Coalition for African Rice Development- its approach to promote private sectors -

Version March 2011 CARD Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya

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Production Consumption

Context

Widening Demand-supply Gap

Green Revolutio

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Food Price Crisis

Productivity Improvemen

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(1000Mt) PRODUCTION ANDCONSUMPTION OF RICEAFRICA, 1960 - 2007

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Context

Rice sector Development

Rice sector Development

Food securitySelf sufficiencyFood security

Self sufficiency

Economic development

Economic development

SustainabilitySustainability

Market-oriented or subsistence ?Market-oriented or subsistence ?

Extent of modernizationExtent of modernization

What is CARD?• is a consultative group of bilateral and multilateral

donors and African and international institutions

• aims at doubling the rice production in Sub-Sahara Africa by 2018

• fully respects African ownership and leadership

• Increase investment for rice-related development mainly through existing funding framework

• Better coordinate interventions based on the shared view on rice development (NRDS)

Approaches

Double rice production in SSA(28 MT per year by 2018)

Rice AEZsRice AEZs South-South CooperationSouth-South Cooperation

All aspects of

value chain

All aspects of

value chain

Capacity development

Capacity development

Rain-fed lowlandRain-fed lowland

Rain-fed uplandRain-fed upland

IrrigatedIrrigatedInputsInputs

On-farm technology

On-farm technology

Post-harvestPost-harvest

MarketingMarketing

StakeholdersAfrican Rice Producing PartnersAfrican Rice Producing Partners

Steering CommitteeSteering Committee

CARD PartnersCARD Partners

Democratic Rep of Congo

Central African Republic

KenyaUganda

Tanzania

Ethiopia

MadagascarMozambique

Zambia

Rwanda

Cameroon

Nigeria

Mali

Burkina Faso

Benin

Togo

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Guinea

Senegal

First Group Countries

Second Group Countries

Development Plan National Rice Development Strategies◦ Formulation of Version One (living document) and

launching◦ Analysis / updating of interventions and gaps◦ Prioritization of investments

• Alignment with overarching framework◦ Coordination with CAADP process

Actions taken

“Connection with the private sector”“Connection with the private sector”

Workshop(Senegal, Jun)

Workshop(Senegal, Jun)

Questionnaire(Aug)

Questionnaire(Aug)

Workshop(Japan, Sep)Workshop

(Japan, Sep)Agribusiness

Forum Agribusiness

Forum

Key issues onenabling

environment

Key issues onenabling

environment

MORE VOICESMORE VOICES

Areas Where Government Support is Required in Seed Business

• Create favorable environment for private sector to do business in inputs (e.g. taxes, land, loans)

• Enable private sector access public varieties• Support the policies to liberalize foundation seed

production• Facilitate the implementation of harmonized seed laws• Facilitate the reform of crop variety release regulations• Review and disseminate best practices to increase seed

demand• Facilitate the elimination of regional barriers to trade• Establish professional regulatory bodies to maintain quality

Next steps

SeminarSeminar

Policy / institution

Policy / institution

Key issues onenabling

environment

Key issues onenabling

environment

CARD General Meeting

CARD General Meeting

NRDS Action2012

Human capacityHuman capacity

Webpage

• A tool to share information and particularly assist project planners to generate effective rice-related interventions that create synergies with other key stakeholders

www.riceforafrica.org

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