Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold initiative to create a big new industry, with the intent of bringing some Smart Foods back on the plate as significant staples. Targeting staples lays the foundation to generate major impacts on health and the agri-food system. The inaugural meeting […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ———————— Recruitment of a firm for the diagnosis and evaluation of the financial and accounting management system of CORAF and proposal of tools adapted to the operating method of CORAF ———————— Opening of call: January 16, 2019 Closing of call: February 6, 2019 ————— CEI N° 25-2018 – RELAUNCHING […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ———————— Recruitment of a firm for the organizational diagnosis and modernization of the human resource management of CORAF ———————— Opening of call: January 16, 2019 Closing of call: February 6, 2019 ————— CEI N° 24-2018 – RELAUNCHING Download the CEI The Executive Secretariat of the West and Central African Council […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ————————— Selection of Short-term experts specialized in various fields of agricultural research and development —————- Opening date: January 8, 2019 Closing date: January 31, 2019 ——— AMI No: 23-2018 – RELAUNCHING Download the CEI CORAF, the West and central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (www.coraf.org), intends to […]
The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) is providing education sponsorships, technology training, and mentorship for youth in agriculture, research, and entrepreneurship. CORAF’s programs for youth prepare for the quickly aging population of researchers in agriculture. In West Africa, 63 percent of the population is under 25 years old. According to CORAF, this […]
CALL FOR MANIFESTATION OF INTEREST ——————————— Recruitment of an individual consultant in charge of writing the 2018 consolidated Annual Report of CORAF ——————– Opening of the call: 14/12/2018 Closure of the call: 04/01/2019 ———- CEI N° 26-2018 Download terms of references The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF), made up […]
Milk production in the Toukounous dairy farm in Niger has more than doubled as a result of innovations provided by the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP). “Milk yield per cow has doubled since the start of the WAAPP project,” Prof. Moumouni Issa of both the Faculties of Science and Agronomy of the Abdou Moumouni […]
CALL FOR MANIFESTATION OF INTEREST ——————————— Recruitment of a firm for the diagnosis and evaluation of the financial and accounting management system of CORAF and proposal of tools adapted to the operating method of CORAF ——————– Opening of the call: 04/12/2018 Closure of the call: 03/01/2018 ———- CEI N° 25-2018 Download terms of references The […]
CALL FOR MANIFESTATION OF INTEREST ——————————— Recruitment of a firm for the organizational diagnosis and modernization of the human resource management of CORAF ——————– Opening of the call: 04/12/2018 Closure of the call: 03/01/2018 ———- CEI N° 24-2018 Download terms of references The Executive Secretariat of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research […]
Actors of three major regional agricultural research programs in Africa met recently in Lusaka, Zambia to share experiences and strengthen collaboration. These include The East African Agricultural Productivity Program (EAAPP), the Agricultural Productivity Program in Southern Africa (APPSA), and the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP). These programs have one feature in common: to promote […]
The World Bank has expressed its satisfaction with the state of implementation of the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP). CORAF is mandated by the Economic Commission of West African States to coordinate the program at the regional level. Speaking at the end of a routine institutional support mission (ISM) at CORAF’s Headquarters in Dakar, […]
In an extraordinary show of endorsement of agricultural research and the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP), eight government ministers showed up Monday, November 12, 2018, for the opening ceremony of the annual gathering of WAAPP actors. Seven participating countries (Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo) of the WAAPP are currently meeting in […]
