Some highlighted outcomes from 2018 (N2Africa Borno state, Nigeria)

The 2018 community social mobilization exercise which was organized and conducted successfully in 40 new communities within the four local government areas of the project operational areas in Borno state. A total of 3,278 (1,987 M: 1,291 F) people participated.

Both photo's: Participants at the 2018 community social mobilization in Borno State, Nigeria

N2Africa in Tanzania in 2018

In Tanzania, N2Africa continued to maintain its presence in 22 districts (Figure 1) as a result of established strong partnerships with local governments, the national agricultural research centers, the local input companies and various development organizations working around these project target districts.

Building an exit strategy for N2Africa project in Uganda - the prospects

An exit strategy was inherent in the N2Africa project design to allow successful grain legume technologies at scale but also have a strategy for a pipeline of technologies to be continuously evaluated and availed to the farmers to improve their production systems and welfare. The quest for such a strategy was a major focus of the project for Uganda in the last year of the project

N2Africa project recognizes partners upon project closing workshop in Ethiopia

After being operational for more than five years in Ethiopia, N2Africa will end on 30 June 2019. To this regard, a workshop was organized on 3  May 2019 at ILRI Campus in Addis Ababa to recognize project partners and to close the project officially.

The workshop was attended by nearly 100 participants from project partner and other stakeholder organizations and farmers comprised from the four project implementation regions; Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Oromia and SNNPR regions.

N2Africa Policy recommendations workshop in Ethiopia and Tanzania

The N2Africa project organised two workshops with participants from government, private sector, research and NGO, to discuss policy recommendations for government and development partners for further support to the development of the legume sector. A first round of policy analysis interviews were held in December 2018. Policy recommendation workshops were held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 3 May and in Iringa, Tanzania, on 8 May.

Stakeholders approve recommendations for favourable policies to support increased production of grain legumes in Tanzania

Beginning December 2018, N2Africa project has undertaken a policy advocacy activity in two steps; i) bilateral consultations with 15 organisations (in government, private sector, NGO’s) to understand perceptions about the current functioning and policy recommendations, for the whole legume sector and of specific segments in the value chain, and ii) a multi-stakeholder workshop in which the results of the policy analysis were presented and discussed, and consensus sought about next steps.

Overview of N2Africa training and extension materials available

Under N2Africa Phase I and II, a wide range of training and extension materials about legumes (from production to marketing) and biological nitrogen fixation has been developed. Most of these materials have been adjusted to the relevant context in the different N2Africa countries, or translated into local languages.