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PRONAF: Research-Development Partnership for Poverty Reduction in West Africa

This research and development partnership aims to reduce poverty through high productivity, food security, increased revenues, and environmental protection. It focuses on access to markets, capital, and social services, as well as the development and marketing of improved cowpea varieties and post-harvest technologies. The project involves collaboration with IFAD projects, NGOs, universities, and other stakeholders.

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PRONAF: Research-Development Partnership for Poverty Reduction in West Africa

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  1. Research-Development Partnership for Poverty Reduction in West Africa PRONAF(Cowpea for Africa Project)O. CoulibalyInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture

  2. Objectives and Strategies for a Research and Development Partnership High Productivity POVERTY REDUCTION Reduction of losses Food Security (Quant, qual) * REVENUES (Ag-Nag) Reinforcement Capacity/decision Access to markets (Input/Products) Environmental Protection Access to Capital Access to Social Services

  3. Productivity and Quality of Products • Development and marketing of des Varieties, (Output, diseases, insects, drought, quality). • Post harvesting Technologies Seeding multiplication

  4. Field of a new variety of Cowpea in Nigeria

  5. Synthesis of activities carried out: test results from FODESA villages

  6. Long term technical solutions • Develop an alternative to chemical pesticides / Environmental health and protection (Semi-mechanised, women’s work Extracts of Neem and Papaya

  7. Working mechanisms • SNRA Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria (Regional Steering Committee) Pays • National committee include IFAD development projects • Collaboration with NGOs, Organisations, Farmers, Transformers, Suppliers, etc. • Research Collaboration - Development of networks with Universities • Constraints: Delays in release of funds

  8. Reinforcement of Optimal decisional capacities Farmers observing and analysing the agro-ecosystems of the Cowpea A woman farmer presenting results after a group analysis.

  9. Session of the reinforcement of Impact Analysis Capacities (Food Security, Environment, Poverty Reduction) IFAD Projects, SNRVA,Public-private, NGO. (Mali, 2002) Mali (2), Benin (3), Guinea, Togo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon FIDA… USAID, DANIDA.. AfDB

  10. Contribution of the NIEBE Filière to Food security, Environmental protection and poverty reduction . • Empower Partners • Producers • Suppliers (Private) • Seed producers • Development agents • Researchers • Public figures holding policy making power • Develop and broadcast Technologies • Germoplasm • Post harvest fields • Durable systems • Information on Business Markets • Analyse/Decide Agricultural policies Facilitate Collaboration/Partnership with ONGs, Private and Public sectors, Networks, Universities, AATF

  11. Partenariat Recherche-Developpement (Grant-Investissement)FIDA Actors/Parteners Productors (Women) Organisations Transformers Vendors Consumers Politicians PRONAF (IITA-SNRA) IFAD Grant Projects Investments IFAD (others)

  12. studies on the perception and acceptance of genetically modified cowpea varieties in West Africa analysis of the production and distribution pipeline for cowpea varieties (both genetically modified and non-genetically modified) evaluation of the potential regional impact of genetically modified cowpea in West Africa, and strategic recommendations undertaking of a policy dialogue to support new institutional arrangements for sustaining technological changes Scientific collaboration with the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Programme (B/C CRSP), the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), NGIGA, universities (in Africa, Australia, Europe, the United States).

  13. Commercial losses due to aflatoxins • US$670million (9 African Countries) Peanut Corn Milk

  14. 1. Analysis of the (technical-institutional) impact on poverty 2. Economics of the quality and hygiene of agricultural products (standards) 3. Competitiveness of agriculture (international trade) 4. Economics of agricultural pipelines 5. Economics of biotechnology 6. Gender, equity and poverty 7. Participatory methods – partners 8. Public-private-NGO partnership 9. Economics of health – AIDS/malaria – agriculture Rural Economics Training Modules

  15. LABORATORY FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN SOCIAL SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE

  16. THANK YOU  u.coulibaly@cgiar.org

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