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Ensuring stakeholder consultative processes in problem diagnoses in identifying constraints, needs and opportunities and in developing intervention in improving crop productivity, competitiveness and access to markets, Analysing baseline information in determining current technological and socio-economic status of target groups, specific opportunities and bases for measuring impact, Developing partnerships, establishing innovation platforms and networking systems in facilitating technology development and adoption Generating and disseminating appropriate technologies and continued refining technologies/innovations from feedbacks from project implementation Strengthening technical and organizational capacity of stakeholders, particularly, target groups in enhancing their roles as effective players in innovations systems Facilitating linkages to agri-inputs, credit and market in enhancing adoption of technologies Demonstrating socio-economic advantages of improved technology/innovation systems to sustain stakeholder interest Addressing negative environmental effects and targeting women, particularly in areas of comparative advantage in the value chain Identifying and using appropriate result dissemination pathways (training manuals, websites, brochures, fact sheets, radio/TV programmes, open forums, drama, exchange visits, farmer-farmer Ensuring effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation Extension/NGOs (1) Innovative in building partnership with private sector and farmer organizations (2) Capacity strengthening and provision of market information, standards and linkage, group animation, (3) Source of useful national information, data and policy RECs/Market institutions (ECOWAS, UEAMOA, CEEAC, CEMAC, CILSS, IFDC, CMA/AOC (1) Offer sub-regional policy, harmonised rules and regulations in the promotion of technologies, (2) linkages to market information Projects and Programmes (AGRA, WASA, AFSTA, AAFT, etc) (1) Provision of linkages to services (2) promotion of technologies and agri-input usage, (2) Capacity strengthening, Project development and Implementation process Project Development and Implementation Process Monitoring and Evaluation Participatory diagnoses ( constraints, needs and opportunities) and development of interventions Baseline (status and opportunities) Partnerships platforms, networking Participatory experimentation and demonstration (technical and economic) Technical and organizational capacity strengthening Linkages to services and markets Dissemination pathways (farmer-farmer; village for a, electronic and print media and materials) Environmental sustainability and gender considerations Technology Generation, dissemination and adoption Ongoing projects Commissioned projects Competitive projects Promotion of Striga-resistant sorghum varieties to mitigate food crises in the Sahelian zone (Senegal, Mali, Northern Nigeria and Burkina Faso) Improving maize productivity and its dissemination through the promotion of integrated management technologies in the Savannah zone of Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad Promotion of improved yam Minisett technology in improving yam productivity in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Benin Enhancing cowpea productivity and income for sustainable livelihood of resource-poor farmers (Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Benin and Ghana) Improving post-harvest quality of rice, sorghum/millet and cassava products to enhance marketability in West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Liberia) Promotion of integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of small-holder farmers (Cameroon, DR Congo, Congo, Benin, Togo and Ghana) Improving seed systems in cereals and legumes) in West and Central Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Cameroon) Promotion of post-harvest technologies in the storage and processing of maize and cowpea to reduce losses and to improve market quality in WCA (Senegal, Niger, Guinea and Cameroon) Conclusions The approaches and mechanisms in this strategy facilitate active and holistic involvement of stakeholders, particularly farmers, women processors, the private sector and research organizations in the light of the IAR4D paradigm, which is a clear indication of stakeholder commitment in the new approach in the generation, dissemination and adoption of technology and innovation. Through project implementation, target groups are increasingly having their capacities strengthened, gaining more access to technology and innovation, as well as to new knowledge and options for improving productivity, competitiveness and market access of important staple crops. Thus, the strategy is expected to transform beneficiaries into food secure, knowledgeable and prosperous individuals and communities. Acronyms ACMV Africa Cassava Mosaic Virus AfricaRice Africa Rice Centre AFSTA Africa Seed Trade Association AGRA Alliance for green revolution in africa CARBAP Centre Africain de Recherches en Bananiers et Plantains CBB Cassava Bacteria Blight CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CILSS Comité Permanent Inter - Etats de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement CERAAS Centre d’Etudes Régionales pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse CORAF/WECARD Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles/ West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development FAAP Framework for African Agricultural Productivity IAR4D Integrated Agricultural Research for Development ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IWMI International Water Management Institute M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NARI National Agricultural Research Institute NARS National Agricultural Research System NGO Non-Governmental Organisation or Organisations QPM Quality Protein Maize REC Regional Economic Community or Communities WASA West Africa Seed Alliance
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Page 1: Mise en page 1 - USAID-CORAF/WECARDusaid.coraf.org/documents/implementation.pdf · Facilitating linkages to agri-inputs, ... strengthening Linkages to services and markets ... enhance

Ensuring stakeholder consultative processes in problem diagnoses in identifying constraints,

needs and opportunities and in developing intervention in improving crop productivity,

competitiveness and access to markets,

Analysing baseline information in determining current technological and socio-economic

status of target groups, specific opportunities and bases for measuring impact,

Developing partnerships, establishing innovation platforms and networking systems in

facilitating technology development and adoption

Generating and disseminating appropriate technologies and continued refining

technologies/innovations from feedbacks from project implementation

Strengthening technical and organizational capacity of stakeholders, particularly, target groups

in enhancing their roles as effective players in innovations systems

Facilitating linkages to agri-inputs, credit and market in enhancing adoption of technologies

Demonstrating socio-economic advantages of improved technology/innovation systems to

sustain stakeholder interest

Addressing negative environmental effects and targeting women, particularly in areas of

comparative advantage in the value chain

Identifying and using appropriate result dissemination pathways (training manuals, websites,

brochures, fact sheets, radio/TV programmes, open forums, drama, exchange visits,

farmer-farmer

Ensuring effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation

Extension/NGOs

(1) Innovative in building partnership with private sector and farmer organizations

(2) Capacity strengthening and provision of market information, standards and linkage, group

animation, (3) Source of useful national information, data and policy

RECs/Market institutions (ECOWAS, UEAMOA, CEEAC, CEMAC, CILSS, IFDC, CMA/AOC

(1) Offer sub-regional policy, harmonised rules and regulations in the promotion of technologies,

(2) linkages to market information

Projects and Programmes (AGRA, WASA, AFSTA, AAFT, etc)

(1) Provision of linkages to services (2) promotion of technologies and agri-input usage, (2)

Capacity strengthening,

Project development and Implementation process

Project Development and Implementation Process

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Participatory

diagnoses (

constraints, needs

and opportunities)

and development of

interventions Baseline (status

and opportunities)

Partnerships

platforms,

networking

Participatory

experimentation

and demonstration

(technical and

economic)Technical and

organizational

capacity

strengthening

Linkages to

services and

markets

Dissemination

pathways

(farmer-farmer;

village for a,

electronic and print

media and

materials)

Environmental

sustainability and

gender

considerations

Technology

Generation,

dissemination and

adoption

Ongoing projects

Commissioned projects Competitive projects

Promotion of Striga-resistant sorghum

varieties to mitigate food crises in the

Sahelian zone (Senegal, Mali, Northern

Nigeria and Burkina Faso)

Improving maize productivity and its

dissemination through the promotion of

integrated management technologies in

the Savannah zone of Cameroon, Nigeria

and Chad

Promotion of improved yam Minisett

technology in improving yam productivity

in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Benin

Enhancing cowpea productivity and

income for sustainable livelihood of

resource-poor farmers (Mali, Burkina

Faso, Sierra Leone, Benin and Ghana)

Improving post-harvest quality of rice,

sorghum/millet and cassava products to

enhance marketability in West Africa

(Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal,

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Liberia)

Promotion of integrated crop

management technologies to improve

plantain productivity of small-holder

farmers (Cameroon, DR Congo, Congo,

Benin, Togo and Ghana)

Improving seed systems in cereals and

legumes) in West and Central Africa

(Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and

Cameroon)

Promotion of post-harvest technologies in

the storage and processing of maize and

cowpea to reduce losses and to improve

market quality in WCA (Senegal, Niger,

Guinea and Cameroon)

ConclusionsThe approaches and mechanisms in this strategy facilitate active and holistic involvement of

stakeholders, particularly farmers, women processors, the private sector and research

organizations in the light of the IAR4D paradigm, which is a clear indication of stakeholder

commitment in the new approach in the generation, dissemination and adoption of technology

and innovation. Through project implementation, target groups are increasingly having their

capacities strengthened, gaining more access to technology and innovation, as well as to new

knowledge and options for improving productivity, competitiveness and market access of

important staple crops. Thus, the strategy is expected to transform beneficiaries into food

secure, knowledgeable and prosperous individuals and communities.

AcronymsACMV Africa Cassava Mosaic Virus

AfricaRice Africa Rice Centre

AFSTA Africa Seed Trade Association

AGRA Alliance for green revolution in africa

CARBAP Centre Africain de Recherches en Bananiers et Plantains

CBB Cassava Bacteria Blight

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CILSS Comité Permanent Inter - Etats de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel

CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le

Développement

CERAAS Centre d’Etudes Régionales pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la

Sécheresse

CORAF/WECARD Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement

Agricoles/ West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research

and Development

FAAP Framework for African Agricultural Productivity

IAR4D Integrated Agricultural Research for Development

ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute

IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

IWMI International Water Management Institute

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

NARI National Agricultural Research Institute

NARS National Agricultural Research System

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation or Organisations

QPM Quality Protein Maize

REC Regional Economic Community or Communities

WASA West Africa Seed Alliance

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Demographic and social vulnerability1. WCA is inhabited by 318 people, with rapid population growth of 3.1%, twice global average.

2. While 60-70% depend on agriculture, 50-60% live on less than $1 a day.

3. Widespread hunger and malnutrition are common and access to technology is limited

Effect of climate change1. Africa is warming up at about 0.05°C per decade.

2. In the Sahel, rainfall has decreased by 20-40% in past 30 years with 9-10 months dry season in

a year

3. Frequent dry spells and floods during the growing season have become common

Vulnerability to food insecurityHigh risk of food insecurity and low capacity to mitigate food insecurity

Stagnation of agricultural productivity over the past 40 years

ObjectiveBroad-based productivity, competitiveness and markets sustainably improved in West and Central

Africa for staple crops.

Potential economic contribution

during the next 10 years

Needs (% Response)

Agri-input enterprises

Cassava 4.7 billion

Yam 1.8 billion

Rice 6.8 billion

Maize 2.5 billion,

Sorghum 2.4 billion

Credit

Market

Capacity

strengthening

Policy

Partnership

and Capacity

Technology Markets Policy Regulatory systems

Effective partnership

at national and

sub-regional levels

Generation and

promotion of

productivity

enhancing

technologies (ISFM,

NRM, IPM, soil water

management)

post-harvest,

processing.

Quality control and

certification

systems to support

producers and

private sector in

adopting good

agric. practices

(GAPs)

Functional policy to

support the growth

of the private

sector (input-output

& processing

enterprises)

Innovations to

remove barriers to

trade (bank

transactions, border,

in-country, linguistic,

currency)

Innovative and

improved credit

delivery system

Germplasm that meet

expectation of

producers,

processors,

exporters, consumers

made available

through functional

variety release

system.

Promotion of

harmonised market

information systems

and data collection

for actors to make

informed choices

Innovations to curb

unfair competition

between imported

and locally

produced cereals,

with reformed

policies to support

local initiatives

Promotion of existing

rules, regulations for

cross-border trade in

grains and seeds

under the treaties of

the RECs

Empowered

producer and

processor groups to

enhance knowledge,

skills and group

management

capacities

Widespread and

cost-effective use of

appropriate inputs

through group

linkages to

input/credit

Stabilised prices of

produce through

improved storage

and longer term

credits.

Innovative

marketing systems

for grains,

particularly

groundnuts in the

Sahel

Strengthen

sub-regional

capacity to

implement

harmonised rules,

standards and

regulations

Support to key

NGOs for long-term

projects and to

expand scope.

Encourage NGO

Research-Private

sector linkages.

Facilitate fabrication

and acquisition of

adaptive equipment

(field, shelling,

cleaning, processing)

Improved quality

and year-round

supply of raw

material and

storage systems

Curbing embargo

on recruitment of

scientists

Strong producer,

processors and

exporter capacities in

trade standards, rules

and regulations.

Improved farmer-

extension ratio,

NGO-Research-

Private sector

linkages to improve

access to

technology, market

and credit.

Uninterrupted supply

of breeder and

foundation seeds of

priority varieties

Promotions and

utilisation of

certified seeds and

fertiliser, bringing

distribution centres

closer to producing

communities

Solutions to power

and water outages

to improve private

sector

performance.

Improved linkages of

emerging

entrepreneurs to

sub-regional and

export markets

Research capacity

(human, equipment,

logistics)

strengthened

Acquisition of vital

farm machinery and

equipment for land

preparation, irrigation,

post-harvest activities

Tax exception on

imported

machinery and

equipment

Functional

agri-businesses in

roots, tubers and

plantain together with

orthodox seeds.

Private sector –

policy support and

linkages to public

sector institutions

Zone sahélienne del'Afrique de l'Ouest

Zone de l'Afrique Centrale

Zone côtière de l'Afriquede l'Ouest

16

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

Raw materia

l

Equipement

Credit

Market

Proc'g

Tech

Capacity S

tr.

Germplasm

Tech

. Tra

nsfer

Group fo

rmatio

n

Communicatio

n

Cross

-bord

er

Policy

Needs (% Responses)

of Processors

Needs (% Responses)

of Producers

Critical areas for redress Thematic areas of interventions

Theme Intervention

1. Agricultural productivity enhancement Develop and promote new stress-tolerant genetic

materials, ISFM, IPM, NRM; involvement of

more countries, particularly Central Africa

2. Agricultural inputs promotion Promote seed entrepreneurship development;

community-seed multiplication, capacity building;

quality control; breeder, foundation and certified

seed supply; variety releases, cataloguing;

increased use of appropriate fertilisers

3. Promotion of post harvest technologies Promote food storage technologies, diversification

of processed products, conditioning, packaging,

labelling and marketing)

4. Strengthening capacities of producers,

processers, input organization and

researchers

Strengthen capacity of civil society – in

association and group management, technical

skills, access to inputs, credit and market). using

projects to train scientists through their theses

research

5. Accelerated promotion of regional

harmonisation/integration systems

Promote harmonised regulations in trade and

seed and germplasm exchanges

Mobilize resources (human and

financial); develop partnership; need to

implement new projects to address gaps,

up-scale and out-scale success stories;

Improving networking with stakeholders

Mobilize resources (human and financial);

develop partnership; need to implement new

projects to address gaps, up-scale and out-scale

success stories; Improving networking with

stakeholders

Millet 1.6 billion

Cowpea 380 million

Groundnut 3.4 billion

Plantain

Total 23.68 billion

Opportunities offered by Organisations

CORAF/WECARD Programmes

Technologies/innovations and synergies from programmes: (1) Livestock, Aqua-culture and

fisheries; (2) Staple Crops (3) Non-staple crops; (4) Natural Resource Management;

(5) Biotechnology and bio-safety, (6) Policy, market and trade; (7) Knowledge management;

(8) Capacity strengthening

Research Institutions (in general)

1) Sources of adaptive technologies (2) Experience in sub-regional agricultural systems,

partnerships and linkages, (3) Services in documentation and laboratory analyses (4)

Expertise for capacity strengthening

NARIs

(1) Critical mass (scientists) for research (2) Adaptive technologies (crop varieties;

farming systems; socio-economics, NRM), documentation and publication; (3) linkages to

national stakeholders (4) In-depth knowledge in the national systems, (5) capacity to train target

groups; (6) linkages with the CGIAR in technology development.

CGIAR and Base Centres

AfricaRice: (1) NERICA (upland and lowland) tolerant to multiple stresses, (2) Rice

varieties tolerant to RYMV, soil salinity/acidity, (3) Lowland cropping systems, (4) Grain quality

improvement

IITA : (1) Multi-purpose cassava varieties resistance to the ACMV and CBB, (2) Yam

varieties resistance to virus, (3) Maize varieties bio-fortified (Zn, Fe, Amino Acids-QPM) and

resistant to stresses, (4) Legume (cowpea/soybean) varieties, (5) Post-harvest

technologies.

ICRISAT: (1) Sorghum OPVs & hybrids and millet, (2) Striga-tolerant sorghum, (3) Groundnut

resistant to the rosette virus and other pests

IFPRI: Food policy and market analyses

IWMI: Soil water management and small scale irrigation systems development

BIOVERSITY: Strategic reserve and conservation of germplasm

CIRAD: (1) Advanced laboratories; (2) Expertise in basic research, (3) Strong link with

Francophone NARIs

CARBAP: Plantain and banana (for local and export markets)

CERAAS: Sorghum, millet, groundnut and cowpea adaptation to dry conditions

Farmer organisations

(1) Grouping/associations facilitate partnership, linkages, technology transfer and

lobbying, (2) Indigenous knowledge, (3) On-farm experimental fields and management;

Private Sector

Processors and traders (1) Creating and diversifying markets, (2) Reducing post-harvest losses,

(3) Facilitate sub-regional food distribution

Equipment Fabricators: (1) Fabrication of processing equipment, ( in baseline reports on rice,

cassava and sorghum/millet processing in the process of publishing)

Agric-input organizations: (1) Promotion of new germplasm, (2) Promotion of harmonized

rules, regulations, standards, variety release and cataloguing systems, (3)Certification systems

in some countries, (4) Existence input entrepreneurs and companies with linkages to

WASA, AFSTA, IFDC and AGRA

Response (%)

Breeder & found’n seeds

Processing equipment

Seed prod’n t’nology

New germplasm

High

Low


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