The BioInnovate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at its first meeting held on 18-19 August 2010 shortlisted 15 concept notes to be further developed into 7 full proposals comprising innovation consortia of related projects.
In response to the First call for Concept Notes on Adapting to Climate Change in Agriculture and the Environment in Eastern Africa, the Bio-Innovate Program received a total of 44 Concept Notes from applicants within the six Bio-Innovate participating countries of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The Bio-Innovate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at its first meeting held on 18-19 August 2010 selected (shortlisted) 15 concept notes to be further developed into 7 full proposals, comprising innovation consortia of related projects.
We are pleased to announce that the BioInnovate Program received an additional Fund amounting SEK 10M (1.3USD) for projects targeting climate change from the first call for proposals from Sida in September 2010, up from the initial grant of SEK 80m (USD 10.7m), from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) over the 5 year period (2010-2014).
A new program that provides grants to bioscientists in eastern Africa working to improve food production and environmental management in this region will be officially launched on 16 March, 2011 at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
NAIROBI (16 March 2011)—A new program that provides grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa was launched today at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Tanzania is among countries which will benefit from a programme that provides grants to scientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa region. The five-year (2011-2015) 18trillion/- bio-innovative programme was launched at the headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi on Wednesday.
Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, was film-interviewed at the official launch of a Bio-Innovate Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi on 16 March 2011.
As part of the two-day monitoring and evaluation exercise, the Bio-Innovate Program Management Team, the TAC representative, and consortium project 2 partners made a field visit to Musanze Research Centre in Rwanda on 2 June 2012. Read more
A new programme that provides grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa was launched Wednesday at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
