International Conference on Integrated Systems

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IITA the leading
research partner in Africa
Repositioning IITA for Impact in Africa”
Humidtropics Conference
March 3-6, 2015, IITA, Ibadan

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 Raise over 11 million Africans out of poverty
 Redirect 7. 5 million ha of degraded lands to
sustainable use
Vision of success

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R4D model: Focus on R IITA comparative
advantage
 Impact at farm levels
 Quality of research
 Innovative partnerships
 Effective internal organization
Refreshed IITA’s Strategic Direction

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Impact Zones and Emerging
Partnerships
Production system platforms Collaborative platforms
 USAID Feed the
future/ACIAR/EU
 AGRA & BMGF& AfDB
 ASARECA/CORAF/
CARDESA
 FARA learning sites
 CRPs joint work

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Regional hubs
West Africa – Ibadan
Central Africa – Kinshasa
East Africa – Dar es Salaam
Southern Africa – Lusaka
113 scientists
15 countries
18 locations
Where we are: our hubs

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Project sites
April 2014
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20
30
40
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NRM Biotech &
Plant breeding
Social science
& Agribusiness
Plant
production &
plant health
140 projects
$135M total budget
1300 employees
230 IRStists

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Dr. Charity Mutegi work on Aflatoxins

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IITA in Dar, Tanzania built in 14 months
Eastern Africa Hub: Plant health issues

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Central Africa: NRM and REDD+
IITA KALAMBO
in DR CONGO

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Southern Africa, Lusaka: system diversification

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HQ & West Africa Hub
IITA BIP
Western Africa, Ibadan: Systems integration

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IITA – Abuja in 2011
IITA – Abuja in 2014
Rebuilding infrastructure

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cassava soybean yam
cowpea maize banana

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Nr CRP Lead by
1.1 Integrated production systems in dry areas ICARDA
1.2 Integrated systems for the humid tropics IITA
1.3 Aquatic agricultural systems WorldFish
2 Policies, institutions and markets (PIM) IFPRI
3.1 Wheat CIMMYT
3.2 Maize CIMMYT
3.3 GRiSP - A global rice science partnership IRRI
3.4 Roots, tubers and bananas (RTB) CIP
3.5 Grain legumes ICRISAT
3.6 Dryland cereals ICRISAT
3.7 Meat, milk and fish ILRI
4 Agriculture for nutrition and health (A4NH) IFPRI
5 Water, land and ecosystems (WLE) IWMI
6 Forests, trees and agroforestry CIFOR
7 Climate change, agriculture, food security (CCAFS) CIAT
+ Genebanks
CGIAR Research Program Portfolio

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IITA Lead HumidTropics

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Reaching the millions?
Best bet technologies
Partnership and Capacity Development
Research Delivery
Capacity
building
Scaling up, out, down? Missing links?

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Planned special initiatives
 The West Africa Regional Genomics and Biotechnology
Platform
 A Center for climate change and plant health
 The Pan African Platform for Soil Research
 The Youth Agribusiness Development Initiative
 The Business Incubation Platform

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Youth stampeding in Abuja
• A full stadium for 5000 jobs in immigration

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Multi-disciplinary team
• (History, Computer Science, Quantity Surveying)
Gender Balance
The IYA-Model

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Lessons learned
Mindset Change of youth about agriculture
 connect IYA to excellent source of technology
and knowledge
 counseling activities to motivate youth
AYI can be formalized as a pillar of IITA BIP

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#YADI
Conference
Youths Policy Makers
Government
Officials Private Sector NGOs
Enable youth by AfDB/IITA

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Mentorship and now cutting cross
theme in CGIAR SRF

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IITA Business Incubation Platform

25. TRADITIONAL R4D’S LIMITED
ACCESS TO MARKETIITA Target
Farmers
IITA BIP R&D MARKET ACCESS
ACCELERATOR
Food Companies
Global Traders
IITA BIP: Accelerating the Impact of IITA’s R4D
IITA Target
Consumers
GoSeed
Nodu
Max
IITA Research
Limited
positive
impact
IITA Target
Farmers
IITA Research Agri Start-ups
UN World Food
Program
New Markets For
Farmers
Export Markets
Export
Markets
Consumers
Major
positive
impact
IITA R&D
Breakthr
ough
IMPACT IMPACT
IITA BIP
Aflasafe
IITA R&D
Breakthr
ough

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Year Projected
Income in
Nov 2011
Income
Achieved
Revised
2011 47 47
2012 50 74
2013 56
96
2014 63 101 128
2015 69 120 135
2016 75 
2017 81 
2018 88 
2019 94 
2020 100 200
IITA growth target by 2020

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2011 CGIAR Reforms
Food security, Poverty, Natural Resources, Under-nutrition

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 Issues based vs Agroecosystems
 Sustainable system intensification
 Climate change
 Important entry point
 Explain Humitropics in simple term
 My mother, politician, primary school
 Donors e.g. BMGF etc…….
 Position Humidtropics for 2nd call CRPs
 Refer to the 4 IITA pillars
Simplifying and explaining Humitropics

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“It is time for the Humitropics‘’ -
The Journey has just started
Thank you!