taat aarp presentation

Emerging Initiatives in African Agriculture:

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Africa Agricultural Research Program (AARP)

Irene Annor-Frempong (PhD) Director, Research and Innovation, FARA

Background Growing Challenges One-third of all calories consumed in Africa is

imported, US $77 billion per year Poverty is widespread; 49% of Africans fall below

the $1.25 per day Youth bulge: 400-800 million young people; 40-

60% unemployed Underdeveloped markets (input/output) & weak

VCs

Background…

Striking/widespread low agricultural productivity Africa lags behind other regions in agricultural total

factor productivity (TFP) growth; around 1%, below population growth rate (2.5%) 30% of crop & livestock farmers are non-commercial,

another 20-30% are semi-commercial, while 30-40% are commercial; solutions are needed for all these categories of famers

Growing Challenges 2/2

Import Competition

Source: FAOSTAT

Total African Agricultural Trade Values, billions of constant 2005 US$

Background…

TAAT Workshop, 12-14 April, 2016

1. Power and Light Up Africa

2. Feed Africa

3. Industrialize Africa

4. Integrate Africa

5. Improve Quality of Life of Africans

AfDB’s Strategic Response - AfDB’s “High 5” Priorities

Goals (Developmental outcomes) of the Feed Africa Initiative (2025)

Eliminate extreme poverty

End hunger and malnutrition Turn Africa into a net food exporter Move Africa to the top of global value chains

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B

C

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Thinking on context and solutions to usher in Agricultural Transformation in Africa

Modified Dalberg analysis

Agenda 2063 (AU): Landmark piece indicating the AU’s and its member states’ agenda to focus on inclusive growth, political and economic integration, and sustainable agriculture.

CAADP (NEPAD): Inclusive and government-driven framework for allowing countries to commit to sustainable agricultural development policies.

Feeding Africa (AfDB): High-level conference organized to share most up-to-date thinking on context and solutions to agriculture and to inform the subsequent Agricultural Transformation Agenda (Dakar, Oct. 2015).

Sustainable Development Goals (UN): Major focus within SDG and the previous MDGs on eliminating hunger, rural poverty, and a variety of other challenges linked to the agriculture sector. COP 21 (UN): Develop

sustainable, resilient and climate-smart agriculture and improve access to climate finance to build adaption and mitigation measures

TAAT: Mobilization of the output of science and research for real impact on the ground

S3A: Mobilization the power of science to deliver sustainable agricultural growth in African countries

AARP: Research program to support TAAT commodities and value chain

Transformation & Sustained Inclusive Growth of Agriculture

1 Increased agriculture production

and productivity

2 Better functioning national agric. and

food markets & increased intra/

inter–regional trade

3 Expanded local agro-

industry and value

addition

4 Improved management and governance of natural resources for sustainable agricultural production

Outcomes: Wealth creation & poverty reduction; Improved Food and Nutrition Security, Resilience; and Environmental sustainability

Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) STISA & Agenda

2063

Alignment of TAAT with S3A , STISA and CAADP RF

What is TAAT all about ? Scaling proven technologies & innovations

Fine-tuning of promising research findings

Moving - Concept to Investment

Operations Modernizing farming in Africa targeting 8

VCs

Objectives of TAAT

Scale up ‘proven’ technologies & innovations

Contribute in engendering transformation needed to address the background context and stem these from worsening

Create widespread and real impact on the ground and in many realms – Productivity, Food security, Market access, Income, Etc.

Assist AfDB’s RMCs to derive greater value from agricultural produce

Vision of Success for TAAT Value Chain 1. Achieving self-sufficiency in African rice production 2. Intensifying cassava production and agro-processing 3. Achieving food security in Sahel, emphasis on sorghum, millet,

livestock (Three key commodities) 4. Transforming Africa's savannas into bread baskets, emphasis

on maize, soybean, dairy, poultry, & beef (Five key commodities) 5. Restoring and expanding plantations of three high value export

crops, cocoa, coffee & cashew (Three key commodities) 6. Expanding horticulture, particularly vegetables, dessert

bananas and bio-fortified sweet potatoes (Three key commodities at least)

7. Reducing Africa's massive importation of wheat; 8. Achieving self-sufficiency of inland fish production through

aquaculture


Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)

Prospect of Investing in the eight VCs

Priority VC Production increase /yr by

2025 (Billion tons)

Investment required (US $

Billion)

Returns (US $

Billion)

B/C ratio

Self-sufficiency_rice pdn 77.0 22.0 61.0 2.8:1

Cassava intensification 214.0 11.0 27.0 2.4:1

Sahel food production:

Crop 47.0 10.6 27.0 2.5:1

Red meat 3.0

Savanna transformation 31.0 14.0 54.0 3.8:1

Renovating plantations 3.2 4.1 20.0 4.8:1

Expanding Horticulture 118.0 14.0 85.0 6.2:1

Africa’s Wheat production 30.0 3.7 15.0 4.1:1

Fish farming 2.0 3.1 16.0 5.3:1

Target & Coverage in terms of Agro-Ecologies & CG Centers

TAAT Clearinghouse

The Clearinghouse brings under one roof the Bank’s five "Is“ for Agriculture Transformation: Incentives Infrastructure Innovation Institutional capacity & Investment

TAAT Clearinghouse M&E within the Clearinghouse operates at four basic levels: CG Centers to underline their ability to adjust & deliver

technology intervention demands of AfDB & its RMCs Feed Africa Clearinghouse to underline its effectiveness

in delivery of technologies offered by CG Centers and the impact at country level

AfDB Country Officers & RMCs to examine & report how effectively they react to the range of technologies and services being offered to them by these CG Centers via the C-House

Country Project level to track investments & technology interventions and deployment at this level

Partnership and TAAT Critical (embracing all relevant stakeholders) Apart from CG Centers, their partners, & FARA, other

partners involved/to be involved must be listed Partner(s) responsible for each listed activity should be

clearly identified All major partners should clearly indicate if they have roles

to play within VC, indicate the role in clear terms, and what it needs to effectively deliver the role

Which institutions in Africa are contributing to developing technologies that are relevant under each VC (difficult for some VCs, simple for others)?

May consider a TAAT partnership platform/forum (probably for coordination purposes)


Private sector & TAAT Mobilization of a well-funded private

sector capable of scaling (up & out) emergent agribusiness successes is one of the four main features of successful transformations

By so doing, the private sector drives

long-term sustainable agribusiness growth


FARA & TAAT

FARA Activities in TAAT: Leadership in capacity dev’t - grassroots to

policymakers Organizing/assisting in design/implementation

of outreach campaigns Advocacy in support of TAAT priorities &

actions, & in support of the larger ATA, and Intermediation with other organizations/

initiatives, e.g, SROs

AARP

Africa Agricultural Research Program

Is a strategic research program to complement the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program by providing by providing a pipeline of technologies to drive a sustainable agricultural transformation agenda

Implementation of the AARP

National agricultural research systems (NARS) shall be the main implementation actors working in partnership with CGIAR centres, international agricultural research institutions, advanced research institutions (public and private) & SROs + FARA.

– Definition of roles shall be guided by the subsidiarity principle and comparative advantage.

– Research partners in TAAT PIAs and value chains shall have leading roles in implementation of research for respective domains

– The strengthening of capacities (human and physical) of NARS primarily as well as SROs and FARA to perform their roles effectively and sustainably is a key feature of AARP

Implementation of the AARP …2/

• Implementation shall draw on collective actions: – sharing of science capacities across countries through,

for example, African centres of excellence (hence attention to building excellence in selected institutions)

– sharing of knowledge and information (taking full advantage of ICT)

– mobility of expertise across countries.

• This move to build critical mass is intended to overcome the fragmentation in Africa’s agricultural research landscape.

Implementation strategy • Continental research programmes to address constraints and

opportunities in each value chain shall be inclusively developed based on national priorities, regional priorities and trans-boundary issues

• Similarly regional and sub regional Enabler research programmes shall also be developed

• Lead institutions to develop and spearhead implementation of these programmes shall be objectively and transparently selected during programme preparation

• These programmes will then be domesticated at country level into AARP research projects

African Development Bank

FARA AARP Coordination unit

Sub regional AARP coordination units

PIA/value chain research lead institutions

Enabler Research lead

institutions

Country AARP PIA/value chain research projects

Enabler research

projects

Country AARP Coordination team/unit

Coordination, Advocacy, Communication Governance, M&E

Regional/ Sub regional enabler

projects

AARP conceptual framework

Conclusion • TAAT and AARP are complementary research and

development program developed to foster the development of Africa agricultural through technologies.

• The two initiatives clearly build on existing continental frameworks and seeks implementation at the country level.

• Sustainable intensification is an important research theme to Africa agriculture.

• The outputs from PROIntensAfrica offers good knowledge source for the implementation of TAAT and AARP.

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