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African Women in Science and Innovation and Agenda 2063: The Africa we Want
1. African Women in
Science and Innovation
and Agenda 2063: The
Africa we Want
Judith Francis, CTA,
The Netherlands
2. WHAT IS CTA?
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
• Joint institution of the European Union and African,
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States
• Founded in 1984
• Funded by EU under the European Development Fund
• Focus is on agricultural and rural development
• Over 35 years experience in
• serving the ACP community: Working with
policymakers e.g. AUC and NEPAD as well as
national governments, universities and related
networks e.g. Mekelle & RUFORUM, research
organizations and platforms e.g. FARA &
ASARECA, farmers’ organizations, extension
agencies
• strengthening EU-ACP partnerships e.g. with the
EC and European universities and other
organizations e.g. Wageningen University and
Research and CIRAD.
3. CTA’S VISION OF AGRICULTURE
Vibrant Modern Sustainable
Inclusive Creating value
and jobs
Producing
nutritious,
healthy food
7. AUC Agenda 2063 – The Africa
we want: Seven Aspirations
Photo credit: CIFOR
Prosperity
(inclusive
growth and
sustainable
Integrated
continent
Good
governance
Peaceful and
secure
Strong cultural
Identity
People driven -
African potential
especially
women & youth
Africa as strong, united, resilient and influential
8. 12 Priority
Areas
Agriculture
value addition
& agro
business
development
Gender /
women
development &
youth
empowerment
Employment
generation
(youth and
women)
Science,
technology and
innovation
18. “I created a mobile
wallet for
smallholder farmers
– I would have
enjoyed using that
as a young boy!”
GERALD OTIM,
ENSIBUUKO
GO BEYOND THE LAB: SCALE UP
20. We need to focus on
the goal(s), support
each other, work and
grow together, mentor
the youth and partner
with key stakeholders
including our male
colleagues
21. We need to make a
difference in
peoples lives.
Unleash the power
of science &
innovation
22. This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The
contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CTA and can under no circumstances
be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
Images and rights have been purchased from the stock library Alamy.
Thank you
CTA operates under the
framework of the Cotonou
Agreement and is funded
by the EU.
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The
contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CTA and can under no circumstances
be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
Images and rights have been purchased from the stock library Alamy.
Hinweis der Redaktion
CTA’s vision is of smallholder agriculture as a vibrant, modern and sustainable business that creates value for farmers, entrepreneurs, youth and women, and produces affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all
CTA’s primary focus is on:
SDG 2 – Zero hunger
200 million chronically undernourished
40% children stunted in SSA
BUT
1.9 billion overweight or obese
1 in 12 adults has type 2 diabetes
But also strong emphases on:
SDG 1 – No poverty – and SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth
Prospects for the food market:
2030 Outlook: Agriculture and agri-business are projected to become a multi trillion dollar business in Africa - estimated to be between 1 & 3 trillion depending on source.
African urban food markets are set to increase 4X to exceed US$400 billion (World Bank Projections). Significant rise in demand for processed foods and market-related logistics. Transformation of the food markets offers immense opportunities
Create jobs
12 million young people enter the labour market annually in Africa
Ageing farmers – average age of farmers in the ACP is 55-60 years
= Opportunities for youth and women
Role of private sector
Role MSMEs in adding value, creating jobs
Capturing more value in local and export markets
Local enterprises create jobs and wealth
SDG 5 – Gender equality
Women provide over 50% of agricultural labour in SSA
If women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20–30% (FAO)
This could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 12–17%, or by 150 million people
SDG 12 – Responsible consumption and production – and SDG 15 – Life on land
Raise productivity of land and labour
No increase in agricultural labour productivity in SSA since 1960s
Sustainable intensification
Increased production, income, nutrition or other returns from the same amount of, or less, land and water;
With efficient and prudent use of inputs, minimising greenhouse gas emissions;
While increasing natural capital and the flow of environmental services, strengthening resilience and reducing environmental impact;
Through innovative technologies and processes
SDG 13 – Climate action
Combat climate change
Temperature records falling month after month – February 2016 was 1.35°C warmer than average for the month, up from 1.15°C in January, the previous record
Smallholder farmers particularly vulnerable because of lack of resilience and safety nets
Climate change will reduce agricultural production: 30% decline in maize and 60% in bean areas in SSA by 2100
SDG 14 – Life below water
Sustainability of fisheries
In Africa, yields of maize are projected to fall nearly 30% by 2030 due to climate change
In the Caribbean and the Pacific, ocean warming and acidification will damage coral reefs and reduce marine fish catches
But agriculture accounts for nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions
Post harvest losses up to 40% in ACP
Undernutrition and overnutrition (obesity) in the same households
Average age of farmers in the ACP 55 to 60 years old; Young people see no future in agriculture
Urbanisation: 2/3 of world population living in cities by 2050
Consuming more meat and milk
Degradation of soils, water and biodiversity
Support for entrepreneurship and for women and youth runs through all of our actions.
Agribusiness is the central organising theme of CTA’s work. If there is no clear business case for an intervention – whether it is a farmer adopting a climate-smart agricultural practice or growing a more nutritious crop – it will fail.
Focus is on development of profitable smallholder value chains
Work on policy and regulatory frameworks focuses on creating enabling environment for value chains
End-to-end agribusiness approach with strong consumer orientation. ‘The customer is king’ (or queen).
‘From farm to fork’ becomes ‘From fork to farm’ – focus on building demand for value-added products and then linking farmers to these markets. Demand pull, not supply push.
Promotion and increasing value added and marketing of local products, e.g. Post-harvest, packing an labelling
Helping farmers overcome barriers to access markets through PPPs ...to develop profitable and sustainable value chains
Enhancing access to finance and seed funding for women and youth entrepreneurs
Improving the supply of business development services and information through online platforms
Building evidence for climate resilient and nutrition sensitive value chains, through climate smart agriculture and landscapes
CTA is helping create opportunities for young people like Joanna Waterman from Barbados in the agricultural sector.
Joanna is one of a new breed of farmers boosting local production of crops and livestock to meet local demand, including in the tourism sector.
She has been working with local chefs in Barbados
She is now supplying restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and the general public with a range of products, including zucchini, cabbage and watermelon, eggs and lamb.
WIBDI Farm to Table initiative
Linking producers to restaurants
183 villages, 800 farmers, organic production
Helping producers manage their farms and their business
Helping restaurateurs plan their menus and healthy, nutritious dishes
Local produce in tourist restaurants – healthy, nutritious food
New markets, reliable income
Simple storage boosts income by €5 per sack
Post-harvest losses reduced, quality increased
Secured loans invested in seeds, inputs and innovation
Agribusiness TV is a youth project supported by CTA.
Its mission is “to show that we can innovate in the agricultural sector … that we can live a good life”
Producing short videos designed to be viewed on mobile phones.
Showing, rather than telling.
Sharing via Facebook, or Bluetooth where connection is poor.
Videos on improved production techniques, value-adding techniques and opportunities, green jobs, nutrition and more.
Examples:
How Sanoussi from Mali returned to his country after spending many years abroad to launch a successful dairy farm
How in Burkina Faso a young female entrepreneur transforms moringa leaves into tea as a business
How Romeo, from Côte d’Ivoire, uses earthworms to produce eco-friendly fertilisers from cocoa residues
How to use crowdfunding to raise capital for a business.
More than 2 million views by the end of 2016.
Winner of two awards at the 2016 Africa Web Festival, including Best Start-up, and nominated for an award under “Media and Video Innovation” at the 2017 Africa Digital Communication event.
CTA-sponsored AgriHack Talent project has been encouraging young people to apply their ICT knowledge to agricultural problems since 2013. Several winners of AgriHack hackthons have gone on to develop promising businesses, such as FarmDrive and Ensibuuko, which I will talk about later.
Building on this experience, in 2016 CTA launched Pitch AgriHack, a new venture to support start-ups already offering services for farmers to take their business to scale.
Partners in the first Pitch AgriHack included the African Development Bank, ProHaus Group (a venture capital from USA) and the African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN).
Sooretul, from Senegal, was one of the winners of the first Pitch AgriHack.
Founded by Awa Caba, a young woman, the business has been helping rural women’s cooperatives in Senegal to sell their processed foods online.
Sooretul will receive a grant prize of €15,000 and other benefits. This will allow the Sooretul to scale up its business by engaging new women’s cooperatives and by establishing business channels with customers from the Senegalese diaspora, particularly in France.
Thanks to CTA’s intervention, Awa Caba attended the Salon International de l’Agriculture in Paris, organised by the French Ministry of Agriculture, and will have a range of business meetings that will help her grow the business and better serve rural women’s cooperatives.
MUIIS project (Market-led, User-owned, ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS)) builds on experience from the Gezira project.
Using mobile phones to deliver weather alerts, agronomic advice and financial services, including index-based drought insurance.
Focus on maize, soya bean and sesame.
Over 80,000 farmers trained on the service within 15 months of inception
33,000 farmers profiled by February 2017 – subscription to the service started in March 2017.
Target is 350,000 farmers to be reached (trained and receiving/using the service).
All women farmers contacted are eager to sign up to the project, compared with only 30% of male farmers contacted.
CTA’s knowledge-sharing programme has changed the lives of innumerable small-scale farmers across the ACP.
In 2016 alone, more than 1.2 million copies of CTA publications were downloaded from the Centre’s website.
“We found many small business ideas through the publication.” – Farmer, Tanzania, speaking about a publication on Urban Agriculture.
“The experience [presented in the book] has enabled me to apply the methodology in context of my environment.” – Ethiopian farmer, speaking about Cassava In The Third Millennium: Modern Production, Processing, Use and Marketing Systems
“This book gave clear insight into how to develop an inclusive value chain for our farmers and it worked well during the pilot phase. We will recommend this book for academic and non academic individuals and groups.” – Development agent, Nigeria, speaking about Including Small-scale Farmers In Profitable Value Chains
ICT-enabled finance
Ensibuuko
Winner of CTA AgriHack Innovation Challenge in East Africa
Mobile Banking and Information System (MOBIS)
Supporting savings and credit cooperatives
Helps farmers handle savings, make or take out loans and put unproductive land into use
30,000 farmers in 5 SACCOs in northern Uganda
Aiming for 500 SACCOs and 3 million farmers
Latest news: Canadian investor has promised US$500,000 investment in the company
CTA’s approach
Capitalisation of knowledge and experience, ensuring empowerment
Focus on supporting extension and advisory services and scale-up of innovations
Making optimal use of ICTs and the development of social and professional networks