Livestock research priorities for Africa (CAADP Pillar 4)

John McDermott (ILRI)Ralph von Kaufmann (FARA)

Inter-Agency Donor Group meetingNairobi, Kenya, 10-13 May 2011

Livestock research priorities for Africa (CAADP Pillar 4)

• The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

• Goal: to raise agricultural production by 6% per annum• The minimum to get ahead of population growth and

sustainably reduce extreme poverty and hunger • This cannot be achieved without commensurate

improvements in livestock production because the livestock sector accounts for more than 25% AGDP

• without improvements in animal productivity there will be a shortage of animal source foods and children will be stunted both physically and mentally

Livestock research priorities for Africa (CAADP Pillar 4)

• CAADP has four mutually reinforcing priority areas (pillars) • The development programme includes:

Pillar I: Improving land and water management Pillar II: Improving rural infrastructure and trade-related capacities for improved market access Pillar III: Increasing food supply and reducing hunger

• These are underpinned by new knowledge produced under – Pillar IV: agricultural research, technology dissemination

and adoption with crosscutting human and Institutional capacity building

CAADP Vision

Hunger eliminated, and poverty and food insecurity reduced

• through sustainable agriculture-led development that preserves the natural resource base

• 6% growth in agric. Output; 10% budget allocation

Effective policies, support services & actions

Effective policies, support services and actions for Improving agricultural productivity

Advisory Services

Agricultural Education and Training

Research

Investment priorities for African ARfD

Agricultural productivity growth reduces poverty and hunger

An example from Ghana (1992-2003)

Increasing agricultural productivity necessary to protect the environment

Nearly 80% of increase in cereals production in Africa is mainly through expansion of land

under cultivation.

Contribution of yield increase & area expansion to increases cereals production 1980-2003

Climate change worsens effect of degradation caused by cultivating / grazing on fragile land

Investment priorities for African ARfD

5. Partnerships and coalitions and collective responsibility

4. Capacity development and

alignment/harnessing

Priorities for achieving effective policies, support services and actions for improving agricultural productivity

1. Organizational development and

Institutional reforms

2. Policy reforms and policy review

structures

3. Knowledge; analysis and evidence based

planning

Outputs expected from priority investments : Broad areas of research

New knowledge, technologies, practices & evidence-based policy options for:

• Sustainable intensification and diversification / resilience of agricultural systems,

• Natural Resource Management;

• Mitigation of risks and pre + post-harvest losses;

• Improving accessibility and efficiency of agric markets;

• Strengthening human and institutional capacities for innovation, leadership, value addition & product development

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa • Is the Lead Institution for CAADP Pillar IV &

recognized by AUC as its technical arm on ARfD

MissionThe creation of broad-based improvements in agricultural productivity, competitiveness & markets by supporting Africa’s SROs in strengthening capacity for innovation

Value PropositionTo provide a strategic platform that fosters continental and global networking to reinforce the capacities of Africa’s national agricultural research systems and SROs

• Strategic Plan (2007-2016); Medium Term Operational Plan (2008-2012)

Engagement with partners: Subsidiarity principle

• Also facilitates the sharing of lessons & good practices

Continental Sub regional National

Devolution of responsibility

• FARA devolves responsibilities and decision making to the lowest appropriate level.

• Activities carried out by partners such as the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Lessons & good practices

ILRI’s role in value-adding partnershipsTechnology and Knowledge Suppliers

Research institutes

Private Sector

Large national programs (China, India, Brazil)

•Technology and knowledge generation

• Integration and synthesis of knowledge

Development Community

Public Sector

Inter-governmental agencies, Government

decision and policy makers and regulators, investors

• Knowledge role within development partnership

Enablers

Implementers

Public and Private Sectors

Development NGOs, Government Departments, Civil society organizations, private sector and private

investors

Research Partnerships

Research - Development Partnerships

Policy and Institutional Research

Applied research and know-how

Livestock research priorities for AfricaResearch approaches to achieving CAADP pillars

III – Food Security and reducing hunger

II – Rural Infrastructure and Capacities for

Market Success

I – Land and Water Management

Research to support Priority Livestock

Sector Value-Chain Development

Research to support Optimizing

Livestock Production Systems

Livestock research priorities for AfricaResearch to support priority value chains in different countries

#2Improved

technologies:− Genetics

− Feeds− Health

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

Commodity X in Country Y

#3 Strategies for value chain development

#1 Targeting - Foresight, Prioritization, Gender, Impact

Cross-cutting: M&E, communications, capacity building

Aligning research that supports specific value chains in specific countries and promotes spill-overs through regional efforts

Initial Priority Livestock and Fish

Value Chains Smallholder pigs in Vietnam and Uganda

Smallholder small ruminants in Mali and Ethiopia

Smallholder aquaculture in Uganda and Egypt

Smallholder dairying in Tanzania / East Africa and India

Livestock research priorities for AfricaResearch to support priority value chains in different countries

Contributing to Pillar III – reducing food security and decreasing hunger

• Needs a much more targeted approach with careful attention to– Targeting locations and households – Gender– Nutritional quality and food safety along the value

chain

Livestock research priorities for AfricaResearch to support optimizing production systems

Contributing to Pillar I – land and water management

Major continental, regional and national issues• Incentives for sustainable livestock production in

the most suitable areas– Protecting forests and watersheds and promoting

livestock production in most appropriate landscapes– Managing tradeoffs – food, feed, fuels, conservation

agriculture // smallholdings versus commercial

Sustainably intensify smallholdermixed crop-livestock systems

Research Priorities• Improved integrated crop-

livestock options to increase productivity and incomes in different settings and can adapt and optimize these.

• Tools and approaches to better assess tradeoffs, incentives and institutional arrangements in smallholder systems

Enhance resilience and manage vulnerability in pastoral systems

Research Priorities• Knowledge and tools appropriate and feasible for use

by communities to make decisions on managing risks and diversity their livelihood options.

• Risk management tools and livestock investment options for decision makers to better support communities in diversifying their options, coping with shocks and quickly recovering from them.

Enhancing benefits and managing the risks of livestock production

Priorities• Infectious diseases• Livestock and climate change

– Adaptation and role of livestock– Mitigation options and contribution of Africa livestock

systems

• Benefits and risks for:– Women– Marginal peoples and communities

ILRI’s Future in the Emerging Global Context

Livestock research priorities for Africa

1. Contribute to broader agricultural research for development (opportunities and challenges in CAADP)

2. Fits to continental, regional and national contexts (smallholders, growth in local markets, important role of women)

3. Considers tradeoffs and enhancing the benefits and mitigating the risks of livestock production

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