The document discusses the PROIntensAfrica project, which aims to develop a proposal for a long-term research partnership between Europe and Africa focused on sustainable agricultural intensification. It identifies constraints in African agriculture like low productivity and inadequate infrastructure. The project will describe key research domains, identify the value of the partnership, and suggest governance structures to support it. It brought together 23 research organizations and engaged stakeholders to develop frameworks and communication tools to establish an effective partnership for raising food security through sustainable intensification approaches.

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
PROIntensAfrica
Ambition, Action & Result
Wole Fatunbi

2. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

3. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Agricultural Intensification thought ?
The problems of agriculture at the global scale and more
in Europe and Africa
• Sustainability Issues [Sustaining
productivity of labour, land and capital]
• Managing natural resources
• Increasing energy cost
• Meeting up the growing societal
expectations
• Working under the complicated
factor of climate change.

4. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Constraints in Africa Agriculture
• Agricultural productivity still
low.. reflecting the failure to
find, adopt and use of more
productive farming
technologies and poor
market linkages.
• Inadequate
infrastructure and poor
land tenure
arrangements
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5. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Constraints in Africa Agriculture
Some Data
 <5% suitable agricultural
land in production
 Only 4% land in production
irrigated (30% in S Asia)
 Low fertiliser use/high
depletion of soil nutrients
 Agricultural productivity
was 25% of global average
 Only 1% of commercial
lending in Africa goes to
agriculture

6. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
State of Africa agriculture
Weak private sector
Underinvestment in
research; leading to
ineffective R&D models;
weak and unaccountable
institutions
In appropriate policies
External influences [
globalization etc.]

7. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Crosscutting issues…
NRM
Sustaining
Productivity
Market
Policy
Income
Nutrition
Environment
Sustainable
livelihood
One Billion
Hungry

8. Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaForum for Agricultural Research in Africa
…Agricultural intensification thought
..agricultural
intensification is the
most suitable option
that we have to cope
with the ever-
increasing demand for
food and fiber, but
such intensification
must be carried out in
a sustainable way.
.. a balance among the
variable of sustainability !
…more than
• Good technologies
• Suitable policies
• Adequate infrastructure
• Balanced institutions
• Market

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…Agricultural intensification thought
Understanding the
different intensification
pathways and developing
a combination of
pathways to respond to
diverse situations is the
key factor to sustainable
intensification.

10. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
…Agricultural intensification thought
• Research on sustainable models
of intensification is growing… but
not in Africa.
• Generic understanding of the
systems functioning is prominent
in Africa.
• The well known “ready-to-use”
intensification models may be
dysfunctional in Africa.
• long term research partnership
between Europe and Africa is
required.

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Objective
The objective of this project is to develop a
proposal for a long-term research and
innovation partnership between Europe and
Africa. With focus on the improvement of
the food and nutrition security and the
livelihoods of African farmers by exploring
and exploiting the rich diversity of
pathways leading to sustainable
intensification of African agro-food
systems, with support of the relevant policy
environment
The ProintensAfrica
Outcome
A coherent and
fundable proposal for
a European / Africa
initiative that could
yield the much needed
agrarian revolution in
Africa and
sustainability in
Europe.

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The PROintensAfrica
The partnership proposal will:
1. Describe the scientific and innovation
domains that need further research to
identify and
2. Implement effective pathways (the
what),
3. Identify the value for both continents
in addition to ongoing partnerships
and activities (the why), and
4. Suggest financial and governance
structures that can adequately
support the partnership (the how).

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Pert Chart Showing relationship
among Work packages
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WP1: Development of Partnership, Consortium Governance and
Project Management
WP2:
Development of
Research and
Innovation
Agenda
WP3: Mapping of
on-going
Sustainable
Intensification
Research
WP7:
Expected
Impact of
Future
Partnership
WP4: Possible
Funding
Instrument for a
Future
Partnership
WP5: Possible
Governance of a
Future
Partnership
WP 6: Communication and Profiling a Future Partnership
What Why How

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
Effective partnership
between 23 Research
organizations in Europe
and Africa

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
Contributed to HLPD
development
Active participation in
the development of
LEAP-Agri
Broad stakeholders
engagement in ARD and
participation in various fora

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
Developed a smart communication
tools
Developed a
disseminated
many videos

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa

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• The PROIntensAfrica aims to develop the
necessary framework for a long term Africa-
Europe research partnership for sustainable
intensification.
• The required outputs are fully generated and
should be translated into intermediate
development outcome.
Conclusion
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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa

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PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise
sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa
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