Contributions

FP4.7 Partnerships

In addition to CGIAR Centers for crop improvement (ICRISAT, IITA, ICARDA, Bioversity) and core partners (CIRAD, IRD, CSIRO, each CoA will develop strategic partnerships with stakeholders drawn from local NARES to global centers of knowledge and innovation in the south (South Africa, South America, Australia and Asia) or the north (Europe, USA and Canada). The key partner categories to be engaged directly or indirectly include: (i) Technology generation partners such as WACCI based in Ghana, ARC (Sudan), CIRAD (France), DARS, Malawi, TARI (Tanzania), EIAR (Ethiopia), IAR (Nigeria), ICAR (India), IER (Mali), INRAN (Niger), ISRA/CERAAS (Senegal), IIAM (Mozambique), KALRO (Kenya), USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs, NARO (Uganda), ZARI-Zambia and World Vegetable Center; (ii) Technology delivery/development Institutions such as AGRA, CRS, FAO and others; and (iii) Policy institutions such as African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD); Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA); Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Africa Seed Trade Association and their national chapters and members of Seed Trader Associations in South Asia and the FAO. These partnerships will be used to broker new partnerships, resource mobilization, policy development and/or sharing facilities. By focusing on outcomes as well as outputs, FP4 stands a high chance of attracting support from many partners including policy organs and communities.