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6 to 8 August 2014. Yaounde. Regional consultation between farmers organisations, and research actors in Central Africa: "Agricultural Research for development and capacity building of stakeholders." Organized by the Sub-Regional Platform of Farmers Organizations of Central Africa (PROPAC) the workshop included thirty participants from producer organizations, national institutes and regional research centers, ministries, RECs (CEMAC and ECCAS).
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Farmer Organisations and research actors’ consultative workshop
6,7 & 8 August, 2014 – Mfou,Cameroon
1. Overview of CORAF/WECARD2. Vision, mission and areas of focus
3. Achievements
4. Success stories
5. Key lessons learned
6. Way forward
Presentation Outline
Overview of CORAF/WECARD
360 M people (2009)
Promote sub-regional cooperationCreated i n
1987
Create synergies & reduce duplications
Solve common agricultural research
and development problems
Advocate for financial investments
Contribute to the transformation of
agriculture
CORAF/WECARD Creation and mandate
CORAF/WECARD within the Regional Economic Communities
Cameroun République Centre Africaine
RDC
République du Congo
Gabon
Mauritanie
Tchad
Cap Vert Gambie
Ghana
Nigeria
Guinée Sierra Léone
Libéria BéninCôte d’Ivoire
Togo
Burkina FasoGuinée Bissau
MaliNiger
Sénégal
CILSS
CORAF/WECARD Vision and Mission
Vision: Poverty and food insecurity in West and Central Africa reduced through increased agricultural-led economic growth and sustainable improvement of the agricultural research system
Mission: Productivity, competitiveness, and markets of the agricultural system sustainably improved by meeting key demands of the sub-regional research system as expressed by target groups in West and Central Africa
Challenges:6% annual growth in productivity by 2015 achieved – CAADP Transform agriculture
CORAF/WECARD Strategy
• Strategic Plan [2007-2016] - CAADP & FAAP and agricultural policies of ECOWAS, ECCAS, UEMOA and CEMAC
• First Operational Plan [2008-2013] • Second Operational Plan [2014-2018] - S3A
for operationalizing the AR4D component of the “Sustaining the CAADP Momentum” with the aim of basing this on country CAADP NAIPs
Diversity of Partnerships Regional Economic communities:
Inter-government organisations:
Financial institutions :
Technical institutions :
Organization of CORAF/WECARD
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Key stakeholders (NARS, NEPAD, FARA, Civil Society
Private Sector, RECs, Development Partners
General Assembly
Governing Board
Scientific and Technicalcomitee
Executive DirectorInternal Audit
Procurement
Director Of Programmes &
Innovation
Strategic Issues Assistant to ED
Programme 1
Programme 2
Programme 3
Programme n
Cross Cuttingunits
A/DPI-Innovation
DirectorKnowledge
Management
Planning, M&E, Impact
Assessment & Learning
Communication & TIC
Valorisation (Research into
Use)
Finance Accountancy
Director CorporateServices
Legal Issues and Grants
HR / Logistics
CORAF/WECARD results
Result 2: Strategic decision making options for policy, institutions and markets developed and used
Result 5: Result delivery effectively managed by the Secretariat
Result 1: The development and use of appropriate technologies and innovations increased
Result 3: Sub-regional agricultural research system strengthened and coordinated
Result 4: Demand for agricultural knowledge by target clients facilitated and met
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1. Livestock, fisheries & aquaculture2. Staple crops 3. Non staple crops4. Natural resources management 5. Biotechnology and Biosafety 6. Policy, Markets and Trade 7. Knowledge Management8. Strengthening capacity
Main Areas Of Focus
Three Themes :• Food, Health and Nutrition Security• Markets and Trade• Sustainable Agriculture Cross-cutting issues are key in the OP 2
Achievements
Tools for sub-regional research
Competitive and commissioned project schemes addressing focus areas with wide NARS and geographical coverage
Innovation platforms based on IAR4D paradigm and innovation systems thinking – Multi-stakeholders engagement, exchange and
learning,– Policy and institutional developmentCenters of Specialization on priority
commodities expected to evolve into Regional Centers of Excellence
Involvement of stakeholders in CORAF/WECARD 55 Projects
SCLFA NSC NRM BB PMT SC KM
PRIORITY REGIONAL PROGRAMSPRIORITY REGIONAL PROGRAMS
SCOPING STUDIES INVOLVING ALL RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS
REGIONAL PRIORITY RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT THEMES IDENTIFICATION
171 INNOVATION PLATFORMS BASED ON VALUE CHAIN APPROACH ESTABLISHED ALL OVER WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA WITH DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS RELATED
TO PRIORITY REGIONAL CHALLENGES
171 INNOVATION PLATFORMS BASED ON VALUE CHAIN APPROACH ESTABLISHED ALL OVER WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA WITH DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS RELATED
TO PRIORITY REGIONAL CHALLENGES
32 COMPETITIVE GRANT PROJECTS
23 COMMISSIONED
PROJECTS
POTENTIAL IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE POTENTIAL IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE
Success stories
Success stories Success
stories
IAR4D tools developed during CORAF/WECARD’s1st OPERATIONAL PLAN (2008 – 2013)
Geographical spread of coordination of projects
National Centers of Specilisation and Base Centers
Key lessons learned
A Few Success Stories from IP Activities
Sustainable Intensification of Integrated Crop and Small ruminant production in West Africa
Small ruminants (goats and sheep) - emerging opportunity for agricultural development and empowerment of women.
Productivity and production severely limited by diseases in the rainy season and scarcity of feed in the dry season.
16 functional IPs to improve crop goat/sheep value chain in Ghana, Mali, Benin and The Gambia - farmers, researchers, traders, butchers, tractor operators, processors, agro chemical dealers and Government.
Dual purpose cowpea with 40% yield over that used actually identified
Increased survival rate of goats
Building resilience from mixed milk - vegetable production system in semi-arid zones of West Africa
Diversified production systems using double purpose crop and low input irrigation systems established to increase milk production and income
A model of inputs supply Hub developed that increased milk off-take from 0,47 to 2,1 litres/cow/day during the dry season by enhancing the access of 47 livestock farmers to concentrates for supplementing dairy cows
A normalized processing method of the traditional cheese Wangash improved quality – led to establishment of a dairy processing cooperative comprising 48 women; consequently the demand and the turnover estmated at 16 000 US$ per year with a benefit evaluated at 4000 US$.
Control of emerging livestock ticks and tick-borne diseases in West and Central Africa
Updating information on the distribution, abundance and dynamics of ticks with emphasis on the invasive new tick in West Africa
Development of Larval Packet Test to diagnose acaricide tick resistance and deliver an effective acaricide option
Innovation platforms established to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders, sharing knowledge and strategies on tick control
Improving Plantain Value Chain through Innovation Platforms
Current membership at 600 New knowledge and skills acquired in
producing clean planting materials
Behaviour and practices changed to ensure impact
Employment increased and new businesses created
New plantain farms established Plantain marketing in CEMAC
zone increased The IP sources of funding
diversified and several prices won.
Maize Innovation Platform in Burkina Faso creating Entrepreneurship
Maize IP actor provided with technical, organizational and institutional knowledge to grow and create businesses.
No longer dependent on micro-finance institutions in the IP because warrantage system is used to sell when grain prices are high and buy inputs for next year’s maize crop
18 emerging farmer entrepreneurs in seed and grain maize production and commercialization
Children sent to private school, a symbol of quality education in many African countries
Local artisans provided with knowledge and skills to produce clean prototype of rice par-boilers constructed from metal scraps, which helped:
reducing cost of fabrication Saves water and fuelWomen group trained to produce clean par-boiled rice
Women ordered construction of 23 par-boilers, 40 liters aluminum pots and stands for conditioning paddy rice grainWomen are happy with grain quality when compared to grain quality of women who did not participate in the training.
Rice Post harvest training in Nigeria to improve food security and income generation
Empowering Women through Improved Agro-Processing Technologies of cassava, rice, sorghum & millet
Technical and agri-business capacities of over 2,000 women in 7 countries strengthened.
Knowledge of target and spill-over beneficiaries increased through the diffusion of over 1,000 printed materials, electronic and on-line publications.
Quality of Cassava Flour and Gari (Togo and Benin), processed rice (Senegal, Mali, Ghana and Nigeria) and bio-fortified sorghum/millet (Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali) improved.
In 2012, a beneficiary association, Groupement Lakhalkaney du Niamey (585 membership)
supplied 2600 kg bio-fortified millet flour to an SOS village and signed a contract to supply all SOS villages in Niger.
Facilitate partnerships around seed sector through establishment of regional seed alliance
Reducing policy barriers - publication of regional seed regulations strengthening national seed policies , capacity strengthening to enhance stakeholder knowledge of the regulation.
Database on demand and supply gaps in seed s in the sub-region analyzed for informed decision-making
CORAF/WECARD mandated to facilitate implementation of regional seed regulations by ECOWAS
Institutional assessments of NARS and NSTAs to provide basis to design capacity improvement approaches
NARS/CGAIR supported to produce 50 tons of breeder seeds for rice, sorghum and maize for increased production of foundation seeds.
Capacity of 90 NARS breeder seed specialists strengthened to improve the quality of seeds supplied
Technical and agribusiness capacities of 110 private sector players in four countries strengthened
Supporting PhD training of breeders in the pipeline with WACCI
Building leadership capacities of women in agricultural research: A pilot phase of the program AWARD for Francophone women
Plans on-going to scale up training of women in WCA
Regional research for development approach rationalizes use of investments in agriculture
Establishment and use of innovation platforms and value chain approaches facilitates technology adoption and relevant impacts.
Institutional capacity development facilitates the creation of synergies, ensures spillover effects and scaling-up
Strong links with regional policy institutions creates enabling environment for investments, delivery of results and sustainability.
Key Lessons
The face of Success NARS capacity strengthened to carry out research and
innovation activities addressing regional priorities
Innovation platforms with entry points addressing specific aspects of the value chain of priority commodities fully functional
Innovation platforms form an impact infrastructure in terms of delivering improved production and connecting smallholder farmers and their organizations to markets
CORAF/WECARD Executive Secretariat capacity for coordinating and facilitating the scaling-up and out of impacts through strong links with NARS
Achieving sustainability
Advocacy to decision-makers for inclusion of use of innovation platform in regional and national policies to ensure the transformation of agriculture
On-going development of critical mass of specialists in IP establishment and facilitation
Models for sustainable investment in agricultural research for development developed (WAAPP)
Development of social media to strengthen exchange and learning on the practice of innovation platforms
WAAPP as a model to increase investments in agricultural research for development
15 ECOWAS committed to investing in agricultural research for development with facilitation from a lending system with WB and through the lenses of improved productivity and coordination by CORAF/WECARD (receives I/15 of all country investment for this)
Model relies on 4 key components Strengthening regional policies Strengthening research capacity
(training and infrastructure) Creating national funds to enhance
to ensure adoption of technologies Strengthening M& E, ICT and
Fiduciary systems
Policy makers show more interest in CORAF/WECARD coordination functions and activities
Way forward
Strengthening strategic alliances with FARA, GCRAI CGIAR, D&T partners, RECS, and CSO
Strengthening NARS capacities and Relationship FbO, Private Sector, NGO to better connect production to markets
Sub-regional research for development tools will strengthening BMGF involvement in the implementation of projects to ensure spill-over and scaling out of success stories
Facilitate coordinated partnerships with NARS and contribution to national agricultural programs in the WCA region for sustainable transformation of agriculture
Delivery of an Impact infrastructure through Innovation Platforms to consolidated agricultural production of priority BMGF commodities and link producers to markets
Offers links with regional policy institutions and regulations to facilitate investments - seed, fertility, biosafety regulations
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