Our Approach
BecA Research Overview
Research at the BecA-ILRI Hub brings together over 40 research institutions, universities, government ministries, regional agencies and non-governmental organizations across 16 countries in Africa, Australia, Europe and USA.
The projects, which include national partner-led research projects, are demand driven, responding to the high priority themes identified through the new AU/NEPAD Science and Technology strategy and the CAADP agenda for increasing the productivity of the food and agricultural systems in Africa:
- Crop Improvement
- Food Safety and Improved Nutrition
- Livestock Productivity
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Low input crop for Alternative Nutrition and Income Generation
Staying the course
Our Research milestones
Featured Activities
Some of our Research Activities
African Swine Fever (ASF)
Diagnostics, surveillance, epidemiology and control
low cost nutrition
Amaranth: adding nutrition to African diets through low cost sustainable proces…
Aflatoxin Reduction
Capacity and Action for Aflatoxin Reduction in Eastern Africa (CAAREA)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Providing proof of concept for the development of an inactivated vaccine for th…
plant tissue culture
Clean and resistant planting materials: plant tissue culture and transformation…
Livestock feeds
Climate-smart Brachiaria grasses for improved livestock production in East Afri…
Protecting beans
Leaving a bad taste in aphids’ mouths
Healthy crops and livestock
Tools to detect and address disease (diagnostics projects)
goat diversity
Harnessing genetic diversity for improved goat productivity
Domestic cavies
Improving production, nutritional protein and household income
rice blast disease
Durable rice blast resistance for Africa
Diversifying nutrition
Wild edible mushrooms: diversifying nutrition and increasing income for women
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
