Partnerships ESA

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Partners ILRI

• East Africa

• National partner – Kenya, NDMA

– Ethiopia,

• NGO partners –– East Africa SNV

– IBLI

• Global partnership –– International land coalition

(ILC)

– IUCN drylands program

• South Africa

• Project based partners

Partners IWMIEveristo Mapedza

• Who

• Attempt to link bilateral partners to CRP

• Shinyanga triangle

– University Malawi

– World Vision

– USAID potential

• RSA

– USAID funded project

Partners BioversityJojo Baidu-Forson

• Starting up again, not much work last 2 years

• Malawi – National research partners

Malawi– Extension services

• Ethiopia – Institute biodiversity

• Kenya – NMK

• NGO’s – World Vision– CRS

• NGO’s could assist in accessing more projects and funding research

Partners ICARDASilim Said

• Ethiopia – regional research and extension services, intensifiableareas

• Tanzania – Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

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Partners CIAT

• Shinyanga triangle

• Malawi –– Total land care

– NARS

– Agricultural college

• Mocambique– NARS

• NGO’s– UNDP

– WB

– FAO

Partners ICRISAT

• SA

• Innovation platform approach, multiple partners

• Research institutions, students with universities

• Linkages with Colombia and others on vulnerability and climate change

• Links with CCAFS and WLE

• Regional partners ASARECA, IGAD

• EA

Partners ICRAF Jan

• Semi arid zones Kenya and Ethiopia

• NGO’s –– World Vision and others

implementing development projects

– Co-funding bilaterlaprojects

– ICRAF ME and research component

• Biodiversity conservation coastal forest biome – Multiple partners, Govt,

NGO

• CGIAR institutes • Fund raising

What do we think?

• Involve sub-regional organizations ASARECA and CCARDESA, IGAD, AGRA

• Media and communication to increase visibility

• Partnership strategy

– Benefits

– Way to impact

– Feed back, revisit agendas

– Way to scale up

– Access resources

Changing partnership set up?

• Establish a clear understanding and expectations on roles up and downstream part of the impact way (e.g research, extension…)

• Actively engage partners in CGIAR agendas,

– e.g. ILRI joint positions with IUCN and other partners

Expectations results achieved through partnerships

• Partnership strategy

– Way to impact

– Feed back, revisit our agendas

– Way to scale up

– Access resources

– Address gaps in our capacity