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- EIN 98-0459537
- (650) 833-6660
- Nairobi Kenya 00000-0000
- www.aatf-africa.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: International, International Agricultural Development
Mission: The mission of aatf is to access, develop, adapt and deliver appropriate agricultural technologies for sustainable use by smallholder farmers in sub-saharan africa (ssa), through innovative partnerships and effective stewardship along the entire value chain. Aatf has three strategic goals: * objective 1: negotiating access to appropriate agricultural technologies; * objective 2: develop and adapt technologies; and * objective 3: deploy and commercialise technologies for impact. As a pioneer institution to brokering innovative agricultural technologies to farmers, and in particular to resource-poor smallholder farmers, in africa, the foundation upholds the core values of integrity, dedication and accessibility. The foundation's program activities are pre-dominantly in the african continent with its principal office in nairobi, kenya and a project office in abuja, nigeria. In 2016, there were a total of 48 staff in nairobi and 7 staff in nigeria (average 49 staff). The foundation has mov
Programs: The water efficent maize for africa (wema) project has agricultural and research activities in kenya, uganda, tanzania, mozambique, south africa, ethiopia, mexico and usa.
the open forum for agricultural biotechnology (ofab) currently undertakes activities in kenya, uganda, tanzania, nigeria, ghana, burkina faso and ethiopia.
the podborer resistant cowpea project (cowpea) activities and research development work are in nigeria, ghana, burkina faso, malawi, australia and usa. The project is expected to extend its activities to a number of west african countries apart from the ones listed here.