The document discusses the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative focusing on rice sector development through innovation platforms. It outlines the establishment of rice hubs in multiple African countries, aiming to enhance agricultural practices, governance, and service delivery among various stakeholders including farmers, researchers, and government officials. Key goals include improving food security, promoting gender equity, and fostering entrepreneurship within the rice value chain.

1. Technologies for African Agricultural
Transformation (TAAT)
Innovation Platforms
Josey Kamanda, Omar Abiba, Sidi Sanyang
TAAT Rice Compact Launch and Knowledge Sharing Workshop
6 - 7 September 2018
M’be, Bouake
Cote d’Ivoire

2. TAAT Rice Compact Technology Delivery
Infrastructure riceTDI
Task Forces
Breeding;
Agronomy;
Processing &
Value Addition;
Mechanization;
Policy; Gender
Improved
Varieties
RiceAdvice
ASI
Thresher
GEM
Parboiler Rice Sector Development Hubs
Multi-Stakeholder
Innovation Platforms (IPs)
NARIs, Extn.,
NGOs, Policy
Millers, Seed,
Equip. SMEs,
Micro-
finance
Farmers,
Women
Processors,
Youths, etc.
Competence/ Skills
Enhancement;
IP Facilitation
AfricaRice
Member
States
Develop-
ment
Partners
RICE CRP
Strategic Level

3. Country Core hub Spillover (Satellite rice hubs)
1. Benin Malanville Glazoué, Gaya (Niger)
2. Cote d’Ivoire Man Gagnoa, Bouake
3. Ghana Kumasi or Navrongo in the
Northern region
Navrongo (AGRA will be operating in
Brong Ahafo & Navrongo
4. Nigeria Nasarawa & Kano rainfed & irrigated
5. Senegal Fanaye-Dagana Pont Gerdam
6. Sierra Leone Bo Kenema
7. Cameroon Ndop Lagdo
8. Madagascar Ankazomiriotra Ambohibary
9. Uganda Olweny West Nile
10. Mali Niono, Sikasso
11. Guinea Kankan
12. Burkina Faso Banzon, Cascades
Rice hubs in TAAT target countries: Core and Satellite rice hubs

4. Rice Sector Development Hubs: Agro-ecology and Scaling-out
Innovation Platforms

5. Improving governance to facilitate scaling-out
Outcomes
Sustainable
pro-poor
development
Other
factors
Effectiveness of food
security and
agricultural
investments
* Quality
* Efficiency
* Equity
• Gender
• Poverty
* Sustainability
Ability of
beneficiaries to
demand services
and benefits and
hold agencies
accountable
Capacity of agencies
to supply services
and program
benefits
Measures to improve
capacity for service
delivery/implementation
(e.g., staff qualification,
incentives, outsourcing)
good fit
Measures to improve voice
and accountability
(e.g., empowering user
groups; social audits; right
to information)
Demand-side approaches
Supply-side approaches
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6. Innovation Platform
“A forum for learning and action involving a group of
actors with different backgrounds and interests: farmers,
agricultural input suppliers, traders, food processors,
researchers, government officials, etc. These actors
come together to develop a common vision and find
ways to achieve their goals. They may design and
implement activities as a group or coordinate activities by
individual actors.”
Homann-Kee Tui et al (2013)
Source: IPs Practise Brief 8

7. Starting and Facilitating IPs
Analysis & sensitization
of stakeholders
Development of IP
governance structure
Facilitating policy and
institutional change
Identification of IP
facilitators & champions
Starting IPs
Learning and Reflection
Institutional analysis of
rice value chains in hubs
Research on IPs &
Innovation Process
Publication of evidence-
based success stories
Analyzing determinants
of innovation adoption
Analyzing conditions for
success in IP
implementation
Qualitative &
quantitative data
collection
Documentation of
outcomes from IP
implementation
Technical and Institutional
Innovation
Catalyzing technology/
innovation dissemination
Technologies and
Innovations
Building technical
competence & skills of
IP actors
Entrepreneurship
development models
Entrepreneurship
Agribusiness skills
development
Facilitating information
and knowledge sharing
Demand driven
innovation generation
Information Knowledge Sharing and Learning
Framework for Competence and Skills Building
of IP actors in rice value chain
Facilitating IPs
Analysis of constraints
and entry points
Facilitating good
governance of the IPs
Youth & women
entrepreneurship
development
Facilitating access to
finance & handholding
Outcome
Monitoring
Action planning
Holding innovation
clinics
Building soft skills of IP
facilitators & champions

8. • Entry point: GEM rice parboiler => culture of rice parboiling
• High community commitment and ownership => Contribution
from personal and community resources
• Capacity building – majority of actors adapted own practises
o >1,215 rice parboilers (>915 women and >300 men) trained on
P&VA of locally produced rice. About 400 of the trainees (half of
them women) were youth aged between 18-32 years
• Within 9 months of the establishing the GEM facility, >200
tons or rice sold to over 5,000 customers from 14 states
• Hosted development projects and high profile visitors
o Demonstration site for parboiling both locally and internationally
• More than 20 IP members employed in the GEM facility
Bukan-Sidi Lafia IP, Nigeria

9. Thank You