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Stephen MuchiriEastern Africa
Farmers Federation
The specific objective is “Enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe on agricultural research for development with the aim of attaining the MDGs”. ....aims to move from the currently largely supply-driven approach in ARD towards a demand-driven approach.
Mobilization of African stakeholders ID of federating themes – food security &
market access – Livestock value chain Undertook case studies – livestock(one
cow project in Rwanda) and rice (in Burundi)
Formation of consortia Multi-stakeholder consultations Formulation of research questions
Development of EAFF LIVESTOCK STRATEGY Resilience Competitiveness
Advocacy conducted to devpt partners - EC Developed two proposals with livestock
consortia focusing on the two approaches ALICE conference – explain Formation of PACA (Partnership on Aflatoxin
control in Africa under AUC auspices) explain..
Maintaining momentum/ interest & commitment within the consortia...
ULP ‘new’ to many researchers...general acceptability??
Fund raising challenge to support the proposals
Capacity constrains (heterogeneity) among actors; limited soft skills
Access to current information/ dynamism of info/ information flow
Demand driven approach – response driven
Ownership by users & researchers More opportunities of support due to
size & dynamism of consortia Synergy among actors; ...entire VC
approach/ back & forth communication flow – rich info & experience by actors
Need to develop a Knowledge sharing platform
Continuous Capacity strengthening –process
facilitation; proposal dev & project mgt;
Full project proposal development
Advocacy for funding support – dutch
support/ asareca co-funding; others
Lessons/ experience sharing documentation
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