CCARDESA STRATEGIC THRUSTS

Prof. Timothy SimalengaExecutive Director - CCARDESA

18 March 2014

Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development in Southern Africa

CCARDESA SUB-REGION

IntroductionCCARDESA Vision

A prosperous, food secure Southern Africa region

with vibrant rural livelihoods

CCARDESA Mission

To promote innovative research, technology generation and adoption for sustainable agricultural development through effective partnership and capacity building

BackgroundCCARDESA is a Sub-Regional Organisation (SRO) being established by Member States in the SADC region to:

• Coordinate implementation of regional agricultural R&D programmes;

• Facilitate collaboration among NARS, Universities and CG centres;

• Promote public - private partnerships in regional agricultural R&D; and

• Improve agricultural technology generation, dissemination and adoption in the region through collective efforts, training and capacity building

CCARDESA MandateThere are three key mandate of CCARDESA:

• Establishment of enabling conditions for regional collaboration and cooperation in the technology generation, dissemination and adoption (including capacity development)

• Making sure that there is demand-driven generation of technologies, provide evidence based research for policy

• Develop and Strengthen strategic partnership.

Operational principles• Autonomy in the management of human

and financial resources

• Inclusive stakeholder (public and private sector, farmers, universities, NGOs, etc) participation in CCARDESA governance, in line with CAADP and FAAP

• Strong stakeholder participation in determining the regional R&D agenda

Relationship with SADC

• CARDESA will maintain a formal linkage with theSADC Secretariat through an MOU to facilitateguidance by SADC on regional policy and prioritiesfor R&D

• The SADC Secretariat will: provide oversight on the activities of CCARDESA, and receive regular reports from the CCARDESA

Business Model

THEMATIC APPROACH

AND

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

THEMATIC AREAS

Research and Technology

generation and farmer

demand driven advisory services

Farmer Empowerment

& Market Access

THEMATIC AREAS

Knowledge Management,

Information and Communication

Institutional Development and Capacity

Building

KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2013 Activity STATUS

APPSA PROGRAMME 25 projects initiated in 3 participating countries,

Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia

CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

Adaptation modeling for small holder farmers

CONSERVATION

AGRICULTURE

Inventory on Status of uptake in the region and

strategies

KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2013 Activity STATUS

FARMER EMPOWERMENT AND MARKETS

Innovation Platform concept to be used to

mobilise various key role players

BEEKEEPING Training and technology transfer

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS Key stakeholders in the region and strategies for

working together

Strengthening Strategic Alliances

Working together implementing key

practical issues affecting agriculture

development

Industry

Education Institutions

Policy MakerSociety

Thank You

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