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🎯ORPHAN PROJECT🎯

Welcome👋🏽


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PROJECT OVERVIEW


ABSTRACT

The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region is on a very low pace of the achievements
the nutrition and sustainable development goals. The alarming food and
nutritional security situation in the region caused by the growing population in
SSA and worsen by the negative effects of climate change on agri-food systems
calls for innovative approaches. Yet, SSA is endowed with a huge diversity of
species known as orphan crops that have the potential to address food scarcity
caused by climate change due to their adaptability and nutritional value in
low-input agricultural systems.] Despite this potential, modern agricultural
systems in SSA depends only on 1% of the crop diversity available to feed 60% of
the population. Orphan crops have benefited from very limited modern scientific
and technological advances. ORPHAN (Mobility for high skilled scientists and
entrepreneurs on orphan crops in higher education for accelerated) Scholarship
Project is an initiative of five highly qualified public universities from three
African regions and one university in Europe to advance knowledge on orphan
crops through digital agriculture.

Keywords : Capacity building, climate change, cross regional mobility, food and
nutritional security, food technology, orphan crops, plant breeding.


FUNDING'S

ORPHAN is funded by the Intra-Africa Program of the Education, Audiovisual and
Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission.




OBJECTIVES

 1. Train 12 high-profile PhD graduates, 32 MSc graduates, 10 academic staff and
    10 trainees with skills in plant breeding, food technology and nutrition to
    address current and future challenges related to climate change and agrifood
    systems with a focus on promising orphan plant species of Africa;
 2. Harmonize training programs and research agenda on the improvement of the
    value chain of orphan crops for food and nutrition security in Africa;
 3. Enhance national – regional – international collaboration and programmatic
    agenda that promotes orphan crops research and training for agricultural
    innovations in Africa through cross regional mobility.


PATERNSHIP : PROJECT COORDINATORS

NANGUI ABROGOUA UNIVERSITY

COORDINATOR

CÔTE D’IVOIRE, WEST AFRICA)

UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY-CALAVI

REPUBLIC OF BENIN, WEST AFRICA

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

KENAYA, EASTERN AFRICA

EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY

NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA

UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

ZIMBABWE, SOUTHERN AFRICA

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN

TECHNICAL PARTNER

BELGIUM, EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRY






CONTACTS OF LOCAL COORDIANATORS


https://ebsu.edu.ng

Countries Universities Contact Person Côte d'Ivoire Nangui Abrogoua University
https://www.univ-na.ci/ Prof. Kévin Kouamé Koffi,
kevinkouamekoffi@gmail.com Republic of Benin University of Abomey-Calavi
https://uac.bj Prof. Nadia Fanou Fogny,
nadia.fanou@uac.bj
Prof. Enoch Achigan-Dako,
e.adako@gmail.com
Dr. Nicodème Fassinou Hotègnì,
nicodeme@gmail.com Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
https://www.jkuat.ac.ke Prof. Mary Abukutsa,
abukutsa.mary@gmail.com Nigeria Ebonyi State University Prof. Happiness Oselebe,
h.oselebe@ebsu.edu.ng
Prof. Catherine V. Nnamani,
nnamanicatherine@ebsu.edu.ng Zimbabwe University of Zimbabwe
https://www.uz.ac.zw Prof. Edmore Gasura,
gasurae@yahoo.com Belgique Catholic University of Louvain
https://uclouvain.be/fr/index.html Prof. Marie-Paule Kestemont,
marie-paule.kestemont@uclouvain.be


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