1. How can research users drive the ARD research
agenda?
By Jonas Mugabe, FARA
PAEPARD SIDE EVENT

2. ObjectivesObjectives
Overall: Build joint African-European multi-
stakeholder partnerships in ARD contributing to
achieving the MDGs
Specific: Enhanced, more equitable, more
demand-driven; and mutually beneficial
collaboration of Africa and Europe on ARD with
the aim of attaining the MDGs.
From PAEPARD II document: It aims at moving from
the currently largely supply-driven approach in ARD
towards a demand-driven approach.

3. WHERE DOES PAEPARD II COMES FROM?
Research-research collaboration, no
other stakeholders involved
Projects concentrated in a few African
countries
Problems identified under
PAEPARD I
Declining European-African ARD
collaboration
Driven by research interest of European
partners with African research
stakeholders (=supply approach)
Dominated by European research
organisations
Solutions sought that
PAEPARD II will bring
Inclusive partnerships with non-
research stakeholders (FOs, private
sector, NGOs) leading those
partnerships
Projects spread over more African
countries
Increased number of European-African
ARD partnerships
Driven by demands of end users
Balanced partnerships, led by African
non-research stakeholders

4. What does PAEPARD do to achieve these objectives?
WP5WP5
Bringing partners togetherBringing partners together aroundaround
common innovation challengescommon innovation challenges
(=federating themes)(=federating themes)
WP5WP5
Bringing partners togetherBringing partners together aroundaround
common innovation challengescommon innovation challenges
(=federating themes)(=federating themes)
WP2-WP1WP2-WP1
MobilizingMobilizing research and non-researchresearch and non-research
stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARDstakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD
collaborationcollaboration
WP2-WP1WP2-WP1
MobilizingMobilizing research and non-researchresearch and non-research
stakeholders for Europe-Africa ARDstakeholders for Europe-Africa ARD
collaborationcollaboration
WP3WP3
Providing tools forProviding tools for
knowledge sharing andknowledge sharing and
access to informationaccess to information
WP4WP4
Strengthening capacitiesStrengthening capacities ofof
stakeholders to work in inclusivestakeholders to work in inclusive
balanced partnershipsbalanced partnerships
WP6
Advocate with researchwith research
funders for support tofunders for support to
inclusive ARD partnershipsinclusive ARD partnerships
IAO/NRI/CIRAD
CSA
PAFO
FANRPAN
WP7
Management & Coordination
FARA CIRAD
CTA
RUFORUM ICRA PAFO NRI
FARA COLEACP
FARA AGRINATURA

5. STEP 1
Brokeraging the partnerships:
« Selecting the theme,
Identifying partners
and funding opportunities»
STEP 2
Partnership Inception
workshop
« Building partnerships »
STEP 3
Write-shop:
« Development
of research
proposal »
STEP 4
« Applying to
funding
opportunity »
Mentoring/
Outside of
PAEPARD??
+ capacity strengthening
+ support for facilitation
+ Financial support
Brokerage of African-European partnerships’ mechanism:
launching calls 1&2
Virtual meeting
using Skype,
email, phones
Physical meetings organized
with representative from
institutions and actors
2 write-shops
organized
Entebbe &
Cotonou
 9 consortia from call 1 completed step 4 in March 2012
 some of the 10 consortia completed step 4 in March 2012
The 19 consortia were opportunistic-based: from PAEPARD
calls
This brokerage mechanism was criticized to be more top down. It did
not allow partners to own the process. A new one was needed
Submission &
selection

6. Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives
Southern-Africa Zimbabwe (University of Zimbabwe) Improving the incomes of smallholder farmers through increased
access to livestock markets and livestock production to marketing
value chain
Malawi (University of Lilongwe) Partnership for Enhanced Aquaculture Innovation in Sub Saharan
Africa (PEAISSA)
South-Africa (NERPO) Overcoming barriers to sustainable livestock enterprises among
marginal smallholders in South Africa
East-Africa Uganda (Makerere University) Enhancing capacity/developing networks between North-South
Universities in Research Methods training at PhD level
Kenya (KARI) Reduce aflatoxin contamination along the maize value chain
West-Africa Ghana (Concern Universal) Improving food security and income for smallholder farmers
through improved post harvest technology
Togo (Institut de Recherche Agricole) Agribusiness autour du Soja
Togo (CASADDVR) Caractérisation de deux variétés du piment rouge pour améliorer la
mise en marché et transformation semi-industrielle
Senegal-Mali (Terra Nuova) Un partenariat Europe Afrique pour la création d’un outil de suivi
de l’agriculture familiale
Consortia from call 1

7. Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives
West-Africa /CORAF Ghana (Citrus Producers Association of
Ghana)
Control of Angular leaf spot disease of Citrus in Ghana
Benin (Sojagnon, Farmers Federation) Appui a la sécurité économique des ménages ruraux par la
production, la commercialisation et la transformation du Soja
au Benin
Burkina-Faso [Association pour la
Recherche et la Formation en Agro-
écologie (ARFA)]
BIOPROTECT-B, un groupement d’intérêt économique pour la
protection biologique des cultures et la fertilisation
organique des sols pour une agriculture saine et durable au
sahel.
Cote d’Ivoire (Centre Suisse de
Recherches scientifiques)
Agriculture pour l’éducation (A.P.E) des enfants en âge
scolaire (5 – 15 ans) en milieux rural et périurbain
Cameroon [Concertation Nationale des
Organisations Paysannes du Cameroun
(CNOP-CAM)]
Innover pour l’intensification, la diversification et la
transformation de l’agriculture familiale en Afrique Centrale
à travers la recherche – action en partenariat : cas de CNOP-
CAM dans la région du Centre Cameroun
Nigeria (Department of Animal Science
and Technology, Federal University of
Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria)
Low cost and high quality livestock feed production
knowledge delivery to Nigerian poultry industry (NIPOFERD)
Consortia from call 2

8. Sub-regions Consortia Themes /Objectives
East-Africa/ ASARECA Burundi [Confédération des
Associations de Producteurs
Agricoles pour le Développement
(CAPAD)]
Développement participatif des technologies de la
culture pomme de terre et promotion des
innovations sensibles au genre et à la conservation
de l’environnement au Burundi
Uganda (Farm Gain African Ltd) Extensive Collection and Characterization of African
Solanaceae Plants
Uganda (Women of Uganda
Network (WOUGNET)
Enhancing soybean and cowpea value chains for
increased productivity, incomes and nutritional
security of smallholder farmers in East and Central
Africa.
Southern-
Africa/CCARDESA
Mauritius (Food and Agricultural
Research Council, Reduit,
Mauritius)
Micro propagation and cultivation of in vitro
breadfruit plants and development of novel
products from Breadfruit as an alternative source of
carbohydrates in Mauritius.

9. Consortia that applied for the Second African Union
Research Grants Call Proposals for 2012
1.Nigeria - Feed Production Poultry Industry
2.Togo - Red pepper
3.Benin-Togo: Soybean
4.Malawi - Aquaculture in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, DRC and Cameroon
5.Burkina Faso - BIOPROTECT-B, fertilisation organique des sols
6.Uganda - soybean and cowpea value chains
7.Uganda - Extensive Collection and Characterization of African Solanaceae Plants
8.Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana - Innovative approaches for sustainable management of
water resource for agricultural production in Eastern and Western Africa (I4MWAP)
9.Ghana-Malawi: Management of Pre- and Post- Harvest Insect Pests of Maize in
Ghana and Malawi
10.Many other consortia applied to EDULINK call; only 6 of them were funded
11.CAPAD-Burundi teamed with KARI (Kenya) and other partners. They won
funds from ASARECA call (CGS).

10. New brokerage partnership mechanism: Users Led Process (ULP)
Users’Users’
LedLed
ProcessProcess
FederatingFederating
ThemeTheme
1
DeskDesk
reviewreview
2
InductionInduction
WorkshopWorkshop
3
4
ConceptConcept
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DevelopmentDevelopment
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11. Multi-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULPMulti-stakeholder innovation partnerships from the ULP
EAFF: Extensive Livestock value chains in Eastern Africa
with Specific focus on Kenya and Uganda; with focus on
only one value chain: Beef production;
PROPAC: Urban horticulture value chain in Central Africa
(Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville & DR Congo);
ROPPA: Rice value chain in Benin, Burkina Faso & Mali;
FANRPAN/SACAU: Groundnut value chain in Malawi &
Zambia;
COLEACP: Adding value to Mango non-food uses in West
Africa (Burkina-Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal)

12. Challenges/Lessons learned (1)
1- Multi-stakeholder partnerships building takes time: (a) communication; (b)
trust and mutual understanding; (c) differences in organizational culture and
working practices: these delay reporting & implementation of some
activities;
2- Difficult to engage African non-research stakeholders in the process (at the
beginning); the articulation of their ARD demand/needs takes time ;

13. Challenges/Lessons learned (2)
3- Inadequate funding opportunities can discourage some
stakeholders (private sector, FOs) in joining the consortium; current
funding mechanisms more push-oriented instead of pull-oriented:
difficult for non research-stakeholders to engage in high competition
(scientific excellence) basket funding; because of inadequate capacity.
4- Need of targeting diversity of funding mechanisms: national,
regional and international level rather than relying to the EC funding
as it was in PAEPARD document;