Youth in AR4D a case study of the PAEPARD projectMarygoretti Gachagua

PAFO Youth forum.

8th October 2016

PAEPARD (Platform for African European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development)

•PAEPARD is a platform of information sharing on knowledge, funding opportunities etc.

•The information on opportunities has opened up mindset of farmers and researchers to develop competitive proposals and submit them to donors.

•PAEPARD has opened up the mindset of researchers and non-researchers to work together as equal partners in ARD agenda;

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FOUR INSTRUMENTS GENERATED BY PAEPARD

Users Led Process for Consortia

Incentive Funds for Consortia

Competitive Funds

Strategy of communication

and capacity strengthening

THE ULP PROCESSPAEPARD put emphasis on processes than that on any other results.

This has impacted farmer organizations that are leading the ULP that include researchers in the consortia

ARD projects integrating the youth•MUIIS project In Uganda •Trichoderma species in Burkina Faso•Soya bean value addition in Benin: support women processors association to produce milk from Soy-bean•AFLANET project in Kenya

MUIIS project In Uganda Market Led User Owned ICT4Ag Information Enabled Services • Weather information services• Agronomic information services• Financial information services-

insurance services

Youth how are they engaged• 200 MUIIS service agents

under age of 35 and below at least 75% fall under the age bracket

• They sell MUIIS project services to farmers

• This is an agri-prenural service for them.

Trichoderma species in Burkina Faso

Soya bean value addition in Benin: support women

AFLANET project in Kenya Aflatoxin Networking Project in Kenya.Focus: creating partnerships within aflatoxin prevention and control in food value chains. Youth engagement• Engaging young researchers who will capacity build

other young researchers in universities. • Prevention of aflatoxin will control mother to child

transmission due to carry over.

Pictures from Exhibition in AAIN

Exhibition booth at GCARD3

In a nut shell•PAEPARD has facilitated the application of demand-

driven research and is at the same time demystifying science by acknowledging the role of indigenous knowledge in the process.

This is very important!!

Thanks for listening!!