The project is being implemented to directly link the activities of the FNSSA to the activities of Pan-African Network for Economic Analysis of Policies (PPANAP aimed at supporting the Food and Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) 10-year roadmap and the global transition towards sustainable food systems.

To create evidence and guidance towards streamlining SRM knowledge and governance systems in Ghana in providing more efficient recommendations for ethical, policy and social practices in Ghana.

This project seeks to strengthen the capacity of value chain actors in the management of aflatoxins for improved public health, market access, trade and income.

Strengthen the capacities of project partners on policy and programme evaluation for continuous policy learning to inform innovation policy and support for SME development.

The proposed multidisciplinary project aims to establish a shared understanding of problems and opportunities and to develop solutions to shape food environments in transitioning economies to drive nutritious food consumption for better health outcomes, targeting South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The overall objective is to facilitate a workshop that helps build a strong community of practice amongst IDRC-supported projects examining gender inequities in Southern science systems.

MATS aims to identify key leverage points that foster the positive and reduce the negative impacts of agricultural trade on environmental sustainability and human well-being. Focus is on improving the governance, design and implementation of trade policy at national, EU, African and global levels. Particular attention is paid to SDG1 ‘No Poverty’, SDG2 ‘Zero Hunger’ and SDG3 ‘Good Health and Well-being’, as well as SDG6 ‘Clean Water’, SDG13 ‘Climate Action’ and SDG15 ‘Life on Land’.

MATS will develop and pilot new tools for a systemic analysis, and assessment, of the interactions between agricultural trade, investments, sustainability, and development.

The aim is to scale up to draw up business case models to drive its replication in other communities in Ghana. For CSIR-STEPRI, a key pending task in addition to community engagement activities (completed) is to develop a comprehensive policy guideline that will serve as a blueprint for various ministries and agencies for waste-to-energy project initiatives in Ghana.

Within UNESCO’s global framework for monitoring, policy support and advocacy for the UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers (RS|SR), the project “Strengthening STI systems for Sustainable Development in Africa” aims to ensure that governments and national science institutions in six African pilot countries (Congo, Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) are taking measures to strengthen their national and regional STI policies, governance of STI, and institutions in research and innovation in accordance with the RS|SR. Under this Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) funded project, UNESCO is assisting the Government of Ghana, notably through the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI) to undertake and implement activities related to the SIDA project.

To contribute to bridging the gender gap in engineering in Ghana and Bénin through original research and policy recommendations.

The Africa RISING project is a key pathway towards better food security, improved livelihoods, and a healthy environment. Various technologies have been developed and validated by Africa RISING and STEPRI has been part of this effort. STEPRI has been involved in the implementation of activities that contribute mainly to Outcomes 3 and 4. So far, work has been done to analyze farmers’ access to input and output markets, delivery pathways for SI technologies and the role of government extension services, review of agricultural mechanization policy ordinances in Ghana, and simulation analysis on SI technology adoption. This project was a wrap-up effort to ensure that work that was started in 2019 and represented in the form of Policy Briefs using the available past reports from STEPRI which will go a long way to address policy-related needs to enforce the work.

LEAP4FNSSA is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) that aims at establishing a Europe-Africa International Research Consortium (IRC). The IRC will provide a tool for all European and African institutions ready to engage in a sustainable partnership platform for research and innovation on Food and Nutrition Security as well as Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)

Due to the detrimental effects of aflatoxins on food and nutrition security, health, and the economy, the African Union Commission has prioritised aflatoxins as a major food safety problem and has therefore established the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control (PACA) to help address the problem on the continent. With the help of PACA, ECOWAS developed its action plan for aflatoxin control, which was adopted by Ministers of Agriculture in 2015. ECOWAS Member states are accordingly required to adapt this action plan to their specific contexts and ensure its mainstreaming into existing policies and programmes. It is in this vein that a grant was sought from AGRA to develop a national policy that will spell out an action plan together with a technical regulation to ensure adequate enforcement of aflatoxins standards