The AIFSRC relies on partnerships to deliver our mission to ensure food security. We work to build long-term collaborative partnerships to achieve our mission of accelerating the delivery and adoption of innovations by smallholder farmers. We are engaging and forging new partnerships with a broad range of national and international organisations from researchers through to delivery and extension workers, the public and private sectors, community groups and civil society. Our approach is multidisciplinary, bringing together agricultural scientists, economists, social scientists, nutritionists and other health experts and policy makers. Read more about our consultations.
Australian government partners working on food security issues in Africa have formed a partnership to ensure coordination and full effectiveness of activities across government and Africa. Membership includes the DFAT, CSIRO, ACIAR and AIFSRC (Canberra and post).
The AIFSC has partnerships with university networks in Australia and Africa including the Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) and Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).
Project partners
Below is a list of our project partners and the projects or scoping studies they are involved in.
- Action Contre la Faim – CultiAF
- African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- African Conservation Tillage network (ACT) – FACASI
- Africare Malawi – Vegetables
- Agricultural Equipment and Technical Service SC. – FACASI
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- Amio Engineering PVT – FACASI
- AMKA – Irrigation,
- Applied Horticultural Research, Australia –Vegetables
- Ardhi University - Tanzania - Irrigation
- Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (ASARECA) – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- Australian National University (ANU) – Irrigation
- AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center – Vegetables
- Ben Dent – Vegetables
- Bernard Wonder – Landcare
- Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) ILRI Hub – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- CABI Africa – Biosecurity Partnership
- CARMATEC – FACASI
- Charles Sturt University, Australia – FACASI
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia – Irrigation, Trees for Food Security, Water sensor, Biosecurity Partnership
- Community Enterprises Development Organisation – CultiAF
- CORAF/WECARD – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- Crawford Fund – Demand-led Plant Breeding, Biosecurity Partnership
- Dar es Salaam University – Poultry
- Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS)/Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station - Government of Malawi/Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security - Vegetables
- Department of Fisheries, Kenya – CultiAF
- Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Livestock, Ethiopia – CultiAF
- Directorate of Research & Development (DRD), Tanzania – FACASI
- ECOLI, Tanzania – CultiAF
- Eduardo Mondlane University - Mozambique - Water sensor
- Egerton University, Kenya – Adoption Pathways, CultiAF
- Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) – Adoption Pathways, Trees for Food Security, FACASI, Vegetables
- Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO – Farming Systems, FACASI
- Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) – Irrigation
- Forestry Research Center, Ethiopia – Trees for Food Security
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- Fresh Del Monte Kenya Limited – CultiAF
- Grownet Investments – FACASI
- Horticulture Research and Training Institute Tengeru (HORTI) - Government of Tanzania/ Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives - Vegetables
- International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) – CultiAF
- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) – CultiAF
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) - Irrigation, Vegetables
- International Development Enterprise (IDE) – FACASI, Vegetables
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada – CultiAF
- International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI – Adoption Pathways, Foresight, FACASI
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) – Trees for Food Security
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) – Adoption Pathways, Trees for Food Security, FACASI
- International Potato Center (CIP) - Vegetables
- Instituo de Investigacao Agraris de Mocambique (IIAM), Mozambique – Vegetables
- Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) – Trees for Food Security
- Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) – FACASI
- Kilimo, Tanzania – FACASI
- KYEEMA Foundation – Poultry
- Lasting Solutions – CultiAF
- Makerere University – CultiAF
- Measurement Engineering Australia - Water sensor
- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania – Poultry
- Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Malawi – Vegetables
- Muhumbili University, Tanzania – Poultry
- National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Uganda – Trees for Food Security, CultiAF
- National Institute of Irrigation - Mozambique - Irrigation
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries – Vegetables scoping study
- Nono Enterprises – CultiAF
- Plant Biosecurity CRC – Biosecurity Partnership
- PSC – FACASI
- Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) – Demand-led Plant Breeding
- Royal Veterinary College, England – Poultry
- Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB) –Trees for Food Security
- Sanergy Limited – CultiAF
- Sokoine University, Tanzania – Adoption Pathways, Vegetables
- University Life Sciences (UMB) – Adoption Pathways
- University of Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique – Adoption Pathways
- University of Malawi (Bunda College) – Adoption Pathways
- University of Pretoria - Irrigation
- University of Queensland, Australia – Adoption Pathways, Vegetables
- University of South Australia - Irrigation
- University of Sydney – Poultry
- University of Zimbabwe – FACASI
- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) – Farming Systems, Trees for Food Security
- World Vision Australia – Trees for Food Security