Ensuring stakeholder consultative processes in problem diagnoses in identifying constraints, needs and opportunities and in developing intervention in improving crop productivity, competitiveness and access to markets, Analysing baseline information in determining current technological and socio-economic status of target groups, specific opportunities and bases for measuring impact, Developing partnerships, establishing innovation platforms and networking systems in facilitating technology development and adoption Generating and disseminating appropriate technologies and continued refining technologies/innovations from feedbacks from project implementation Strengthening technical and organizational capacity of stakeholders, particularly, target groups in enhancing their roles as effective players in innovations systems Facilitating linkages to agri-inputs, credit and market in enhancing adoption of technologies Demonstrating socio-economic advantages of improved technology/innovation systems to sustain stakeholder interest Addressing negative environmental effects and targeting women, particularly in areas of comparative advantage in the value chain Identifying and using appropriate result dissemination pathways (training manuals, websites, brochures, fact sheets, radio/TV programmes, open forums, drama, exchange visits, farmer-farmer Ensuring effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation Extension/NGOs (1) Innovative in building partnership with private sector and farmer organizations (2) Capacity strengthening and provision of market information, standards and linkage, group animation, (3) Source of useful national information, data and policy RECs/Market institutions (ECOWAS, UEAMOA, CEEAC, CEMAC, CILSS, IFDC, CMA/AOC (1) Offer sub-regional policy, harmonised rules and regulations in the promotion of technologies, (2) linkages to market information Projects and Programmes (AGRA, WASA, AFSTA, AAFT, etc) (1) Provision of linkages to services (2) promotion of technologies and agri-input usage, (2) Capacity strengthening, Project development and Implementation process Project Development and Implementation Process Monitoring and Evaluation Participatory diagnoses ( constraints, needs and opportunities) and development of interventions Baseline (status and opportunities) Partnerships platforms, networking Participatory experimentation and demonstration (technical and economic) Technical and organizational capacity strengthening Linkages to services and markets Dissemination pathways (farmer-farmer; village for a, electronic and print media and materials) Environmental sustainability and gender considerations Technology Generation, dissemination and adoption Ongoing projects Commissioned projects Competitive projects Promotion of Striga-resistant sorghum varieties to mitigate food crises in the Sahelian zone (Senegal, Mali, Northern Nigeria and Burkina Faso) Improving maize productivity and its dissemination through the promotion of integrated management technologies in the Savannah zone of Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad Promotion of improved yam Minisett technology in improving yam productivity in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Benin Enhancing cowpea productivity and income for sustainable livelihood of resource-poor farmers (Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Benin and Ghana) Improving post-harvest quality of rice, sorghum/millet and cassava products to enhance marketability in West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Liberia) Promotion of integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of small-holder farmers (Cameroon, DR Congo, Congo, Benin, Togo and Ghana) Improving seed systems in cereals and legumes) in West and Central Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Cameroon) Promotion of post-harvest technologies in the storage and processing of maize and cowpea to reduce losses and to improve market quality in WCA (Senegal, Niger, Guinea and Cameroon) Conclusions The approaches and mechanisms in this strategy facilitate active and holistic involvement of stakeholders, particularly farmers, women processors, the private sector and research organizations in the light of the IAR4D paradigm, which is a clear indication of stakeholder commitment in the new approach in the generation, dissemination and adoption of technology and innovation. Through project implementation, target groups are increasingly having their capacities strengthened, gaining more access to technology and innovation, as well as to new knowledge and options for improving productivity, competitiveness and market access of important staple crops. Thus, the strategy is expected to transform beneficiaries into food secure, knowledgeable and prosperous individuals and communities. Acronyms ACMV Africa Cassava Mosaic Virus AfricaRice Africa Rice Centre AFSTA Africa Seed Trade Association AGRA Alliance for green revolution in africa CARBAP Centre Africain de Recherches en Bananiers et Plantains CBB Cassava Bacteria Blight CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CILSS Comité Permanent Inter - Etats de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement CERAAS Centre d’Etudes Régionales pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse CORAF/WECARD Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles/ West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development FAAP Framework for African Agricultural Productivity IAR4D Integrated Agricultural Research for Development ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IWMI International Water Management Institute M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NARI National Agricultural Research Institute NARS National Agricultural Research System NGO Non-Governmental Organisation or Organisations QPM Quality Protein Maize REC Regional Economic Community or Communities WASA West Africa Seed Alliance
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Ensuring stakeholder consultative processes in problem diagnoses in identifying constraints,
needs and opportunities and in developing intervention in improving crop productivity,
competitiveness and access to markets,
Analysing baseline information in determining current technological and socio-economic
status of target groups, specific opportunities and bases for measuring impact,
Developing partnerships, establishing innovation platforms and networking systems in
facilitating technology development and adoption
Generating and disseminating appropriate technologies and continued refining
technologies/innovations from feedbacks from project implementation
Strengthening technical and organizational capacity of stakeholders, particularly, target groups
in enhancing their roles as effective players in innovations systems
Facilitating linkages to agri-inputs, credit and market in enhancing adoption of technologies
Demonstrating socio-economic advantages of improved technology/innovation systems to
sustain stakeholder interest
Addressing negative environmental effects and targeting women, particularly in areas of
comparative advantage in the value chain
Identifying and using appropriate result dissemination pathways (training manuals, websites,
brochures, fact sheets, radio/TV programmes, open forums, drama, exchange visits,
farmer-farmer
Ensuring effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation
Extension/NGOs
(1) Innovative in building partnership with private sector and farmer organizations
(2) Capacity strengthening and provision of market information, standards and linkage, group
animation, (3) Source of useful national information, data and policy