Land Soil Crop Hubs - Launch Event
On January 25, 2022 an international consortium centered in East Africa launched “Land Soil and Crop Hubs," an effort to bring together land, soil and crop data into information hubs that support climate-smart agriculture.
The project aims to develop sustainable land, soil and crop information hubs in national agricultural research organizations to enhance the effectiveness of national Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) and contribute to rural transformation and climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.
Project partners include:
• Wageningen Research (WR)
• ISRIC – World Soil Information
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR)*
• Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)*
• Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB)*
*National implementer
This project is co-funded by the European Union, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ISRIC - World Soil Information through the Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) Program. Learn more about Land Soil Crop Hubs here: https://lsc-hubs.org/
Event program:
00:00:00 Welcome from Rik van den Bosch, Director, ISRIC – World Soil Information
00:01:44 Prof. Dr. Ir. Louise O. Fresco, President, Wageningen University & Research
00:07:27 LSC Hubs Concept video
00:09:22 Astrid Mastenbroek, Senior Policy Advisor Food and Nutrition, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
00:15:40 Stephen Wathome, Agriculture, Job Creation & Resilience Section, Delegation of the European Union to Kenya
00:21:03 Dr. Aweke Mulualem, Representative of Prof. Eyasu Elias, State Minister of Natural Resources Management, Ethiopia
00:31:43 Prof. Hamadi Boga, Principal Secretary, State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research, Kenya
00:45:23 Break
01:01:54 Project overview, Rik van den Bosch, Director, ISRIC – World Soil Information
01:21:27 Dr. Dawit Solomon, Regional Programme Leader, International Livestock Research Institute
01:48:53 Dr. Eliud K. Kireger, Director General, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
01:59:59 Prof. Nigussi Dechasa, Representative of Dr. Diriba Geleti, Deputy Director General for Research, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR)
02:08:57 Dr. Jules Rutebuka, Representative of Dr. Charles Bucagu, Deputy Director General, Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB)