News from A2i: "Collectiveness is Key"
Our project, together with Grundfos and Akvo International, helps small Ugandan farmers find the proper irrigation solutions, ensuring improvements for their farms. The project has been running effectively for about a year. It is called Enhancing Irrigation to Improve Climate Adaptation and Sustain Smallholder Production Systems in Uganda.
“Collectiveness is key to this project. Nobody can do it alone. The need and the market are here, and both are growing rapidly due to climate change. We see huge market potential among small Ugandan coffee farmers. Quality solar-powered irrigation improves harvests and extends growing seasons," says Ronald Schuurhuizen, Partnerships Development Manager at Grundfos and leader of the DGBP project.
The first three irrigation demonstration units have just been installed—or are in the process of being installed—in Uganda.
Danish Ambassador Attends Demonstration in Buganda Kingdom One of the demonstration units is located in the Buganda Kingdom, a central part of Uganda. To initiate this partnership, one of the project partners, Akvo, collaborated with the Buganda Kingdom’s Strategic Planning Unit to propose installing a demo irrigation system.
The installation was supervised, and the commissioning was attended by Signe Winding Albjerg, the Danish Ambassador to Uganda, whose involvement highlighted the global importance of sustainable agricultural solutions.
Our member, DTU, is looking for four Challenge Partners that propose real-world problems for 25 interdisciplinary student teams to solve.
Are you interested in becoming a Challenge Partner? Contact Sally Gregersen, [email protected].
We are happy to announce that already three news members have joined our network this year. The first is Ole Larsen, who is a private member. The others are companies CT Technologies and Seruwagi Solutions. Welcome to all of you!
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We are happy to introduce Mette Skindh?j Johnson, our new project coordinator in Access2innovation.
Mette has a rich international background that began with her birth in Jos, Nigeria. A global citizen at heart, Mette has lived in multiple countries, including 11 years in the United States, 12 years in Singapore, and extensive periods in Africa across Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic.
You can still make it and join our next delegation trip:
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council, in partnership with Access2innovation, is pleased to invite your company to participate in this 2025 agro-business delegation to Tanzania in February 2025.