency

Type Name Channel code
Government AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development 11000

Channel reported

Type Name Channel code
Government AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development 11001

Project data

  • IATI IdentifierXM-DAC-6-4-013451-01-0
  • AID013451/01/0
  • Planned start 2026/02/01
  • Planned End 2030/01/31
  • Actual start 2026/03/03
  • Actual end -
  • Bi/Multilateral Bilateral
  • Status Implementation
  • Tied status Untied

Sectors

  • 31110 - Agricultural policy and administrative management 14.0%
  • 31120 - Agricultural development 44.0%
  • 31130 - Agricultural land resources 10.0%
  • 31166 - Agricultural extension 10.0%
  • 31182 - Agricultural research 22.0%

Policy markers

  • Gender Equality significant objective
  • Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) not targeted
  • Disability not targeted
  • Nutrition significant objective
  • Aid to Environment principal objective
  • Participatory Development/Good Governance not targeted
  • Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity principal objective
  • Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Mitigation not targeted
  • Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Adaptation significant objective
  • Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention to Combat Desertification significant objective
  • Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) not targeted

SDGs

  • 12.2 - By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
  • 12.a - Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
  • 13.1 - Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
  • 1.4 - By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
  • 1.5 - By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
  • 2.1 - By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
  • 2.3 - By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
  • 2.4 - By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
  • 2.5 - By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed
  • 5.a - Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
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