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Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
Highlights fromScientific Partners
N Sanginga International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
IMF expects Africa to grow by nearly 6% in 2012 is led by new Infrastructure and agriculture.
Emerging new
leadership
Latest Headlines from AfricaFrom “The hopeless continent – May 2000” … To “Africa rising – Dec 2011”
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Sub-Saharan Challenge Program for Africa SSA-CP
proposed a new paradigm in 2003
Integrated Agricultural Research for Development
IAR4D
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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The four support pillars of the SSA-CP
The four principal
themes of the
SSA-CP
(FARA, 2004)
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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CGIAR Reforms Food security, Poverty, Natural resources, Undernutrition
Impact by 2025
Increase yield 60%
Sustain annual growth 0.5 %
Reduce poverty 15 %
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
R4D platforms in Action Sites
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
•External review in 2011 shows positive results of SSA-CP in the great Lake regions
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
What is the science potential ?
Life Science Revolution – molecular biology
IT revolution – crop management, precision agriculture
Holistic approach – Sustainable intensification
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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What are the growth areas?
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
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Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Niger
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Filling the Yield Gap
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Old and degraded soils…Nutrient depletion in sub-Saharan Africa
Stoorvogel et al., 1993).
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
Agriculture without dogmas…
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Green Revolution
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
Restore Soil Fertility in Africa
AU Fertilizer Summit recommendation: from 8 to 50 kg/ha by 2015
Land degradation surveillance: a digital soil map for Africa
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Restore soil fertility in Africa
More resilient & productive crops for Africa
Enabling environmentmarketpolicies
Food Security - Targets
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
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Reaching the millions?
Best bet technologies
Partnership and Capacity Development
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?
ResearchCapacity building Delivery
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
ChallengesTechnical / Scientific
Investment balance between commodity & NRMDecaying infrastructure
PartnershipPolicy & institutional arrangements for scaling-upMainstreaming Gender
FundingLong-term investment vs. short project
Africa Agriculture Science Week 15–20 July 2013, Accra, Ghana
www.iita.orgA member of the CGIAR Consortium
Thank you!