Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has been operating in 16 African countries since 1986 to improve food systems and agricultural transformation through extension programs. SAA uses integrated extension models along the agricultural value chain, including farmer learning platforms, community-based seed multiplication, and post-harvest loss reduction. Over 10 million farmers have been trained through SAA's programs in countries like Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda. SAA also operates agricultural training institutions that have graduated over 9,000 students. SAA's interventions have led to increased yields, production, and incomes for smallholder farmers as well as reductions in poverty levels and improvements in food security across Africa.

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Improving Food Systems through Agriculture
Transformation in Africa
The Critical Role of Agricultural Extension
Overview of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) Experience
UN World Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue

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Sasakawa Africa Association
“Take it to the farmer”
Founded in 1986 in
Geneva by
Ryoichi Sasakawa,
Founder of Nippon
Foundation;
Dr. Norman E Borlaug,
Nobel Laureate; and
President Jimmy Carter,
former President of the
USA
More sustainable
solution to African
food systems
challenges

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Sasakawa Africa Association
SAA has been
operating in 16
African countries
since inception.
Country Offices in:
Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Mali, Uganda

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• Create, innovate and support resilient-
building measures
• Increase smallholder farmers’ food security
and income earning potential while creating
rural employment for youths
• Inclusive decision-making in technology
interventions
based on proven extension
models critical in
sustainable rural
agricultural development
SAA Approach to Agriculture Transformation in Africa

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Integrated SAA extension models (approaches) along the value chain
Storage and
Transport
Harvesting
Production
Inputs
Processing
Marketing
Consumption
Community Based
Seed Multiplication
(CBSM)
SAFE
Demand Driven Curriculum
(SDDC)
Farmer Learning
Platform
(FLP)
Private and Extension
Service Provision
(PESP)
Agro-processing
Enterprise Center
(APEC)
Community Savings for
Investment in
Agribusiness
(CSIA)
Capacity
Building

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Farmer Learning Platform Model (FLP) (2017-2018)
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Rice Maize Groundnut
Grain
Yield
(Kg/ha)
NIGERIA
CDPs MAPs TAPs CPs
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Maize Wheat Barley Sorghum Teff
ETHIOPIA
CDP - Community Development Plots; MAP – Model adoption plot
TAP - Technology Adoption Plot; CP - Community Practice

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Percentage
Ethiopia Mali Nigeria Uganda
Average Yield Increase of Major Crops (%)
(2012 to 2017)

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Average
decline
on
post-harvest
losses
(%)
Ethiopia Mali Nigeria Uganda
Post-harvest loss Reduction
(2012 to 2017)
Labor intensive and High
Postharvest Losess

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No of Farmers Participating in Agriculture Training
Ethiopia（
1993-2019）
Mali（1996-
2019）
Nigeria（
1992-2019）
Uganda（
1998-2019）
Series1 3033375 65743 5970600 1192268
0
1000000
2000000
3000000
4000000
5000000
6000000
7000000
Over Ten Million Farmers Trained (1992 – 2019)

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Countries
No of
Institutions
Benin 1
Burkina Faso 1
Ethiopia 9
Ghana 2
Malawi 1
Mali 4
Mozambique 1
Nigeria 8
Sierra Leone 1
Tanzania 1
Uganda 1
TOTAL 30
Male Female Total
Graduates 5,446 1,463 6,909
Current 1,543 613 2,156
Total 6,989 2,076 9,065
5,446
1,463
6,909
1,543
613
2,156
6,989
2,076
9,065
-
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
No
of
Students
Student Statistics (1993 – 2021)

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0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
0
1000000
2000000
3000000
4000000
5000000
6000000
7000000
8000000
9000000
19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
生産量 作付面積 単収量
Ten
thousand
tons
(Production)/
Ten
thousand
ha
(Area
harvested)
Ton/ha
(Yield)
Production Area harvested Yield
Impact of SAA’s Intervention in Ethiopia (1993-2018)…Highlights
Maize o Maize production increased five times and yield three times
Production
(Tons)
Yield
Tons/ha
Area
Harvested

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The Impact of SAA Intervention (2011 – 2015)…..Highlights
Poverty
Reduction Poverty Level
Ethiopia
Reduced from 48% to 14%
in Intervention Areas
Food
Security
Food Secure
Households
Ethiopia
Increased from 33% to
54% in Intervention
areas
Average Increase
in household
income
Uganda - $400
Nigeria - $769
Increase
in Income

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SAA Strategic Focus on improved Food and Nutrition Security in Africa

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Thank You”