Agriculture and climate change: To face the global challenges, sustain innovation capacities
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PAEPARD Partners
Agriculture and climate change: To face the global challenges,sustain innovation capacities
Rémi Kahane, Deputy-manager of PAEPARDAgrinatura/CIRAD, Montpellier – [email protected] - www.paepard.org
• Innovation in Agriculture : Multi-actors• Capacities in Agriculture : Sharing knowledge• Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development
(ARD)
Agriculture and climate change: To face the global challenges,sustain innovation capacities
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FOUR INSTRUMENTS GENERATED BY PAEPARD
Users Led Process for Consortia
Incentive Funds for Consortia
Competitive Funds
Strategy of communication
and capacity strengthening
PAEPARD’s learning approach for a users led process (ULP)
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Users Led Process
5 sub-regional ULPs4 led by a Farmers Organization1 led by a professional organization19 consortia in 17 African countries
Users Led
Process for
Consortia
Analyze the needs and priorities
Example of ULP-COLEACP Innovative use of mango wastes in the cosmetics
20 Agricultural innovation facilitators trained55 concept notes and proposals drafted
Incentive
Funds for
Consortia
Translate the needs into research questions and identify funding opportunities
Example of the Round Table of experts on aflatoxine issues in Africa
Competitive
Funds
Example of a production unit of Trichoderma for the management of soil fertility in vegetable farming in Burkina Faso
21 project proposals funded since 2010
Convert concept notes into research proposals and sustainable fund sourcing
Strategy of
communication
and capacity
strengthening
Intranet and Internet toolsDgroups and blogposts with over 6,000 followers> 500 participants in training workshopsReflection and analysis publications
Some lessons from PAEPARD’s experience to build strong, efficient and sustainable partnerships in ARD:
• A crucial stage is to translate users’ needs into research questions
• Diversifying the funding sources is essential• The benefits of a multi-stakeholder partnership
cannot be restricted to financial aspects• Brokerage is key to organize and strengthen multi-
stakeholder partnerships in ARD