The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in collaboration with key African Agricultural Research, Innovation and Education Institutions (AARIEI), has been at the forefront of strengthening the continent's Agricultural Knowledge ecosystem. This initiative aims to foster synergies, enhance institutional mandates, and sustain progress in Knowledge sharing, learning and management.

As part of this broader collaboration, the institutions jointly implement the Africa Agriculture Space (AASpace)- A Digital knowledge repository powered by Dspace. This robust and scalable platform enables the seamless integration and management of library resources across institutions, extending its reach to the country and institutional levels. The initiative seeks to enhance Agricultural knowledge management across Africa by leveraging ILRI's Leadership and experience in developing and maintaining CGSpace, a CGIAR-wide Dspace platform. The collaboration will drive experience sharing-sharing, inform best practices, and establish a sustainable roadmap for widespread Dspace adoption within the CAADP-XP4 consortium, ensuring last-mile knowledge accessibility.

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Foresight4Food Criteria to Assess High-Quality Food Systems Foresight in Africa
(Foresight4Food, 2026-02-26) Foresight4Food, FARA, ECI Oxford
The Foresight4Food Criteria for High Quality Guide (February 2026) provides a structured framework outlining standards and benchmarks for defining, assessing, and ensuring high-quality outputs, processes, or initiatives under the Foresight4Food framework. The guide establishes clear criteria intended to promote consistency, rigor, transparency, and accountability. It serves as a reference tool for practitioners, reviewers, implementing partners, and institutional stakeholders seeking to align projects or interventions with recognized quality standards. The document articulates evaluative dimensions, operational guidance, and recommended indicators to support implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
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FARA Annual Report 2021
(FARA, 2022-01-21) FARA
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Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa 2025 Highlights Blog
(Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), 2026-01) INTERFACES Project
This current blog is the annual overview of highlights from 2025 and gives an outlook to upcoming activities for 2026 of the regional projects COINS, DecLaRe, InfoRange and Minodu and the accompanying project INTERFACES from the BMFTR-funded consortium for “Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research”.
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Achievements, Challenges and Lessons of the PAEPARD Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
(FARA, 2018-12) Sophie Reeves (WRENmedia); Jonas Mugabe (FARA); Remi Kahane (CIRAD/AGRINATURA)
This book provides a comprehensive capitalization of PAEPARD Phase II, showcasing how demand-driven, user-led, and multi-stakeholder approaches strengthened Africa–Europe agricultural research partnerships. Through documented case studies, it demonstrates how inclusive collaboration among farmers, researchers, private sector actors, and policymakers generated innovation, improved agricultural productivity, enhanced food and nutrition security, and mobilized follow-on funding. The publication distills practical lessons to inform future agricultural research-for-development initiatives and partnership models in sub-Saharan Africa.
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FARA June/July 2019 Newsletter
(FARA, 2019-08) FARA
The June/July 2019 issue (Issue No. 002) of the official newsletter of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), highlights major developments in African agricultural research, policy dialogue, institutional governance, and continental trade integration. The newsletter reports on the 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform held in Nairobi, Kenya, emphasizing trade, market access, biofortification, and agricultural transformation. It features FARA’s engagement with regional and continental institutions including ECOWAS and the African Union, updates on the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and governance transitions within FARA and CCARDESA. The issue also announces the appointment of Dr. Alioune Fall as Interim Chairperson of FARA’s Board and outlines strategic initiatives such as HELP and ARIFA aimed at strengthening agricultural innovation systems and research capacity in Africa.