1. The Advisory Service on Agricultural
Research for Development (BEAF)
Presentation
by
Jörg Lohmann / Kerstin Silvestre Garcia
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2. Who we are
Project Management Advisory Service BMZ
BEAF
Eschborn Bonn
Advising the BMZ on all issues Supporting the BMZ in it‘s role
related to International as a donor for the CGIAR and
Agricultural Research for in the processing of its financial
Development contributions
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3. Our Mission
 Organize and administer German support to the international
agricultural research centers funded by CGIAR as well as
some other centers
 Establish and improve contacts between research centers
and the German research community
 Establish and improve contacts between research centers
and development projects
 Raise public awareness in Germany for international
agricultural research for development
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4. Former Thematic Priorities of BMZ
Additional: Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change
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5. Consortium Research Programs (CGIAR, 2011)
CRP1.1 Integrated agricultural production systems for dry areas
CRP1.2 Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
CRP1.3 Harnessing the development potential of aquatic agricultural systems for the poor and vulnerable
CRP2 Policies, institutions, and markets to strengthen assets and agricultural incomes for the poor
WHEAT-Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the
CRP3.1
Developing World
MAIZE - Global for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing
CRP3.2
World
CRP3.3 GRiSP - A global Rice Science Partnership
CRP3.4 Roots, tubers and bananas for Food Security and Income
Grain Legumes: enhanced food and feed security, nutritional balance, economic growth and soil health for
CRP3.5
smallholder farmers
CRP3.6 Dryland cereals: Food Security and Growth for the World’s Most Vulnerable Poor
CRP3.7 Sustainable staple food productivity increase for global food security: Livestock and Fish
CRP4 Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health
CRP5 Durable Solutions for Water Scarcity and Land Degradation
CRP6 Forests and Trees: livelihoods, landscapes and governance
CRP7 Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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6. International Agricultural Research Centers
funded by the BEAF
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7. Supporting International Agricultural Research for
Development
BMZ Budget line
directly from BMZ to the
15 CGIAR research
centers, as an
unrestricted core
25% contribution
administered by the GTZ
and distributed for the
research
75% encouragement and the
tasks of project
selection, financial
administration and
efficiency controls
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8. Instruments besides core funding
 Project Funding (up to 1.2 Mio. € over 3 years)
Process of Selection, Funding Agreements, Reporting
 Research Program (2008-2010) “Adaptation of African
Agriculture to Climate Change” (9 projects selected, up to 1.1
Mio.€ for 3 years)
 Small Grants
(small research projects up to 60,000 € over 2 years)
 Promotion of Young Scientists (staff costs)
Internships, PostDoc-Program
 Integrated Experts, Young Professionals
(Co-Funding with CIM)
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9. Procedure of project-bound funding
Advice
Proposals
Research Centers
and
Challenge BMZ
Programs
Contract Decision
Funding
Contact Recommendation
Team of
experts
Evaluation of
project
proposals
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10. List of Projects in 2010
and following
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11. ICARDA Universität Bonn Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing
salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality
for Central Asia
ICIPE Universität Hohenheim Expanding the rational and biological control of
invasive Liriomyza leafminer flies to major
horticultural production systems of East Africa
ICRISAT Universität Kassel- Tackling abiotic production constraints
Witzenhausen in pearl millet and sorghum-based agricultural
Universität Hohenheim systems of the West African Sahel
IFPRI Universität Göttingen Accelerating poverty reduction by maximizing the
impact of social services expenditures on agricultural
labor productivity and incomes in African countries
ILRI Friedrich-Löffler Institut Jena Enhanced control of CBPP in sub
Tierärztliche Hochschule Saharan Africa through development of better
Hannover diagnostics and vaccines
IWMI Universität Hohenheim Opportunities for economic incentives to promote
sustainable land and water management in the
sloping lands of South and Southeast Asia
Worldfish Universität Osnabrück Enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change
Seecon Deutschland GmbH impacts through well-managed water use for
Center
aquaculture integrated with small-scale irrigation in
(ICLARM)
the Chinyanja Triangle in Africa (Malawi,
Mozambique and Zambia)
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12. Small grants 2010
Center Kooperation Projekttitel
CIP Universität Innovative new technologies for sweetpotato weevil
Hohenheim management
IITA Universität Bonn International Workshop on „IPM in a changing world-
innovative pathways towards food security and food safety“
ILRI Universität Generating a framework for strategic improvement and
Passau adoption of superior dual-purpose (groundnut) cultivars in
mixed crop livestock systems in drought prone areas
IRRI Universität Facilitating Interdisciplinary On-farm Research on Carbon,
Giessen Nitrogen, and Water Budgets in Rice-dominated Landscapes
Universität ICRISAT Understanding the present distribution of parasitic weeds of
Hohenheim the genus Striga and predicting its potential future
geographic distribution in the light of climate and land use
change
Universität ICARDA AscoSeq: The complete sequencing of the genome of the
Frankfurt chickpea pathogen Ascochyta rabiei and an in-depth
analysis of its transcriptome
Uni Kassel ILRI Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for
– DITSL adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas
WorldFish Hochschule für Practical Strategy and Guidelines for Introducing/Maintaining
Wirtschaft und Fish Production in and Around Refugee Camps and
Umwelt Nürtingen Settlements to Secure Food Production and Generate
Income
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13. Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Productivity
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14. Why is climate change a priority issue?
challenge: significant reductions in agricultural productivity are
expected to be caused by climate change
 Direct effects on agricultural systems: changes in rainfall,
temperature, growing seasons
 Likely consequence: depression in major crop yields, changes
in suitable crop growing areas, increase in pests and diseases
 Farmers will be directly affected by climate change
Supporting agricultural research can be a measure to
encourage the adaptation to a changing climate
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15. Technology transfer – Intention
 Improvement of sustainable impacts on the ground
 Incorporation of local, regional and international actors
 Support of German-Partner country business relations
 Improvement of visibility for BMZ funded projects
 Generation of interest at partners/donors to follow up
 …tbc…
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16. Technology transfer - Instruments
 Personally
Integration of BMZ-funded scientists in generation of results
and transfer into practice through experts themselves in
private business sector and/or other positions
….Master Students, Post Docs and CIM-IF/RF
 Institutionally through CGIAR centers with
PPP-Incubators (ILRI and GIZ in Kenya)
GIZ/PPP-Facilities (WorldFish Center and GIZ, Zimbabwe)
…tbc…
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17. Technology transfer - Strategies
 Ad hoc, Individual Strategy
Monitoring of the running individual projects regarding
potential for TT of produced results
 Systematic Strategy,
Screening of previous projects within BMZ/GIZ/BEAF
funding and identifying products, methods, ideas
 Institutionalised / Formalised Strategy
including private-public-partners into the project concept to
strive for implementation oriented research
 Monitoring of the TT-Strategies and collecting lessons learnt
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18. Technology Transfer - Partners
 Kali+Salz
Cooperation with the CIP on potato nutrition
 BASF/BioAnalyt
Cooperation with various centers on beta Carotene and
Vitamin-A content in staple food and commodities (starting)
 Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation
AflaSafe Initiative based on research on Aflatoxin
 Dr. Pieper GmbH + CIAT + Sanoplant
Tropical Forage for silage
 …tbc…
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19. Thank You!
Kerstin.Garcia@giz.de
Joerg.Lohmann@giz.de
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