PROIntensAfrica project presentation

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1 PROIntensAfrica – Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa

PROIntensAfrica Ambition, Action & Result

Wole Fatunbi

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

Agricultural Intensification thought ? The problems of agriculture at the global scale and more in Europe and Africa

• Sustainability Issues [Sustaining productivity of labour, land and capital]

• Managing natural resources • Increasing energy cost • Meeting up the growing societal

expectations • Working under the complicated

factor of climate change.


Constraints in Africa Agriculture

• Agricultural productivity still low.. reflecting the failure to find, adopt and use of more productive farming technologies and poor market linkages.

• Inadequate infrastructure and poor land tenure arrangements

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Constraints in Africa Agriculture

Some Data <5% suitable agricultural

land in production

Only 4% land in production irrigated (30% in S Asia)

Low fertiliser use/high depletion of soil nutrients

Agricultural productivity was 25% of global average

Only 1% of commercial lending in Africa goes to agriculture


State of Africa agriculture

Weak private sector

Underinvestment in research; leading to ineffective R&D models; weak and unaccountable institutions

In appropriate policies

External influences [ globalization etc.]


Crosscutting issues…

NRM

Sustaining Productivity

Market

Policy

Income

Nutrition

Environment

Sustainable livelihood

One Billion Hungry


…Agricultural intensification thought

..agricultural intensification is the most suitable option that we have to cope

with the ever- increasing demand for

food and fiber, but such intensification

must be carried out in a sustainable way.

.. a balance among the variable of sustainability !

…more than • Good technologies • Suitable policies • Adequate infrastructure • Balanced institutions • Market


…Agricultural intensification thought

Understanding the different intensification

pathways and developing a combination of

pathways to respond to diverse situations is the key factor to sustainable

intensification.


…Agricultural intensification thought • Research on sustainable models of intensification is growing… but not in Africa.

• Generic understanding of the systems functioning is prominent in Africa.

• The well known “ready-to-use” intensification models may be dysfunctional in Africa.

• long term research partnership between Europe and Africa is required.


Objective The objective of this project is to develop a proposal for a long-term research and innovation partnership between Europe and Africa. With focus on the improvement of the food and nutrition security and the livelihoods of African farmers by exploring and exploiting the rich diversity of pathways leading to sustainable intensification of African agro-food systems, with support of the relevant policy environment

The ProintensAfrica Outcome

A coherent and fundable proposal for

a European / Africa initiative that could

yield the much needed agrarian revolution in

Africa and sustainability in

Europe.


The PROintensAfrica The partnership proposal will:

1. Describe the scientific and innovation domains that need further research to identify and

2. Implement effective pathways (the what),

3. Identify the value for both continents in addition to ongoing partnerships and activities (the why), and

4. Suggest financial and governance structures that can adequately support the partnership (the how).

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WP1: Development of Partnership, Consortium Governance and Project Management

WP2: Development of Research and

Innovation Agenda

WP3: Mapping of on-going

Sustainable Intensification

Research

WP7: Expected Impact of

Future Partnership

WP4: Possible Funding

Instrument for a Future

Partnership

WP5: Possible Governance of a

Future Partnership

WP 6: Communication and Profiling a Future Partnership What Why How

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Effective partnership between 23 Research organizations in Europe and Africa



Contributed to HLPD development Active participation in the development of LEAP-Agri

Broad stakeholders engagement in ARD and participation in various fora



Developed a smart communication tools

Developed a disseminated many videos





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• The PROIntensAfrica aims to develop the necessary framework for a long term Africa-Europe research partnership for sustainable intensification.

• The required outputs are fully generated and should be translated into intermediate development outcome.

Conclusion


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for the attention

Science

PROIntensAfrica project presentation