Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Institutional scoping study on S&T in AfricaHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice - Advanced rice varieties for Africa Hillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
This document discusses key challenges facing African agriculture, including poor policies, rising population, low technology generation and adoption, poor soil fertility, and climate change. It then summarizes Mohammed VI Polytechnic University's (UM6P) efforts to address these challenges through applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship, capacity building, knowledge generation and sharing, stakeholder engagement, and climate-oriented initiatives. UM6P follows a demand-driven training approach, starting with faculty and researchers, and then potential PhD and master's candidates, to build local and African agricultural capacity.
S&T Partnerships in Africa - Program OverviewHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Beans - New bean varieties for income and nutrition in AfricaHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Institutional scoping study on S&T in AfricaHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice - Advanced rice varieties for Africa Hillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
This document discusses key challenges facing African agriculture, including poor policies, rising population, low technology generation and adoption, poor soil fertility, and climate change. It then summarizes Mohammed VI Polytechnic University's (UM6P) efforts to address these challenges through applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship, capacity building, knowledge generation and sharing, stakeholder engagement, and climate-oriented initiatives. UM6P follows a demand-driven training approach, starting with faculty and researchers, and then potential PhD and master's candidates, to build local and African agricultural capacity.
S&T Partnerships in Africa - Program OverviewHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Beans - New bean varieties for income and nutrition in AfricaHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
The document discusses the role of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in building capacity for science, technology, and innovation (STI) in Africa, particularly for agricultural biotechnology. It makes three key points:
1) STI is essential for economic growth but Africa faces a shortage of agricultural specialists, indicating a need to build capacity in biotechnology. Biotechnology can help address food insecurity challenges through crops like drought-resistant maize varieties.
2) ACBF supports STI capacity building through research, training centers of excellence, and case studies on successes like drought-resistant maize in Zimbabwe.
3) Effectively developing STI in Africa requires evidence-based agricultural policies,
Innovate, generate, disseminate and adopt improved technologiesHillary Hanson
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
GFAR Webinar on Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Inform...Francois Stepman
This document provides information about an upcoming webinar on achieving complementarity between informal and formal seed systems. It includes:
- The presenters and moderators of the webinar
- The framing and program for the webinar, which will include presentations on farmers' rights, examples of complementarity between seed systems, and identification of partnerships.
- Next steps after the webinar like publishing a blog and report.
The webinar aims to facilitate an exchange of information on complementarity between informal farmer-led seed systems and formal commercial seed systems, identify challenges, and motivate collaboration between participants from different roles to better realize farmers' rights to crop genetic resources.
Science, Technology and Innovation delivery in the Context of Africa's Agricu...Hillary Hanson
This document discusses science, technology, and innovation delivery in the context of Africa's agricultural transformation. It outlines the Malabo Declaration commitments around accelerated agricultural growth, including ending hunger and reducing poverty through agriculture. It discusses how achieving the Malabo Declaration goals through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme contributes to the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It notes that agricultural knowledge institutions, development partners, and technical networks will support country efforts to deliver on the Malabo commitments through science, technology, and innovation partnerships.
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
This document provides a scoping study of evolving institutional structures for delivering science and technology to support agricultural transformation in Africa. It examines six key initiatives: the CAADP Technical Networks, the proposed Science for Agriculture Consortium (S4AC), the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and African Agricultural Research Programme (AARP) led by the African Development Bank, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, and the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture. The study finds that while most initiatives are still conceptual, together they provide opportunities to advance Africa's Science Agenda by mainstreaming proven technologies and strengthening partnerships between African institutions and the CGIAR.
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
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
The document announces the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly to be held from July 15-20, 2013 in Accra, Ghana. The event will bring together stakeholders in African agricultural research and development to discuss challenges and opportunities in food security. Key objectives include reviewing progress since the last event, determining the regional agenda for the next three years, and electing new FARA leadership. The week-long event will feature pre-plenary meetings on sub-themes, exhibitions, and plenary sessions to review recommendations and plan future work.
in 2015 the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) established a Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on the use of drones for agriculture in collaboration with the International Potato Centre (CIP).
The CoP is open to all interested parties via http://www.uav4ag.org .
In addition CTA established a dedicated Twitter account @uav4ag where latest updates on the technology are shared.
Presentation held by Philip Thornton, CCAFS Theme Leader Flagship 4, at the Governance & Institutions Across Scales in Climate Resilient Food Systems
Brussels Workshop 9-11 Sept 2014.
Delivering a sustainable rice seed system in a complex institutional settingHillary Hanson
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
Rolling out the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) at country levelHillary Hanson
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
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
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
The document outlines strategic priorities for controlling aflatoxins in Africa. It discusses the impacts of aflatoxins on public health, food/nutrition security, and trade. The Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) was created to advocate and coordinate aflatoxin control across the continent. PACA's strategy involves activities at the continental, regional, and country levels. At each level, PACA aims to strengthen policies, build capacity, increase awareness, and support the development and adoption of solutions to reduce aflatoxin contamination in Africa.
The document summarizes the annual report of the Common bean improvement research program. It discusses how the program has helped over 2.2 million families in Ethiopia by improving bean varieties and seed systems. It also discusses the development of high oleic groundnut varieties in India to meet food industry and health needs. Additionally, the summary discusses how the program improved food security and business opportunities in Zimbabwe by developing high-yielding, climate-resilient bean varieties.
The document summarizes the Regional Research Program/WCA's presentation to the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board meeting. It discusses the impacts of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa and the approaches used by the program to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic, including virtual training of farmers, policy advocacy, and strengthened partnerships. It also summarizes achievements in crop improvement for groundnuts, sorghum, and pearl millet; impact projects involving warrantage, nutrition, and natural resource management; and progress in gender mainstreaming, climate-smart agriculture, and other areas.
Comprehensive Overview of Investment and Human Capacities in African Agricult...Hillary Hanson
- Agricultural research spending in Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 9% from 2011-2014 while the number of researchers grew by 15%, but spending growth was still four times slower than growth in overall agricultural spending.
- Conventional targets of investing 1% of agricultural GDP in research do not account for differences in country characteristics, and the ASTI has developed an intensity index to establish more tailored investment targets based on factors like income level and agricultural diversity.
- There remains a large investment gap of 39% between actual research spending in Sub-Saharan Africa and estimated attainable levels based on the intensity index.
"Spatial targeting and dynamic modeling framework for supporting strategic investment decisions to scale-up agricultural technologies in Mozambique", Cindy Cox, Naomie Sakana, Jawoo Koo, and Emmy Simmons, Workshop on Transformation of Agri-food Systems and Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture in Mozambique: Evidence, Challenges and Implications Maputo, Mozambique, December 9, 2013
The document discusses the role of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in building capacity for science, technology, and innovation (STI) in Africa, particularly for agricultural biotechnology. It makes three key points:
1) STI is essential for economic growth but Africa faces a shortage of agricultural specialists, indicating a need to build capacity in biotechnology. Biotechnology can help address food insecurity challenges through crops like drought-resistant maize varieties.
2) ACBF supports STI capacity building through research, training centers of excellence, and case studies on successes like drought-resistant maize in Zimbabwe.
3) Effectively developing STI in Africa requires evidence-based agricultural policies,
Innovate, generate, disseminate and adopt improved technologiesHillary Hanson
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
GFAR Webinar on Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Inform...Francois Stepman
This document provides information about an upcoming webinar on achieving complementarity between informal and formal seed systems. It includes:
- The presenters and moderators of the webinar
- The framing and program for the webinar, which will include presentations on farmers' rights, examples of complementarity between seed systems, and identification of partnerships.
- Next steps after the webinar like publishing a blog and report.
The webinar aims to facilitate an exchange of information on complementarity between informal farmer-led seed systems and formal commercial seed systems, identify challenges, and motivate collaboration between participants from different roles to better realize farmers' rights to crop genetic resources.
Science, Technology and Innovation delivery in the Context of Africa's Agricu...Hillary Hanson
This document discusses science, technology, and innovation delivery in the context of Africa's agricultural transformation. It outlines the Malabo Declaration commitments around accelerated agricultural growth, including ending hunger and reducing poverty through agriculture. It discusses how achieving the Malabo Declaration goals through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme contributes to the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It notes that agricultural knowledge institutions, development partners, and technical networks will support country efforts to deliver on the Malabo commitments through science, technology, and innovation partnerships.
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
This document provides a scoping study of evolving institutional structures for delivering science and technology to support agricultural transformation in Africa. It examines six key initiatives: the CAADP Technical Networks, the proposed Science for Agriculture Consortium (S4AC), the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and African Agricultural Research Programme (AARP) led by the African Development Bank, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, and the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture. The study finds that while most initiatives are still conceptual, together they provide opportunities to advance Africa's Science Agenda by mainstreaming proven technologies and strengthening partnerships between African institutions and the CGIAR.
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
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
The document announces the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly to be held from July 15-20, 2013 in Accra, Ghana. The event will bring together stakeholders in African agricultural research and development to discuss challenges and opportunities in food security. Key objectives include reviewing progress since the last event, determining the regional agenda for the next three years, and electing new FARA leadership. The week-long event will feature pre-plenary meetings on sub-themes, exhibitions, and plenary sessions to review recommendations and plan future work.
in 2015 the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) established a Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on the use of drones for agriculture in collaboration with the International Potato Centre (CIP).
The CoP is open to all interested parties via http://www.uav4ag.org .
In addition CTA established a dedicated Twitter account @uav4ag where latest updates on the technology are shared.
Presentation held by Philip Thornton, CCAFS Theme Leader Flagship 4, at the Governance & Institutions Across Scales in Climate Resilient Food Systems
Brussels Workshop 9-11 Sept 2014.
Delivering a sustainable rice seed system in a complex institutional settingHillary Hanson
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
Rolling out the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) at country levelHillary Hanson
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
A Scoping study of the evolving institutional structures for the delivery of ...Hillary Hanson
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
The document outlines strategic priorities for controlling aflatoxins in Africa. It discusses the impacts of aflatoxins on public health, food/nutrition security, and trade. The Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) was created to advocate and coordinate aflatoxin control across the continent. PACA's strategy involves activities at the continental, regional, and country levels. At each level, PACA aims to strengthen policies, build capacity, increase awareness, and support the development and adoption of solutions to reduce aflatoxin contamination in Africa.
The document summarizes the annual report of the Common bean improvement research program. It discusses how the program has helped over 2.2 million families in Ethiopia by improving bean varieties and seed systems. It also discusses the development of high oleic groundnut varieties in India to meet food industry and health needs. Additionally, the summary discusses how the program improved food security and business opportunities in Zimbabwe by developing high-yielding, climate-resilient bean varieties.
The document summarizes the Regional Research Program/WCA's presentation to the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board meeting. It discusses the impacts of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa and the approaches used by the program to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic, including virtual training of farmers, policy advocacy, and strengthened partnerships. It also summarizes achievements in crop improvement for groundnuts, sorghum, and pearl millet; impact projects involving warrantage, nutrition, and natural resource management; and progress in gender mainstreaming, climate-smart agriculture, and other areas.
Comprehensive Overview of Investment and Human Capacities in African Agricult...Hillary Hanson
- Agricultural research spending in Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 9% from 2011-2014 while the number of researchers grew by 15%, but spending growth was still four times slower than growth in overall agricultural spending.
- Conventional targets of investing 1% of agricultural GDP in research do not account for differences in country characteristics, and the ASTI has developed an intensity index to establish more tailored investment targets based on factors like income level and agricultural diversity.
- There remains a large investment gap of 39% between actual research spending in Sub-Saharan Africa and estimated attainable levels based on the intensity index.
"Spatial targeting and dynamic modeling framework for supporting strategic investment decisions to scale-up agricultural technologies in Mozambique", Cindy Cox, Naomie Sakana, Jawoo Koo, and Emmy Simmons, Workshop on Transformation of Agri-food Systems and Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture in Mozambique: Evidence, Challenges and Implications Maputo, Mozambique, December 9, 2013
Improving the performance of pro-poor value chains of sheep and goats for enh...ILRI
This document summarizes a new project funded by IFAD to improve sheep and goat value chains in Ethiopia. The project aims to increase incomes and productivity of smallholder farmers, especially women. It will test interventions across 16 communities in various regions of Ethiopia. The project will conduct analyses of the value chains, test production and marketing technologies, develop partnerships, and evaluate impacts with the goal of disseminating lessons learned and facilitating scaling up of successful approaches. It is implemented by ICARDA, ILRI, and Ethiopian research partners over 3 years with a budget of $1.2 million.
Technical Support for Africa's Science and Technology Agenda: A Partners MeetingHillary Hanson
The document summarizes a meeting to discuss technical support for Africa's science and technology agenda. It provides context on ongoing work by IFPRI, IFAD, and CGIAR to support agricultural research in Africa. The meeting brought together representatives from various organizations to provide feedback on three workstreams: 1) updating agricultural research indicators through ASTI and partnerships, 2) developing a virtual information platform to integrate spatial and online decision tools, and 3) identifying promising agricultural technologies ready for adoption. Participants discussed how to strengthen collaboration, data sharing, private sector engagement, and support for national innovation systems. Next steps include further developing the three workstreams and convening another meeting to advance related work.
Presented by Yihenew Zewdie, Consultant for Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa, Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), IFPRI.
This document provides an update on Workstream 1 of the Technology Platform, which aims to strengthen self-assessment capacity in partner organizations to support technology adoption. It discusses several ongoing activities in 2016, including desktop studies of crop yields and technology feasibility in partner countries, and providing self-assessment support. It outlines pilot studies conducted with ASARECA, CORAF, and CCARDESA focusing on improved maize and rice varieties and small ruminant technologies in Uganda, Senegal, and Namibia. These involve analyzing yield gaps and trends, identifying intervention areas, profiling technologies, and ex-ante impact analyses. The timeline for completing these pilot studies is provided. Background information on how the Technology Platform originated from initiatives calling for
Technical consortium for building resilience in the Horn of AfricaILRI
The document discusses developing tools and datasets to enhance resilience in the Horn of Africa drylands. It proposes:
1. Developing analytical tools and monitoring systems to support investment plans and track indicators of health, education, and living standards to measure resilience impact.
2. Creating a catalogue of baseline data and indicators that countries can use to establish current populations' status and measure how investments affect resilience over time.
3. Developing spatial tools to identify hotspots for drought risk and predicted livestock mortality to better target investments.
The document discusses the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), a network of collaborating partners that provides data, analytical tools, and research to inform food and nutrition security policymaking. It aims to 1) provide strategic analysis and monitoring of interventions, 2) manage knowledge on key indicators, and 3) strengthen capacity and policy communication. ReSAKSS will develop a website for accessing and sharing this information to support evidence-based policies across countries in the region. The document also discusses several specific issues and opportunities that ReSAKSS could address to better meet policy needs, such as spatial disaggregation of strategies and monitoring of food security indicators.
The Technical Analytical Network (TAN) in Mozambique was established in 2017 to provide technical and analytical support for Mozambique's agriculture sector plans and goals. From 2017-2019, the TAN conducted several studies on topics like the impacts of climate change, seed systems, mechanization programs, and fertilizer value chains. The TAN also helped strengthen capacities for Mozambique's agriculture sector monitoring and evaluation. Moving forward, the TAN aims to establish regional branches, conduct more studies aligned with sector goals, and improve coordination to avoid duplication of efforts. Key challenges include building partnerships, resource mobilization, and setting up analytical networks in each development corridor.
Capacity building, m&e, knowledge management and policy in pabra [autosaved]CIAT
The document summarizes activities undertaken by PABRA from 2009 to 2013 to build capacity, conduct monitoring and evaluation, manage knowledge, and influence policy in the bean sector. Key activities included workshops to characterize existing M&E processes and review experiences, defining guiding principles, proposed steps to enhance M&E, accountability and information sharing, and contributing to the training of 2000 people, 40% of whom were women, on topics related to M&E and partnership. Plans were discussed to institutionalize M&E, improve evaluation quality, establish a knowledge database, and seek more favorable policies to support the bean sector.
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR is a global partnership that works to ensure food security. This document discusses the work of PIM, one of CGIAR's research programs. PIM focuses on improving policies, institutions, and markets related to agriculture. It has 7 flagship projects that examine issues like foresight modeling, science policy, sustainable intensification, and more. These projects provide research to help partners strengthen programs, policies, and institutions to better support smallholder farmers and sustainable agricultural growth. The document outlines lessons learned from PIM's work, opportunities to expand collaboration and integration of activities, and how PIM addresses gender in agricultural research.
GIS generated recommendation domains for scaling crop varieties in Tanzaniaafrica-rising
Poster prepared by Francis Kamau Muthoni, Haroon Sseguya, Mateete Bekunda and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon for the Africa RISING Humidtropics Systems Research Marketplace, Ibadan, Nigeria, 15-17 November 2016
Fealing - Improving indicators to inform policyinnovationoecd
The document discusses improving indicators to inform policy. It recommends establishing a framework for developing indicators, improving data quality, linking and sharing data between agencies, conducting methodological research, using existing data and establishing a chief analyst position. The main conclusion is that indicators cannot be developed without a framework to contextualize them.
The document summarizes the vision, work, and themes of the Decision and Policy Analysis Program. The program uses spatial, economic, and institutional analysis to convert data into policy insights. It has teams working on impact assessment, ecosystem services, climate change impacts on agriculture, and ensuring equitable supply chains. Key work includes assessing impacts of research, identifying adaptation pathways to climate change, and providing guidelines for managing ecosystem services and markets.
AfricaRice used household and community survey data from 18 countries along with experts' opinions to assess the potential impact of various rice research solutions by ecology. The methodology involved evaluating the importance of rice productivity and stresses by ecology, as well as varietal preferences. Experts proposed solutions and estimated yield gains. The data and estimates were used in econometric models to assess research impact by country, ecology, and discipline. Some results found average expected yield gains of solutions by ecology could yield $1.1 billion in annual benefits from 2014-2020. Looking ahead, AfricaRice aims to assess impacts of introduced technologies, inform future research priorities, and establish a futures team to continue this strategic foresight work.
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1. Quality protein maize (QPM) is a variety of maize developed in the 1990s to help reduce malnutrition by having higher amounts of two essential amino acids.
2. QPM looks and grows like normal maize but has superior nutritional content. It has been released in at least 17 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. While QPM can help improve nutrition, it faces limitations as it is indistinguishable from normal maize and cross-pollination can dilute its traits. Promotional activities are important for adoption.
Technology Profile - Breeding TIMPs for Small RuminantsPodisi (CCARDESA) 2017 Hillary Hanson
This document summarizes information on improved breeding practices for small ruminants like sheep and goats in Namibia. It discusses how selection of superior animals through genetic testing and selective breeding can improve important traits like growth rate and fertility. While techniques like artificial insemination are used in some areas, traditional selective breeding is more common due to lower costs. The benefits of scaling up improved breeding include increased productivity, meat quality, and hardiness of goats and sheep, which would improve incomes and food security, especially for smallholder farmers in northern Namibia.
NERICA rice varieties were developed through crosses between African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian rice (Oryza sativa) to combine the best traits of both parents. They have been widely adopted in many West and Central African countries due to their higher yields compared to traditional varieties and ability to thrive in harsh environments. The document discusses how NERICA is used, its limitations, who uses it, where it is used, why farmers use it, and assesses the potential economic benefits of further scaling up NERICA adoption, particularly in Senegal. Modeling estimates that increased adoption could result in $195 million to $650 million in increased economic benefits for the regions of Casamance and South S
Technology Profile - Breeding TIMPs for Small RuminantsPodisi (CCARDESA) 2017 Hillary Hanson
This document summarizes improved breeding practices for small ruminants like sheep and goats in Namibia. It discusses how selection of superior animals through genetic testing can improve key traits over multiple generations. While techniques like artificial insemination are used in other livestock, challenges around record keeping and animal mixing make these difficult for smallholder farmers in Namibia. Instead, selecting best animals to breed and culling poor performers can still provide benefits at low cost. Modeling suggests scaling improved breeding across Namibia's northern region could provide economic gains of $9-106 million by 2025.
Small ruminants - Thermostable vaccine for control of Peste des petits ruminantsHillary Hanson
Science and Technical Partnership in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Harnessing Investments to Transforming Bean Value Chains for Better Incomes a...Hillary Hanson
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
Rice in West Africa: a private sector perspectiveHillary Hanson
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
Technology Assessment 2: Rice in Africa Scaling New Genetic Materials Hillary Hanson
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
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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
The document outlines 10 technology assessments for African agriculture including 5 crops, 3 livestock areas, post-harvest assessment of aflatoxins, and climate smart agriculture assessment of soil and climate data sets. Each assessment will evaluate the context, discovery, product/technology, delivery pathways and partners, impact potential, challenges and opportunities, business case for investment, and next steps based on common criteria.
Science and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural agenda, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
agenda technologies platforms and partnerships meeting abidjan april 25 2017Hillary Hanson
Science 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
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
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
Deliver Mechanisms to Accelerate Dissemination: Building BridgesHillary Hanson
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
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
Bridging the Gap: the application of agricultural innovation and technologyHillary Hanson
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
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
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Certified as an ISO/IEC 27001: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Lead Implementer, Data Protection Officer, and Cyber Risks Analyst, Denis brings a heightened focus on data security, privacy, and cyber resilience to every endeavor.
His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of reporting, database, and web development applications, underpinned by an exceptional grasp of data storage and virtualization technologies. His proficiency in application testing, database administration, and data cleansing ensures seamless execution of complex projects.
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Technology platform for S&T in Africa
1. Scientific & Technical
Partnerships in Africa
An Open Agricultural Data
System and Analytics
Framework for Systematic
Ex-Ante Technology Impact
Assessment
Case Studies
In 2017, many African countries are on course
to finalize the second generation of National
Agricultural Investment Plans, aligning their
agricultural transformation agenda with the food
security targets defined in the Malabo Declaration
– including the goal of doubling productivity by
2025. Building on Technology Platform’s technical
partnership with Sub-Regional Organizations
(SROs: ASARECA, CORAF/WECARD, and CCARDESA),
three country-level ex-ante technology impact
assessment studies are being developed to: 1)
assess the feasibility of doubling productivity of
major agricultural commodities in study countries, 2)
assess the role of selected technologies for achieving
the targets and their current and potential adoption
levels, and 3) formulate enabling policy interventions
to help countries to achieve the Malabo target.
These case studies use IFPRI’s ex-ante bioeconomy
modeling framework and technology adoption data
from primary and secondary sources. Country-specific
adoption constraints will be identified through
regression analyses and used to formulate key policy
recommendations to address them. The nationally
targeted activities will also work to strengthen the
analytical capacity of partners and enhance their use
of certain tools and technologies in moving forward.
Further information
Kerri Wright Platais | k.w.platais@cgiar.org
Program Head, Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa
Cultivating Science in Agriculture through Partnerships
IFPRI, April, 2017
Acknowledgements
IFPRI is pleased to acknowledge the following contributions to the Scientific
and Technical Partnerships in Africa brief on the Technology Platform.
Scientific and technical contributors: Jawoo Koo, Katherine Downie and Kerri
Wright Platais, IFPRI.
Editor, S&T Partnerships in Africa briefs: Gabrielle Persley, Doyle Foundation.
Design: Eric Ouma and Kamau Wanyoike.
Photo credits: Shutterstock.
The development of the Technology Platform has been supported by USAID
and the CGIAR Policy, Institutions and Markets (PIM) program. The three
Case Studies on country level, ex ante technology impact assessments are
supported by IFAD and PIM.
The financial support of the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the CGIAR Program on Policies, Markets and
Institutions (PIM) to this program is gratefully acknowledged
SEED PRODUCTION
Figure 2 Rice Impact Pathway
2. Introduction
Recent progress in rapid data collection methods and analytics has
widened access to new datasets and research tools that were not
readily available to the research community and policy practitioners in
the past. For agricultural development, we envision policy analysts and
decision makers will soon be able to self-analyze potential tradeoffs of
various strategic investment and policy options, while monitoring the
sector performance and overall food security status at near real-time.
The Technology Platform aims to provide a comprehensive, robust, and
systematic basis for evaluating potential impacts of strategic investment
on research and development of agricultural technologies with a range
of commodities, geographic focuses, beneficiary groups, and adoption
potentials and help prioritizing the options in the context of achieving
development goals at country and regional levels.
IFPRI’s Technology Platform is a technical partnership, providing data and
analytical assistance for strategic partners to improve data collection and
management, increase evidences and knowledge on technology impacts,
and create an analytical environment to enable better strategic investment
planning for achieving food security targets and goals. The Platform has two
layers of the face-to-face investment decision processes at the country and
regional levels and the virtual information platform that provides data and
analytical tools. The Platform-generated data and tools have been widely
used in agricultural development initiatives and research.
Research Framework
and Components
Synergizing the strengths of interdisciplinary research themes
at IFPRI and with other research partners, the Technology
Platform team coordinates and implements an analytical
framework including a suite of ex-ante modeling tools,
capable of assessing agricultural research and development
investment impacts on technologies and policy options at
multiple levels, building on the geospatial data systems and
impact pathway analysis.
1. DATA SYSTEMS for spatial characterization of farming
landscape. IFPRI’s granular, geospatial baseline indicator
database serves >700 data layers spatio-temporally
harmonized across four thematic topics of agroecology,
production, demographic and health, and markets.
2. IMPACT PATHWAY MODELING for identifying effective
entry points of intervention. Impact pathway narrative
and the accompanying theory of change help deciding
the most effective entry points for the investment
and policy options, as well as identifying the system-
monitoring datasets and their measurement strategy.
3. BIOPHYSICAL MODELING of technology impacts on the
field-level productivity. IFPRI’s grid-based crop modeling
platform uses DSSAT Cropping System Model to simulate
crop growth and yields on 5 arc-minute (10 km) grids
over the Africa South of Sahara (SSA). The platform
integrates HarvestChoice’s grid-level geospatial data
layers and simulates crop productivity changes under
various what-if scenarios of changes in agroecological
conditions and farmers’ management practices.
4. BIOECONOMY MODELING of technology impacts on
the farm-level profitability. Using the site-specifically
estimated technology’s potential impacts, a suite of
bioeconomic modeling analyses is applied to assess in-
depth look of technology adoption implications on the
resilience and profitability at micro- and macro-level.
5. EX-ANTE MODELING of technology adoption on
subnational-level economy. IFPRI’s ex-ante research and
development impact evaluations uses DREAM (Dynamic
Research Evaluation for Management) model to help
deciding priority value chains and tradeoffs amongst
technology investment options for the country-level
targets.
6. FORESIGHT MODELING of technology impacts on
the national and regional economy. IFPRI’s IMPACT
(International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural
Commodities and Trade) is a linked foresight modeling
framework that finds equilibrium prices that clear
world markets, equating projected supply and demand
across all commodities, as well as the measures of food
availability, changes in gross revenue to farmers, water
use, land use change, and the estimates of welfare
measures such as supply of nutrients, population at risk
of hunger, and numbers of malnourished children in
each country.
Activity Clusters
Technology Platform has two clusters of key activities:
1. The Platform team coordinates with regional and
country-level initiatives to participate in the face-
to-face decision-making platforms and provide
technical inputs for facilitating evidence-based
informed discussion and capacity strengthening
activities for building in-country/region self-
assessment capability. The team also actively
participates and provides input to the National
Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) Appraisal
Processes, including participation in the consultation
meetings and providing training workshops.
2. The Platform provides a virtual information platform,
a decision-supporting platform that provides data and
analytical tools for evaluating potential investment
impacts. The Platform-generated knowledge products,
including harmonized data and analytical tools
have been widely used in agricultural research and
development initiatives, such as training courses
at academic institutions, grant proposal writings,
and agricultural investment strategy developments.
More than 100 published journal articles were found
using the Platform’s data in their academic studies
for geospatial targeting, hotspot mapping, clustering
analysis, and spatially-explicit agroecological and
economic modeling.
Figure 1 Conceptual Framework: Impact Pathway for Supporting Investment Decision Making Process
An Open Agricultural Data System and Analytics Framework
for Systematic Ex-Ante Technology Impact Assessment
Scientific & Technical Partnerships in Africa