20 September 2019. Nairobi, Kenya. World Agroforestry (ICRAF). The meeting on the future of agriculture in Somalia, was attended by donors EU, USAID, JICA, UN agency FAO, and CG centres CIFOR, ICRAF, CIAT, CIP, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI and IRRI with ICARDA and IFPRI interested and on remote.
1. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
icarda.org cgiar.org
A CGIAR Research Center
International Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Zewdie Bishaw
http://www.icarda.org/
2. ICARDA was established in 1977 with focus on non-tropical drylands
in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and Sub-Sahhran
Africa: headquartered in Syria but currently relocated in Lebanon
Global and regional mandates sharing responsibilities with sister CG
centers operating within CRP context:
1. Crop improvement
• Global: Barley, faba bean, lentil and grass pea
• Regional: Wheat with CIMMYT and Chickpea with ICRISAT
• Seed systems
2. Natural resource management: land and water
3. Livestock: Small ruminants, feed resources, rangelands
4. Socio-economics and policy: Targeting, diversification,
ICARDA- Research themes and locations
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3. ICARDA has three research programs
• Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program (BCIP):
Genetic resources, crop improvement, biotechnology, crop
protection, seed delivery systems
• Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Systems Program
(RALSP): System diversification & intensification
• Small ruminant (genomics, breeding, markets), feed
resources, rangelands
• Conservation agriculture, agronomy
• Targeting, value chains, adoption and impact, policy
• Water and Land Management and Ecosystems
Program (WLMEP): Water (supplementary irrigation,
water harvesting, watershed, raised bed technology) and
land management (fertility, salinity)
ICARDA- Research themes and locations
Distribute international nurseries to close to 150 cooperators in
over 50 countries and released 1107 improved crop varieties
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ICARDA- Research themes and locations
• Within its decentralization strategy it operates
via research platforms or thematic research
locations in certain geographic regions
• Morocco: Rainfed Drylands crop improvement program
(North Africa)
• Ethiopia: Integrated crop-livestock research platform
(SSARP)
• Egypt: Water and Land management (NVRP)
• India: Legumes (South Asia and China Regional Program)
• Country offices: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan
Sub-Saharan Africa and Nile Valley Regional Program
(Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan
and Tanzania with spillover to other SSA-West and
South Africa)
5. Credit agencies
Manufacturers
Input suppliers
NGOs
Farmers
Government policies, Informal institutions, practices, behaviors and attitudes
NARS
Extension
agencies
Education
and training
organizations
Farmers
Organization
Research
teams
Innovation Platform Approach
Local and
national
decision
makers
Service providers
ICARDA- Working in R4D Continuum
6. 1. Crop Improvement: Varietal releases
• Several cereal and legume varieties released in collaboration with NARS
• Rust resistant wheats & lentils
• High yielding and better malt quality barley
• Orobanche and water logging tolerant faba bean
• Ascochyta resistance and large seeded Kabuli chickpea
ICARDA- Achievements
Crop Varietal Releases Total
Ethiopia Sudan Others
Food barley 10 (4) - - 10
Malt barley 11 (2) - 2 13
Bread wheat 15 (3) 9 5 29
Durum wheat 7 4 - 11
Faba bean 17 (2) 11 - 28
Kabuli chickpea 10 (2) 10 - 20
Lentil 13 (2) 3 - 16
Grass pea 1 - - 1
Total 84 (15) 37 7 128
Somalia recently received international nurseries for evaluation
under national conditions
7. Identifying high
yielding rust
resistant varieties
Fast track
testing and
release
Popularization
/demonstration
Accelerated
seed
multiplication
Scaling-out of
technologies
Strengthening
partners
capacity
Adoption and
impact study
Farmers
2a) Scaling out improved wheat technologies
51,258 farmers
attended field days
10613 lines tested and
2485 lines (23%) retained
16 wheat varieties
released in
Ethiopia
• ~50 AGP districts in
Ethiopia
• Spill-over (recycled seed)
55,813 MT produced and
1,414,087 hhs benefitted
• EGS: 6426 MT/Year
• CS: 23138 MT (42%)/year
• QDS: 1440 MT FSPA
• QDS: 16,560 MT by farmers
(100,751 hhs)
• 2077 SMS, DAs and
researchers (TOT)
• Key equipment and
facilities for NARS
and farmers
• Adoption: 63% of farmers on 69%
of area
• Productivity: 351-455 kg/ha
• HHs income: US$ 50-200/ha
• HHs food security: increased
SSARP- Achievements…
8. HHs
characterization
adoption and
impact analysis
Popularization and
demonstration
(Varieties & ICM)
Accelerated seed
multiplication
(EGS, CS and
QDS)
Bio-fertilizers
multiplication and
distribution
Strengthening
capacity of
partners and
stakeholders
GIS variety
suitability
mapping
2b) Scaling-out barley and legume technologies
Baseline data generated from
3352 HHS in 14 districts
Demonstrations: 884 plots
Field day attendance:
• Farmers= 19,189 (19%ffs)
• Technical staff= 4565 (16%ffs)
• EGS= 1701 t by NARS
• CS/QDS= 4576 t by SPCs
• Area = 40,115 ha
• Farmers= 206,945 (11%?)
• Faba bean = 22,543 packs
• Chickpea = 11,392 packs
• Farmers = 21,097 (11% ffs)
Training
• Farmers: 11,107 (15% ffs)
• Technical staff: 2225 (18%
ffs)
Equipment and infrastructure
• 40 threshers (ARCs & SPCs)
• 4 vehicles (NARS)
• Irrigation facilities, breeding
cages
• Varietal suitability for
malt barley, faba bean
and chickpea
• Data layers identified,
geospatial data compiled,
environmental
requirements completed
SSARP- Achievements …
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3. Capacity Development
• Post-graduate students trained (MSc and PhD)
• Short- and long-term courses on various themes
ICARDA- Achievements…
Type of courses 1977-2009 2010-2017 Total
Post-graduate (MSc) 19 10 29
Post-graduate (PhD) 19 19
Long-term individual courses 104 1 105
Short-term group courses 599 687 1286
NARS staff from Somalia participated in several ICARDA courses
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New ICARDA Strategy 2017-2026
Science-based solutions for thriving and resilient drylands.
Thriving and resilient livelihoods in dry areas of the developing world with
robust incomes, secure access to food, markets, nutrition and health, and the
capacity to manage natural resources in equitable, sustainable, innovative ways.
Our Mission
To reduce poverty, food and nutritional insecurity and environmental
degradation in the face of climate change.
We will seek:
• innovative science-based solutions for improving the livelihoods and resilience
of the resource-poor in non-tropical drylands in order to reduce poverty,
enhance food, nutrition, and water security, through the sustainable
management of natural resources in the face of climate change.
• cutting-edge science, strategic partnerships and capacity development for
inclusive and equitable growth.
Our Vision
Built on past achievements and focus on emerging challenges
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• Unique collections of genetic resources (wheat, barley,
lentil, chickpea, faba bean, grass pea and forages) and
rhizobia
• Improved germplasm to meet farmer and market needs,
with resistance to biotic & abiotic stresses and with
quality & nutritional attributes
• Seed delivery systems for scaling out technologies in
partnership with development partners
• Small ruminant genetics, expertise in community breeding,
marketing
• Water harvesting and on-farm water management
• Farming with alternative pollinators (FAP)
• Capacity development
• Socioeconomics and policy
Leveraging ICARDA Strengths and Comparative AdvantageScience Strengths
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12. SDGs
CGIAR
SLOsOURRESEARCH
5
SRATEGIC
RESEARCH
OUTCOMES
(SRO)
4
CROSS-
CUTTING
OUTCOMES
(CCO)
SRP2. Improved
and resilient
crops for greater
food security in
face of climate
change and
market
volatilities.
SRP3.
Develop
integrated
drylands farming
systems for
improved and
resilient
livelihoods.
SRP5: Support
sustainable use
and management
of water and land
resources in
drylands.
SRP1.
Collect, Conserve
and use
agricultural
biodiversity in
drylands in order to
meet future climate
and market related
challenges.
REDUCED
POVERTY
FOOD &
NUTRITION
SECURITY
SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT
OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Climate Change
Adaptation & Mitigation Gender Equity & Youth Big Data & ICT
Taking Research to Scale – Partnerships for Impact
SRP4.
Support the
establishment of
functional value
chains and viable off-
farm activities for
diversified incomes
and improved
livelihoods in drylands.
Capacity Development
Hinweis der Redaktion
MAIN MESSAGE: ICARDA HAS A DECENTRALIZED RESEARCH DELIVERY SYSTEM THE RESULT: MORE EFFICIENCY, IMPROVED DELIVERY OF SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS, AND ENHANCED RELEVANCE AND PROXIMITY TO PARTNER COUNTRIES.
THE CENTER IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING THE ADVANTAGES OF ITS NEW DECENTRALIZED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: CLOSER PROXIMITY TO PARTNER COUNTRIES AND FARMERS, GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES, AND THE IMPROVED DELIVERY OF NEW INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES. FROM A SITUATION OF ADVERSITY, THE CENTER HAS EMBRACED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND RELEVANT.
MAIN MESSAGE: ICARDA HAS LAUNCHED ITS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN 2017-2026. THE STRATEGY OUTLINES OUR RESEARCH & ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH FOR ACTION TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF THRIVING & RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE DRY AREAS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD. IT LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR BUILDING ON FORTY YEARS OF PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, LESSONS LEARNED AND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND INVESTMENTS AT REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS. MAIN MESSAGE: OUR STRATEGIC MISSION IS TO REDUCE POVERTY, FOOD, WATER AND NUTRITIONAL INSECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE THOUGH CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS&CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT. Strategy is aligned with national development priorities of the countries we work in, the wider Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda for 2030 and the SRF 2016-2030 of the CGIAR system and climate agreements. This new Strategic Plan ensures that the research ICARDA undertakes and the knowledge it generates continues to be demand-driven, relevant and addresses the challenges of smallholder farmers, particularly women and youth. We recognize that innovation, adaptation and resilience are key to the future of the organization, just as they are to the future of people in the non-tropical dry areas. The ideas we have are bold and ambitious, and we strongly believe that, underpinned by sufficient resources, they will allow us to achieve the results our partners & stakeholders need & deserve. Cutting-edge, relevant scientific research will spur agricultural transformation and forge a brighter future for millions of women, men and young people.
MAIN MESSAGE: THE NEW STRATEGY LEVERAGES ICARDA’S STRENGTHS AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES– SOME OF WHICH ARE UNIQUE TO ICARDA.
MAIN MESSAGE: OUR STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE SDGS AND ARE FULLY ALIGNED WITH CGIAR’s SRF: REDUCED POVERTY, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. 5 STRATEGIC RESEARCH OUTCOMES AND 4 CROSS-CUTTING OUTCOMES – FOCUSING ON PARTNERSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE RESEARCH TO SCALE. Support resilient and profitable smallholder farming systems that are climate protected in hotter and dryer climates – a 4 Degree World. Address the yield gaps through improved agronomic practices;
Support demand proven value chains in the mandated crops and livestock and move to higher value products. Generate new & better job opportunities for youth &women in agricultural service sectors and functional value chains & markets &empower them through capacity building and Improve on-farm water productivity in irrigated & rainfed production systems; tap into new water.