Repositioning IITA for Impact in Africa

www.iita.orgA member of CGIAR consortium
Repositioning IITA
for Impact in Africa
DG Presentation to BOT
23November 2015
(R4D Week 2015)

A member of the CGIAR Consortium www.iita.org
Repositioning IITA
for Impact in Africa
Board Meeting
25-28 November 2015
Ibadan, Nigeria

 Raise over 11 million Africans out of poverty
 Redirect 7. 5 million ha of degraded lands to
sustainable use
Vision of success

Timeline of IITA Strategy
2011 to 2014
 Alignment of R4D's with the CRPs
 Resource mobilization
2015 to 2017
 Delivery of R4D and Consolidation /repositioning
2018 to 2020
 Assess success, failure and impact

Reengineered Institute!
Stronger IITA
 Growing funding > $130m
 Upgrading infrastructures
 Boosting staff morale
 Building partnership
 Scientific breakthrough
Phase 1: 2011-2014

Phase 2: 2015 to 2017
Building on Phase 1 and delivery of R4D
Consolidation of growth and repositioning

Phase 2: 2015 Consolidation
CGIAR W1/W2 financial reduction
November 2014: 8-10% or $ 1.9 million
March 2015: 19% or $ 4.9 million
October 2015 : 17.7 % or $ 2.1 million
Projected 2016: 32% or $ 9.8 million
$ 9.8 million= 100 IRS+350 NRS

Board Meeting
4-6 May 2015
Livingstone, Zambia
How to strengthen IITA during
financial and governance
crises in CGIAR
CGIAR W1/W2 financial reduction

The way IITA resolved this crisis
 Change of budget allocation strategy
 Depend more on Bilateral funding
 Use W1&2 as strategic investment
 Full cost recovery approach
 Strong project portfolio pipeline
 Strong delivery of R4D thru BIP and Agripreneurs
 Aggressive Resource Mobilization

Budget Forecast by CGIAR 2015
Center
Revenue Expenditure
Surplus/
(Deficit)
IITA 129.5 128.7 0.8
CIMMYT 128.8 128.1 0.7
IFPRI 126.0 126.0 -
CIAT 103.1 102.6 0.5
IRRI 86.0 88.9 (2.9)
ILRI 82.3 84.3 (2.0)
CIFOR 43.4 48.2 (4.8)
IWMI 38.5 41.0 (2.5)
Bioversity 37.9 39.4 (1.5)
AfricaRice 28.6 29.1 (0.5)

Year Projected
Income in
Nov 2011
Income
Achieved
Revised
2011 47 47
2012 50 74
2013 56
96
2014 63 101
2015 69 120 129
2016 75 128 137
2017 81 
2018 88 
2019 94 
2020 100 200
IITA income target by 2020

Key is Project Execution
2012 : 88%
2013 : 89%
2014 : 85%
2015: 85%
2016: 90%
ILRI : 97%
IITA loosing between $10-15 m i.e. OVH= $1.8-2.7 m
Strong full recovery and project execution

Emerging agribusiness in Africa
 Food import : $35b, Declining oil and mineral
prices
 Africa has 60 % of arable land!
 60% of Africa’s unemployed are young adults
Agriculture becomes a priority
A bold 10 year proposal by AfDB:
Feeding Africa

Aggressive Resource Mobilization
High level advocacy
& fund raising
President OBJ&AfDB
Host countries
Hubs/Countries
DG
Office
Hubs
President Obasanjo, IITA Ambassador
CGIAR CRPs
Bilateral
IITA partnership
30%
60%
10%

IITA lead the CG and FARA
 Focus on value chains
 Partner with private
sector
 Sharp focus on youth
and women
 Focus on agriculture as
a business

AfDB adopt IITA Strategy
IITA lead CGIAR and FARA
AFDB leverage–WB-
Country investment
IITA Clearing House for
AfDB loan portfolio
WB in DRC,Burundi,Tz
Production system platforms Collaborative platforms

Investment in agro ecological zones
Zones Investment($b) Food
production(t)
Value ($b)
Humid 3.6 40.7 19.0
Sub-Humid 8.5 87.9 30.2
Semi-arid 7.3 39.7 19.4
Highlands 5.8 45.1 21.9
Total 25.1 213.4 90.5
 13 value chains
 Investment return= 3.6:1
 A 5 year plan : 357 million US$

Regional hubs
West Africa – Ibadan
Central Africa – Kinshasa
East Africa – Dar es Salaam
Southern Africa – Lusaka
234 scientists
15 countries
18 locations
IITA Hubs key for AfDB project

Challenges Ahead for IITA
 Result Delivery? Delivery? On Poverty and
NRM KPIs
 Responding to the African needs
 Increasing Operational Efficiency

We now know how to measure poverty and NRM KPI
Region Population Changes in poverty Changes in Estimated
2014 rates between 2014 poverty rates number
and 2006 due to lifted out
CIALCA of poverty
Adopters Non adopters
S. Kivu 1,294,866 -14.6% -6.1% -8.5% 110,064
Rwanda 2,205,933 -10.4 -2.1% -8.3% 293,156
Persons lifted out of poverty 403,220
Poverty reduction in Great lakes

Global integrating programs
Dryland Cereals and Legumes systems
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Fish agri-food systems
Forest and Agroforestry systems
Livestock agri-food systems
Maize agrifood systems
Rice agri-food systems
Roots, tubers and bananas systems
Wheat agri-food systems
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Gender
Capacity
Development
Big data/ ICT
Genetic
Resources
Policy
Expressions
of Interest
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Agri-food systems programs
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CRP 2 portfolio

The alternative CRP 2 Portfolio

CGIAR Country Collaboration
Bangladesh Ghana Mozambique Rwanda
Burkina Faso India Nepal Tanzania
Cameroon Kenya Nicaragua Uganda
DRC Malawi Niger Vietnam
Ethiopia Mali Nigeria Zambia
Bangladesh Ethiopia Nicaragua Nigeria Tanzania Vietnam
Long list of + countries:
Short list of ++ countries:

Reaching the millions of users?
R4D-Best-bet technologies
Research Delivery
Capacity
building
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?

TRADITIONAL R4D’S
IITA Target Farmers
IITA BIP R&D MARKET ACCESS
Food Companies
Global Traders
IITA Target
Consumers
GoSeed
Nodu
Max
IITA Research
Limited
positive
impact
IITA Target
Farmers
Agri Start-ups New Markets
For Farmers
Export Markets
Consumers
Major
positive
impact
IITA R&D
Break-
through
IMPACT IMPACT
IITA BIP
Aflasafe
IITA R&D
Break-
through
IITA’s Business Incubation Platform
IITA Research
UN World Food
Program
Export Markets

S h a r e d S e r v i c e s
Operations
 Nodumax
 GoSeed
 Aflasafe
 Others
Shared Services
 Administration
 Accounting/
 Human Resources
 Legal
 Marketing / Sales /
Logistics
Training
Vocational training
Internship &
Mentoring program
Agripreneurs
Business &
entrepreneurship
Mindset change
IITA BIP Hub Structure

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Extinct’ Groundnut Pyramids in Nigeria
Others Nigeria
Nigeria glory in the global trade in 1961
Dominance eclipsed by China, USA and
Argentina
Aflatoxin
Mitigation in
Africa
 Death, liver cancer
in Human
 Impacts animal
productivity
 Negatively
impacts trade

Aflatoxin reduction at corn harvest:
2009: 80% 2010: 89%
Aflatoxin reduction at peanut
harvest:
2009: 96% 2010: 98%
Research result on treating Aflatoxin by IITA

ThisManufacturingFacility in IITA-Ibadancan supply
aflasafeto treat 2 million ha annually

Potential annual export revenues assuming Nigeria maintained its 1961 market share*
Measure: Millions of USD
Current export Oil Palm Cocoa Groundnut Cotton Potential export
revenue Potential additional export revenues† revenue
* DoreoAnalysis, FAO
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Potential annual export revenues

Aflasafe helps Kenya food security
A member of CGIAR consortium
 Highly productive area but
aflatoxin-prone
 Maize frequently rejected
238 tons aflasafe ordered
Grains had <4 ppb aflatoxins
$ 0,5 million paid to IITA

Modular Manufacturing Facility
Kenya
Senegal

Aflasafe Development in Africa
Senegal
Burkina
Faso
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Zambia
Rwanda
Malawi
Burundi
Uganda
The
Gambia
Strain
development
in progress
Products
under testing
in farmers’
fields
Product
ready for
registration
Product
registered

Nodumax soybean inoculant plant
35 -40% soybean yield increase

Adoption of new soybean varieties
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Percentageoffarmers
Men
Women
DR Congo
Nigeria
 Farmer returns of $7.00 purchase of NoduMax is $126/ha
 Nigerian ministry return of $210,000 of NoduMax is
$3,780,000/15,000 ha.

Weed control Yam Aeroponics
Banana -TC
Cassava feed
Striga Bio
control
AMF- P
Additional Incubations

Value addition: a priority for Africa
Processing center in
Tanzania
Processing center in Ibadan,
Nigeria
Cassava : HQCF, Starch, Chips, Sweeteners, Ethanol

Life Science Revolution – molecular biology
IT revolution – crop management, precision
agriculture
Holistic approach – Sustainable intensification
Mechanization- Breeding, Agronomy, processing
Delivery must be supported by high
quality science

Agripreneurs using Drones to monitor
Vegetable and fish production

Training
database
Website
Project
database
Publication
database
IBP
GIS
Soil
database
Bio-
informatics
tools
ICT in
research
Research
databases/
platforms/tool
s e.g.:
Crop
databases
e-learning
HR4U
Hard/software
Admin online
tools
Technical
support
M&E
What does IITA do on cassava?
eResearch platform
IITA knowledge and resources
Cassava
base

Youth stampeding in Abuja 5000 jobs for 1 million of application
IITA gate casual work by graduate
Youth unemployment a bomb in Africa
Old farming force above 60 yrs.

 Multi-disciplinary team
(History, Computer Science, Quantity Surveying, Agronomy)
 Gender Balance
The IITA Youth Agripreneurs-Model

IYA Replication

Component 1:
Skills and Capacity
Development
Component 2:
Enterprise Development
Component 3:
Youth Networking/Loans
Component 4:
Program Management and
Coordination
Project 1
Graduate youth
Project 2
Rural youth
Project 3
Scaling up 1&2
Enable Youth Program
Led by AfDB& Coordinated by IITA
Indicative budget: $1 billion (2016 - 2020).

#YADI
Conference
Youths Policy Makers
Government
Officials Private Sector NGOs
Opportunity: Enable youth by AfDB/IITA

Agripreneurs an IITA program
Built with the support of A.A Adesina when HMA
 Institutionalized in 2016
 PCD or Advocacy in DG
 Lead by Youth
 Supported by Technical
IITA

IITA tactical strategy in 2016
 Transitional year with CRP2 full proposal
 Monitor Financial Scenarios especially W1/2
 Delivery, Delivery, Delivery
 Re-refreshed the strategy and its implementation
 Resource mobilization and advocacy at high level

Refreshes strategy retreat in Cotonou : March 2016
BoT meeting in central Africa hub ( Kalambo) : May 2016
Agripreneurs conference in Kinshasa: June 2016
Inauguration of the BIP, Ibadan : November 2016
Inauguration of the Science building in Lusaka and Nampula, :
April 2016
BoT and R4D week Ibadan : November 2016
Upcoming events

Phase 3: 2018 to 2020
New strategy
 Assess success,
failure and impact
 Development of the
succeeding 10-year
strategy
Optimism
Our future is bright…IITA Oyeee

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