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CHRISTIAN HOSTE DIRECTOR

agri natura Wim Andriesse (Wageningen UR, The Netherlands) Tim Chancellor (Natural Resources Institute, UK) CORAF West and Central African Agricultural Science Week. CHRISTIAN HOSTE DIRECTOR. agri natura: 35 European knowledge institutions working together on

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CHRISTIAN HOSTE DIRECTOR

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  1. agrinaturaWim Andriesse (Wageningen UR, The Netherlands)Tim Chancellor (Natural Resources Institute, UK)CORAF West and Central African Agricultural Science Week

  2. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR agrinatura: 35 European knowledge institutions working together on agricultural research for development: A pool of over 2000 research scientists and specialists in (higher) education

  3. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR Created in June 2009 through the merger of and

  4. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR Natura Association of European universities dealing with agricultural research and education for development (28 universities in 18 countries) Ecart European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the Tropics (7 research institutions in 6 countries)

  5. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR Objectives: Advocating policy for agricultural research and education for development Developing and strengthening strategic north-south alliances and partnerships Organising, facilitating and implementing joint programmes and projects Contributing to MDG’s, MDG 1 (poverty), MDG 7 (environmental sustainability) and MDG 8 (partnerships for development)

  6. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR Organisation: Members/General Assembly Agrinatura Director Agrinatura Management Unit/Secretariat Agrinatura Advisers Website: www.agrinatura.eu

  7. CHRISTIAN HOSTEDIRECTOR Some examples of our activities: Strategy paper on the use of biotechnologies in developing countries (EU/DG Dev; CORAF) ESFIM Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets (IFAD, IFAP, AGRICORD) Accessible systems to manage risks in family agriculture in Africa (EU/DG Dev FSTP) Strengthening capacity of African universities for quality graduate training (Erasmus Mundus, Edulink; RUFORUM) PAEPARD Platform for African-European Partnerships in ARD

  8. The Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD)Objective:To build joint African-European multi-stakeholder partnerships in agricultural research for development

  9. Partner organizations in PAEPARD

  10. African participation in EC 6th Framework programme • Low ARD capacity in Africa • Density of researchers per population (65x lower in the South than in the North) • Stagnation in the past two decades

  11. Participation of African organizations in FP6 INCO projects Small number of projects and uneven geographical distribution

  12. FP7 2008/09

  13. PAEPARD activities • Identify key stakeholders and priority research areas • Develop information and communication systems • Strengthen capacities of selected organizations to build effective ARD partnerships and conduct high quality research • Lobby for more resources to be allocated to agriculture and ARD

  14. Expected results Improved mobilization and coordination of European and African ARD (research & non–research) stakeholders Enhanced access to information and better knowledge sharing Stronger multi-stakeholder partnerships for agricultural innovation Greater coherence of EC research programmes with MDGs and areas of mutual EC-Africa interest

  15. Expected results Improved mobilization and coordination of European and African ARD (research & non–research) stakeholders Enhanced access to information and better knowledge sharing Stronger multi-stakeholder partnerships for agricultural innovation Greater coherence of EC research programmes with MDGs and areas of mutual EC-Africa interest

  16. PAEPARD Coordinators:Jonas Mugabe (FARA)Francois Stepman (EFARD/Agrinatura)

  17. Web site http://paepard.blogspot.com/

  18. Thank you for your attention and remember: www.agrinatura.eu

  19. PAEPARD(to be elaborated here)

  20. Thank you for your attention

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