Programme DONATA : diffusion des nouvelles technologies agricoles en Afrique

La technique de multiplication rapide des boutures de manioc par recépage à Dabou en Côte d’Ivoire fait école en Afrique. Conçu par le FARA, le Forum pour la Recherche Agricole en Afrique, le CORAF-WICARD et financé par la BAD, la Banque Africaine de Développement, le programme DONATA est un projet dont le but est d’améliorer la productivité agricole en Afrique.

Dans le cadre d’un atelier chercheurs-médias organisé par le FARA/CTA, du 19 au 23 mars à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), une trentaine de chercheurs et journaliste francophones de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre étaient sur les traces de ce projet exécuté à Dabou. Sur le site du village de petit Badien, la recherche agricole ivoirienne, les services de vulgarisation expérimentent la production de deux nouvelles variétés de manioc à haut rendement : Boucou I et Boucou II à partir de la nouvelle technique de multiplication rapide des boutures de manioc par recépage. Une technique de production de manioc qui suscite beaucoup de convoitises et fait de DONATA un projet de recherche agricole à succès en Côte d’Ivoire.

Le reportage de Ernest KAMBIRE RTB/Télévision

NSF 2 Stakeholder consultation

Knowing the importance of access to knowledge and technologies, the challenges of measuring impact of its interventions are also enormous.

The aim of the NSF 2 Stakeholder consultation taking place at the FARA Secretariat in Accra from 11th till 14th of May is to refine the present NSF2 outcome mapping tables and to enhance understanding and use of the Outcome Mapping approach to planning, monitoring and evaluation, which will shape the overall NSF2 strategy and hence ensure the effective implementation of RAILS and DONATA.

Key objectives are to:

1. To consolidate the RAILS and DONATA activities into a cohesive program based on available resoues and progress made
2. Enable the participants to use Outcome Mapping as a planning, monitoring and evaluation tool especially in implementing and measuring impact of the two projectsComplete/modify/improve/complement NSF2’s planning, monitoring and evaluation framework that feeds into the overall NSF2 strategy.

Participants:
Zubeda Mduruma
CGIAR DONATA
Ethiopia
John
DONATA
Zambia

Stephen Muchiri
EAPP
Kenya

Roger Gomkoudougou Zangré
DONATA Resource Person
ANVAR/CNRST
Burkina faso

Mohamed A. Sanoh
RAILS

National Agricultural Research Coordinating Council
Sierra Leone
Patrick Maina
RAILS
KARI - Kenya

Nodumo Dhlamini
Program Manager (ICT)

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Uganda

Emmanuel Mbemba
RAILS
CNDIST - Congo Brazza

Margaret MacEwan
DONATA
CGIAR Kenya

Marc Bernard
RAILS
ISICAD - Germany

Lydia Kimenye
DONATA
ASARECA Uganda

Kedro Diomande
RAILS
CNRA
Cote d'Ivoire

Jonas Wanvoke

Africa Rice Centre-WARDA
Benin

Joel Sam
RAILS
CSIR – INSTI Ghana

Jocelin Makoko
RAILS
INERA RDCongo

Jacqueline Nnam
Knowledge Sharing Officer
AfricaAdapt Kenya
Ghana

Ifidon
AFDB/FARA
Ghana

George Muluh
DONATA
CORAF Senegal

Francois Stepman
FARA
Ghana

Francine Rasolofonirina
RAILS

Ministry of Agriculture-Livestock and fisheries
Madagascar

Sahr Fomba

DONATA

NARCC

Sierra Leone
Stev Mapangou Divassa
DONATA

CRAL/DGRST

Congo Braza
Dady Demby
RAILS

FARA - Ghana

Clodina Chowa

RAILS

Extension Methodologies and Systems, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Extension Services Malawi

Bouan Boniface

RAILS

CNRA - Cote d'Ivoire

Sylvester Baguma
RAILS
National Agricultural Research Organization Council (NARO)

Uganda
Abdoulaye Aziz BANGOURA
RAILS

Guinee

RASOANINDRAINY Andrianjafy
RAILS
CAETIC

Madagascar

Anabela Manhica

DONATA
Mozambique
Alioune Mbow Gorgui

RAILS/CORAF

Senegal
Sidi Sanyang
FARA
Ghana

Krishan Bheenick
SADC-FANR
Botswana

Myra Wopereis-Pura
FARA

Ghana
Taonda Sibiri Jean Baptiste

DONATA

Burkina Faso

Daniel Mwesige

DONATA/ASARECA

Uganda

Susan Mathai
Facilitator

Measure Africa
Kenya
Edward Ontita
Facilitator
Measure Africa
Kenya

World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Week

2-6 March 2009. World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Agriculture and Rural Development week focused on “Agriculture in a changing world: challenges and opportunities.” Participants included World Bank staff, invitees from bilateral agencies, World Bank partners, academia, NGOs/CSOs, private sector representatives - a total of approximately 300 participants.

The objectives of the event were:

• to enable the ARD community and partners to highlight and discuss the knowledge and technical expertise to further strengthen agriculture and rural development programs in the face of a volatile external environment;
  to provide opportunities for networking;
  to showcase cutting-edge work by the ARD community;
• to forge and advance partnerships; and
  to promote the implementation of key recommendations of the World Development Report 2008

The first 2 days consisted of forum style sessions. Discussants used their individual/country and institutional/organizational experiences to respond to the 3Fs (fuel, financial & food) crisis to position agriculture and rural development in a changing world. Topics discussed ranged from issues of land and water management and land sector governance to role of the private sector and public-private partnerships in agricultural development to greenhouse gas mitigation in the sector. The next 2 days consisted of formal learning courses and the last day was dedicated to internal activities organized by region.

A FARA representative attended the event to use the opportunity to present and discuss DONATA (Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa) and its Innovation Platform for Technology Adoption (IPTAs). 

Reference:
World Development Report 2008
ARD Week 2009 Schedule

International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development

Group picture of the participants

This 5-day Symposium was held in Arusha, Tanzania 3 - 7 March 2008. It was organised under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), recognising the need to provide a global forum for exchange and debate on issues related to the promotion of underutilized plants. The Symposium was an activity of the newly formed ISHS working group on underutilized plant genetic resources (PG3) and will be a joint event of the ISHS Commission Plant Genetic Resources and Section Tropical and Subtropical Fruits.

The Symposium was organised around four main areas of importance for underutilized plants: food security, nutrition and health, income generation, and environmental sustainability. Participants will be invited to share and discuss reasons for success and failure of diverse approaches to promote underutilized plants.

Co-convened by :

• International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC)


• Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU)


• The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)


• The Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort)


• Bioversity International


• Plant Resources for Tropical Africa (PROTA)


• The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)


• Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)


• Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)


• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

Meeting between JIRCAS and FARA

24 September, 2007




PRESENT

JIRCAS

Satoshi Tobita
Hide Omae

FARA
FARA ED - Dr Jones
Sidi Sanyang
Wale Adekunle
Biopelo Freude
François Stepman
Aggrey Agumya

OBJECTIVES
· Enable the visiting JIRCAS team to learn about FARA (its structure, activities, research priorities/needs) and vice versa.
· Identify opportunities for partnership leading to the development of a collaborative project(s) that will add-value to ongoing FARA and JIRCAS projects.

Report of the meeting by Sidi SANYANG