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Transcript of 3 fara annual meeting accra ( final)
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
Highlights fromScientific Partners
N Sanginga International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
IMF expects Africa to grow by nearly 6% in 2012 is led by new Infrastructure and agriculture.
Emerging new
leadership
Latest Headlines from AfricaFrom “The hopeless continent – May 2000” … To “Africa rising – Dec 2011”
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Sub-Saharan Challenge Program for Africa SSA-CP
proposed a new paradigm in 2003
Integrated Agricultural Research for Development
IAR4D
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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The four support pillars of the SSA-CP
The four principal
themes of the
SSA-CP
(FARA, 2004)
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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CGIAR Reforms Food security, Poverty, Natural resources, Undernutrition
Impact by 2025
Increase yield 60%
Sustain annual growth 0.5 %
Reduce poverty 15 %
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
R4D platforms in Action Sites
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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•External review in 2011 shows positive results of SSA-CP in the great Lake regions
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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What is the science potential ?
Life Science Revolution – molecular biology
IT revolution – crop management, precision agriculture
Holistic approach – Sustainable intensification
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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What are the growth areas?
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Niger
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Filling the Yield Gap
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Old and degraded soils…Nutrient depletion in sub-Saharan Africa
Stoorvogel et al., 1993).
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Agriculture without dogmas…
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Green Revolution
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Restore Soil Fertility in Africa
AU Fertilizer Summit recommendation: from 8 to 50 kg/ha by 2015
Land degradation surveillance: a digital soil map for Africa
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Restore soil fertility in Africa
More resilient & productive crops for Africa
Enabling environmentmarketpolicies
Food Security - Targets
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Reaching the millions?
Best bet technologies
Partnership and Capacity Development
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?
ResearchCapacity building Delivery
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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ChallengesTechnical / Scientific
Investment balance between commodity & NRMDecaying infrastructure
PartnershipPolicy & institutional arrangements for scaling-upMainstreaming Gender
FundingLong-term investment vs. short project
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Thank you!
