Projects

Project Profile: FARMS 4 Biodiversity

Farmer-led Agroecological Research in Malawi using Scenarios for Biodiversity

Who?

Principal Investigators: Rachel Bezner Kerr, Cornell University, United States
Partners: Chiyembekezo Chafuwa, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi
Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, University of Denver, United States
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, University of Würzburg, Germany
Laifolo Dakishoni, Soils Food and Healthy Communities, Malawi
Isaac Luginaah, Western University, Canada
Sponsors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
Quebec Research Fund, Canada (Quebec)
German Research Foundation, Germany
DLR Project Management Agency, Germany
Research Council of Norway, Norway
National Science Foundation, United States

What?

Full Project Title: Farmer-led Agroecological Research in Malawi using Scenarios for Biodiversity
Full Call Title: Biodiversity2017
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Why?

Project Objective:
Call Objective: The Call addresses two major (non-exclusive) priorities:

- Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions;

- Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios.

Where?

Regions: Africa
Countries: Malawi

When?

Duration: 36 months
Call Date: October 2, 2017
Project Award Date: July 13, 2018