What We Do

Our Projects

Field initiatives and development projects currently underway across our program areas.

Global Footprint

Measurable Change, Verified in the Open.

We quantify every outcome—from node health to community sovereignty—because trust in a nexus is built on data, not just narratives.

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Lives Impacted

Direct fellows and regional beneficiaries reached through transdisciplinary nexus points.

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Active Nodes

Context-specific research units operational across 12 strategic rural ecosystems.

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Transparency

Every resource and allocation is tracked in our open intelligence ledger.

These figures reflect the past and ongoing track record of RuralNexus's CEO and other team members, accumulated across previous leadership roles, research engagements, and organizational affiliations — they are not exclusively attributable to RuralNexus's own direct projects.

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CANALLS

CANALLS aims to drive agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa via multi-actor transdisciplinary Agroecology Living Labs (ALLs) and providing holistic agroecological solutions that meet the challenges of the local food systems

Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

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COINS

The goal of COINS is the sustainable intensification of agriculture, i.e. increasing productivity without converting additional land. The German-African project team is investigating which efficient forms of land management are effective in intensifying agriculture on the same area in a sustainable manner – taking into account local conditions such as water availability and soil properties, but also socio-economic conditions in particular.

Ghana, Senegal

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SERVINNOV

Strengthening innovation support SERVices to enhance INNOVations for sustainable food production, ensuring rural population well-being, and reducing environmental degradation and resource depletion

Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Madagascar

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INCAA

Food Security and Climate Action Theough Soil and Water conservation

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Catalysing Change Through Collaboration

We welcome proposals for co-hosting events, contributing to research publications, or partnering on field implementation projects.

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