Research-Development Partnership for Poverty

Reduction in West Africa

 PRONAF (Cowpea for Africa Project)

O. Coulibaly

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Objectives and Strategies fora Research and Development Partnership

POVERTY POVERTY

REDUCTIONREDUCTION

Access to Access to Social Services Social Services

High ProductivityHigh Productivity

Reduction Reduction of lossesof losses

Access to markets Access to markets (Input/Products)(Input/Products)

Access toAccess toCapitalCapital

ReinforcementReinforcement Capacity/decisionCapacity/decision

Environmental Environmental ProtectionProtection

Food SecurityFood Security (Quant, qual)(Quant, qual)* REVENUES (Ag-Nag)* REVENUES (Ag-Nag)

Development and marketing of des Varieties, (Output, diseases, insects, drought, quality).

Post harvesting Technologies

Productivity and Quality of Products

Seeding multiplication

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Develop an alternative to chemical pesticides / Environmental health and protection

(Semi-mechanised, women’s work

Long term technical solutions

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Papaya

Working mechanisms

SNRA Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria (Regional Steering Committee) Pays

National committee include IFAD development projects

Collaboration with NGOs, Organisations, Farmers, Transformers, Suppliers, etc.

Research Collaboration - Development of networks with Universities

Constraints: Delays in release of funds

Reinforcement of Optimal decisional capacities

Farmers observing and analysing the agro-ecosystems

of the Cowpea

A woman farmer presenting results after a group analysis.

Session of the reinforcement of Impact Analysis Capacities

(Food Security, Environment, Poverty Reduction)

IFAD Projects, SNRVA,Public-private, NGO. (Mali, 2002)Mali (2), Benin (3), Guinea, Togo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon

FIDA… USAID, DANIDA.. AfDB

Contribution of the NIEBE Filière to Food security, Environmental protection and poverty reduction .

Develop and broadcast Technologies

• Germoplasm• Post harvest fields• Durable systems• Information on Business

Markets• Analyse/Decide Agricultural

policies

Empower Partners• Producers• Suppliers (Private)• Seed producers• Development agents• Researchers• Public figures holding policy

making power

Facilitate Collaboration/Partnership with ONGs, Private and Public sectors, Networks, Universities, AATF

Partenariat Recherche-Developpement

(Grant-Investissement)FIDA

Actors/Parteners Productors (Women)

OrganisationsTransformers

VendorsConsumersPoliticians

PRONAF(IITA-SNRA)IFAD Grant

Projects Investments

IFAD (others)

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Burkina FasoBurkina Faso CES-AGF, PDRSOCES-AGF, PDRSOPAMER, PDRSO,CES-PAMER, PDRSO,CES-

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Typology, FFF, Typology, FFF, Capacity Capacity (Training Impact)(Training Impact)

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BéninBénin PDRTPDRT

PROMIC, PAGERPROMIC, PAGER

Training Impact Training Impact Evaluation-Evaluation--Filière studies-Filière studiesImpact assessment Impact assessment on technologieson technologies

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MaliMali FODESA, PDR-MS, PDZLFODESA, PDR-MS, PDZL

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Scientific collaboration with the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Programme (B/C CRSP), the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), NGIGA, universities (in Africa, Australia, Europe, the United States).

studies on the perception and acceptance of genetically studies on the perception and acceptance of genetically modifiedmodified  cowpea varieties in West Africa cowpea varieties in West Africa

analysis of the production and distribution pipeline for analysis of the production and distribution pipeline for cowpea varieties (both genetically modified and non-cowpea varieties (both genetically modified and non-genetically modified)genetically modified)

evaluation of the potential regional impact of evaluation of the potential regional impact of genetically modified cowpea in West Africa, and genetically modified cowpea in West Africa, and strategic recommendationsstrategic recommendations

undertaking of a policy dialogue to support new undertaking of a policy dialogue to support new institutional arrangements for sustaining technological institutional arrangements for sustaining technological changeschanges

Commercial losses due to aflatoxins

US$67US$6700 million million (9 African Countries)(9 African Countries)

Peanut

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Rural Economics Training Modules

1. Analysis of the (technical-institutional) impact on poverty1. Analysis of the (technical-institutional) impact on poverty 2. Economics of the quality and hygiene of agricultural products 2. Economics of the quality and hygiene of agricultural products

(standards)(standards) 3. Competitiveness of agriculture (international trade)3. Competitiveness of agriculture (international trade) 4. Economics of agricultural pipelines4. Economics of agricultural pipelines 5. Economics of biotechnology5. Economics of biotechnology 6. Gender, equity and poverty6. Gender, equity and poverty 7. Participatory methods – partners7. Participatory methods – partners 8. Public-private-NGO partnership8. Public-private-NGO partnership 9. Economics of health – AIDS/malaria – agriculture9. Economics of health – AIDS/malaria – agriculture

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE

THANK YOU

u.coulibaly@cgiar.org