Activity under preparation Transition to sustainable food systems in Africa (DeSIRA+ Africa, CGIAR, STOSAR) This Action aims at enhancing innovation through multi-stakeholder partnerships involving research to accelerate agro-ecological transitions of food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Investments are indeed needed to better understand and use ecological processes, to develop agro-ecological technologies, to stimulate and bring innovations to scale, to mobilize and strengthen the capacities of national research, farmers¿ organizations, NGOs and private sector, and to improve enabling policies for agro-ecology and sustainable food systems. The Action will be articulated around three components that will support: (1) the Consultative Group of International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) in addressing Africa¿s pressing challenges to make food systems more productive and resilient. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) key partnerships, led by non-research actors but supported by research, to co-create and scale up agro-ecological innovations in Africa for more productive and more resilient food systems. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) the implementation of the SADC regional strategy on sustainable food systems while building on the dynamics of the other two components and previous experience in the region.&nbsp;