Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017

1. Technology Assessment 2: Rice in Africa
Scaling New Genetic Materials
AfricaRice-CORAF Collaboration
Ernest Assah Asiedu and Sidi Sanyang
Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire / April 4 and 5, 2017
Your Name

2. The West Africa Seed Program
Objective and Components Lead Organizations
Objective Availability and Use of Quality Seeds Increased
Component 1. Alliance for Seed Industry in West Africa Hub-Rural
2. ECOWAS-UEMOA-CILSS Seed Regulation CILSS/Task Force
3. Breeder Seeds on New Genetic Materials CGIAR/NARS
4. Agri-Business - Foundation & Certified Seeds AFSTA & ROPPA
Special Projects Ebola Agricultural Rehabilitation CORAF-AfricaRice
Rice Seed Up-Scale AFSTA & ROPAA

3. Program Target Countries Source of Funding
WASP Core Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria and Senegal
USAID
USAID & WAAPP17 ECOWAS-UEMOA-CILS Member States
Rice Seed Up-Scale
AFSTA/ROPPA
Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria,
Senegal
USAID
PAPROSEM
ROPPA
Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Liberia,
Mali, Senegal
WAAPP
Ebola Seed Initiative Guinea, Liberia & Sierra Leone World Bank
Initiatives and Sources of Funding

4. Alliance for Seed Industry in West Africa Established
Private
Interests
Development
Goals
Shared Value
=
Partnership
Opportunity
Farmers
Seed Companies
Agro-Dealers
International Seed
Companies
Grain Buyers
Private Sector
Organizations
NARS/NARIs
NSTAs
Universitiesand
Research
Donors
Regional Organizations
MoA/PublicAgencies
International Research Orgs
ECOWAS/EUMOA
Consultation and
dialogue
A communication hub, market
facilitation & seed industry
development
Expanded cooperation
between public and private
sectors
Collaborative learning to
expand production,
supply and use of quality
seed

5. Implementation of Seed Regulation, April, 2016
84%

6. 2014 – 2016: CORAF-AfricaRice Collaboration
Activity Achievement in 2016 Cummulative achievement
Plant improvement 39 trials conducted in Mali,
Benin, Burkina Faso , Ghana,
Nigeria, Senegal and Niger
52 trials in 2014 for 7 CORAF
countries
39-Entry trials in 2015 for 7 CORAF
countries
Improved varieties like ARICA
(climate smart) adopted, Mali,
B/Faso, Nigeria, Benin,
Senegal
NERICAs widely released and adopted
in member countries
Seed availability Production and distribution of
15,900 kg of rice breeder
seeds for Upland, Lowland
and irrigated ecologies in
Nigeria, Mali and Burkina
Faso
10t during 2013-2014
10t during 2014-2015.
5.9t during 2015-2016
Seeds distributed in WASP member
countries
WASP Consortium Meeting

7. Rice Breeder Seed Production by AfricaRice & NARS, 2014 – 2016
Year
Breed Seed Production and Projects
Breeder Seed (Kg) Foundation (T) Certified (T)
Total 99,000 4,624 193,444
• Laboratory and processing equipment provided to 4 NARS and Liberia
• A tool for estimating seed demand to develop 5-year roadmaps
• Knowledge and skills of 1,090 personnel enhanced – production, var
maintenance, seed demand estimation

8. Regional Variety Catalogue, 2016
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Chad
Cote d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea Bissau
Guinea Conakry
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Number Released Number Registered
Total 1,751 1,400
Percentage 100% 76%
 Maize
 Millet
 Rice
 Sorghum
 Cowpea
 G’nuts
 Cassava
 Yam
 S. Potato
 Cocoyam
 I. Potato
 Tomato
 Onion

9. 2015: Support to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2015
NERICA 12
NERICA 14
NERICA 8
NERICA L19
ARICA 2
ARICA 4
NERICA 4
Liberia
Sierra Leone Guinea
UplandLowland
NERICA L20 NERICA L17
WITA 9
RICE

10. Post-Ebola Agric. Recovery Seed Program
Trucks leaving Burkina Faso for Liberia
and Sierra Leone
4,113 certified seeds supplied
261 Foundation seeds supplied
9,000 Certified seeds produced
Some Challenges
Bureaucracy, boarder control,
delays & extortions
Poor road network & mountainous,
breakdowns
Off & on loading, late arrivals & quality
decline

11. • Capacity of 1,400 SMEs strengthened in seed business management
and access to finance
• 52 Business plans developed for 52 seed companies/enterprises
• 7 National Seed Trade Associations Strengthened
• Africa Seed Trade Association – West Africa established
Private Sector and Seed Business Development
PLAN D’AFFAIRES
Elaboré avec le soutien de
Avec l'Appui technique de:
Niama Paul MILLOGO: 70 25 20 16
Omer Didier YAMEMGO: 70 74 85 16
Septembre 2014
PSAO/WASP
ENTREPRISE DE PRODUCTION DE SEMENCES AMELIOREES DANS LE BOLGOU (EPSAB)
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BP 24 TENKODOGO E-MAIL : epsab@yahoo.frTEL. : 78 84 17 25/ 70 99 38 83
PROJET DE RENFORCEMENT DES
CAPACITES DE PRODUCTION ET DE
COMMERCIALISATION DES SEMENCES
CERTIFIEES ET DE BASE

12. Rice Seed Up-Scale & Focus on Women
Senegal- FEPRODES HE Macky 44
Women and 38 youth
20 ha Certified seeds
4 ha Foundation seeds
Deliverables Expected Quantity
(MT)
2017 2018
Foundation Seeds 383
Certified seeds 9,000 20,000
Famer access 35,000 450,000
Mali – FASOKABA
 120 beneficiaries trained
 60% women and 40% youth
 25 tons certified seeds produced

13. 0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
2011/12 2012/13 2014/15 2015/16
Certified Seeds Supplied (Tons) – 2011/12 - 2015/16
 11% land covered by certified seeds in 2011/12
 25% land covered by certified seeds in 2014/15

14. Actions for the Future
Breeder Seed Production
 Upscale WASP successful models
 Establish sustainable P-P-P for breeder seed supply
 Improve infrastructure in NARS
 Strengthen the human capacities of NARS
Seed Regulation &Seed Agri-Business
 Improve implementation of seed regulation
 Conduct regional seed market study
 Up-Scale the business models developed
 Improve private access to finance & regulation

15. Thank you