CIAT IN AFRICA

An Overview

Presentation made to the Harmonized Seed Security Project

Kopanong; 20th May, 2010

Dr Rowland Chirwa Ms Rachel Muthoni

CIAT’s Comparative Advantage• Germplasm (beans)• Soils and NRM (TSBF)• Linking research to development -Participatory

Research, Partnerships, Agro-enterprise & socio-economic assessments.

• Wider impact approach • Approaches to respond to acute stresses

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DONORSDONORSCIDA, SDC, USAID, BMGF, McKnight, ASARECA,

SADC-FANR , AGRA, KIRKHOUSE

DONORSDONORSCIDA, SDC, USAID, BMGF, McKnight, ASARECA,

SADC-FANR , AGRA, KIRKHOUSE

Southern Africa Bean Research Network Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN) (SABRN)

Member Countries (11)Member Countries (11)

1. Angola2. South DRC3. Lesotho4. Malawi5. Mauritius6. Mozambique7. South Africa8. Swaziland9. South Tanzania10. Zambia11. Zimbabwe

Improved nutrition and health, gender equality, food security, incomes and natural resource base for sustainable livelihoods of resource poor women and men farmers

Resilience – Improved varieties

Resilience - Non varietal

Access and utilization of micronutrient-rich bean varieties

and products

Opportunities from new and expanding markets

Reaching front and end users

Knowledge sharing and use, policy, M&E

OutcomesProject Goal

Gender Equality

PABRA FRAMEWORK 2009-2013

PABRA’s Partnerships PABRA’s Partnerships Complementary and efficient use of resourcesComplementary and efficient use of resources

CIAT CIAT Biophysical Biophysical Social Social

NARES:NARES:Management Management

ScientistsScientists

Development Development Partners and Partners and Policy makers Policy makers

UsersUsers

Technology adaptation and policy support •Engage partners for adaptive research to refine technology across multiple countries• Test approaches to upscale fast, widely + with equity.•Publish and share results

Catalyze links and partnerships to reach users. .

•Provide tools and methods for widespread skills and knowledge enhancement •Raise awareness•Test and use technologies

Technology development + priority setting Identify key research Identify key research constraints constraints /opportunities/opportunities•Catalyze teams for Catalyze teams for strategic and applied strategic and applied work work •Publish /share results to Publish /share results to feed into future workfeed into future work

Addressing Diverse Market niches

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Dark Red Kidney

Climbing Beans

Snap Beans (French)

Large White

Small White

Pintos, Carioca’s

Sugar, Tan & Yellow

Others

Small Red

Red Mottled

CIAT –Africa Regional Programs

CIAT HQ

Tanzania & Zimbabwe

Tanzania & Ethiopia

D R Congo & South Africa

Kenya

South Africa & Ethiopia

South Africa & Madagascar

Kenya

Rwanda

Malawi & Uganda

Shared Breeding Responsibilities:

CIAT-HQ, CIAT-Africa & NARS

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Market Class Varieties Released

Countries

Red mottled 17 CD, KE, RW, ET, UG, ZW, SW, TZ, MZ

Red Kidney 15 CD, MD, KE, RW, TZ,UG, ET, ZM, TZ

Sugars/speckled 31 KE, CD, ET,UG, ZW, SW, TZ, MZ, MW, LE

Climbing beans 26 CD, KE, TZ, MD, RW, ET, UG

Small & Medium Red 9 ET, KE, MD, CD

Navy & Large White 22 TZ, MD, ET, SU, ZW, ZM, SW, CD, ZA, LE

Brown and Tans 24 RW, BU, DRC, ET, ZM, ZW, TZ, DRC, MW

Purples & Others 3 ZM, CD, LE

Total 147

Varieties released in PABRA region 2003-2009

Some countries have no breeding programs– but have released bean varieties. Some varieties are released in more than one country- “Nets that work for all”

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16.5 million

From 35,000,000 to 82,500,000 people

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4 Certified seeds (large and small packs) using market and non market channels

Farmers

Quality seeds by local seed producers (individual or groups –supported by Development partners (GOs, NGOs-CBOs etc)

Basic seeds 2

(Private seed producers )

Basic seeds 1 (NARS)

Breeder seeds (NARS)

Farmers 5 Traders

Integrated Seed System for wider impact using Improved Bean Varieties

Partnership with the Private sector in Bean Seed Production

• e.g. Demeter Agriculture in Malawi provided over 300 tones of bean seed for the subsidy program

• Some of these varieties are registered in Zambia and Mozambique

Usefulness of the HSSP Initiative

• Time lag in release of varieties: -some bean varieties were released at different times in different countries in the region:

• CAL143 – Malawi (Napilira - 1996); Zambia (Liyambia - 1997); Angola (1998); Mozambique (2008) and south DRC possibly 2010.

Operationalizing and Monitoring the Harmonization Seed System: Assessment of

Institutional and Policies in the Southern Africa Development Community Region

A Concept Idea!

Thank You