Repositioning IITA - Innovations to Transform African Agriculture

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Repositioning IITA
Innovations to Transform African Agriculture
Board Meeting
9–14 November 2016
Ibadan, Nigeria

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Infrastructure in Nigeria needs rehabilitation

Cleaning IITA Ibadan

Negligent use of IITA facilities

Reengineered Institute!
Stronger IITA
 Growing funding > $150m
 Upgrading infrastructures
 Boosting staff morale
 Building partnership
 Scientific breakthrough
Achievement First term: 2011-2016

IITA in Dar, Tanzania built in 14 months
Eastern Africa Hub: Plant health issues

Staff morale

Dr. Charity Mutegi work on Aflatoxins

Second term: 2017 to 2021
 Building on Phase 1 and delivery of R4D
 Consolidation of growth and repositioning
 IITA innovates to transform African agriculture

African agriculture today
Food import s: $35 b in 2016, $110 b in 2025
Human resources engagement in agriculture
Emerging agribusiness in Africa
•A bold 10-year proposal by AfDB:
Feeding Africa

CGIAR budget % IITA W1-W2 %
2011 917 0 15 0
2012 1039 13 23 53
2013 1176 28 33 120
2014 1044 13 37 146
2015 959 4 21 40
2016 920 0.3 18 20
2017 900 -2 10 -34
CGIAR reform & funding

 Impact at farm level documented
 Quality of research demonstrated
 Innovative partnerships: that deliver R4D
 Transparent technical and financial reporting
Request by Donors for support
Similarity with IITA’s strategic pillars

Mindset change in Donor communities
Gates Foundation, AfDB, IFAD, WB, EC, and USAID
 From project-based to country-level engagement
 Recognition of productivity growth happens at
scale
 Private sector-led agricultural transformation
IITA should adapt to this new reality

Reaching the millions farmers in Africa?
Best-bet technologies
Research Delivery Capacity
building
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?

IITA P4D
IITA R4D
IITA Capacity
Vision of IITA organized as Syngenta or Nestle

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Technologies for African Agricultural
Transformation (TAAT)

TAAT meeting at IITA HQ

Origin of TAAT
 IITA Resource and Crop management (1994–1998)
 Fertilizer Summit in Abuja (2006)
 Soil Health Program of AGRA ( 2007-2011)
 Ag. Transformation Agenda Nigeria (2011–2015)
 TAAT and ENABLE Youth in Agribusiness (2015–2021)
Adesina and Sanginga

Relevance
QUADRANT D – ‘Low-high’
 Tree and herbaceous improved
fallows
 Alley farming
Adaptation
AARP
QUADRANT B – ‘High-low’
 N-efficient cereals;
 Germplasm tolerant to low fertility
TAAT-
Scaling up
QUADRANT A – ‘High-high’
 Fertilizer micro-dosing
 Dual purpose grain legume
 Cassava 419
Discard
QUADRANT E – ‘Low-high’
 Composting, household waste
Strategic
CGIAR CRPs
QUADRANT C – ‘?–?’
 ISFM for cassava-based systems
 Non Responsive soils
Adesina, Sanginga, Vanlauwe, Woomer
Soil Health Program of AGRA funded by Gates (2007)HIGHLOW
LOW HIGH
Relativeincreasesinyield/AE
Adoption potential

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Scaling up TAAT
Existing Technologies,
Policies, practices
Quadrant A
AARP adaptation
Agronomy/ Processing
Quadrant B
CRPs discovery
R4D Breeding
Quadrant A
Research effort (years)
Investmentproportions Investment options in TAAT
10% Investment
60% Investment
30% Investment

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Scaling up TAAT
Agronomy/ Processing
R4D Breeding / policies
Research effort (years)
IncreaseininputsfromR4D Return to Investment of FARA-
African Agricultural Research Programme (AARP)
10% Investment
60% Investment
30% Investment
CRPs
AARP

Example of how TAAT-AARP-CRPs work
 Industrializing cassava
• TAAT-----Cassava bread policy, scaling up seed system
• AARP----Multilocational trials of weed control, agronomy
• CRPs-----Next generation of cassava with High protein
 Transforming African savanna
• TAAT-----Expanding DTM and promiscuous soybean market
• AARP----Adaptation to climate change and processing
• CRPs-----Biofortification and nonresponsive soils

IITA Position – Leading Africa
Feeding Africa
R4D discovery Applied/Adaptive P4D
Strategic NARS/SROs
(PCD) IITA
CG-CRPs FARA-R4D
AARP
TAAT
IITA System
Integration
ntegration

Priority agricultural value chains
and agroecological zones
Agricultural commodity value chains and agroecological zones targeted by the ATA

Initiatives Lead Institution
Intensification of cassava IITA
Food security in the Sahel ICRISAT
Self-sufficiency in rice production AfricaRice
Transforming African savannas IITA
Renovating tree plantations ICRAF
Expanding Africa's wheat production ICARDA
Self-sufficiency of inland fish farming WorldFish
Expanding horticulture AVRDC
TAAT Implementation leadership

Country-level analysis of transformation
readiness and opportunity scale
High
ReadinessforTransformation
Low
10 100 1,000 10,000
Scale of Transformation Opportunity
Tactical Opportunity
Countries Rwanda
Malawi
Zambia
Mali
Gambia
Cape Verde
Lesotho*
Swaziland*
Burundi
Togo
Namibia
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Congo
Ethiopia
Kenya
Mozambique
Mauritius
Senegal
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Niger
Uganda*
Lead Transformation
CountriesGhana
South Africa
Moroco
Tunisia
DRC*
Mauritania*
Djibouti*
Somalia* Sudan*
Madagascar
Cameroon
Guinea
Angola
Benin
Cote d’Ivoire
Longer Term
Opportunity Countries
Nigeria
Egypt
Algeria
Libya*
Sao Tome and Principe*
Chad
Liberia*
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Eritrea
Comoros*
Central African Republic*
Gabon*
Sierra Leone*
Relatively Lower
Opportunity Countries
Source: FAOstat; World Bank; ReSAKSS; Dalberg analysis

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:

AGRF Seize the moment: 10
Champion Countries

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

Program component Total
TAAT operations in US $ x million
Program management 33.0
Capacity development 46.3
Youth in Agribusiness 62.0
Policy support 35.0
Priority value chains
Rice self-sufficiency 51.4
Cassava intensification 48.3
Sahelian food security 207.4
Savanna breadbasket 201.3
Tree plantation 24.0
Horticulture promotion 85.0
Wheat for Africa 30.1
Fish farming 23.5
Cross-cutting 2.2
TAAT Program 850.0
TAAT budget

TAAT Clearinghouse
Assists AfDB to develop transformative loan projects
Example of ATASP-1 project in Nigeria
World Bank Great lakes project in DRC and Burundi
AfDB, BMGF, USAID …IITA and AGRA for TAAT
implementation in 2017
WB and IFAD to join

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Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
DR Congo
Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Sudan
Malawi
16
20
1
5
37
2
2
1
1
6
11
5
11
1
1 Established groups
Planned groups
12
Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
DR Congo
Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Sudan
Malawi
16
20
1
5
37
2
2
1
1
6
11
5
11
1
1 Established groups
Planned groups
12
ENABLE-Nigeria
 Projects supported by AfDB
 Technical assistance by IITA
ENABLE Program Expansion

Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Review
- Offer possibilities of using big data generated by IITA

Challenges ahead for IITA
 Responding to African needs
 Result delivery? Delivery? On Poverty and
NRM KPIs
 Increasing Operational Efficiency
 No compromise on the quality of R4D

Retreat at IITA Benin (Cotonou)
 Re-refreshed the strategy and its implementation
 Identify operational inefficiencies for better delivery
 Strengthen support system to manage mega projects
 Review human resources capabilities
 Reorganize the structure

Revised IITA organizational structure
Partnerships for Delivery
Directorate
Research for Development
Directorate
Corporate Services
Directorate
Hub Administration
Facilities
Management
Human Resources
Hospitality and
Travel
Supply Chain
Security
West Africa
Hub
Central Africa
Hub
Eastern Africa
Hub
Southern Africa
Hub
Roots, Tubers and
Bananas
Genebank
Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food
Security
Policies, Institutions
and Markets
Nutrition and Health
Grain Legumes
MAIZE
Development and
Delivery
Business
Incubation Platform
Mechanization
Youth in
Agribusiness
Capacity
Development
Projects 1, 2, 3, etc.
Systems and
Site Integration
Board of Trustees
Audit
General Directorate
Finance Directorate Advocacy
Clearinghouse
Research Programs
Natural Resources
Management
Research Support
Communication
Project
Development and
Administration
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Data and
Information
Management

Improve financial stability
Financial
Stability
Reduce cost
Lower
overheads
Lower delivery
cost
Increase
revenue
Increase
current
projects
Increase
volume
Premium
price
New projects
Existing
clients
New clients

Restrategize Resource Mobilization
High level advocacy
& fund raising
AfDB, WB
Host countries
Hubs/Countries
DG
Office
Hubs
President Obasanjo, IITA Ambassador
CGIAR CRPs
Bilateral
IITA partnership
30%
60%
10%
30%
30%
40%

Year Projected
income in
Nov 2011
Income
achieved
Revised
2011 47 47
2012 50 74
2013 56
96
2014 63 101
2015 69 137 135
2016 75 139 144
2017 81 150
2018 88 
2019 94 
2020 100 200
IITA income target by 2020

Budget scenarios
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TOTAL
Active+90+75+50+Approved 187 125 108 96 87 605
Active+90+75+Approved 183 122 105 93 84 589
Active+90+Approved 182 121 104 92 84 585
Active+Approved 122 61 46 35 26 292

Conclusion
 Strong and efficient support system for research
 Scientists work with minimum disruption
 Autonomous Hubs where the Director makes most
decisions
 IITA as the “mecca” for R4D in Africa
 These decisions implemented started June 2016.

November 2016

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