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Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report

Tropical Agriculture Platform facilitating capacity development in agricultural innovation in the tropics - a G20 Initiative . Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report. Summary of the TAP concept Building the partnership Implementation. The Problems at Stake.

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Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report

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  1. Tropical Agriculture Platform facilitating capacity development in agricultural innovation in the tropics- a G20 Initiative

  2. Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report • Summary of the TAP concept • Building the partnership • Implementation

  3. The Problems at Stake • Numerous interventions addressing gaps in capacity and knowledge in agricultural innovation in tropical areas have: • Insufficient alignment with country/regional policies & needs • Insufficient coordination and synergy between them • Small-scale activities with high transaction costs and limited impact • Inadequate analysis of interdisciplinary needs and the demands of agricultural markets.

  4. The TAP objective Greater coherence of capacity development and knowledge sharing to improve agricultural production and productivity in the tropics, with a particular focus on smallholders.

  5. The TAP Approach • Multilateral, multi-sectoral facilitation mechanism • Convening stakeholders at global and national level • Enabling actors to contribute through partnerships • Creating more coherent actions with greater impact • Aligning with national, regional and global policy frameworks • FAO acting as a global facilitator and convenor

  6. The TAP Target Groups Target Groups (directly affected): • Policymakers and institutions in agricultural innovation (research, extension, education etc), • Private sector and civil society active in innovation systems • Relevant development agencies, fora etc.

  7. The TAP Outputs

  8. The difference TAP will make • Partnerships and shared visions fostered to promote: • capacity development interventions more coherent and aligned with national plans and demands • national leadership and ownership acknowledged • Capacity development solutions developed at scale and with lower transaction costs • Knowledge and experiences shared between broad constituencies of stakeholders

  9. Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report • Summary of the TAP concept • Building the partnership • Implementation

  10. TAP genesis • Concept approved by G20 Agriculture Ministers Declaration, Paris, Jun 2011 • Discussed at G20 Conference on Ag. Research for Development, Montpellier, Sep 2011 • Developed by Informal Stakeholder Consultation, Rome, Dec 2011 • Endorsed by G20 Agriculture & Development Working Groups, Mar-May 2012, and by G20 Leaders’ Summit, Mexico, Jun 2012 • Recognized by the G-8 Summit, USA, May 2012 • Launch at G20 MACS, Mexico, Sep 2012 • First meeting of partners in Punta del Este, Oct 2012

  11. The initial steps • Constituency formed • 37 partners • More announced • Others support • Operational framework • General Assembly • Steering Committee • Program of work for the inception phase

  12. TAP Partners April 2013

  13. TAP PartnersApril 2013

  14. Tropical Agriculture Platform: progress report • Summary of the TAP concept • Building the partnership • Implementation

  15. Resource Mobilization • Total budget required for 3 years: $5 million • Inception Phase: $625,000 Contributions from China, France, and FAO Multi-Disciplinary Funds • Operational Phase: Resource mobilization in progress

  16. Promotion • Activities to date • TAP Web site design • Brochures • Marketplace at GCARD2 • Dgroups communities for partners • Future activities • Develop communication plan with partners • Expand website as services develop

  17. Inception Phase Workplan • Output 1 - Assessment of Current Needs and Capacities • Africa Regional Assessment: facilitated by FARA • Asia Regional Assessment: facilitated by SEARCA • Latin America/Caribbean Regional Assessment: facilitated by CIAT • Online collaboration spaces • December 2012 – May 2013

  18. Inception Phase Workplan • Output 1: TORs of Needs and Capacity Assessment • Desk studies: priorities, capacities & needs of stakeholders to strengthen agro-innovation systems • Stock-taking of existing initiatives in capacity development (CD) incl. S-S • Regional Synthesis Reports on CD with gaps and interventions identified for TAP

  19. Inception Phase Workplan • Output 2 – Strategic Action Plan • Definition of Services related to Outputs 4-6 • Focus: geographic & thematic • Alignment with other initiatives • Definition of partners’ contributions • Definition of benefits for partners • Venue: Global Consultation, to be defined

  20. Key points • TAP is a facilitating mechanism for greater coherence • TAP will build on and complement existing mechanisms • TAP will be neither an implementing mechanism nor a funding mechanism • TAP will span the capacity dimensions i.e. enabling environment, organizations and individuals

  21. Thank you for your attention

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