Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD)
PAEPARD is a sustained partnership that mobilizes resources for priority projects that combine African and European institutional and financial resources for mutually advantageous projects. PAEPARD seeks to strengthen African ARD stakeholders’ capacity to participate in European-led development initiatives for Africa and to create more responsive development programmes for Africa.
Areas of activity:
communication
research and development
Focus of Capacity Development:
Organizational
Resources from this Organisation
Agriculture urbaine, quand la ville devient terroir…
Jardins partagés, potagers sur les toits, fermes pédagogiques… L’agriculture urbaine est plurielle. C’est aussi vrai pour les fonctions qu’elle joue. Découvrez-en plus dans l’article d’Anne-Laure sur le concept d’agriculture urbaine et ses différentes fonctions mais aussi ses chiffres clés en...
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2015Author(s):
various authors- Link to web resource
Knowledge co-creation and management in ARD
This brief illustrates the different forms of knowledge, and the ways to create and manage it.
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2018Author(s):
Hawkins R.Ekong J.Salm M.- Link to web resource
Reflection and learning in ARD
Networks and organizations need to find ways to be more effective in pursuing their objectives and thus seek to “learn” to be able to respond, innovate and adapt to complex, changing social and environmental conditions, thus bringing about social change. An essential capacity for ARD (...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkings R.Ekong J.Salm M.- Link to web resource
Gender and youth inclusion in ARD processes
Inclusion is a key issue for Agricultural Research for Development (ARD). Development goals in and of themselves call for better livelihoods and opportunities for the less privileged actors working in agriculture. They also call for greater equity and balanced representation of the population at...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkins R.Ekong J.Salm M.- Link to web resource
Managing power differences in ARD partnerships
Although it is not always acknowledged, power differences between partners fundamentally affect Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) partnerships. In referring to its African-European ARD partnerships, PAEPARD has often alluded to aspects of power without naming them as such. The project...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkins R.Ekong J.Salm M.- Link to web resource
Adaptive leadership in ARD
The success of multi-stakeholder ARD (Agricultural Research for Development) partnerships is often attributed to stakeholder interaction and knowledge exchange, collective learning and establishment of mutual trust between the partners involved. Achieving these outcomes depends very much on the...
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2018- Link to web resource
Systems thinking and ARD partnerships
The nature of the issues around which Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) partnerships are formed requires a different way of conceptualizing and thinking to that commonly found in many agricultural professionals. This brief clarifies the components of a system of interest to an ARD...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkins R.Ekong J.Salm M.- Link to web resource
Partenariats public-privé : l’expérience de PAEPARD
Malgré les efforts déployés ces dernières années pour améliorer la situation de l’agriculture en Afrique subsaharienne, peu de changements ont été observés. Cet insuccès est dû, en partie, au fait que ces efforts ont été consentis par diverses entités de petite taille, aux capacités de...
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2018Author(s):
Alfred S.Muchiri S.Kahane R.- Link to web resource
Public-private partnership experienced by PAEPARD
Despite efforts over recent years to improve the status of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, little change has been noted, due partially to the fact that efforts have come from individual entities, which had short-term funding or lacked the necessary expertise to scale up research outputs....
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2018Author(s):
Alfred S.Muchiri S.Kahane R.- Link to web resource
Renforcement des capacités aux fins de la recherche agricole pour le développement : une collaboration axée sur les résultats
Ce document analyse de façon critique deux interventions majeures identifiées pour mettre en œuvre la stratégie de renforcement des capacités de PAEPARD. La première intervention est la formation d’un vivier de facilitateurs de l’innovation agricole (FIA) pour assurer une médiation entre les...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkings R.Ekong J.Nampala P.Stepman F.- Link to web resource
Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research for Development: Collaboration for Results
The paper takes a critical look at two key interventions identified to deliver the PAEPARD capacity strengthening strategy. Firstly, the training of a pool of agricultural innovation facilitators (AIF) to broker relations between relevant stakeholders for the consolidation of effective consortia...
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2018Author(s):
Hawkings R.Ekong J.Nampala P.Stepman F.- Link to web resource
Le fonds national de recherches agricoles et agroalimentaires du sénégal. Un mécanisme innovant de financement public de recherche agricole
Cette étude a été menée dans le cadre du projet PAEPARD ou Plateforme pour un partenariat Afrique-Europe dans le domaine de la recherche agricole pour le développement, projet financé à 80% par la Commission européenne avec pour objectif de consolider la collaboration entre l’Afrique et l’Europe...
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2012- Link to web resource