CCARDESA has made progress establishing itself since launching in 2011. From 2012-2013 it recruited 15 staff, acquired office equipment and software, and began implementing projects. These included continental projects from FARA on technology adoption, capacity building projects, and quick win projects on conservation agriculture, climate change adaptation, and beekeeping. CCARDESA is focused on research areas like livestock, crops, aquaculture and forestry, and is implementing projects through strategic partnerships while working to strengthen agricultural development in the region.

1. CCARDESA PROGRESS
REPORT: 2012 - 2013
PROF TIMOTHY SIMALENGA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CCARDESA

2. 1. Launched of CCARDESA - June 2011
2. From MAPP to CCARDESA – Interim Secretariat (2011
– 2012)
3. Establishment phase (2012 - 2013)
 Staff recruitment
 Office equipment acquisition & software
 Implementation of projects
 Partnerships and linkages
4. Concluding Remarks
PRESENTATION OUTLINE

3. Establishment Phase
Staff recruitment: 15 (7reg;5L and 3)
Staff Offices & equipment
April 2013: 5 quick win projects
established, Preparations for MTOP

4. Business Model
THEMATIC APPROACH
AND
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

5. CCARDESA Research FOCUS AREAS
Research Value Chain
Livestock
and
Breeding
Systems
Crop
Improvement
and
Agronomy
Aquaculture
Research
And
Development
Forestry
and
Bio-products
Cross cutting
issues:
Gender
Socio-
economics,
Nutrition
studies
and
Policy

6. THEMATIC AREAS
Research and
Technology
generation and
farmer
demand driven
advisory
services
Farmer
Empowerment
& Market
Access

7. THEMATIC AREAS
Knowledge
Management,
Information and
Communication
Institutional
Development
and Capacity
Building

8. 1. Continental projects (FARA)
i. Uni-BRAIN
ii. PSTAD
iii.SSA Challenge Programme
Implementation of Projects

9. 2. ‘Quick-win’ projects
i. Out-scaling conservation agriculture
ii. Climate change adaptation model
iii. Establishment of Regional Bee-keeping
training centre
iv. Innovation platform for horticultural
farmers
Implementation of projects (2)

10. 3. Other regional projects
i. Agricultural Productivity Programme for
Southern Africa (APPSA)
ii. Development of Information & Knowledge
management system
iii. Inventory of under-utilised crops in SADC
Implementation of Projects (3)

11. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
1. Continental Projects

12. 1. Duration: 2007-2013. Given 2 year extension –
up to Dec 2014
2. Objective: build capacity & support technology
adoption through innovation platforms
3. In Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar,
Mozambique and Zambia
4. Capacity building carried out
 supply of computers
 training in information sharing
Promotion of Science And Technology For
Agricultural Development (PSTAD)

13. Technology Adoption
Malawi – OPV Maize Zambia – Sorghum
PSTAD farmers in Malawi
(Salima)
Sorghum in Siavonga

14. Training in information
sharing
Equipment supply
Participants in Mozambique
Provided to each participating
country
Capacity Building

15. Universities, Business & Research in
Agricultural Innovation (UniBRAIN)
1. Duration: 2012-2015
2. Thrust: commercializing innovations - linking research
organizations to industry
3. One innovation platform established in Zambia;
mango & horticultural crops
4. Second platform planned for Angola (ICRISAT India)
5. Supporting study on promising innovations for
commercialization: Zambia, other countries

16. SSA Challenge Programme
 Use of Integrated
Agricultural Research
for Development
(IAR4D)
 Testing & validation of
IAR4D

17. 2. Quick-win’ projects

18. 1. Out-scaling of conservation agriculture
1. “Collaboration with:
 FAO
 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
 Conservation Agric. Regional Working Group (CARWG)
2. Establishing the appropriate entry point
 Meeting with CSOs – identifying challenges
 Workshop of CARWG – identifying challenges, roles,
opportunities
3. Focus:
1. capacity building,
2. Advocacy for conservation agriculture
3. Research on challenges in CA practice

19. 2. Climate change adaptation model
1. Climate change impacts negatively on agriculture
2. Need for adaptation to improve resilience
3. Objective: empower stakeholders in decision
making on climate change in agriculture
4. Mathematical model currently being developed
5. Field validation to be done in Botswana and
Namibia

20. 3.Other regional projects

21. 1. World Bank supported project in Malawi, Mozambique &
Zambia
2. Objective: To increase the availability of improved
agricultural technologies to farmers in participating
countries
3. Three components:
i. Technology generation & dissemination
ii. Strengthening Centers of Leadership
iii. Coordination & Facilitation
1. Agricultural Productivity Program For
Southern Africa (APPSA)

22. APPSA (Cont’d)
1. Project launched in the three countries (28 Oct –
13 Nov 2013)
1. Twenty five (25) R&D proposals developed
(9-Mz; 5-Rice; 11-Legumes)
2. Collaborative – diff. institutions in 3 countries
3. Peer reviewed proposals
4. Second cycle of proposals to start 2014

23. APPSA LAUNCH IN MALAWI

24. APPSA LAUNCH IN ZAMBIA

25. 2. Information & Knowledge Management System
1. CCARDESA – Information based-organisation
2. Link with stakeholders & information access route-Key
component of MTOP
3. Collaborating with FAO and CTA – TCP Facility
 To fund a consultant to draft a TCP document on
‘CCARDESA Information & Knowledge Management
System’
4. Implementation of the TCP on I&K Management System to
start in 2014

26. 3. Inventory of under-utilised crops
1. Collaborative work with Crops For the Future
Research Centre (CFFRC) based in Malaysia
2. Aim: to document ‘minor’ crops with potential for
food security in the region
3. Short term interns recruited in all Countries to
collect:
List of underutilised crops
Geographical distribution
Production systems
Processing & value for cultivation
Botanical features etc

27. Strategic Partnerships
1. Crops for the Future
Research Centre (CFFRC) –
based in Malaysia
2. Regional Agricultural &
Environmental Innovations
Networks-Africa
(RAEIN-AFRICA)
1. Regional Universities Forum
for Capacity Building in
Agriculture (RUFORUM)
2. FANRPAN
3. WaterNet

28. WHERE TO NOW ?

29. Looking ahead
1. Implementation of Medium Term Operational Plan
(MTOP)
2. Consolidation of project implementation
3. Monitoring & reporting
4. Development of proposals for resource mobilisation

30. Managing the
FUTURE!

31. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Developmental Partner Resource Mobilized (U$)
World Bank APPSA
PROGRAMME
0.6 mill
EU (MDTF) 7.5 mill over 5 years
CTA 0.12 mill
USAID 0.5 mill
FARA 0.15 mill to support
Continental projects

32. NEW FUNDING INITIATIVES
Project Projected Resource (U$)
Development of Agricultural
based business
opportunities for Women and
Youth in Southern Africa
11.2 mill Submitted for funding
Wheat for Africa Programme-
Southern Africa component
Submitted to IFAD in
collaboration with CIMMYT
SIMLESA Phase II In collaboration with CIMMYT
REGIONAL FOCAL POINT
FOR ANIMAL GENETIC
RESOURCE CENTRE
AU-IBAR Initiative.

33. Strengthening Strategic Alliances
Working together implementing
key practical issues affecting
Agriculture
and Livestock development

34. Strengthening Strategic Alliances
Supporting implementation of key practical
issues affecting agriculture development
Mobilising strategic partnerships and
key players in the value chain

35. Industry
Education Institutions
Policy MakerSociety

36. Agriculture Transformation Agenda:
Targeting the Youth

37. SADC Youth and Agri-business
Programmes
• Due to high unemployment rate, it
is important to start planning for
youth programmes in livestock.
• Designing market oriented
enterprises for women and youth
in various value chain – Project
to start 2014.

38. $
$$$$$$$Beneficial evidence of:
Profitable Farming
with ‘Sustainable Rural Development’
$

39. Agriculture – led industrialization

40. WE MUST THINK
POSITIVELY

41. WE MUST THINK POSITIVELY

42. LET US AVOID THE ABUSE!!

43. Thank You: Obrigado
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