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BecA-ILRI Hub: Building bioscience technology platforms for
Africa’s development
Ethel Makila World Bank Africa Agriculture Science Week World Bank Pre-Event July 16, 2013, Accra Ghana [email protected]
BecA-ILRI Hub core activities Capacity building
Research
Technologies platforms and research services
Product incubation and delivery
Networking and strategic partnership development
2002-2007 Establishment phase
2007-2012 Implementation phase
2013-2018 Innovation phase
Connecting CGIAR and CAADP agenda
African NARS priorities
CGIAR alignment to CAADP
CRPs regional engagements with SROs and NARS
AU/NEPAD African Biosciences Initiative (ABI)
Platforms at the Hub
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Mycology & Nutrition analysis
Diagnostics platform (soon)
Technologies at the Hub
African Swine Fever: diagnostics, surveillance, epidemiology and control (ASF) – pen side rapid diagnostics
FUNDING
Capacity and Action for Aflatoxin Reduction in Eastern Africa (CAAREA) - regional mycotoxin analytical platform & hand-held diagnostic tools
Technologies at the Hub
Molecular diagnostics of crops and livestock diseases Development, validation and technology transfer of lower-tech diagnostics tools
FUNDING
Tissue culture and plant transformation methods Tissue culture protocols being developed with a potential of scaling up
Contact for additional information
Ethel Makila
Communications Officer BecA-ILRI Hub
http://hub.africabiosciences.org
