Call for Applications: African Food Baskets Country Researchers – Opportunities for 10 African Researchers

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is seeking 10 African researchers to document food heritage across the continent as part of the African Food Baskets initiative.

What it offers

• Opportunity to work on a continent-wide project preserving and promoting African food knowledge.
• Involvement in community engagement, field data collection, photography, and validation of findings.
• Submission of a complete country data package and brief narrative report.

Who can apply

• Qualified African researchers.
• Fluency in English, French, or Portuguese is required for application submission.

What you'll do

• Document foods, dishes, beverages, recipes, food sources, menus, stories, proverbs, and cultural knowledge of your country’s food heritage.
• Work with communities and local knowledge holders using the African Food Baskets KoboToolbox Toolkit.
• Engage in community engagement, field data collection, photography, validation of findings, and submission of deliverables.

How to apply

• Submit applications to afsa@afsafrica.org by 6 September 2026.
• Applications may be submitted in English, French, or Portuguese.
• Refer to the full Terms of Reference (TOR) for detailed scope of work, eligibility criteria, deliverables, timeline, selection process, and application requirements. Download the TOR: [English] | [French].

Good to know

• The initiative aims to build a continental resource for advocacy, research, education, communication, and policy engagement.
• Ten countries will be selected, ensuring regional balance across Africa and representation of Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone contexts. The final list of participating countries will be determined after the applications have been reviewed.