Capacitate East Africa

Developing capacity for participatory and marker assisted plant breeding to mitigate low crop productivity and poor food security (CAPACITATE East Africa)

A three year project funded by the European Union African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Science and Technology Transfer Programme

Project Goal: Improvement in the capacity of crop research in East Africa to produce farmer-acceptable crop varieties and enhanced food security.

Although the funding for this project has now ended the network is still continuing. Look out for updated news and join disussions on our CAPACITATE members group on LinkedIn.