1. Partnership Inception Workshop Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC)8th August 2012

2. Introduction toT.Gunesh and N.Hosenally 3. PAEPARD DefinitionPlatform forAfricanEuropeanPartnership onAgriculturalResearch forDevelopment 4. Context of PAEPARD Agriculture is sector with largest potential forenhancing economic growth on African Continent(SSA countries) Support for agriculture Funds for agricultureresearch reducing EC funding (EDF,FP7) for agricultural research Challenge : Research be demand led- Quality of partnerships improved 5. Restrictions in ARD Partnerships Lack of information and knowledge onfunding opportunities Concentration of partnerships limited to 2categories of actors Limited participation from private sector,extension, CSO Initiators of partnerships led by Europeaninstitutes 6. Objectives Overall:Build joint African-European Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ARDcontributing to achieve the MDGs Specific:Enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven and mutually beneficialcollaboration of Africa and Europe on ARDwith the aim of attaining the MDGs 7. PAEPARD Expected Results Increased awareness of partnership opportunitiesin Europe and Africa for agricultural developmentin Africa; Improved mobilization and coordination ofEuropean ARD stakeholders and African nonresearch stakeholders; Increased knowledge on European fundingopportunities among African ARD stakeholdersand support for partnership development will leadto increased number of high quality ARDproposals. 8. Major Activities Mobilization of European stakeholders and Africannon-research stakeholders; Information and knowledge management ofopportunities for partnership between African andEurope; Capacity building on partnership building within amulti-stakeholder innovation partnerships; Partnership brokerage between African andEuropean stakeholders; Advocacy for agricultural research fordevelopment 9. PAEPARD 2nd Call for Concept Note Published May 31, 201169 Concept Notes received on July 15,2011 10 Consortia Selected Mauritius consortium among the 10selected 10. Federating Themes Food security and climate changes Post harvest technologies Knowledge management and indigenousknowledge inclusion Capacity building and institutionaldevelopment Market access, value chain, pricing Water use and management Financing mechanisms, access to credit 11. Consortia Themes /ObjectivesGhana (Citrus ProducersControl of Angular leaf spot disease ofAssociation of Ghana)Citrus in GhanaBenin (Sojagnon, Farmers Appui a la scurit conomique desFederation)mnages ruraux par la production, la commercialisation et la transformation du Soja au BeninBurkina-Faso [AssociationBIOPROTECT-B, un groupement dintrtpour la Recherche et laconomique pour la protection biologiqueFormation en Agro-cologie des cultures et la fertilisation organique(ARFA)]des sols pour une agriculture saine et durable au sahel.Mauritius (Food andMicro propagation and cultivation of inAgricultural Researchvitro breadfruit plants andCouncil, Reduit, development of novel products fromMauritius) Breadfruit as an alternative source of carbohydrates in Mauritius.Cote dIvoire (Centre Suisse Agriculture pour lducation (A.P.E) desde Recherches scientifiques) enfants en ge scolaire (5 15 ans) en milieux rural et priurbain 12. ConsortiaThemes /ObjectivesNigeria (Department of Animal Low cost and high quality livestock feedScience and Technology, Federal production knowledge delivery to Nigerian poultryUniversity of Technology, Owerri, industry (NIPOFERD)Imo State, Nigeria)Burundi [Confdration desDveloppement participatif des technologies de laAssociations de Producteurs culture pomme de terre et promotion desAgricoles pour le Dveloppement innovations sensibles au genre et la(CAPAD)]conservation de lenvironnement au BurundiUganda (Farm Gain African Ltd)Extensive Collection and Characterization ofAfrican Solanaceae PlantsUganda (Women of Uganda Enhancing soybean and cowpea value chains forNetwork (WOUGNET) increased productivity, incomes and nutritionalsecurity of smallholder farmers in East and CentralAfrica.Cameroon [ConcertationInnover pour lintensification, la diversification etNationale des Organisations la transformation de lagriculture familiale enPaysannes du Cameroun (CNOP-Afrique Centrale travers la recherche action enCAM)] partenariat : cas de CNOP-CAM dans la rgion duCentre Cameroun 13. Title of Proposed Partnership Micro-propagation and Cultivation of in-vitro breadfruit plants in view ofenhancing availability and quality of fruitsand development of novel products frombreadfruit as an alternative source ofcarbohydrates in Mauritius. (Editedversion) 14. Current Partners involvedFARC (Research) MAMCF AREU(Farmer(Research andOrganization)Extension)UoM (ResearchEU Partner and Training) Conserverie Sarjua Ltee (Private Sector) 15. Value-Chain Approach FARC(Research)MAMCF AREU (Farmer(Research and Organization)Extension) UoM (Research EU Partnerand Training)ConserverieSarjua Ltee(PrivateSector) 16. Inclusive Demand-driven partnershipsCredit Researchers suppliers Policy makersAdvisory services Wholesale Consumer BreadfruitPlantingorganisationsgrowersmaterial Supplierand retail Suppliers of Growers inputs,organisations equipment EU ImportersFacilitator 17. Consortium Activities 18. Work Progress1st Partnership Inception Workshop- 9th,10thFebruary Objectives: Bringing stakeholder to know each other andunderstand PAEPARD Conceptualise breadfruit value chain inMauritius Establish status of knowledge of sector Identify knowledge gaps 19. Outcome 11 themes identified along value chain Consolidation of knowledge, technologyand skills assets Linkages among themes along value chainassessed Stakeholders in each theme identified WIKI page sharing of information amongstakeholders 20. Work session: 2nd March 2012 with COLEACP Objective: Assess the work in progressand issues to be considered Issues to consider: Income generation by small growers Environment preservation Consumer acceptance surveys Fresh v/s processed products, Ethnic food,food for diabetics, bio-shops in Netherlands Seasonality of production 21. Work session: 2nd March 2012 with COLEACP Publicity campaigns to promote production Value addition Consumer education EU partner-NRI,AGRINATURA linking withCaribbean countries Utilisation of wastes generated High freight costs 22. Work session:28th March 2012 Objectives: Use of questions generatedto identify research areas along 6 valuechain components Outcome: 10 research areas identified 23. Other related issues Need for extension of shelf life Research on health benefits of breadfruit Cheaper methods of drying breadfruit Market research Germplasm from Hawaii Temperature fluctuations during transport Ethylene release when packed with pineapple. Wrapping of breadfruit causing softness Packing constraints France v/s UK 24. Breadfruit week(Organised by MAIFS and AREU) Objectives To create awareness on the nutritional valuesof breadfruit and diverse utilisation ofbreadfruit. Outcome Has created a lot of demand for plantingmaterial. 25. Working sessions 10th & 16th May Objectives To Prioritise Research Areas To Formulate Research Questions Outcome 5 Research areas prioritised 5 Research questions formulated 26. Research Questions1. Investigating the effects of culture media on in vitro rooting andex vitro rooting, the factors affecting the survival rate of breadfruitplantlets during acclimatization and field performance of tissueculture breadfruit2. Identification and development of appropriate technologies forreducing post harvest losses along the breadfruit supply chain inMauritius.3. Evaluation of the impact of tree management on breadfruit yieldand intercropping practices.4. Evaluation of solar dryers in breadfruit processing for flourproduction and other value-added products5. Assessment of consumer attitudes on fresh and processed novelbreadfruit derived products along the existing marketing channels atnational, regional and international levels. 27. Consortium Activities1. Create knowledge base2. Unanswered questions arise3. Locate areas of interest in localcontext & hence identify ResearchThemes/Research Areas4. Formulate Researchquestions5. Conceptualization anddevelopment of ConceptNotes 28. Partnership Inception Workshop Objectives To develop Concept Notes for each of the research question formulated To discuss on possible funding opportunities To develop a partnership action plan 29. Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success - Henry Ford Strengthlies in differences and not in similarities Stephan Covey