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IITA the leading research partner in Africa
Repositioning IITA for Impact in Africa”
Humitropics Conference
March 3-6, 2015, IITA, Ibadan
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Raise over 11 million Africans out of poverty Redirect 7. 5 million ha of degraded lands to
sustainable use
Vision of success
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R4D model: Focus on R IITA comparative advantage
Impact at farm levels
Quality of research
Innovative partnerships
Effective internal organization
Refreshed IITA’s Strategic Direction
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Impact Zones and Emerging Partnerships
Production system platforms Collaborative platforms
USAID Feed the future/ACIAR/EU
AGRA & BMGF& AfDB ASARECA/CORAF/
CARDESA FARA learning sites CRPs joint work
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Regional hubsWest Africa – Ibadan
Central Africa – KinshasaEast Africa – Dar es Salaam
Southern Africa – Lusaka
113 scientists 15 countries 18 locations
Where we are: our hubs
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Project sitesApril 2014
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140 projects
$135M total budget
1300 employees
230 IRStists
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IITA in Dar, Tanzania built in 14 months
Eastern Africa Hub: Plant health issues
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Central Africa: NRM and REDD+
IITA KALAMBO in DR CONGO
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HQ & West Africa Hub
IITA BIP
Western Africa, Ibadan: Systems integration
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IITA – Abuja in 2011
IITA – Abuja in 2014
Rebuilding infrastructure
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Nr CRP Lead by
1.1 Integrated production systems in dry areas ICARDA
1.2 Integrated systems for the humid tropics IITA
1.3 Aquatic agricultural systems WorldFish
2 Policies, institutions and markets (PIM) IFPRI
3.1 Wheat CIMMYT
3.2 Maize CIMMYT
3.3 GRiSP - A global rice science partnership IRRI
3.4 Roots, tubers and bananas (RTB) CIP
3.5 Grain legumes ICRISAT
3.6 Dryland cereals ICRISAT
3.7 Meat, milk and fish ILRI
4 Agriculture for nutrition and health (A4NH) IFPRI
5 Water, land and ecosystems (WLE) IWMI
6 Forests, trees and agroforestry CIFOR
7 Climate change, agriculture, food security (CCAFS) CIAT
+ Genebanks
CGIAR Research Program Portfolio
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Reaching the millions?
Best bet technologies
Partnership and Capacity Development
Research Delivery Capacitybuilding
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?
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Planned special initiatives
The West Africa Regional Genomics and Biotechnology
Platform
A Center for climate change and plant health
The Pan African Platform for Soil Research
The Youth Agribusiness Development Initiative
The Business Incubation Platform
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Youth stampeding in Abuja
• A full stadium for 5000 jobs in immigration
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Multi-disciplinary team• (History, Computer Science, Quantity Surveying)
Gender Balance
The IYA-Model
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Lessons learned
Mindset Change of youth about agriculture
connect IYA to excellent source of technology and knowledge
counseling activities to motivate youth
AYI can be formalized as a pillar of IITA BIP
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#YADI Conference
Youths Policy MakersGovernment Officials Private Sector NGOs
Enable youth by AfDB/IITA
TRADITIONAL R4D’S LIMITED ACCESS TO MARKETIITA Target
Farmers
IITA BIP R&D MARKET ACCESS ACCELERATOR
Food Companies
Global Traders
IITA BIP: Accelerating the Impact of IITA’s R4D
IITA Target Consumers
GoSeed
NoduMax
IITA Research
Limited positive impact
IITA Target Farmers
IITA Research Agri Start-ups
UN World Food Program
New Markets For Farmers
Export Markets
Export Markets
Consumers
Major positive impact
IITA R&D Breakthr
ough
IMPACT IMPACT
IITA BIP
Aflasafe
IITA R&D Breakthr
ough
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Year Projected Income in Nov 2011
IncomeAchieved
Revised
2011 47 472012 50 742013 56
962014 63 101 1282015 69 120 1352016 75 2017 81 2018 88 2019 94 2020 100 200
IITA growth target by 2020
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2011 CGIAR Reforms
Food security, Poverty, Natural Resources, Under-nutrition
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Issues based vs Agroecosystems
Sustainable system intensification Climate change Important entry point
Explain Humitropics in simple term My mother, politician, primary school Donors e.g. BMGF etc…….
Position Humidtropics for 2nd call CRPs Refer to the 4 IITA pillars
Simplifying and explaining Humitropics