INNOVATION CENTRES FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECTOR

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Innovation Centres for the Agriculture
and Food Sector

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Presentation – overview
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1. One World – No Hunger Initiative
Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector17.06.15
 There are three special initiatives (SI):
1. One World - No Hunger
2. Fighting the causes of refugee movements,
reintegrating refugees
3. Stability and development in the MENA region
 The `One World - No Hunger` initiative has a budget of EUR 530 million
 Overall term: initially from 2015 to the end of 2017; possibility of
extension
 This budget will be used to finance the stakeholders of implementation:
GIZ, KfW, the private sector and civil society

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Each field of action is divided into
strategy development, bilateral and
multilateral cooperation
The implementation concept
includes six fields of action:

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Three global programmes – each with a special focus
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Agricultural innovation: Food
supplies and poverty reduction
by developing market access
during the transition from
subsistence to regional food
security
Food security: Focus on
those who are starving and
marginalised
Soil conservation:
environmental sustainability and
rehabilitation of degraded areas

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One World – No Hunger Initiative
Focus countries
BEN
MWL
SAM
ETH
JME
SOMGHA
KAM
KEN
MLI
TGO
KMB
NIG
IND
BUR
TUN
Food and nutrition security, enhanced resilience
Innovation Centres for the agriculture and food sector
Soil protection and rehabilitation for fod security
Global Programmes:

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2. Innovation Centres for the agriculture and food
sector
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Introduction
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Project objective: Innovations in the agri-food sector have improved
incomes of small farmers, employment and regional food supplies in
selected rural regions
Countries: Ethiopia, Benin, Burkina Faso, India, Mali, Malawi, Zambia,
Kenya, Cameroon, Tunisia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria
Target group: Small farm operations, small and medium-sized
enterprises
Funding: approx. EUR 81 million; increase in commission value for
2015 in preparation

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Exploitation of
synergies with
other DC
programmes
locally
Synergies with
the other global
programmes
(infrastructure
and human
resources in
partner
countries)
Involvement
of the
following
stakeholder
in Germany…
… and in
partner
countries
Project structure:

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Innovations
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Examples:
‘Innovation is understood to mean those
processes through which actors can change
established routines.’
Technical innovation: e.g. mechanisation, improved seed, fertilisers
and cold chains
New approaches to cooperation: creation of producer
cooperatives, specialised companies
New or improved services: extension work, basic and further
training, access to loans
Cooperation of research/practice: links to knowledge centres such
as research institutes or agricultural colleges

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Indicators

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As women usually have reduced access to production factors and education and
training, special consideration is given to their requirements, for example through
specific training and extension measures.

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Fielding of implementing structure (ongoing)

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GIZ and GFRAS have developed synergies by aligning and integrating a number of initiatives
and activities for the benefit of Rural Advisory Services (RAS):
Global Good Practices (GGP)
- Twenty notes
Extension Education and Training – GFRAS Consortium
- GFRAS self-directed learning kit on the New Extensionist
Policy Dialogue and Compendium
- East Africa Policy Dialogue scheduled for 16-18 June in Uganda
Information and Knowledge Management and ICT4RAS
- AFAAS knowledge management strategy
- Six ICT4RAS Global Good Practices and a position paper on social media in RAS
Capacity Strengthening of AFAAS, Sub-regional Networks, and Country-Fora
- Involving aspects such as event organisation, finance and accounting, and advocacy work
3. Cooperation between Innovation Centres and GFRAS, so far…..

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3. Outlook for future cooperation between Innovation Centres and
GFRAS …..
In May 2015 a strategic meeting was held in Germany to discuss extension of
cooperation.
The overall goal is to strengthen GFRAS, AFAAS and the African Country
Fora and work towards long-term impacts and sustainability of the activities
of the Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector
Programme beyond 2017.

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