AKADEMIYA2063 and CORAF to Give Information and Evaluation in Assist of Africa’s Agriculture and Food stuff Protection Agenda – Earth

Kigali, Rwanda, January 11, 2021 –Two of Africa’s major investigate businesses have signed
a new collaboration arrangement to provide proof-dependent agricultural analysis to countries
in West and Central Africa. In a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed involving
AKADEMIYA2063 and CORAF, both equally get-togethers also agreed to improve the capacities of
countries in the region to successfully implement the Thorough Africa Agriculture
Enhancement Programme (CAADP).

Beneath the agreement, AKADEMIYA2063 and CORAF will function together to deliver data and
investigation necessary to guideline agricultural investigation and innovation in West and Central Africa. In
certain, the two institutions will use technology simulations and financial modeling
approaches and leverage rising digital ways and synthetic intelligence in their exertion
to deliver facts and proof-based examination. These joint attempts will assistance to make improvements to
agricultural efficiency and industry entry and enrich the sustainability and resilience of
agri-food items units in the subregion.

“There has never ever been far more urgency to feed the individuals of West and Central Africa. Accomplishing so
calls for more than just maintaining our regular food manufacturing versions. It involves
progress and deployment of slicing-edge innovations that are supported by arduous
analytical perform and proof, each upstream and downstream. That’s what we hope to
attain with this partnership,” mentioned Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Government Director of CORAF.
The MOU will enable CORAF and AKADEMIYA2063 to jointly reinforce the capacities of
countrywide agricultural exploration systems and assess the influence of agricultural exploration
courses in the subregion to greatly enhance long run investigation agendas.

“AKADEMIYA2063 is very pleased to signal this MOU with CORAF, a leader in advancing
agricultural productivity in West and Central Africa,” reported Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Government Chairperson for AKADEMIYA2063. CORAF and AKADEMIYA2063 have comparable targets and values
for improving agricultural development, competitiveness, and marketplaces. “This MOU will allow us to
operate collectively to offer knowledge and analytics to countries in the subregion in their quest to
attain inclusive and sustainable economic growth, food items safety, and prosperity,” included Dr.
Badiane.
The MOU will also make it less complicated for experts from AKADEMIYA2063 and CORAF to exchange
on study attempts, conduct joint capability strengthening routines, and perform collaboratively
to develop joint exploration proposals and tasks for implementation.

About AKADEMIYA2063: AKADEMIYA2063 is an Africa-dependent non-revenue business with
headquarters in Kigali, Rwanda, and a regional business office in Dakar, Senegal. AKADEMIYA2063’s
mission is to give data, coverage assessment, and ability-strengthening guidance to enable the
AU Member States to obtain economic transformation and shared prosperity. A lot more broadly,
AKADEMIYA2063 leverages science, generates awareness, and strengthens capacities to
enable progress the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

AKADEMIYA2063 is household to three longstanding Africawide programs—(1) the Regional
Strategic Evaluation and Awareness Guidance System (ReSAKSS), (2) the African Progress and
Development Plan (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, and (3) the Malabo Montpellier Panel
(MaMo Panel)—that deliver data and evaluation in aid of the Thorough Africa
Agriculture Enhancement Programme (CAADP). For much more facts, remember to
pay a visit to: www.akademiya2063.org

About CORAF: CORAF, a sub-regional organization consisting of the national agricultural
research techniques of 20-3 nations around the world in West and Central Africa, is mandated to
coordinate the implementation of the sub-regional agricultural investigate guidelines as described by
the governments. Developed in 1987 with its Government Secretariat in Dakar, Senegal, the major
goal of CORAF is to increase livelihoods in West and Central Africa by means of sustainable
raises in agricultural manufacturing and productivity and advertise competitiveness and
marketplaces. For far more data, you should go to: http://www.coraf.org/