Importance of partnership platforms to meet the needs of horticultural enterprises

3RD ALL AFRICA HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS07– 12 AUGUST 2016, IITA IBADAN, NIGERIA

Importance of partnership platforms to meet the needs of horticultural enterprises: Lessons learned from international to national scales

Dr. Rémi Kahane1 & Prof. Karamoko Diarra2

1 Agrinatura /CIRAD, Département Persyst, Campus de Lavalette, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France2 Facultés des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar - UCAD, Dakar, Sénégal

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Users Led Process for Consortia

Incentive Funds for Consortia

Competitive Funds

Strategy of communication

and capacity strengthening

FOUR INSTRUMENTS ELABORATED BY PAEPARD

PAEPARD learning approach for a users led process (ULP)

Users Led

Process

5 sub-regional ULPs4 led by a Farmers Organization

1 led by a professional organization19 consortia in 17 African countries

Users Led

Process for

Consortia

Example of ULP-PROPACUrban agriculture: convert environment constraints into market opportunities

Identify the needs and set priorities

- 1 desktop study,- 2 concept notes,- 3 proposals submitted, and Annual dialogue OP-Research

Users Led

Process for

Consortia

20 Agricultural innovation facilitators trained55 concept notes and proposals drafted

Incentive

Funds for

Consortia

Translate the needs into research questions and

identify funding opportunities

Innovative use of mango wastes in cosmetics

Competitive

Funds

Example of a production unit of Trichoderma soil-borne fungifor the management of soil fertility in vegetable farming in Burkina Faso

21 project proposals funded since 2010

Convert concept notes into research proposals and sustainable fund

sourcing

Strategy of

communication

and capacity

strengthening

Dgroups and blogposts with > 6,000 followers> 500 participants in training sessionsProposal writeshopsConsultation & reflection workshopsInternet and Intranet

Identify and fill the gaps in information, communication, partnership management

Case study in Senegal:Master GeDAH, UCADMaster on sustainable management of horticulture-based cropping systems (agroecology)

The LMD system at UCAD

Development of training in horticultural agroecology (Master GEDAH) to raise awareness and contribute to good agronomic practices

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- Ignorance of pests and auxiliaries- Contamination of vegetables by pesticide

residues and huge flows of unauthorized pesticides (60 kg / ha / year in Dakar)

- Secondary salinization of soils related to the use of raw sewage

The starting point

Targets Professionals in horticulture

o COLLABORATIVE PROJECTSo SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS o MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS (FARMERS ORG., NGOs, PRIVATE SECTOR, NARS, SENEGALESE CLUSTER IN HORTICULTURE)

Improve the- career plans of corporate executives - curricula to meet the horticultural business sector needs

Skills match jobs

Achievements(1)

GEDAH(CLASSROOM

TRAINING)STUDENTS

FIRST PHASE : 2006-2011

o Initiated in 2006 between UCAD and CIRAD (FR)

o Training of future trainers in 2008

o First round of students in 2010 (11 Senegalese and 1 French)

o Second round in 2011 (11 from Senegalese and 1 from Niger)

o End of the support of CIRAD in 2011

UNIVERSITY CHEIKH A. DIOP (UCAD) + CIRAD

Achievements(2)

UNIVERSITY CHEIKH A. DIOP INCUBATOR

PRIVATE CONSULTING OFFICE

YOUMANN

GEDAH(CLASSROOM

TRAINING)

INNODEV

STUDENTS

SECOND PHASE : 2012-15

Academics in horticultural agroecology to promote the development of healthy and sustainable agriculture

Innovative business projects run by students in a research environment (laboratories, stations, farms)

Expertise and know-how to train students to entrepreneurship

UNIVERSITY CHEIKH A. DIOP INCUBATOR

Achievements(3)

PRIVATE CONSULTING OFFICE

YOUMANN

GEDAH(CLASSROOM

TRAINING)

INNODEV

STUDENTS

SECOND PHASE : 2012-15

Professionalization of the curricula (consolidation and autonomy): Management training modules Initiation to entrepreneurship Partnership with/as private

sector Employment opportunities Growing support from the

State Financial sustainability

Indicators of success Follow-up of the graduates

Evolution in the recruitment of students

PhD Education Project management (NGO) Private sector

2010 5 2 1 32011 2 5 0 52012 1 6 3 52013 3 7 1 22014 2 3 4 5

Follow-up of the projects and business plans• 8 likely incubated projects• 8 bankable business plans

PRIVATE CONSULTING OFFICE

Perspectives

YOUMANN

GEDAH(CLASSROOM

TRAINING)

FOAD GEDAH(E-LEARNING)

INNODEV

STUDENTS

THIRD PHASE (2016-2020 )

E-learning (FOAD) funded by the AUF (Francophone University Agency) to start in September 2016 : Registration of students

from Benin, Senegal, Togo, Haiti, Burundi, Congo Dem. Rep., Burkina Faso, Comoros, Niger, Chad, Ivory Coast, Cameroon

80% are professionals from the horticultural sector

UNIVERSITY CHEIKH A. DIOP INCUBATOR

Lessons learned

1. University to take the initiative to adapt to the business world

Develop negotiation capacities to set up well balanced partnerships: academics for technicity

2. Develop professionalizing curriculaRe-invest resources into the curriculumValidation of the curriculum (offer) by the demand pressure

3. Scaling up the curricula E-Learning as a response to professionalsSynergy with other education/training institutions

Benefits from an enabling environment in Senegal• University reform (openness and flexibility)• Needs from the horticultural sector • Dedicated staff well supported

Joint conclusions

UCADLUX MEA LEX

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Perspectives of GEDAH: inception of ISAE and the Horticulture Clustero Visibilityo Sustainabilityo Scaling up/out

Perspectives of PAEPARDo More new consortiao Scaling up/out the existing consortiao Enabling the environment for innovation in

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