Final conference

28-30 January 2025 

At BLP 2025 International Workshop, Montpellier, France

 

Bio-based solutions for sustainable agri-food systems in rural Africa

Why BIO4Africa?

Robust agri-food systems are vital to combating poverty, enhancing food security and driving inclusive, sustainable development within African farming communities. BIO4Africa will empower smallholder farmers to generate new sources of income by creating value from locally available biomass (read more)

 

Six key objectives

  • Analyse the needs and context of rural communities and their agri-food value chains

  • Identify, develop and adapt robust bio-based solutions that are easy to use with minimal training

  • Pilot the bio-based solutions at testing sites in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal and Uganda

  • Facilitate rural take-up via validated business models and hands-on business support

  • Document the potential to diversify farmer incomes through sustainable, marketable products that can be scaled up elsewhere

  • Collaborate across academia, government, industry and society

Follow our progress

Develop, adapt, pilot...

Local farming communities and organisations have validated selected bio-based technologies for development and adaptation in our labs and piloting in the field. See their current status 


Work package reports

We publish regular reports on our activities and how we are progressing towards work package goals. Go to the reports

Relevant bio-based tech

We’ve identified a long list of bio-based technologies with the potential to support circular agri-food systems. Get in touch if you have a technology to add.  See the technology catalogue


Published studies

The BIO4Africa partners aim to submit a number of research studies for publication in leading international journals. View our published studies

 

 

Latest news

Chocolonely funds drought relief for fair trade cocoa communities
Chocolonely funds drought relief for fair trade cocoa communities

An important investment in biochar production aims to help cocoa growers restore their soil and combat climate change in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Cashew coop finds business in a nutshell

BIO4Africa has given cashew coop Ethicajou a roadmap to a new venture with cashew shell biochar in Senegal

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Cleaner household cooking with green briquettes

Biochar briquettes could protect public health and the environment. KRC is talking to a city council about bringing this affordable fuel to market

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Life cycle assessment finds that changes in crop farming practices could have the biggest impact on the biorefinery's environmental footprint

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