overview of donata by ifidon ohiomoba pstad project manager , fara

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Overview of DONATA

By

Ifidon OhiomobaPSTAD Project Manager, FARA

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BackgroundBackground

PSTADPSTAD is a project with Overall Objective to build Africa’s

agricultural research knowledge management capacity & support

dissemination & adoption of improved technologies & good

practices.


Background Background cont’dcont’d

The dissemination of proven technologies and good practices or DONATA is Component 2 of the PSTAD project


IntroductionIntroduction

DONATA: DONATA: Dissemination

of New Agricultural Practices in Africa


Goal of Goal of DONATADONATA

The Goal is: To Catalyze

agricultural innovations in Africa along the

value chains


DONATA toDONATA to achieve its goal by achieve its goal by……

… … and thereby facilitate and thereby facilitate scale outscale out and and upup of of

improved technologies & improved technologies & good practices for good practices for

increased agricultural increased agricultural production & productivityproduction & productivity


DONATA DONATA ObjectivesObjectives

• To analyse constraints in the agricultural value chains To analyse constraints in the agricultural value chains & identify proven technologies to address them and & identify proven technologies to address them and facilitate wide scale adoption to accelerate facilitate wide scale adoption to accelerate agricultural development. agricultural development.

• To develop toolkits to facilitate targeting of To develop toolkits to facilitate targeting of technologies to fit the prevailing conditions & to technologies to fit the prevailing conditions & to make profitable investments. make profitable investments.

• To promote wide adoption of To promote wide adoption of ‘African model crops’‘African model crops’ e.g. NERICA rice, improved cassava cultivars, etc for e.g. NERICA rice, improved cassava cultivars, etc for reduction of hunger and food insecurity.reduction of hunger and food insecurity.


DONATA: Present scope of activitiesDONATA: Present scope of activities

MaizeMaize

SADC-FANRSorghum

CORAFCassava

ASARECASweet potato

• Kenya• Uganda• Ethiopia• DR Congo• Rwanda• Tanzania

• Burkina Faso• Cameroon• Congo Brazzaville• Côte d'Ivoire• Ghana • Guinea• Liberia • Mali• Senegal• Sierra Leone

• Lesotho• Malawi• Mozambique• Zambia • Madagascar


DONATA ActivitiesDONATA Activities• Establishing Platforms to promote technology

spread and utilisation using the IPTA tool• Providing relevant Inputs & Equipment to

facilitate learning & adoption at the platforms

• Supporting knowledge & skills acquisition through long - & short-term training

• Promoting sharing of lessons & success stories


Knowledge/Skills Acquisition


DONATA StrategyDONATA Strategy

• The innovation platform for technology adoption (IPTA) is the DONATA tool for disseminating improved technologies and innovations to intended beneficiaries

• IPTA facilitates out- and up-scaling of innovations


Understanding TermsUnderstanding Terms**

Scaling-out: ‘horizontal’ spread of knowledge and uptake of technologies, processes and practices (e.g. to farmers or businesses at a similar level) and cross-site /border learning in a nation, region or continent.

(*Adapted From Research Into Use Programme, 2008)


Understanding Terms Understanding Terms cont’dcont’d

Scaling-up: Influencing ‘higher’ level decision makers to develop policies which provide a more enabling environment for scaling-out i.e. various actors that are critical to catalyzing agricultural innovations



Innovation: new ideas, technologies or ways of doing things in a place or by people. Doing new things or old things in new ways; do things effectively differently. It enables more goods to be produced or better services rendered with less resources; facilitates efficiency.



Value chain - the full range of activities required to bring a product or service from conception, through the different phases of production to delivery of final product to the consumer for use and disposal


What is DONATA Platform?What is DONATA Platform?

A platform is a network of partners working on a common theme and using agric knowledge in ways it has not been used before to generate goods and services for mutual benefit of stakeholders.


Establishing the DONATA PlatformEstablishing the DONATA Platform

• Follow value chain analysis and mapping of needs to determine entry point

• The entry point should be the most critical challenge or need to be addressed

• Selection of entry point, a consensus of primary stakeholders

• Determine available technology / innovation to meet the identified need.


Value Chain Process for Value Chain Process for Establishing DONATA Platform Establishing DONATA Platform


DONATA Strategy - IPTADONATA Strategy - IPTA

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IPTAIPTA - -Innovation Innovation

Platform for Platform for Technology Technology AdoptionAdoption

Multi-stakeholder platform Multi-stakeholder platform for access to knowledge & for access to knowledge & skills to adapt technologies skills to adapt technologies to local settings / needsto local settings / needs

Multi-stakeholder platform Multi-stakeholder platform for access to knowledge & for access to knowledge & skills to adapt technologies skills to adapt technologies to local settings / needsto local settings / needs


What is IPTA?What is IPTA?

IPTA is a mechanism, a tool to support the development and maintenance of a value chain. It is a strategy for improved dissemination of innovations horizontally (to primary stakeholders) and vertically (stakeholders across the various divides) or more effective service delivery to value chain actors; it is not the value chain itself.


IPTA MethodologyIPTA Methodology

IPTA is a demand-driven participatory approach & can adopt any or combination of the participatory methodologies such as PLA – participatory learning and action; PCP – participatory community planning; FFS – Farmers field school; Demonstrations; etc


Technical Backstopping 4 IPTATechnical Backstopping 4 IPTA

• Should be provided by the relevant NARI for the practice or innovation in focus.

• Priority for National Institutions to ensure sustainability & institutional capacity building

• An ARI to provide technical backstopping on cross cutting innovations

• FARA / SRO to also support


Implementation ProgressImplementation Progress

• About 70 platforms established in the 3 SROs• Several Demonstrations held• Farmer trainings conducted• Field days and Agric shows organized• Inputs procured, distributed and utilized by

farmers• 24 students in Universities for MSc Degree• Mid-Term Review of project conducted


Lessons & Success Stories from other Lessons & Success Stories from other sub-regionssub-regions

• Partnering private sector facilitates technology Partnering private sector facilitates technology adoption and utilisation in the countries - e.g. adoption and utilisation in the countries - e.g.

Tanseed Int’l makes QPM seeds readily available Tanseed Int’l makes QPM seeds readily available for use by farmers promotes increased productionfor use by farmers promotes increased production

Tanfeed Int’l uses QPM maize in poultry feeds Tanfeed Int’l uses QPM maize in poultry feeds production making market available for grainsproduction making market available for grains

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increased value addition enhances product life, increased value addition enhances product life, utilisation , consumption & further productionutilisation , consumption & further production

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QPM maize meals in homes and nutrition centres in QPM maize meals in homes and nutrition centres in DRC ... DRC ...

... rescues rescues children from kwashiokor

& improves breast milk flow of nursing mothers


ChallengesChallenges

• Slow pace of project implementation; by subsidiarity, Slow pace of project implementation; by subsidiarity, FARA Sec only coordinates & NARS & SROs FARA Sec only coordinates & NARS & SROs implement. implement.

• Slow process of procurement of equipment and Slow process of procurement of equipment and facilities to enhance knowledge sharing among facilities to enhance knowledge sharing among stakeholders stakeholders

• Understand the project concepts & approachesUnderstand the project concepts & approaches• Know your scope i.e. No / Size of activities to carry Know your scope i.e. No / Size of activities to carry

on a platform per year.on a platform per year.


ChallengesChallenges

• Limited Networking Skills of partnersLimited Networking Skills of partners• Reporting activities based on log frameReporting activities based on log frame• Access the available Capacity to implement Access the available Capacity to implement

IPTAIPTA• Equipment / facilities for value addition & Equipment / facilities for value addition &

product development product development


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