CCARDESA PROGRESS

REPORT: 2012 - 2013

PROF TIMOTHY SIMALENGA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CCARDESA

1. Launched of CCARDESA - June 2011

2. From MAPP to CCARDESA – Interim Secretariat (2011

– 2012)

3. Establishment phase (2012 - 2013)

Staff recruitment

Office equipment acquisition & software

Implementation of projects

Partnerships and linkages

4. Concluding Remarks

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Establishment Phase

Staff recruitment: 15 (7reg;5L and 3)

Staff Offices & equipment

April 2013: 5 quick win projects

established, Preparations for MTOP

Business Model

THEMATIC APPROACH

AND

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

CCARDESA Research FOCUS AREAS

Research Value Chain

Livestock

and

Breeding

Systems

Crop

Improvement

and

Agronomy

Aquaculture

Research

And

Development

Forestry

and

Bio-products

Cross cutting

issues:

Gender

Socio-

economics,

Nutrition

studies

and

Policy

THEMATIC AREAS

Research and Technology

generation and farmer

demand driven advisory services

Farmer Empowerment

& Market Access

THEMATIC AREAS

Knowledge Management,

Information and Communication

Institutional Development and Capacity

Building

1. Continental projects (FARA)

i. Uni-BRAIN

ii. PSTAD

iii.SSA Challenge Programme

Implementation of Projects

2. ‘Quick-win’ projects

i. Out-scaling conservation agriculture

ii. Climate change adaptation model

iii. Establishment of Regional Bee-keeping

training centre

iv. Innovation platform for horticultural

farmers

Implementation of projects (2)

3. Other regional projects

i. Agricultural Productivity Programme for

Southern Africa (APPSA)

ii. Development of Information & Knowledge

management system

iii. Inventory of under-utilised crops in SADC

Implementation of Projects (3)

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

1. Continental Projects

1. Duration: 2007-2013. Given 2 year extension –

up to Dec 2014

2. Objective: build capacity & support technology

adoption through innovation platforms

3. In Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar,

Mozambique and Zambia

4. Capacity building carried out

supply of computers

training in information sharing

Promotion of Science And Technology For

Agricultural Development (PSTAD)

Technology Adoption

Malawi – OPV Maize Zambia – Sorghum

PSTAD farmers in Malawi

(Salima)Sorghum in Siavonga

Training in information

sharing

Equipment supply

Participants in MozambiqueProvided to each participating

country

Capacity Building

Universities, Business & Research in

Agricultural Innovation (UniBRAIN)

1. Duration: 2012-2015

2. Thrust: commercializing innovations - linking research

organizations to industry

3. One innovation platform established in Zambia;

mango & horticultural crops

4. Second platform planned for Angola (ICRISAT India)

5. Supporting study on promising innovations for

commercialization: Zambia, other countries

SSA Challenge Programme

Use of Integrated

Agricultural Research

for Development

(IAR4D)

Testing & validation of

IAR4D

2. Quick-win’ projects

1. Out-scaling of conservation agriculture

1. “Collaboration with:

FAO

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

Conservation Agric. Regional Working Group (CARWG)

2. Establishing the appropriate entry point

Meeting with CSOs – identifying challenges

Workshop of CARWG – identifying challenges, roles,

opportunities

3. Focus:

1. capacity building,

2. Advocacy for conservation agriculture

3. Research on challenges in CA practice

2. Climate change adaptation model

1. Climate change impacts negatively on agriculture

2. Need for adaptation to improve resilience

3. Objective: empower stakeholders in decision

making on climate change in agriculture

4. Mathematical model currently being developed

5. Field validation to be done in Botswana and

Namibia

3.Other regional projects

1. World Bank supported project in Malawi, Mozambique &

Zambia

2. Objective: To increase the availability of improved

agricultural technologies to farmers in participating

countries

3. Three components:

i. Technology generation & dissemination

ii. Strengthening Centers of Leadership

iii. Coordination & Facilitation

1. Agricultural Productivity Program For

Southern Africa (APPSA)

APPSA (Cont’d)

1. Project launched in the three countries (28 Oct –

13 Nov 2013)

1. Twenty five (25) R&D proposals developed

(9-Mz; 5-Rice; 11-Legumes)

2. Collaborative – diff. institutions in 3 countries

3. Peer reviewed proposals

4. Second cycle of proposals to start 2014

APPSA LAUNCH IN MALAWI

APPSA LAUNCH IN ZAMBIA

2. Information & Knowledge Management System

1. CCARDESA – Information based-organisation

2. Link with stakeholders & information access route-Key component of MTOP

3. Collaborating with FAO and CTA – TCP Facility

To fund a consultant to draft a TCP document on ‘CCARDESA Information & Knowledge Management System’

4. Implementation of the TCP on I&K Management System to start in 2014

3. Inventory of under-utilised crops

1. Collaborative work with Crops For the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) based in Malaysia

2. Aim: to document ‘minor’ crops with potential for food security in the region

3. Short term interns recruited in all Countries to collect:

List of underutilised crops

Geographical distribution

Production systems

Processing & value for cultivation

Botanical features etc

Strategic Partnerships

1. Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) –based in Malaysia

2. Regional Agricultural & Environmental Innovations Networks-Africa

(RAEIN-AFRICA)

1. Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

2. FANRPAN

3. WaterNet

WHERE TO NOW ?

Looking ahead

1. Implementation of Medium Term Operational Plan

(MTOP)

2. Consolidation of project implementation

3. Monitoring & reporting

4. Development of proposals for resource mobilisation

Managing the

FUTURE!

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

Developmental Partner Resource Mobilized (U$)

World Bank APPSA

PROGRAMME

0.6 mill

EU (MDTF) 7.5 mill over 5 years

CTA 0.12 mill

USAID 0.5 mill

FARA 0.15 mill to support

Continental projects

NEW FUNDING INITIATIVES

Project Projected Resource (U$)

Development of Agricultural

based business

opportunities for Women and

Youth in Southern Africa

11.2 mill Submitted for funding

Wheat for Africa Programme-

Southern Africa component

Submitted to IFAD in

collaboration with CIMMYT

SIMLESA Phase II In collaboration with CIMMYT

REGIONAL FOCAL POINT

FOR ANIMAL GENETIC

RESOURCE CENTRE

AU-IBAR Initiative.

Strengthening Strategic Alliances

Working together implementing

key practical issues affecting

Agriculture

and Livestock development

Strengthening Strategic Alliances

Supporting implementation of key practical

issues affecting agriculture development

Mobilising strategic partnerships and

key players in the value chain

Industry

Education Institutions

Policy MakerSociety

Agriculture Transformation Agenda: Targeting the Youth

SADC Youth and Agri-business

Programmes

• Due to high unemployment rate, itis important to start planning foryouth programmes in livestock.

• Designing market orientedenterprises for women and youthin various value chain – Projectto start 2014.

$

$$$$$$$Beneficial evidence of:

Profitable Farming

with ‘Sustainable Rural Development’

$

Agriculture – led industrialization

WE MUST THINK

POSITIVELY

WE MUST THINK POSITIVELY

LET US AVOID THE ABUSE!!

Thank You: Obrigado

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