How can research users drive the ARD research agenda?

By Jonas Mugabe, FARAPAEPARD SIDE EVENT

Accra, 15 July 2013

ObjectivesObjectivesOverall: Build joint African-European multi-stakeholder partnerships in ARD contributing to achieving the MDGs

Specific: Enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven; and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe on ARD with the aim of attaining the MDGs.

From PAEPARD II document: It aims at moving from the currently largely supply-driven approach in ARD towards a demand-driven approach.

ObjectivesObjectivesOverall: Build joint African-European multi-stakeholder partnerships in ARD contributing to achieving the MDGs

Specific: Enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven; and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe on ARD with the aim of attaining the MDGs.

From PAEPARD II document: It aims at moving from the currently largely supply-driven approach in ARD towards a demand-driven approach.

WHERE DOES PAEPARD II COMES FROM?

Research-research collaboration, no other stakeholders involved

Projects concentrated in a few African countries

Problems identified under PAEPARD I

Declining European-African ARD collaboration

Driven by research interest of European partners with African research stakeholders (=supply approach)

Dominated by European research organisations

Solutions sought that PAEPARD II will bring

Inclusive partnerships with non-research stakeholders (FOs, private sector, NGOs) leading those partnerships

Projects spread over more African countries

Increased number of European-African ARD partnerships

Driven by demands of end users

Balanced partnerships, led by African non-research stakeholders

What does PAEPARD do to achieve these objectives?

WP5 WP5 Bringing partners togetherBringing partners together around around

common innovation challenges common innovation challenges (=federating themes)(=federating themes)

WP5 WP5 Bringing partners togetherBringing partners together around around

common innovation challenges common innovation challenges (=federating themes)(=federating themes)

WP2-WP1WP2-WP1MobilizingMobilizing research and non-research research and non-research stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD

collaboration collaboration

WP2-WP1WP2-WP1MobilizingMobilizing research and non-research research and non-research stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD

collaboration collaboration

WP3WP3Providing tools for Providing tools for

knowledge sharing andknowledge sharing andaccess to informationaccess to information

WP4 WP4 Strengthening capacitiesStrengthening capacities of of

stakeholders to work in inclusive stakeholders to work in inclusive balanced partnershipsbalanced partnerships

WP6Advocate with research with research funders for support to funders for support to

inclusive ARD partnershipsinclusive ARD partnerships

IAO/NRI/CIRAD

CSA

PAFO

FANRPAN

WP7

Management & Coordination

FARA CIRAD

CTA

RUFORUM ICRA PAFO NRI

FARA COLEACP

FARA AGRINATURA

STEP 1 Brokeraging the partnerships:

« Selecting the theme, Identifying partners

 and funding opportunities»

STEP 2Partnership Inception

workshop

« Building partnerships »

STEP 3 Write-shop:         « Development                of research                proposal »

STEP 4

« Applying to funding

opportunity »

Mentoring/ Outside of

PAEPARD??

+ capacity strengthening+ support for facilitation

+ Financial support

Brokerage of African-European partnerships’ mechanism: launching calls 1&2

Virtual meeting using Skype, email, phones

Physical meetings organized with representative from institutions and actors

2 write-shops organizedEntebbe & Cotonou

9 consortia from call 1 completed step 4 in March 2012 some of the 10 consortia completed step 4 in March 2012 The 19 consortia were opportunistic-based: from PAEPARD calls

This brokerage mechanism was criticized to be more top down. It did not allow partners to own the process. A new one was needed

Submission & selection

Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives

Southern-Africa Zimbabwe (University of Zimbabwe) Improving the incomes of smallholder farmers through increased access to livestock markets and livestock production to marketing value chain

Malawi (University of Lilongwe) Partnership for Enhanced Aquaculture Innovation in Sub Saharan Africa (PEAISSA)

South-Africa (NERPO) Overcoming barriers to sustainable livestock enterprises among marginal smallholders in South Africa

East-Africa Uganda (Makerere University) Enhancing capacity/developing networks between North-South Universities in Research Methods training at PhD level

Kenya (KARI) Reduce aflatoxin contamination along the maize value chain

West-Africa Ghana (Concern Universal) Improving food security and income for smallholder farmers through improved post harvest technology

Togo (Institut de Recherche Agricole) Agribusiness autour du Soja

Togo (CASADDVR) Caractérisation de deux variétés du piment rouge pour améliorer la mise en marché et transformation semi-industrielle

Senegal-Mali (Terra Nuova) Un partenariat Europe Afrique pour la création d’un outil de suivi de l’agriculture familiale

Consortia from call 1

Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives

West-Africa /CORAF Ghana (Citrus Producers Association of Ghana)

Control of Angular leaf spot disease of Citrus in Ghana

Benin (Sojagnon, Farmers Federation) Appui a la sécurité économique des ménages ruraux par la production, la commercialisation et la transformation du Soja au Benin

Burkina-Faso [Association pour la Recherche et la Formation en Agro-écologie (ARFA)]

BIOPROTECT-B, un groupement d’intérêt économique pour la protection biologique des cultures et la fertilisation organique des sols pour une agriculture saine et durable au sahel.

Cote d’Ivoire (Centre Suisse de Recherches scientifiques)

Agriculture pour l’éducation (A.P.E) des enfants en âge scolaire (5 – 15 ans) en milieux rural et périurbain

Cameroon [Concertation Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Cameroun (CNOP-CAM)]

Innover pour l’intensification, la diversification et la transformation de l’agriculture familiale en Afrique Centrale à travers la recherche – action en partenariat : cas de CNOP-CAM dans la région du Centre Cameroun

Nigeria (Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria)

Low cost and high quality livestock feed production knowledge delivery to Nigerian poultry industry (NIPOFERD)

Consortia from call 2

Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives

East-Africa/ ASARECA Burundi [Confédération des Associations de Producteurs Agricoles pour le Développement (CAPAD)]

Développement participatif des technologies de la culture pomme de terre et promotion des innovations sensibles au genre et à la conservation de l’environnement au Burundi

Uganda (Farm Gain African Ltd) Extensive Collection and Characterization of African Solanaceae Plants

Uganda (Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)

Enhancing soybean and cowpea value chains for increased productivity, incomes and nutritional security of smallholder farmers in East and Central Africa.

Southern-Africa/CCARDESA

Mauritius (Food and Agricultural Research Council, Reduit, Mauritius)

Micro propagation and cultivation of in vitro breadfruit plants and development of novel products from Breadfruit as an alternative source of carbohydrates in Mauritius.

Consortia that applied for the Second African Union Research Grants Call Proposals for 2012

1.Nigeria - Feed Production Poultry Industry 2.Togo - Red pepper3.Benin-Togo: Soybean4.Malawi - Aquaculture in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, DRC and Cameroon5.Burkina Faso - BIOPROTECT-B, fertilisation organique des sols6.Uganda - soybean and cowpea value chains 7.Uganda - Extensive Collection and Characterization of African Solanaceae Plants8.Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana - Innovative approaches for sustainable management of water resource for agricultural production in Eastern and Western Africa (I4MWAP)9.Ghana-Malawi: Management of Pre- and Post- Harvest Insect Pests of Maize in Ghana and Malawi10.Many other consortia applied to EDULINK call; only 6 of them were funded11.CAPAD-Burundi teamed with KARI (Kenya) and other partners. They won funds from ASARECA call (CGS).

New brokerage partnership mechanism: Users Led Process (ULP)

Users’ Users’ Led Led

ProcessProcess

Federating Federating ThemeTheme

1

Desk Desk reviewreview

2

Induction Induction WorkshopWorkshop

3

4

ConceptConceptNoteNote

DevelopmentDevelopment

5

Full Full ProposalProposal

DevelopmenDevelopmentt6

Multi-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULPMulti-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULPEAFF: Extensive Livestock value chains in Eastern Africa with Specific focus on Kenya and Uganda; with focus on only one value chain: Beef production;PROPAC: Urban horticulture value chain in Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville & DR Congo);ROPPA: Rice value chain in Benin, Burkina Faso & Mali;FANRPAN/SACAU: Groundnut value chain in Malawi & Zambia;COLEACP: Adding value to Mango non-food uses in West Africa (Burkina-Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal)

Multi-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULPMulti-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULPEAFF: Extensive Livestock value chains in Eastern Africa with Specific focus on Kenya and Uganda; with focus on only one value chain: Beef production;PROPAC: Urban horticulture value chain in Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville & DR Congo);ROPPA: Rice value chain in Benin, Burkina Faso & Mali;FANRPAN/SACAU: Groundnut value chain in Malawi & Zambia;COLEACP: Adding value to Mango non-food uses in West Africa (Burkina-Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal)

Challenges/Lessons learned (1)1- Multi-stakeholder partnerships building takes time: (a) communication; (b) trust and mutual understanding; (c) differences in organizational culture and working practices: these delay reporting & implementation of some activities;

2- Difficult to engage African non-research stakeholders in the process (at the beginning); the articulation of their ARD demand/needs takes time ;

Challenges/Lessons learned (1)1- Multi-stakeholder partnerships building takes time: (a) communication; (b) trust and mutual understanding; (c) differences in organizational culture and working practices: these delay reporting & implementation of some activities;

2- Difficult to engage African non-research stakeholders in the process (at the beginning); the articulation of their ARD demand/needs takes time ;

Challenges/Lessons learned (2)3- Inadequate funding opportunities can discourage some stakeholders (private sector, FOs) in joining the consortium; current funding mechanisms more push-oriented instead of pull-oriented: difficult for non research-stakeholders to engage in high competition (scientific excellence) basket funding; because of inadequate capacity.

4- Need of targeting diversity of funding mechanisms: national, regional and international level rather than relying to the EC funding as it was in PAEPARD document;

Challenges/Lessons learned (2)3- Inadequate funding opportunities can discourage some stakeholders (private sector, FOs) in joining the consortium; current funding mechanisms more push-oriented instead of pull-oriented: difficult for non research-stakeholders to engage in high competition (scientific excellence) basket funding; because of inadequate capacity.

4- Need of targeting diversity of funding mechanisms: national, regional and international level rather than relying to the EC funding as it was in PAEPARD document;