Technologies for African Agricultural transformation (TAAT) Policy Support

1. Technologies for African Agricultural
Transformation (TAAT)
Saly| March 15, 2018
Policy Support

2. Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)
 Is one of flagship programs for implementing
the Feed Africa: Strategy for Agricultural
Transformation in Africa (2016 - 2025) of AfDB
 Targets 35 countries in Africa
 Overall goal is to accelerate agric.
transformation across Africa through raising
agric. Productivity
 Scale up ‘proven’ technologies

3. Average Yields in Africa vs. Best practices
Potential yield
(Tons/Ha)
Needed change in
yields (%)
Average yield
(Tons/Ha)
Crop
Rice 1.87
Cassava
Wheat
Source: Dalberg Analysis
Oil Palm
Maize
Soybean
10.79
2.54
3.98
1.93
1.19 2.20
4.69
22.5
4.40
24.0
3.23
85
143
465
73
122
73

4. FEED Africa will focus on Commodity Value Chains &
Agro-ecological Zones
Tree crops (inc.
cocoa, coffee,
cashew, and oil
palm), horticulture
and fish farming
across all of Africa
Cassava in humid and sub-humid zones
Maize, soybean,
livestock, and poultry
across the Guinea
Savannah
Agricultural commodity value chains and agro-ecological zones targeted by the Feed Africa
Wheat in North Africa
Sorghum, millet,
cowpea, and livestock
across the Sahel
Rice in West Africa
In particular, Feed
Africa will take a
commodity-
focused integrated
approach –
simultaneously
addressing multiple
bottlenecks across
entire prioritized
agricultural
commodity value
chains and within
related agro-
ecological zones

5. TAAT within agricultural commodity value chains

6. Value chains/Enablers
Value chains/Enabler Lead
Rice Africa Rice
Wheat ICARDA
Maize AATF
Sorghum/Millet ICRISAT
Cassava IITA
Small livestock ILRI
Aquaculture WordFish+
Orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) CIP
Beans CIAT
Fall Army Worm CIMMYT+
Fertility IFDC
Water IWMI
ENABLE IYA
Policy IFPRI
Capacity FARA

7. Technologies approved under TAAT by VC (E.g.,)
PIA Value chains Technologies approved
Wheat Wheat  High Yielding, Heat tolerant and Disease Resistant Wheat Varieties
 Mechanizing Irrigated Wheat Production Using the Raised-beds
 Accelerated Seed Multiplication & Delivery Systems
 Conservation Agriculture Low cost No-till Planter
Savanna Maize  Multi-stress Tolerant and Nutritious Maize Varieties (Drought-tolerant, QPM and pro-vitamin
A-enriched, nitrogen-use efficient, combining tolerance to drought and resistance to Striga
and Maize Lethal Necrosis [MLN])
 Aflasafe™ and Aflatoxin Management System
 Integrated Management of Striga in Maize
 Improved Soil and Soil Fertility Management Practices
 Rural Mechanization for Tillage, Irrigation, and Post-harvest Processing
 Storage/Post-harvest Technologies and Processing Nutritious Maize-based Foods
Savanna Soybean  Scaling out adoption and use of improved soybean varieties
 Integrated soil fertility management in soybean-based systems across the savanna
 NoduMax: a bio-fertilizer technology for biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) enhancement and
production in soybean
 Improved processing methods, food-to-food fortification, and product diversity
Sahel Poultry
(This is a shared
techn.with cass. VC)
 Chicken genetics: Low Input Chicken Production
 Vaccine Technology: Poultry Input and Service Delivery System
 Cassava Peel as High Quality Poultry Feed Ingredients
TAAT Framework_Negotiation, Abidjan, CI, Friday 8
Sept, 2017

8. MAIN TAAT POLICY SUPPORT
1. Typology, prioritization, and evaluation of technologies and investment
in priority value chains;
2. Policy design and analysis in priority value chains;
3. Country master plans and implementation roadmaps for the expansion
of small scale irrigation;
4. Long term trends in production, supply and demand of priority value
chains as well as related threats, opportunities, and adequate policy
responses;
5. Efficient VC networking: (i) business-to-business contracting, (ii) third
party certification services, (iii) financial intermediation, and (iv) post-
harvest loss reduction in target value chains;
6. Digital solutions to link farmers with other value chain actors in all
segments;
7. Design policy obstacles to increased competitiveness of domestic value
chains in regional markets.

9. SOME RESEARCH STILL…AND M&E
1.Will the program succeed in achieving the goals
described above?
2.Will the TAAT investments lead to more usage of
modern technology, higher agricultural output,
and ultimately improved welfare of farmers?
3.what would have happened to the welfare of
the stakeholders if there had not been TAAT?
4.Drafted a CN on some strategies for building in
such an evaluation into the implementation of
TAAT.

10. CURRENT STATUS
1.IITA ALREADY SIGNED AGREEMENT
WITH AfDB
2.IITA EXPECTED TO SIGN AGREEMENTS
WITH CG CENTERS BY END OF MARCH
3.EXPECTED STARTING PERIOD: APRIL

11. THANKS