GALILEO - Agroforestry for resilient Africa facing climate change
Partners
Main goals
This multi-country, multi-partner research project aims to study the impact of different types of agroforestry systems in Sahelian zones (Senegal and Kenya) and humid tropical zones (Cameroon and Ghana).
The project is essentially based on measurements carried out in Living Labs with innovative producers identified directly in the villages.
Specific objectives
Results
Activities
WP1: "Farm2Policies" - Socio-institutional innovations to stimulate agroforestry (IRAD)
WP2: Innovative agro-pastoral, agro-forestry and silvopastoral systems (AFSP) at local level for experimentation and knowledge sharing (Nitidæ)
WP3: Contribution of agro-pastoral (AP), agro-forestry (AF) and agro-silvo-pastoral (ASP) systems (AFSP) to climate change (CC) adaptation and mitigation (University of Embu)
WP4: Biodiversity conservation and improvement for ecosystem services and sustainable agriculture in AFSPs (CIRAD)
WP5: Sustainable income generation, household resilience, profitability, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and carbon agriculture (WUR, IITA, NCRC, ICIPE)
WP6: Multi-criteria assessment of AFSPs in different CC scenarios (CSE, UCPH, FiBL, CIRAD, INRAE)
WP7: Communication, dissemination and multi-stakeholder exploitation (Q-PLAN International)
WP8 : Project management and coordination (Q-PLAN International, CIRAD)
Related people
Pierre Sutter
Graduate Engineer in Agriculture, Specialized in Agroecology of the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISA), he brings his expertise to the methodological support of the teams on the realization of diagnosis at the scale of the territory and the plot to develop the rules for managing natural resources and co-constructing innovative agricultural practices with producers. Based in Dakar serving West & Central Africa.
Apolline Reboud
A graduate of the Montpellier SupAgro school of agriculture with a course in Sustainable Agricultural and Agrifood Systems in the South, she also specialized in Environmental Management of Ecosystems and Tropical Forests at AgroParisTech. After having worked at CIFOR Cameroon on the subject of community forests and in an association managing carbon offset projects (reforestation, agroforestry and rural development) as project coordinator, she comes to bring her plural approach between management of agricultural systems and forest preservation
Nina Khorchi
Holder of a master's degree in ‘International development in developing countries’ from the London School of Economics and Political Science, she brings her expertise on project management in the economic development sector, focusing on agribusiness, nature conservation, energy and infrastructure. She joined the Nitidæ team in 2025 to open the Yaoundé office and launch several projects in the country
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Albert Apan
Albert has joined Nitidae as Project Manager of the Natura Sud-Est project and as Country representative in Cameroon. Having graduated in 2003 from the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Dschang in Cameroon, he brings expertise in sustainable agriculture including climate change resilience and farm certification, landscape management, food security and livelihoods. He is also well versed in issues such as corporate social responsibility, biodiversity conservation through nature-based solutions and regenerative agriculture.
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Valéry Bourotte
Graduate Engineer Agronomist, Sustainable Agrifood and Agronomic Systems in the South (SAADS) of the Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC) Montpellier SupAgro, he brings his expertise to the teams' methodological support on the diagnosis realization at the territory and plot scalesto co-construct projects with producers
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