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Africa BICs Communication and Outreach Activities by Margaret Karembu

Africa BICs Communication and Outreach Activities by Margaret Karembu. THAILAND- PHUKET 11-15 March 2012. Outline. Africa BICs Strategy Knowledge sharing Science communication Strategic alliances Ragional harmoniosation efforts Opportunities Challenges Planned Activities for 2012.

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Africa BICs Communication and Outreach Activities by Margaret Karembu

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  1. Africa BICs Communication and Outreach Activitiesby Margaret Karembu THAILAND- PHUKET 11-15 March 2012

  2. Outline • Africa BICs Strategy • Knowledge sharing • Science communication • Strategic alliances • Ragionalharmoniosation efforts • Opportunities • Challenges • Planned Activities for 2012

  3. Africa BICs Strategy 1.Strengthening capacity for crop biotechnology uptake - Knowledge-sharing - Science Communication - Enabling policies - Regional harmonization efforts-biosafety 2. Promoting strategic alliances and partnerships 3. Facilitating international representation of Africa’s biotechnology agenda

  4. Africa BICs Communication and Outreach Activities By Margaret Karembu ISAAA AfriCenter Singapore , April 4-6, 2011

  5. Regions covered Eastern and Central Africa West Africa North Africa Southern Africa (thro’ partnerships) with Africa Bio

  6. Status of biosafety in Africa Countries with developed NBFs:12 Countries with interim NBFs:11 Countries with no biosafety frameworks or in the process of developing NBFs:30

  7. Knowledge-sharing

  8. Knowledge sharing: Africa Launch of Brief 42 9 countries Highlights translated in 8 African languages Total Impressions: 128,661,500(S.A:?)

  9. Africa Launch of Brief 42 • EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA KENYA UGANDA MALAWI ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIAN HERALD “Biotechnology said fosters agricultural development “ TANZANIA

  10. Knowledge sharing: Africa Launch of Brief 42 WEST AFRICA TOGO BURKINA FASO GHANA

  11. Knowledge sharing:Translations of Brief 42 Highlights Akan GHANA Dioula&Moore-BURKINA Kinyarwanda-RWANDA Kiswahili-KE,TZ,BURUNDI,DRC Yoruba&Igbo-NIGERIA Luganda&AtesoNIGERIA Amharic-ETHIOPIA Chichewa&Citumbuka MALAWI

  12. Contributed 30 articles on key Africa biotech developments Contributed to the monthly Wall@ISAAA for July-August, September, October and November Knowledge sharing: Contributions to Crop Biotech Update Contributed 4371 subscribers to the mailing list

  13. ‘Africanizing’ Mandy and Fanny Knowledge sharing: IEC Materials Over 9000 materials distributed -Authored, co-authored, simple printing(executive summary, highlights Brief42…)

  14. Science Communication

  15. Building Capacity in Science/Risk Communication • Regulators (National Environment Management Authority) • Scientists • Academe • Journalists(WEMA)

  16. Building Capacity in Science/Risk Communication Biotech stakeholders-comm strategy for Kenya Journalists-Ag Biotech Balanced reporting

  17. The best part of this training was to see the actual GM crop on the field…I will be reporting on the basis of what I learnt and saw, JoyfridaAnindo,Science Africa. Building Capacity; Study tours Journalists-WEMA CFTS-Kenya The encounter with farmers themselves, seeing their fields, some of their homes and hearing from the horse's mouth what Bt cotton has done for themwas the most important part of the tour for me ,Kakunta, Journalist, Zambia PoMKR, Extension, Journalists, Sci- Btcotton in Burkina

  18. Strategic Alliances-OFAB with AATFAfricenter: Chair and Secretariat OFAB Achievements: • Strategic plan-replicated by other chapters • Improved coverage by media • OFAB on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Forum-on-Agricultural-Biotechnology-Kenya-Chapter/141695549271660

  19. www.ofabafrica.org Strategic Alliances-OFAB

  20. Strategic Alliances-Member - Bt cotton commercialization taskforce in Kenya Vision: Bt cotton to be commercialized by 2014 Africenter mission(with KARI&PBS): Sensitizing stakeholders ahead of commercialisation • Extension officers in two cotton growing areas-Rift Valley, Coastal region- DONE • Developing simplified IEC materials • Radio programmes • Development of video on Bt cotton activities

  21. Regional harmonization efforts

  22. RABESA project under COMESABiosafety regional harmonization efforts • Achieved: 18 member states feedback received • (All countries see need for harmonisation) • Way forward: May 2012: Regional meeting to validate document with recommendations before submission to the ministerial conference for endorsement Africa’s largest trading bloc

  23. Opportunities Presidential assent to the biosafety laws in Ghana • Revised Burkina Faso Biosafety law not scheduled for tabling in Parliament • More farmers eager to adopt biotech crops

  24. Challenges • Cost for conducting activities on the increase in West Africa

  25. Activities for 2012 Kenya: • Technology acceptance- sensitization and awareness creation in Universities and educational institutions, Biotech week- • Biotech QUIZ-Universities • Fashion show-Pre-selection done • Journalist awards • Commercialization task force • Communication strategy in Uganda Bt cotton video for Africa Malawi: • Training for journalists

  26. Activities for 2012 West Africa: Fast tracking development for adoption in • Togo • Ghana • Nigeria • Burkina Faso: Farmer exchange visits :Togo-Ghana-Burkina Faso • Dynamic africenter website

  27. Tree planting in memory of late Prof. WangaiMaathai at ISAAA Africenter Thank you www.africenter.isaaa.org

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