📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2018.7860.2
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
G530 Global Agendas for Food Security
Contact person:
Dr Joachim Langbein joachim.langbein@giz.de
Partner countries:
Sector projects
SUMMARY
Goals:
International agricultural research is more focused on the transformation of agricultural and food systems worldwide
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
This is a supra-regional sector project
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
545 792 314 euros
Current project:
149 490 000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2017.7860.4
Promoting international agricultural research
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
09.03.1994 - 31.12.2027
Current project:
01.01.2019 - 31.12.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
Madiba Consult GmbH
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Convention on Biological Diversity
Significant secondary objective
Combating desertification
Significant secondary objective
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Adaptation to climate change
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
31182 Agricultural research
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Through innovative technologies, improved plant varieties and environmentally friendly cultivation practices, international agricultural research helps to better meet the challenges of sustainable production and income generation: On the one hand, small farmers in developing countries are struggling with the decline in agricultural land, soil infertility, water shortages and the loss of biodiversity - factors that are further exacerbated by climate change. On the other hand, many foods are lost in the fields or after the harvest due to pests and diseases or do not meet the requirements of food processors and consumers. International agricultural research helps to meet the growing demand for healthy food.
Objective
Small farmers are increasingly using innovative products from international agricultural research. As a result, they earn a higher income, contribute to a healthy diet and conserve natural resources.
Approach
The Fund for the Promotion of International Agricultural Research (FIA) finances and implements measures in three fields of action:
1. Research management: The project manages the selection and implementation of the funded projects in 15 international research institutes. These include 13 institutes of the global research partnership for a food-secure future (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, CGIAR), as well as the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) and the Internation
