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GRAP a.a.a. food, agriculture, africa. CUD/ CIUF four years program funded by DGCD, implemented by French speaking university research centers http://www.cud.be/content/view/330/80/lang,/ 3 CUD’s GRAPs : GRAP a.a.a quite new Coordination Prof P. Lebailly Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech (ULg)
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GRAP a.a.a.food, agriculture, africa CUD/ CIUF four years program funded by DGCD, implemented by French speaking university research centers • http://www.cud.be/content/view/330/80/lang,/ • 3 CUD’s GRAPs : GRAP a.a.a quite new • Coordination Prof P. Lebailly Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech (ULg) • ULg-UCL- UAM (Niger)-UNIKIN (Kinshasa)
Main objectives • Scientific cooperation, support to South research teams • Increase commitment of “young” south scholars and researchers in international scientific debate and local expertise on food security • Improve co-expertise on F.S. in the universities centers and support larger commitment of university south experts in their national expertise arena • Partnership with the Belgian cooperation • Follow-up Committee (DGCD, BTC, FBSA…) • Platforms in Belgium DASA, PFSA • Moved closer dialogue with local belgian cooperation representatives (Niger-DRC) and their partners
An empirical, comparative and multidisciplinary approach - Not a “one more concept” ! - Not mainly on conceptual battlefield + Multidisciplinary analysis + A really supporting knowledge + A more comprehensive approach + Close focus on local situations but integrated approach including : - poor urban family resilience and collective innovations (Kinshasa) : the breakdown of a family model - gender, food access and nutrition in rural Niger - local and regional markets (Niger, RDC) - Aid business and international commitments
Contrasted problems and issues Niamey : Prof. Yamba, Dr Maman Manzo (UAM), Prof Tidani Alou (UAM-Lasdel) • Niger issues : food availability-food access, food politics, food arena (collective and institutional actors), aid, national regulation, fooding and gender : four PhD research programs
DRC’s main fields : Kinshasa, Bandundu, Kivu • Prof N’Toto, Prof. Lebailly, Prof. Poncelet, Prof. Duquesne, Damien Muteba, Langwana-Musenge, Nambuwa, Pongo (Unikin) : poor households finance, practices of buying, cooking and consumption : empirical quantitative and qualitative research, : household resilience, news food standarts, family organization (ages, gender social capital) • Prof. Kinkela, Patience Mpanzu Balomba, (Unikin) food production and local food distribution in Bas-Congo (R. D. Congo). • Prof.Kinkela, Prof N’Toto, Toussaint Kendenga, Unikin and IITA. Food importation and food security of households in Kinshasa • Stany Vwima (UCB) borders food exchanges and food availability in Bukavu • Guillaume Bidula, (UCB) Household food security and collective solidarity mutual networks