abdou tenkouano bridging vegetable research
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Abdou TenkouanoRegional Director for Africa @ AVRDC - The World Vegetable
Center (www.avrdc.org)
Jacqueline d'Arros Hughes
Deputy Director General – Research &
Partnerships
Bridging Vegetable Research and Practice
to Overcome Malnutrition and Poverty
in sub-Saharan Africa
ACFID, 21 -22 Nov 2013 Sydney (Australia)
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Agricultural R&D
- Evolving Role in Evolving Context
Key Drivers
• Climate Uncertainty – Less Water
• Demographics – Less Labor & Land
• Markets & Trade – Beyond Farm Gate
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Small plots:
1mm rainfall = 10m3/ha
(can’t do much under
rain-fed agriculture)
= 500 cans of 20 L (can
do a lot in small plots)
Climate Uncertainty –Water
Harvesting
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Demographics – Who and Where Is The
Farmer?
Women - 75% of Work
Force
Urban youth – untapped
labor
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Markets & Trade – Increasing returns
for vegetable growers
Courtesy: Benjamin Dent
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Envisioned
conditions of
the people
Achieving Impact - Best Practices
Income, dietary diversity, social capital
Initial
conditions
of the people
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Priority Interventions
To strengthen national vegetable research
and development capacity and linkages
Capacity Building
Efficient Value Chain Management
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Bridge research and
practice
(i) fast-track production
& post-harvest
options
(ii)Build capacity of
youth for profitable
self-employment
Best Practice Hubs (BPHs)
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Good Seeds
Good Practices
Post Harvest
Education (Nutrition)
Production Tools
Market Linkages
Youth (Communities)
Field Days
Communication
RESEARCH
TRAINING
Fast-Tracking – Village Model Farms
VMF
VMF
VMF
VMFVMF
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Training and Linking to Markets
BPH VMF
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African eggplant
Farmers get US $1,200
per ha per season
Low to high altitude
About 90 t/ha
Egg shaped
Sweet taste
Long harvest period
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Achieving Impact Together
R DTarget
clientNGOs
CBOs
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Up Scaling BPH – TAVOCA & VINESA
Traditional African
Vegetables for West
(Ouest) and Central
Africa
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Ghana
September 2013
Vegetables for
Income and Nutrition
in Eastern and
Southern Africa
Ethiopia, Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania
October 2013
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Thank You !!!