Boosting Africa-Europe scientific collaboration on climate change and agriculture in Africa

6 June 2023. One Planet Fellowship Programme – Boosting Africa-Europe scientific collaboration on climate change and agriculture in Africa

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Launched in December 2017 during the Paris One Planet Summit, and co-funded by the European Union, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BNP Paribas Foundation and IDRC, the One Planet Fellowship Programme (OPFP) aims to establish, enable and strengthen a network of African and European researchers working on the broad challenges of African agriculture and climate change. 

Inspired by the AWARD programme, a career fellowship programme designed for African women scientists, the OPFP, co-managed by Agropolis Fondation and AWARD, supports both the work of African researchers on climate change and agriculture, particularly those linked to problems encountered by smallholder farmers, and efforts to link the African and European scientific communities through science-career development fellowship courses combining mentoring, exposure trips and scientific training as well as networking opportunities for young researchers.

• Christophe Larose, Head of sector, INTPA F3- Sustainable agri-food systems and fisheries,
• Donald Onyoni, Senior Manager, Operations Administration and Finance of the OPFP, AWARD, Nairobi, Kenya
• Kenneth Macharia, Programme officer of the OPFP, AWARD, Nairobi, Kenya
• Pierre Péré , Programme officer at Agropolis Fondation, Montpellier, France
• Camille Rannou, Programme officer of the OPFP at Agropolis Fondation, Montpellier, France
• Ly Yann KAUV, Co-manager of the OPFP, Agropolis Fondation, Montpellier, France
• Toyosi Igejongbo, Laureate of the OPFP, Lecturer/Researcher at the The Federal University of Technology, Akure. Nigeria.