Facilitating Access and Delivery of Proprietary technologies for smallholder farmers in Africa - progress by AATF and challenges

1. AATF Facilitating Access and Delivery of Proprietary technologies for smallholder farmers in Africa Dr. Jacob Mignouna Acting Executive Director , AATF April 2011

6. Vision - Prosperous farmers and a food secure Africa Mission - Access and deliver proprietary agricultural technologies for sustainable use by smallholder farmers in SSA AATF Vision & Mission

12. HOW AATF CONDUCTS BUSINESS

16. 15. Exit Strategy AATF Project Ladder Phase 0 Business Plan Preparation Product Deployment Product Development 0. Problem-Solution Intelligence Gathering 14. Wide Scale Product Deployment 13. Planning Deployment Expansion 11. Pilot Product Deployment 12. Impact Assessment 10. Baseline Study 3. Scientific/Technical/Legal Review 4. Feasibility Assessment 5. Project Business Plan Development 6. Board Recommendation 7. Product Development 8. Risk Management Strategy Development 9. Communication Strategy Development 1. Product Idea Identification 2. Product Concept Note Development Product Ideas Go/No Go Decision Go/No Go Decision Go/No Go Decision

17. Product Development and Deployment Agricultural Innovation Platform Product Development and Deployment Proof of Concept Deployment Product Devt. II Product Devt. I Efficacy testing Elite event selection Agronomic trials Protocol optimization Event generation Molecular characterization Trait integration Variety development Field production Market access Seed production Seed Sales Enabling Functions R&D Management and Coordination Product Profiling and Impact Assessment Communication and Issue Management Regulatory Science and Management of Regulatory Affairs IP Management, Licensing and Technology Stewardship

18. Strategic Positioning

19. AATF Technology Licensors How AATF Operates Funding Agencies License Technology/Know-how Support in Kind 1 2 3 4 Contracts Research Institute Research Institute Production & Distribution Company NGO/Private Stockists Partners Basic/Strategic/ Adaptive Research Regulatory Approvals Production & Distribution Demonstration & Market Development Farmers Activities Sub-license

22. AATF PROJECTS

24. Photo courtesy of CIMMYT Twin technology: herbicide resistance and seed coating with herbicide Product: Seed of herbicide-resistant maize coated with an herbicide for control of Striga

26. Developing high quality Maruca -resistant cowpea varieties Constraint: Maruca Pod Borer Product: Maruca-Resistant Cowpea Figure 7. Pod damage by M. vitrata

28. IP Provider AATF Gene Introgression Transfor- mation Seed Multiplication and Distribution Licensing Negotiations Regulatory Compliance Field testing Consumer acceptance Seed distribution systems Insect resistance management Product stewardship PPPs in the Maruca-resistant Cowpea Project NGICA Monsanto CSIRO-Australia IITA NARS NGOs, Seed Co., CBO Kirkhouse Trust F F F F F F

31. Resistance to Banana Bacterial Wilt for East African Highland Bananas Constraint: banana bacterial wilt (BBW) disease caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum ( Xcm )

32. Development of a BBW-Resistant Banana IP Provider AATF Lab/Field Testing F F F F F F Transfor- mation Propagule Multiplication and Distribution Regulatory Compliance Consumer acceptance Propagule distribution systems Product stewardship IITA Academia Sinica IITA, NARO IITA IRAZ NARS NGOs, Seed Co., CBO Licensing Negotiations

33. Improving Rice Productivity in Saline Environments of Sub-Saharan Africa Constraint: Low productivity of upland rice under low soil nitrogen and irrigated rice constrained by saline environments

37. Drought Stress in Maize, Kenya Source: James Gethi, 2009

42. FONDATION AFRICAINE POUR LES TECHNOLOGIES AGRICOLES