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TL II/ESASA/WASA Collabora0on 

Richard B Jones 

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Outline 

•  Global development alliances – Seed alliances ‐ West Africa Seed Alliance (WASA) 

– WASA Goal • WASA ins0tu0onal framework 

• USAID support to WASA • WASA governance 

– The Seeds Project – ESASA – Collabora0on with TL II 

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GDA’s Defined

•  Global Development Alliances are a market-based approach to partnerships between the public and private sectors to address jointly defined business and development objectives

•  Alliances are co-designed, co-funded, and co-managed by partners so that the risks, responsibilities, and rewards of partnership are equally shared

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Seed Alliances 

•  West Africa Seed Alliance (WASA) 

•  Eastern and Southern Africa Seed Alliance (ESASA) 

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WASA Goal 

•  To establish a sustainable commercial seed industry capable of ensuring that small‐scale farmers have affordable, 0mely and reliable access to adapted gene0cs and traits in high quality seeds and plan0ng materials; 

•  playing a leading role in the growth and development of viable agricultural inputs systems; 

•  suppor0ng the overall growth of the West Africa agricultural sector; 

•  and improving the agricultural enabling environment 

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Ins0tu0onal framework 

•  Established through a MoU – Signatories 

• USAID West Africa • Alliance for a Green Revolu0on in Africa (AGRA) • African Seed Trade Associa0on (AFSTA) 

– Monsanto 

– Pioneer Hi‐Bred 

• Economic Community of West African States  (ECOWAS) 

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USAID support 

•  USAID support to WASA through a Coopera0ve Agreement with ICRISAT (The Seeds Project) – USAID West Africa (Regional mission) 

•  Support to non‐presence countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo) 

•  Bilateral missions (Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal) – ICRISAT has sub‐contracts 

•  CNFA Inc •  Seed Science Center – Iowa State University (SSC‐ISU) •  Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property (CAS‐IP) •  The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) •  Rutgers University 

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Embedding GDAs

Corporate Partners

Project MOU Implementer

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WASA Governance 

•  Steering commiWee – Signatories to the WASA MoU 

• WASA coordinator (under recruitment through AFSTA) – Execu0ve secretary to the steering commiWee 

– Tracks resources commiWed to WASA 

– Assists in alliance building – Monitoring and evalua0on 

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The Seeds Project 

•  Regional technical team – Based at CILSS/INSAH in Bamako, Mali 

• Chief of Party (Ram SheWy) • Senior Seed Produc0on Specialist (Edo Lin) • Senior Agribusiness Specialist (Gino Pelle0er) • Senior Adviser on Policy and Public Partnership (Norbert Maroya) 

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Country teams 

•  Country coordinators – Agribusiness specialist – Training and demonstra0on coordinator – Seed manager – Seed technician 

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Geographic focus  Countries Activities

Ghana Agro-dealer development only

Mali Agro-dealer and seed industry development

Niger Agro-dealer and seed industry development (Started 2009)

Nigeria Agro-dealer and seed industry development

Burkina Faso Agro-dealer and seed industry development

Senegal Agro-dealer and seed industry development

Benin/Togo Seed industry development

15 ECOWAS countries + Chad & Mauritania

Seed trade harmonization

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Components 

•  Improvement of seed policy enabling environment 

•  Support to seed systems •  Strengthening of input and output supply chains •  Coordinate with regional bodies •  Support the livestock sector •  Cooperate with other USG Partners •  Undertake environmental examina0on 

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Agricultural Enabling Environment 

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Five‐day regional workshop on quaran0ne pests list for seed in West Africa 

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Quaran0ne pests analyzed Species Total number

of pests analyzed

Number of quarantine pests

for seed trade within the region

Number of quarantine pests for seed trade

with other parts of the world

Maize 22 5 9 Millet No initial pests list (seeking assistance from ICRISAT) Sorghum 12 2 5 Rice 12 3 4 Groundnut 12 3 6 Cowpea 22 3 6 Cassava 5 Seeking more information from IITA Yam 5 Seeking more information from IITA Potato 24 5 ( by tuber) 18 (by tuber) Tomato 13 2 3 Onion 18 8 (7 by bulbs ) 10 (7 by bulbs) TOTAL 145 32 61

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Regional workshop on variety release and registra4on  

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Focal points for varie0es release 

Country Focal person in

the country Organization Status

Burkina Faso Mr Apollinaire ZONGO Service National des Semences, DGPV, Burkina Faso

Public sector representative

Mr. Jonas YOGO Union Nationale des Producteurs Semenciers du Burkina Faso (UNPSB)

Private sector representative

Mali Mr. Dioukamady DIALLO Directeur du Laboratoire de Semences

(LABOSEM-Sotuba), MAEP Public sector

representative

Mr. Issa Mory DEMBELE Président Association Semencière du Mali (ASSEMA) ;

Private sector representative

Niger Mr. KANTA ADO Spécialiste des Semences, Direction Générale de l'Agriculture

Public sector representative

Mr. Alzouma SOUNNA Président Association des Producteurs Privés de Semences du Niger (APPSN)

Private sector representative

Nigeria Mr. Wasiu T. ODOFIN Registrar Variety release committee of Nigeria, National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB)

Public sector representative

Dr. Mathew. O. OMIDIJI President Seed Association of Nigeria (SEEDAN)

Private sector representative

Senegal Mr. Amadou Tidiane BA Chef Division des Semences, Dakar, Sénégal Public sector

representative

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Seed Produc0on Achievements in Mali and Nigeria 

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S0mula0ng seed demand 

•  Need for novel products from plant breeding 1.  Public sector (NARS, IARC’s, universi0es, etc) 

2.  Private sector (commercial seed companies with their own breeding programs) • New/introduced materials need to be: 

– Evaluated  by NARS and private sector simultaneously 

– Formally released by Plant Variety Release CommiWee 

– Maintained by owner or breeder 

•  Intellectual property contained in the seed needs to be managed 

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SEED PRODUCTION ACTIVITES  SIKASSO, MALI 

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Quality founda0on seed produc0on in Mali and Nigeria 

Crops Seed

production area in Mali

Seed production area in Nigeria

Total

Maize 3 ha 18.5 ha 21.5 ha Millet 1ha 18 ha 19.0 ha Sorghum 8ha 16 ha 24.0 ha Cowpea 5 ha 8 ha 13.0 ha Rice 7 ha 16.5 ha 23.5 ha Groundnut - 3.5 ha 3.5 ha Soya - 11 ha 11.0 ha TOTAL 24 ha 91.5 ha 115.5 ha

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Seed producer mapping in Mali 

•  Collec0on of data including: – Age of seed producers – Experience in seed produc0on – Area of produc0on – Origin of land under produc0on 

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Age of seed producers in Sikasso 

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Experience in seed produc0on 

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Size of area of produc0on 

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2nd Seed Stock Exchange in Sikasso  

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Seed transac0ons by seed producers supported by the Seeds Project 

Seed sellers Seed buyer Crops Quantity (Kg)

Daouda TRAORE Sekou KANTE Rice 1,300

O. TRAORE/Kolokani Sabouyuma Sorghum 10,000

O. TRAORE /Kolokani

Sabouyuma Groundnut 22,000

Association CRAPS Faso Kaba Sorghum 1,000 COPROSA SEDAB/Senegal Maize 80,000

TOTAL 114,300

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Agricultural Produc0vity   

Agrodealer Development 

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Technical Training •  Technical 

– Topics include safe use and handling of chemicals &  product knowledge 

– Local or regional supply companies lead training •  Ghana: 27 •  Mali: 21 

•  Nigeria: 7 

– # par0cipants •  Ghana: 863 •  Mali: 181 

•  Nigeria: 128 

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Business Management Training 

•  Business Management – 6 modules 

•  Managing Working Capital •  Managing Stocks •  Selling and Marke0ng •  Basic Business Record Keeping •  Cos0ng and Pricing •  Managing Business Rela0onships 

– Training of commercial Trainers (ToT) – # ADs trained in Y1 and Y2 (to date) 

•  Ghana: 182 •  Mali: 133 •  Nigeria: 248 

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Demand Crea0on: Demonstra0ons and Field Days 

•  Demonstra0on Plots – Crop Demonstra0ons of Improved Varie0es 

•  Vegetables, maize, sorghum, millet, rice 

– Ghana: 41 – Mali: 40 – Nigeria: 33 – Niger: 15 

•  29 Field Days – Demonstra0on of maize and cowpea storage (Nigeria, Ghana) 

–  Improved wheat seed (Nigeria) 

–  Improved millet seed (Nigeria) 

– Cowpea post‐harvest storage techniques (Nigeria, Ghana) 

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Sikasso Agrodealer Map 

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ESASA 

•  Not yet formalized under a GDA – Leadership from AFSTA and na0onal seed trade associa0ons 

•  Agrodealer development support programs – Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania 

•  Seed industry development – Malawi and Mozambique 

•  Seed trade harmoniza0on – SADC – COMESA 

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Legume diversifica0on 

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Grading and shelling groundnuts 

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Seed processing, packing and storage 

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Seed business training 

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Training in seed produc0on 

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Agro‐dealer development 

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Collabora0on with TL II 

•  Apply learning from TL II in scaling‐out – Sale of small seed packs through agrodealers 

– Decentralized models of seed produc0on 

•  Increased flow of improved legume varie0es 

•  Links to output markets – Fair trade in Malawi and Mozambique 

•  Variety release and seed cer0fica0on •  Founda0on seed produc0on and marke0ng