Water-Food Nexus research call

About this project

With the predicted increased severity of dry spells in Sub-Saharan Africa, the moisture holding capacity of the soil as buffer against agricultural production losses becomes more important. With the NL-CGIAR call ‘The Water-Food nexus in rainfed agri-food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: socio-economics and governance’, research consortia will generate insights that contribute to scaling up of soil moisture retention practices. Consortia with researchers from CGIAR Research Centres, Sub-Saharan African knowledge institutes and Dutch knowledge institutes (including universities of applied sciences), as well as stakeholders from National Agricultural Research and Extension Services (NARES) and cooperation partners from local/regional/national governments are invited to submit a research proposal to the Dutch research council (NWO). This call aims to enable scaling-up of soil moisture retention practices among smallholder farmers in rainfed agri-food systems* and as such helps to mitigate negative effects from increased severity of dry spells on agricultural production. The specific objectives are: Gain insights in the socio-economic barriers and opportunities in the enabling environment for scaling of water retention practices with a changing climate; Gain insights in and provide options for governance functions and governance attributes that support scaling-up of moisture retention practices; To strengthen cooperation among CGIAR researchers, Dutch researchers and local partner…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger

Published by

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) · Government

Countries

Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger

Sectors

Agricultural developmentAgricultural water resourcesAgricultural research

Focus

Nutrition · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Implemented by

Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Accountable

Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Published by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 17 Aug 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27367015-WFN.

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