agriculture and climate change: to face the global challenges, sustain innovation capacities

PAEPARD Partners

Agriculture and climate change: To face the global challenges,sustain innovation capacities

Rémi Kahane, Deputy-manager of PAEPARDAgrinatura/CIRAD, Montpellier – Franceremi.kahane@cirad.fr - 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