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CCARDESA PROGRESS
REPORT: 2012 - 2013
PROF TIMOTHY SIMALENGA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CCARDESA
1. Launched of CCARDESA - June 2011
2. From MAPP to CCARDESA – Interim Secretariat (2011
– 2012)
3. Establishment phase (2012 - 2013)
Staff recruitment
Office equipment acquisition & software
Implementation of projects
Partnerships and linkages
4. Concluding Remarks
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Establishment Phase
Staff recruitment: 15 (7reg;5L and 3)
Staff Offices & equipment
April 2013: 5 quick win projects
established, Preparations for MTOP
Business Model
THEMATIC APPROACH
AND
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
CCARDESA Research FOCUS AREAS
Research Value Chain
Livestock
and
Breeding
Systems
Crop
Improvement
and
Agronomy
Aquaculture
Research
And
Development
Forestry
and
Bio-products
Cross cutting
issues:
Gender
Socio-
economics,
Nutrition
studies
and
Policy
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
1. Continental projects (FARA)
i. Uni-BRAIN
ii. PSTAD
iii.SSA Challenge Programme
Implementation of Projects
2. ‘Quick-win’ projects
i. Out-scaling conservation agriculture
ii. Climate change adaptation model
iii. Establishment of Regional Bee-keeping
training centre
iv. Innovation platform for horticultural
farmers
Implementation of projects (2)
3. Other regional projects
i. Agricultural Productivity Programme for
Southern Africa (APPSA)
ii. Development of Information & Knowledge
management system
iii. Inventory of under-utilised crops in SADC
Implementation of Projects (3)
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
1. Continental Projects
1. Duration: 2007-2013. Given 2 year extension –
up to Dec 2014
2. Objective: build capacity & support technology
adoption through innovation platforms
3. In Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar,
Mozambique and Zambia
4. Capacity building carried out
supply of computers
training in information sharing
Promotion of Science And Technology For
Agricultural Development (PSTAD)
Technology Adoption
Malawi – OPV Maize Zambia – Sorghum
PSTAD farmers in Malawi
(Salima)Sorghum in Siavonga
Training in information
sharing
Equipment supply
Participants in MozambiqueProvided to each participating
country
Capacity Building
Universities, Business & Research in
Agricultural Innovation (UniBRAIN)
1. Duration: 2012-2015
2. Thrust: commercializing innovations - linking research
organizations to industry
3. One innovation platform established in Zambia;
mango & horticultural crops
4. Second platform planned for Angola (ICRISAT India)
5. Supporting study on promising innovations for
commercialization: Zambia, other countries
SSA Challenge Programme
Use of Integrated
Agricultural Research
for Development
(IAR4D)
Testing & validation of
IAR4D
2. Quick-win’ projects
1. Out-scaling of conservation agriculture
1. “Collaboration with:
FAO
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
Conservation Agric. Regional Working Group (CARWG)
2. Establishing the appropriate entry point
Meeting with CSOs – identifying challenges
Workshop of CARWG – identifying challenges, roles,
opportunities
3. Focus:
1. capacity building,
2. Advocacy for conservation agriculture
3. Research on challenges in CA practice
2. Climate change adaptation model
1. Climate change impacts negatively on agriculture
2. Need for adaptation to improve resilience
3. Objective: empower stakeholders in decision
making on climate change in agriculture
4. Mathematical model currently being developed
5. Field validation to be done in Botswana and
Namibia
3.Other regional projects
1. World Bank supported project in Malawi, Mozambique &
Zambia
2. Objective: To increase the availability of improved
agricultural technologies to farmers in participating
countries
3. Three components:
i. Technology generation & dissemination
ii. Strengthening Centers of Leadership
iii. Coordination & Facilitation
1. Agricultural Productivity Program For
Southern Africa (APPSA)
APPSA (Cont’d)
1. Project launched in the three countries (28 Oct –
13 Nov 2013)
1. Twenty five (25) R&D proposals developed
(9-Mz; 5-Rice; 11-Legumes)
2. Collaborative – diff. institutions in 3 countries
3. Peer reviewed proposals
4. Second cycle of proposals to start 2014
APPSA LAUNCH IN MALAWI
APPSA LAUNCH IN ZAMBIA
2. Information & Knowledge Management System
1. CCARDESA – Information based-organisation
2. Link with stakeholders & information access route-Key component of MTOP
3. Collaborating with FAO and CTA – TCP Facility
To fund a consultant to draft a TCP document on ‘CCARDESA Information & Knowledge Management System’
4. Implementation of the TCP on I&K Management System to start in 2014
3. Inventory of under-utilised crops
1. Collaborative work with Crops For the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) based in Malaysia
2. Aim: to document ‘minor’ crops with potential for food security in the region
3. Short term interns recruited in all Countries to collect:
List of underutilised crops
Geographical distribution
Production systems
Processing & value for cultivation
Botanical features etc
Strategic Partnerships
1. Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) –based in Malaysia
2. Regional Agricultural & Environmental Innovations Networks-Africa
(RAEIN-AFRICA)
1. Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
2. FANRPAN
3. WaterNet
WHERE TO NOW ?
Looking ahead
1. Implementation of Medium Term Operational Plan
(MTOP)
2. Consolidation of project implementation
3. Monitoring & reporting
4. Development of proposals for resource mobilisation
Managing the
FUTURE!
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Developmental Partner Resource Mobilized (U$)
World Bank APPSA
PROGRAMME
0.6 mill
EU (MDTF) 7.5 mill over 5 years
CTA 0.12 mill
USAID 0.5 mill
FARA 0.15 mill to support
Continental projects
NEW FUNDING INITIATIVES
Project Projected Resource (U$)
Development of Agricultural
based business
opportunities for Women and
Youth in Southern Africa
11.2 mill Submitted for funding
Wheat for Africa Programme-
Southern Africa component
Submitted to IFAD in
collaboration with CIMMYT
SIMLESA Phase II In collaboration with CIMMYT
REGIONAL FOCAL POINT
FOR ANIMAL GENETIC
RESOURCE CENTRE
AU-IBAR Initiative.
Strengthening Strategic Alliances
Working together implementing
key practical issues affecting
Agriculture
and Livestock development
Strengthening Strategic Alliances
Supporting implementation of key practical
issues affecting agriculture development
Mobilising strategic partnerships and
key players in the value chain
Industry
Education Institutions
Policy MakerSociety
Agriculture Transformation Agenda: Targeting the Youth
SADC Youth and Agri-business
Programmes
• Due to high unemployment rate, itis important to start planning foryouth programmes in livestock.
• Designing market orientedenterprises for women and youthin various value chain – Projectto start 2014.
$
$$$$$$$Beneficial evidence of:
Profitable Farming
with ‘Sustainable Rural Development’
$
Agriculture – led industrialization
WE MUST THINK
POSITIVELY
WE MUST THINK POSITIVELY
LET US AVOID THE ABUSE!!