http://paepard.blogspot.com/ The Platform for African European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) supports research collaboration between a wide range of organizations in Africa and Europe. PAEPARD:

• Facilitates partnerships between farmer organizations, civil society groups, research institutes and education institutes, private companies and policy networks.
• Supports these partnerships through capacity strengthening and providing access to information on funding opportunities.
• Helps partners to prepare strong research proposals which will address real needs at the farm level.
• Advocates for increased support for demand-led, multi-actor agricultural research.