PROJECTS
Projects & Partnership Network
The Africa Crop Forum brings together a curated network of African research partners, Cambridge and international collaborators, breeders, farmer-facing organisations, processors, funders and mentors. This page highlights some indicative projects and partnership areas that may help participants identify relevant connections, mentoring opportunities and potential collaboration pathways.
How does Africa Crop Forum build partnerships?
Connect project teams
Linking African-defined crop-system priorities with Cambridge and international scientific expertise.
Support
mentoring
Helping early-career and mid-career researchers connect with senior scientists, proposal mentors and funder perspectives.
Build fundable collaborations
Supporting teams to move from broad ideas to concept notes, proposal outlines and future funding routes.
WAVE cassava disease network
Strengthening regional surveillance, research and capacity on cassava pests and diseases across West and Central Africa.
Bambara and underutilised legumes
Exploring the resilience and adaptation potential of Bambara groundnut and other underutilised legumes in African farming systems.
Indicative Project and Partnership Areas
These areas reflect projects and partner networks currently being mapped for the forum.
NextGen cassava and RTB breeding partnerships
Connecting root, tuber and cassava breeding partners to accelerate improved varieties and stronger delivery pathways.
Sweet potato resistance in Kenya
Investigating nematode and weevil resistance in sweet potato to support more resilient root and tuber production in Kenya.
Cassava Horizons
Advancing cassava biotechnology, microbiome and translational research through collaboration between African and international partner institutions.
Photosynthesis, brassica viruses and mungbean resilience
A linked project cluster covering crop photosynthesis, brassica virus management and drought resilience in mungbean.
Participant information and consent
Participant bios, project summaries, mentoring interests and collaboration needs may be added later. Information will only be published where participants have given consent through registration or follow-up questionnaires.
Interested in the Africa Crop Forum 2026?
The 2026 forum builds on the partnership model developed through the 2025 event in Cambridge while focusing on African-led priorities, field realities and future funding opportunities.