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By: Kimani Muturi

Managing director, ABP

September 25th 2015

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Enhancing research impact for food security

SMEs in economic development for food security: Innovation and research commercialization.

Presentation outline


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Research innovations and agribusiness – what is it about?

Commercializing research products through agribusiness incubation:

– Benefits and challenges

Afribanana’s experience

Research innovations & agribusiness – what is it about?


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.•Accelerating the transfer of new technologies from the laboratory to the production and commercial marketplace

•Better delivery of scientific discoveries to the marketplace

•Assist technology start-ups in their vulnerable inception stages, enabling them to grow and flourish

•Foster growth of entrepreneurial start-up companies

commercializing innovations and research outcomes


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ImportanceThe importance of commercializing research outcomes is to empower the engine for economic development through: •Creation of employment opportunities•Technology transfer acceleration•Creating a ‘sink’ for producer’s outputs•Wealth creation Challenges

The main challenge for commercializing research outcomes for economic development is the slow progress from subsistence to commercial agriculture - due to:•Small producers scattered in villages and working individually• Inadequate access and use of improved technologies •Low investment in post-production segments•De-link in agricultural commodity value chains •Inadequate processes that support agri-enterprise emergency and survival

Possible solutions


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Research outside the box Generate technologies, innovations and management practices

(TIMPs) Disseminate the TIMPs through various uptake pathways

(incubators, extension, farmers) link enterprises and farmers to industrialistsRealization:

Involvement in processes that facilitate entrepreneurs to; take up the TIMPs,

develop them into commercial products, and market them

◊ Agribusiness Incubation –fills the gap How ?

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incubator

incubatees

Partner/sAgribusiness Incubator is a legal entity created in order to support small business entities upon start-up, by providing them with infrastructure for growth and development

What is a business incubator?

Incubator services


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1. links between innovators, universities and research organisations, and entrepreneurs

2. Business and Technical coaching & mentoring

3. Technical support to products development and quality assurance

4. Business development and management support

5. Market research and product marketing

6. Scientific and business consultancy

7. Links entrepreneurs to funding institutions

8. Access to facilities

9. Access to markets

Overview of the UniBRAIN incubator model


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(Universities, Business and Research in Agribusiness Innovation)

UniBRAIN’ s development objective

To contribute to enabling African countries to create jobs and raise incomes through sustainable agribusiness development

Outputs:

1. Commercialization of agribusiness innovations

2. Training of Agribusiness graduates who are efficient entrepreneurs

3. Sharing and up-scaling of innovative outputs, experiences and practices

6 Value chain Incubators: Zambia, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Mali

Agribusiness Incubation centres supported by UniBRAIN in Africa

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Why Focus on Universities for employment and food security


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African universities are less sufficiently geared to meet the needs of industry.

Graduates often cannot find employment, while many small businesses lack staff with the education and skills needed to drive innovation.

Essentially, the relationship between the demands of the private sector and what universities teach is too weak.

Building sustainable businesses for job and

wealth creation

UniBRAIN Agribusiness Innovation Incubator Business Model

Offering graduate start ups:MentoringCouchingBusiness planning

Offering graduatesMarketingFinancing

Offering firms seeking new markets:

Market intelligenceMarket analyses

Offering firms diversifying:Technology transfer and

access services

Offering firms expanding:Partnerships and

networking

Offering faculty:Hands-on experience,Internships, Business

advice on curricularSuccessful role models

Private sector

University

Research

Business consortium

based on commodity value chain

Some achievements so far since 2012

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Partner

Institution

Role played at the incubator

1 FARA •Strategic support, process streamlining, monitoring & evaluation

1 ICRISAT •Hand holding support to incubator management

• creating and strengthening incubator operational systems

2 PanAAC •Business Mentorship and Couching,•Business plan developmentPartnerships and networking

3 ANAFE •Support in curricula design and review

•Improvement of agribusiness education

•Dissemination of best practices

•Development of Learn As you earn model4 ASARECA •Support in development of innovations in banana value chain

•Identification of intellectual property rights along banana value chain

•Bridging the gap between the incubator and private sector

•Support to research leading to new products for commercialisation

UniBRAIN Partners.

How ?

1. Link Universities to private sector

2. Commercialize University projects/ innovations

3. Improve University curriculum

4. Support young graduates with hands on experiences

The Case of Afribanana Agribusiness Incubator


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AfriBanana Partners


17Partner Role

Kyambogo University •Lead partner•Laboratory experiments•Research and innovations • product development

Mbarara University •Laboratory experiments•Research and innovations • product development•Field demonstrations

Uganda Industrial Research Institute •Value addition support•Access to food processing facilities

National council for Science and Technology

•Innovations commercialisation•Industrial property rights•Quality assurance

NARO (Mbazardi) •Access to new technologies and Innovations•Hands on experience •Training

Banana Value Chain


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Commercialised Technologies in banana Value Chain


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Tissue culture seedlings

Fresh Vacuum sealed bananas

Banana juice Banana Wine

Biodegradable paper products

Textile and crafts Charcoal briquettes

Success stories


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Impact of commercialization of innovations/research outputs and business incubation

Direct jobs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 650

Indirect jobs…………………………………………. 1,726

Total jobs created……………………………….. 2,376

Number of farmers reached………………..3,970

Number of SMEs supported………………………20

Number of new business created ……………32

Number of students supported ……………..284

From laboratory to market place: A case of graduate incubatee in banana juice


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Earning 400 USD while learning

Laboratory

Industrial training at ABP Industrial Attachment outcome

Graduate Incubatee in banana Juice Production


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Banana Juice production Full time Staff

Juice processing Equipment Banana Juice

Cont:


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Number of jobs created by TURSAM

Direct jobs…………………………………..15

Indirect jobs……………………………….32

Total jobs created……………………...47

Number of farmers reached…. 250

Number of interns supported…..…8

CEO. TURSAM INVESTMENTS LTD

Conclusion


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Create incentives for youth to engage in agribusiness through innovation Commercialization along the value chains. (IT, processing, Packaging, Branding marketing. Transport, machinery etc)

Universities should offer relevant programmes and direct innovations to address challenges facing the private sector.

Research at the Universities should have a Commercialization feature.


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