African Women in Science and Innovation and Agenda 2063: The Africa we Want
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Judith A. Francis is Senior Programme Coordinator, Science and Technology Policy at CTA.
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African Women in Science and Innovation and Agenda 2063: The Africa we Want
- 1. African Women in Science and Innovation and Agenda 2063: The Africa we Want Judith Francis, CTA, The Netherlands
- 2. WHAT IS CTA? • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation • Joint institution of the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States • Founded in 1984 • Funded by EU under the European Development Fund • Focus is on agricultural and rural development • Over 35 years experience in • serving the ACP community: Working with policymakers e.g. AUC and NEPAD as well as national governments, universities and related networks e.g. Mekelle & RUFORUM, research organizations and platforms e.g. FARA & ASARECA, farmers’ organizations, extension agencies • strengthening EU-ACP partnerships e.g. with the EC and European universities and other organizations e.g. Wageningen University and Research and CIRAD.
- 3. CTA’S VISION OF AGRICULTURE Vibrant Modern Sustainable Inclusive Creating value and jobs Producing nutritious, healthy food
- 4. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 4 By 2020 DELIVERING IMPACT: CTA TARGETS • 1 million small-scale producers with increased production and income • 5,000 new jobs • 30 new agribusinesses • 200,000 small-scale producers with increased adaptive capacity to climate change • 200,000 people with more nutritious and diverse diets
- 6. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 6 THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 7. AUC Agenda 2063 – The Africa we want: Seven Aspirations Photo credit: CIFOR Prosperity (inclusive growth and sustainable Integrated continent Good governance Peaceful and secure Strong cultural Identity People driven - African potential especially women & youth Africa as strong, united, resilient and influential
- 8. 12 Priority Areas Agriculture value addition & agro business development Gender / women development & youth empowerment Employment generation (youth and women) Science, technology and innovation
- 10. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 10 “My aim is to produce what everyone else isn’t producing” JOANNA WATERMAN, BARBADOS Well educated citizens
- 11. “local food … makes business sense and it’s a way to help your community” DORA ROSSI Healthy and well nourished people
- 12. “… we now have a much better quality of life.” WINFRED KAREITHI, KENYA Transformed economies
- 13. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 13 “Seeing is believing” AGRIBUSINESS TV Modern agriculture
- 14. Science & innovation: Can women make a difference?
- 15. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 15 “Winning Pitch Agrihack will help me grow my business and better serve rural women cooperatives” AWA CABA, founder of Sooretul Make the science relevant
- 16. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 16 “Women farmers are more receptive of the MUIIS package than are male farmers” Carol Kakooza, project coordinator Empower other women
- 17. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 17 “The book changed the way I rear my chickens and improved my production.” Nigerian poultry farmer MAKE KNOWLEDGE ACTIONABLE – PLAN TO CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES
- 18. “I created a mobile wallet for smallholder farmers – I would have enjoyed using that as a young boy!” GERALD OTIM, ENSIBUUKO GO BEYOND THE LAB: SCALE UP
- 19. © 2016 CTA. All rights reserved 19 African Women Scientists: Agents of Change H.E. Graça Machel: Be accountable H.E. Ameenah Gurib Fakim: Empower others Dr Jemanesh Kifetew Haile – Change lives Professor Fetien Abey – Be a role model
- 20. We need to focus on the goal(s), support each other, work and grow together, mentor the youth and partner with key stakeholders including our male colleagues
- 21. We need to make a difference in peoples lives. Unleash the power of science & innovation
- 22. This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CTA and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. Images and rights have been purchased from the stock library Alamy. Thank you CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU. This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CTA and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. Images and rights have been purchased from the stock library Alamy.
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- CTA’s vision is of smallholder agriculture as a vibrant, modern and sustainable business that creates value for farmers, entrepreneurs, youth and women, and produces affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all
- CTA’s primary focus is on: SDG 2 – Zero hunger 200 million chronically undernourished 40% children stunted in SSA BUT 1.9 billion overweight or obese 1 in 12 adults has type 2 diabetes But also strong emphases on: SDG 1 – No poverty – and SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth Prospects for the food market: 2030 Outlook: Agriculture and agri-business are projected to become a multi trillion dollar business in Africa - estimated to be between 1 & 3 trillion depending on source. African urban food markets are set to increase 4X to exceed US$400 billion (World Bank Projections). Significant rise in demand for processed foods and market-related logistics. Transformation of the food markets offers immense opportunities Create jobs 12 million young people enter the labour market annually in Africa Ageing farmers – average age of farmers in the ACP is 55-60 years = Opportunities for youth and women Role of private sector Role MSMEs in adding value, creating jobs Capturing more value in local and export markets Local enterprises create jobs and wealth SDG 5 – Gender equality Women provide over 50% of agricultural labour in SSA If women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20–30% (FAO) This could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 12–17%, or by 150 million people SDG 12 – Responsible consumption and production – and SDG 15 – Life on land Raise productivity of land and labour No increase in agricultural labour productivity in SSA since 1960s Sustainable intensification Increased production, income, nutrition or other returns from the same amount of, or less, land and water; With efficient and prudent use of inputs, minimising greenhouse gas emissions; While increasing natural capital and the flow of environmental services, strengthening resilience and reducing environmental impact; Through innovative technologies and processes SDG 13 – Climate action Combat climate change Temperature records falling month after month – February 2016 was 1.35°C warmer than average for the month, up from 1.15°C in January, the previous record Smallholder farmers particularly vulnerable because of lack of resilience and safety nets Climate change will reduce agricultural production: 30% decline in maize and 60% in bean areas in SSA by 2100 SDG 14 – Life below water Sustainability of fisheries
- In Africa, yields of maize are projected to fall nearly 30% by 2030 due to climate change In the Caribbean and the Pacific, ocean warming and acidification will damage coral reefs and reduce marine fish catches But agriculture accounts for nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions Post harvest losses up to 40% in ACP Undernutrition and overnutrition (obesity) in the same households Average age of farmers in the ACP 55 to 60 years old; Young people see no future in agriculture Urbanisation: 2/3 of world population living in cities by 2050 Consuming more meat and milk Degradation of soils, water and biodiversity
- Support for entrepreneurship and for women and youth runs through all of our actions.
- Agribusiness is the central organising theme of CTA’s work. If there is no clear business case for an intervention – whether it is a farmer adopting a climate-smart agricultural practice or growing a more nutritious crop – it will fail. Focus is on development of profitable smallholder value chains Work on policy and regulatory frameworks focuses on creating enabling environment for value chains End-to-end agribusiness approach with strong consumer orientation. ‘The customer is king’ (or queen). ‘From farm to fork’ becomes ‘From fork to farm’ – focus on building demand for value-added products and then linking farmers to these markets. Demand pull, not supply push. Promotion and increasing value added and marketing of local products, e.g. Post-harvest, packing an labelling Helping farmers overcome barriers to access markets through PPPs ...to develop profitable and sustainable value chains Enhancing access to finance and seed funding for women and youth entrepreneurs Improving the supply of business development services and information through online platforms Building evidence for climate resilient and nutrition sensitive value chains, through climate smart agriculture and landscapes
- CTA is helping create opportunities for young people like Joanna Waterman from Barbados in the agricultural sector. Joanna is one of a new breed of farmers boosting local production of crops and livestock to meet local demand, including in the tourism sector. She has been working with local chefs in Barbados She is now supplying restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and the general public with a range of products, including zucchini, cabbage and watermelon, eggs and lamb.
- WIBDI Farm to Table initiative Linking producers to restaurants 183 villages, 800 farmers, organic production Helping producers manage their farms and their business Helping restaurateurs plan their menus and healthy, nutritious dishes Local produce in tourist restaurants – healthy, nutritious food New markets, reliable income
- Simple storage boosts income by €5 per sack Post-harvest losses reduced, quality increased Secured loans invested in seeds, inputs and innovation
- Agribusiness TV is a youth project supported by CTA. Its mission is “to show that we can innovate in the agricultural sector … that we can live a good life” Producing short videos designed to be viewed on mobile phones. Showing, rather than telling. Sharing via Facebook, or Bluetooth where connection is poor. Videos on improved production techniques, value-adding techniques and opportunities, green jobs, nutrition and more. Examples: How Sanoussi from Mali returned to his country after spending many years abroad to launch a successful dairy farm How in Burkina Faso a young female entrepreneur transforms moringa leaves into tea as a business How Romeo, from Côte d’Ivoire, uses earthworms to produce eco-friendly fertilisers from cocoa residues How to use crowdfunding to raise capital for a business. More than 2 million views by the end of 2016. Winner of two awards at the 2016 Africa Web Festival, including Best Start-up, and nominated for an award under “Media and Video Innovation” at the 2017 Africa Digital Communication event.
- CTA-sponsored AgriHack Talent project has been encouraging young people to apply their ICT knowledge to agricultural problems since 2013. Several winners of AgriHack hackthons have gone on to develop promising businesses, such as FarmDrive and Ensibuuko, which I will talk about later. Building on this experience, in 2016 CTA launched Pitch AgriHack, a new venture to support start-ups already offering services for farmers to take their business to scale. Partners in the first Pitch AgriHack included the African Development Bank, ProHaus Group (a venture capital from USA) and the African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN). Sooretul, from Senegal, was one of the winners of the first Pitch AgriHack. Founded by Awa Caba, a young woman, the business has been helping rural women’s cooperatives in Senegal to sell their processed foods online. Sooretul will receive a grant prize of €15,000 and other benefits. This will allow the Sooretul to scale up its business by engaging new women’s cooperatives and by establishing business channels with customers from the Senegalese diaspora, particularly in France. Thanks to CTA’s intervention, Awa Caba attended the Salon International de l’Agriculture in Paris, organised by the French Ministry of Agriculture, and will have a range of business meetings that will help her grow the business and better serve rural women’s cooperatives.
- MUIIS project (Market-led, User-owned, ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS)) builds on experience from the Gezira project. Using mobile phones to deliver weather alerts, agronomic advice and financial services, including index-based drought insurance. Focus on maize, soya bean and sesame. Over 80,000 farmers trained on the service within 15 months of inception 33,000 farmers profiled by February 2017 – subscription to the service started in March 2017. Target is 350,000 farmers to be reached (trained and receiving/using the service). All women farmers contacted are eager to sign up to the project, compared with only 30% of male farmers contacted.
- CTA’s knowledge-sharing programme has changed the lives of innumerable small-scale farmers across the ACP. In 2016 alone, more than 1.2 million copies of CTA publications were downloaded from the Centre’s website. “We found many small business ideas through the publication.” – Farmer, Tanzania, speaking about a publication on Urban Agriculture. “The experience [presented in the book] has enabled me to apply the methodology in context of my environment.” – Ethiopian farmer, speaking about Cassava In The Third Millennium: Modern Production, Processing, Use and Marketing Systems “This book gave clear insight into how to develop an inclusive value chain for our farmers and it worked well during the pilot phase. We will recommend this book for academic and non academic individuals and groups.” – Development agent, Nigeria, speaking about Including Small-scale Farmers In Profitable Value Chains
- ICT-enabled finance Ensibuuko Winner of CTA AgriHack Innovation Challenge in East Africa Mobile Banking and Information System (MOBIS) Supporting savings and credit cooperatives Helps farmers handle savings, make or take out loans and put unproductive land into use 30,000 farmers in 5 SACCOs in northern Uganda Aiming for 500 SACCOs and 3 million farmers Latest news: Canadian investor has promised US$500,000 investment in the company
- CTA’s approach Capitalisation of knowledge and experience, ensuring empowerment Focus on supporting extension and advisory services and scale-up of innovations Making optimal use of ICTs and the development of social and professional networks