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Organisations

To date the Consortium membership has been made up of around 30 researchers from 11 organisations across three countries in Africa and the UK:

  • Ethiopia: Ethiopian Economic Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEA/EEPRI); A-Z Consult; Pastoral Communication Initiative (PCI)
  • Kenya: Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA); Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
  • Malawi: Chancellor College, University of Malawi; Wadonda Consult
  • UK: School of Oriental and African Studies – SOAS; Overseas Development Institute (ODI); and Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

http://www.plaas.org.za/

{jathumbnail off}The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a leading research and teaching centre with an international reputation for high quality applied research and critical scholarship.

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A - Z Consult

http://www.azconsult.com.et/

{jathumbnail off}A-Z Capacity Building Consult (A-Z Consult) is a consultancy service registered in Addis Ababa and has been operating since 1997-98.The Chief Consultant, Dr Amdissa Teshome, has a Certificate of Professional Competence from the Ethiopian management Institute (EMI).

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CABE - Centre for Africa Bio-entrepreneurship

http://cabeafrica.net
CABE

{jathumbnail off}CABE is an international knowledge sharing organization under the Non-Governmental co-ordination Act of Kenya. CABE works to enhance and improve the welfare of smallholder and youth entrepreneurs in Africa by mobilising support, linking them to markets and non-market agencies, protecting their rights and assisting them to improve their entrepreneurship. CABE was founded in September 2003 in the Netherlands and one year later, it was formally registered in Kenya.

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Dadimos

http://www.dadimos.com/
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Dadimos Development Consultants was officially established and registered by Ministry of Industry and Trade as per the Book II Title of the Ethiopian Commercial Code of the 1960. The company has extensive experience in the field of development studies. {jathumbnail off}

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Ethiopian Economic Association

http://www.eeaecon.org

{jathumbnail off}Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) is a non-profit making, non-political and non-religious professional Association which is registered with the Ministry of Justice in 1991 to accomplish the following objectives:

  • to contribute to the economic policy formulation capability and broadly to the economic advancement of Ethiopia ;
  • to promote the professional interest of its members;
  • to promote the study of economics in the country's educational institutions;
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

www.ids.ac.ukidssmall

{jathumbnail off}The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development. IDS was founded in 1966 and enjoys an international reputation based on the quality of its work and its commitment to applying academic skills to real world challenges. Its purpose is to understand and explain the world, and to try to change it – to influence as well as to inform.

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Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

http://www.kippra.org/

{jathumbnail off} Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous public institute whose primary mission is to provide quality public policy advice to the government of Kenya and to the private sector in order to contribute to achievement of national development goals.

The vision of the Institute is to become the leading public policy research institute in Africa, an international centre of excellence.

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

http://www.odi.org.uk

{jathumbnail off}Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.


Pastoralist Communication Initiative (PCI)

http://www.pastoralists.org

{jathumbnail off}Pastoralist Consultants International is implementing a UK DFID project, Democracy, Growth and Peace for Pastoralists as part of the larger Pastoralist Communication Initiative. The project focuses on Ethiopia's pastoralists while also working across the Horn of Africa on new knowledge and innovation. We connect pastoralists in the Horn with pastoralists all over the world and we promote productive conversation between pastoralists, governments and others. We promote an appreciation of the potential of pastoral economies and societies with official institutions, the media and the public.

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

http://www.soas.ac.uk/

{jathumbnail off}The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is a college of the University of London and the only Higher Education institution in the UK specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.

SOAS is a remarkable institution. Uniquely combining language scholarship, disciplinary expertise and regional focus, it has the largest concentration in Europe of academic staff concerned with Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

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Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

http://www.tegemeo.org/

{jathumbnail off}Tegemeo Institute conducts Research and Analysis on Policy in the domain of Agriculture, Rural development, Natural resources and the Environment. The Institute aims at addressing Micro and Macro Economic Policy issues bearing on Farming, Transportation, Processing, Marketing, and Trade of Agricultural Products and Inputs; Sustainability of Agricultural Systems and Natural Resources as well as the Environment; and Commercialization, Income growth and Food security.

University of Malawi: Chancellor College

www.chanco.unima.mw

{jathumbnail off}Chancellor College is located in Zomba in the Southern Region of Malawi. It is the largest college of the constituent colleges of the University of Malawi. The college has five faculties, namely: Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Science and Faculty of Education. Departments service each faculty as follows:

  • Education: Curriculum and Teaching Studies and Educational Foundations
  • Humanities: African Languages and Linguistics, Classics, English, Fine and Performing Arts, French, Language and Communication Skills, Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies
  • Science: Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Earth Sciences, Home Economics, Physics, Mathematical Sciences
  • Social Science: Economics, History, Psychology, Political and Administrative studies and Sociology
  • Law: Law

Wadonda Consult (WACO)

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{jathumbnail off}Wadonda Consult (WACO) is an independent consulting firm established in 1996 and is registered under the Business Names Registration Act. WACO operates on the basis of partnership with consultants in economic and social research. They provide consultancy services to government departments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.

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Future Agricultures Consortium