The Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund Program
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Wellington EkayaILRI Institute Planning Meeting4-7 October 2016
The Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund Program
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• Needs of NARS to build a critical mass of skilled scientists undertaking bioscience research for agricultural development
• Needs of NARS to effectively leverage advances in biosciences and biotechnology for agricultural development
• The weak capacity (in relevant disciplines and with skills) to develop and assess technologies
• Weak and ineffective local and international links and partnerships
• The lack of well equipped laboratory facilities with adequate and sustainable financial resources
What the ABCF Program is responding to
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Who articulates these issues?
…and many more
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ABCF Program Objectives
• Strengthen capacity of individuals and institutions to harness the latest biosciences technologies for research for development to improve agriculture in Africa
• Support African scientists efforts to lead and sustain biosciences research for development in Africa
• Promote access to world-class research and training facilities at the BecA–ILRI Hub
• Mobilize capacities in African NARS and beyond for joint actions geared toward improving agriculture in Africa
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ABCF Program Components
1. Research fellowships – hosting and accelerating NARS-led research
2. Training workshops - Strengthening skills and knowledge of NARS researchers for improved response to national demands
3. Catalysing linkages and partnership – broker and magnet
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4. Institutional Capacity Building: Gulu University
Starting 2009:• Laboratory design & proposal development (2009)
• Lab set up and equipment installation, commissioning (2014), technical training and BecA annual workshops
Achievements: Grants: BMGF, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Seeding lab Program
Collaborations: Gent University, Belgium; Osaka University, Japan; Yale University, USA
Visiting scientists: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Extended BecA-ILRI Hub Faculty
Charles MasembeMUK, Uganda
Sagadevan MundreeQUT, Australia
Rebecca NelsonCornell, USA
Erik BongcamSLU, Sweden
Richard OduorKenyatta University, Kenya
Sekhar UdayaBioforsk, Norway
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Trend in numbers of research fellows
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150
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ABCF Research Fellows Directly Funded
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2016 Research Fellows
Currently on the bench = 26
Incoming Oct to Dec = 25 Projected total for 2016 = 51
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Where the research fellows come from
National Research In-stitutes and Ministries (46%)Universities (51%)Others (private sector, CG….) (3%)
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Contribution of ABCF projects to ILRI and BecA-ILRI Hub Mission
Livestock Research / Improvement (32%)
Crops Research / Improvement (44%)
Food Safety and Nutrition (11%)
Under-utilized Species (6%)
Climate Change (4%)
Others (e.g. Medicinal Plants, Bush Meat, Bees…)(2%)
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Very strong endorsement by stakeholders of the ABCF
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Programme Growth/Scale out strategy
BecA-ILRI Hub Alumni have a central role to play
Catalyzing and facilitating CoP formation on identified themes
o Local chicken genetics/improvement:
(Cameroon, Ghana, CAR, DRC…)
o Goat genetics (Ethiopia, Cameroon,
Tanzania, Kenya…)
PAPA
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Partnerships
…and many more
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Better capacity, better science, better livestock, better lives
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Thank you
Program Director: Appolinaire Djikeng [email protected]
Head ABCF Program: Wellington Ekaya [email protected]
Mobilizing biosciences for Africa’s developmenthttp://hub.africabiosciences.org