About FANRPAN
Our Experience
For nearly three decades, FANRPAN has led and supported programmes that bring evidence into policy on food, agriculture and natural resources, working with governments, regional bodies, research institutions, farmer organisations and development partners.
- 48
- projects since 2008
- 30
- funding partners
Where our projects have worked
Experience across Africa
Shading shows how many of the projects profiled here have worked in each country. Regional and continental programmes that did not name specific countries are listed separately.
Project portfolio
Selected projects
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6 projectsCS-PILLAR
Capacity Strengthening for Policy Implementation towards Improved Livelihoods and Local Agrifood Systems Resilience in Africa
Strengthens policies and institutions for inclusive seed systems in Eswatini, post-harvest management in Uganda and community animal health in Zimbabwe, working through national working groups led by government.
- Where
- Eswatini, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- Judith Neilson Foundation
- Role
- Lead
AU-APD
African Union Agriculture Policy Dialogues
Supports the AU Commission to run policy dialogues that give Member States practical guidance on implementing continental agricultural frameworks.
- Where
- Africa-wide
- Funding
- German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
- Role
- Consortium partner
StEPPFoS
Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy Practice for Sustainable Food Systems
Supports the Pan-African Network for Economic Analysis of Policies to help African countries analyse food systems policies.
- Where
- Africa-wide
- Funding
- European Union, through FARA
CEA-FIRST
CEA-FIRST: Africa and Europe multi-stakeholder platform on food and nutrition security
A platform of 22 African and European partners working on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture under the AU-EU research and innovation partnership.
- Where
- Africa and Europe
- Funding
- European Union
- Role
- Co-lead of two work packages
CBA SCALE+
Community-based Adaptation: Scaling-up Community Action for Livelihoods and Ecosystems
Works with local authorities, communities and policymakers to scale up community-based adaptation to climate change.
- Where
- Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- International Climate Initiative (IKI), through CARE Germany
- Role
- Programme management and node coordination
Extensive livestock
Extensive Livestock Systems for Food and Nutrition Security
Leads the work on food and nutrition security, adaptive capacity and the political economy of extensive livestock systems.
- Where
- Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- ACIAR, through ILRI
- Role
- Policy engagement and stakeholder coordination
Completed since 2022
7 projectsG20 MACS
Stakeholder engagement and knowledge support for the G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists
Under South Africa's G20 Presidency, FANRPAN convened regional consultations that carried African evidence and priorities into the G20 agricultural chief scientists' process.
More than 600 stakeholders took part in four regional virtual consultations, which produced a regional synthesis report.
- Where
- South Africa (Continental consultations)
- Funding
- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
- Role
- Partner, with ARC
Policy Harmonisation
Leveraging Knowledge Management to Enhance Policy Harmonisation and Domestication for Agricultural Transformation in East and Southern Africa
Built the evidence on how regional and continental agricultural frameworks are domesticated and implemented, with a focus on work opportunities for young people.
- Where
- East African Community and SADC
- Funding
- AGRA
SADC Indigenous Foods
SADC Indigenous Food Development Programme
Coordinated scoping studies on indigenous foods across SADC Member States and prepared the regional synthesis report and regional strategy.
- Where
- SADC Member States
- Funding
- World Food Programme
- Role
- Coordinated the scoping studies
Seed policy gap analysis
Policy Gap Analysis of the Seed Systems in South Africa
Analysed the regulatory frameworks, institutions and operating mechanisms of South Africa's seed systems, drawing on interviews and focus group discussions.
- Where
- South Africa
- Funding
- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
CFS
Circular Food Systems in Africa
Integrated irrigation, livestock and dryland farming into circular food systems. FANRPAN led the policy work: gap analyses, policy briefs, dialogues and stakeholder capacity building.
- Where
- Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- ACIAR
- Role
- Regional coordination and policy work
ClimBeR
ClimBeR: Building Systemic Resilience against Climate Variability and Extremes
Contributed country work in Kenya and Zambia to a CGIAR initiative on climate resilience.
- Where
- Kenya, Zambia
- Funding
- University of Leeds
ACTIVATE Africa
Supported mothers and caregivers to advocate for policies that improve complementary feeding for children aged 6 to 36 months.
- Where
- Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire
2017 to 2021
16 projectsCaBFoodS-Africa
Capacity Building in Food Security for Africa
Contributed policy analysis on nutrition-sensitive options for food security.
- Where
- Ghana, Kenya, South Africa
- Funding
- ARUA and UKRI GCRF Partnership Programme
- Role
- Partner
Livestock GHG inventories
Regional support to national livestock greenhouse gas inventories in Southern Africa
Engaged national agriculture and inventory agencies and supported training on managing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
- Where
- Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa
- Funding
- New Zealand Government, through AgResearch
- Role
- Partner
COVID-19 and SADC food systems
Minimising the economic impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture and food systems in SADC
Assessed COVID-19 impacts in selected communities and developed guidance on nutrition, home gardens and hygiene for extension officers.
- Where
- Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
- Funding
- GIZ, through CCARDESA
- Role
- Partner, with CCARDESA
Conservation agriculture
Conservation Agriculture Entry Points into Regional and National Development Frameworks in Southern Africa
Mapped where conservation agriculture fits into the SDGs and regional and national frameworks, and identified investment opportunities for climate resilience.
- Where
- Southern Africa
- Funding
- FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa
FAO policy and investment plans
Technical assistance for instrument-based policy, investment and sector plans
Supported the development of agricultural sector and irrigation policies and second-generation national agricultural investment plans.
- Where
- Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa
- Role
- Technical assistance provider
Market Access Campaign
Raised awareness of the market barriers facing smallholder farmers and set out evidence-based options for fairer markets.
- Where
- Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- Oxfam
- Role
- Partner, with Oxfam
FSNet-Africa
Food Systems Research Network for Africa
Trained early-career researchers in the policy side of food systems transformation and in engaging with policymakers.
- Where
- Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
- Funding
- UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund; African Research Universities Alliance
- Role
- Partner, with the University of Pretoria and the University of Leeds
ZIRON Pulse
ZIRON Pulse: iron and zinc-rich beans for rural populations in Africa
Promoted the production and consumption of iron and zinc-rich beans to address malnutrition.
- Where
- Kenya
- Funding
- UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund
- Role
- Partner
Southern Africa CSA
Southern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture and non-state actor alliances
Brought the Southern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance and a non-state actor community of practice into operation.
- Where
- Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
- Funding
- CARE International
- Role
- Partner, with CARE
COMESA climate knowledge platform
Regional Climate Change Knowledge Management Platform
Helped establish a climate change knowledge platform for exchange among COMESA Member States.
- Where
- COMESA Member States
- Funding
- COMESA
- Role
- Partner, with COMESA
Water-energy-food, Malawi
Bridging national water-energy-food strategy to local needs in Malawi
Linked national water, energy and food priorities with local, gender-sensitive needs by widening rural participation in policy.
- Where
- Malawi
- Funding
- UK Research and Innovation
- Role
- Partner
SADC food and nutrition strategies
National Food and Nutrition Security Strategies for SADC Member States
Supported Member States to assess how well their national food and nutrition security strategies align with the SADC regional strategy.
Member States agreed on actions to bring national strategies into line with the regional strategy.
- Where
- SADC Member States
- Funding
- SADC
- Role
- Lead
Dietary data
Improving Dietary and Health Data for Decision-Making in Agriculture and Nutrition in Africa
Helped develop and test a smartphone application that lets caregivers record nutrition and health data and receive feedback.
- Where
- Kenya
- Funding
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Role
- Partner
TISA
Transforming Smallholder Irrigation into Profitable and Self-Sustaining Systems in Southern Africa
Developed irrigation policy options to make smallholder schemes more profitable, equitable and self-sustaining.
- Where
- Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- ACIAR
- Role
- Co-lead, with the Australian National University
AFRICAP
Agricultural and Food-system Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy
Connected national, regional and international stakeholders to the programme's research and scenario modelling to design policies for climate-smart, sustainable agriculture.
- Where
- Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
- Funding
- UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund
- Role
- Co-lead, with the University of Leeds
Youth Championing Policy
Youth Championing Policy Development to Transform African Agriculture
Supported young people to take part in agricultural policy development through FANRPAN national nodes.
- Where
- FANRPAN node countries
- Funding
- Mastercard Foundation
2011 to 2016
13 projectsATONU
Agriculture to Nutrition: Improving Nutrition Outcomes through Optimised Agricultural Investments
Developed frameworks for choosing nutrition-sensitive interventions and tested a package of behaviour change communication, women's empowerment and home gardens.
- Where
- Ethiopia, Tanzania
- Funding
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Role
- Lead
Tripartite climate programme
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Programme on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Trained civil society climate advocates and supported their work towards a common African position on climate change and agriculture at AU and UNFCCC platforms.
- Where
- COMESA, EAC and SADC
- Funding
- COMESA
- Role
- Lead partner
Irrigation water productivity
Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Shared policy findings and supported agricultural innovation platforms, training workshops and farmer learning tours at irrigation schemes.
- Where
- Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- ACIAR
- Role
- Partner
SPARC
Strengthening Policy Advocacy and Research Capacity for Enhanced Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa
Strengthened the Regional Secretariat and national nodes, reviewed the climate-smart agriculture policy context and convened national policy dialogues.
National policy dialogues were convened in 15 countries in 2016.
- Where
- FANRPAN node countries in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Funding
- African Capacity Building Foundation
- Role
- Lead partner
PHM-SSA
Postharvest Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Produced national and synthesis studies on post-harvest policies and institutions, gender studies and policy briefs in French and Portuguese.
- Where
- Benin, Mozambique
- Funding
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- Role
- Lead partner
Climate risk and post-harvest
Helping smallholder farmers manage climate risks to crop production and post-harvest handling
Developed training materials on post-harvest management and convened regional and national dialogues on climate-smart agriculture.
- Where
- Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- FAO
- Role
- Lead partner
HVI and disasters
Household Vulnerability to Disasters: Applying the Household Vulnerability Index
Applied FANRPAN's Household Vulnerability Index to assess how exposed households are to disasters.
- Where
- Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- World Vision International; Southern Africa Trust
AfricaInteract
AfricaInteract: Research-to-Policy Linkages for Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa
Trained climate policy advocacy champions and convened a regional climate-smart agriculture policy dialogue in Zambia in 2015.
- Where
- Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- CORAF/WECARD
- Role
- Lead partner
Youth in Agriculture
Youth in Agriculture Programme
Coordinated multi-country case studies and national and regional policy dialogues on young people in agriculture.
- Where
- Multi-country
- Funding
- USAID
- Role
- Project management
EPCSA
Evidence-Based Policies for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Produced climate-smart agriculture scoping studies, convened national and regional policy dialogues and trained stakeholders to communicate evidence to policymakers.
Eleven national policy dialogues were convened and 149 practitioners were trained.
- Where
- Eastern and Southern Africa
- Funding
- Norad
- Role
- Lead partner
SECCAP
Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies in Southern Africa
Built the capacity of analysts and scientists to combine downscaled climate scenarios with crop and vulnerability models to inform national policy and CAADP.
Outputs included three policy briefs, four peer-reviewed papers and four funded MSc theses.
- Where
- Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi
- Funding
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Role
- Lead partner
CSA learning and advocacy
Learning, Communicating and Advocating for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Led learning, communication and advocacy on climate-smart agriculture.
- Where
- Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
- Funding
- Rockefeller Foundation
SAPASA
Strengthening Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Advocacy and Harmonisation in Southern Africa
Strengthened evidence-based agricultural policy advocacy and regional harmonisation.
- Where
- FANRPAN node countries
- Funding
- USAID
2008 to 2010
6 projectsHaSSP
Harmonized Seed Security Project
Piloted the domestication of the SADC Harmonised Seed Regulatory System, aligning national variety release, certification and plant health rules with regional protocols.
- Where
- Eswatini, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Limpopo Basin
Limpopo Basin Development Challenge: agricultural water management
Contributed research on agricultural water management in the Limpopo Basin.
- Where
- Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Funding
- CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
CAADP civil society
Strengthening civil society engagement in CAADP policy analysis, dialogue and implementation
Strengthened the role of civil society in CAADP policy analysis, dialogue and implementation.
- Where
- Eswatini, Malawi, Namibia
- Funding
- GIZ, for BMZ
WARM
Women Accessing Realigned Markets
Strengthened the ability of women farmers to advocate for agricultural policies that work for them, using Theatre for Policy Advocacy.
- Where
- Malawi, Mozambique
- Funding
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Role
- Project management, research and advocacy
COMESA CAADP Compact
COMESA Regional CAADP Compact framework
Developed the framework for the COMESA regional CAADP compact, including a stakeholder inventory and institutional arrangements for implementation.
- Where
- COMESA Member States
- Funding
- COMESA
- Role
- Developed the framework
ACCID
Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Ahead of COP15, built partnerships between African civil society and governments, supported negotiator capacity and contributed to a common African position on climate change.
- Where
- COMESA Member States
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