Lessons learned from AGRA and other Rockefeller Foundation Initiatives Gary Toenniessen The Rockefeller Foundation Mission - To increase the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Africa’s small scale farmers AGRA’s Value Chain Approach Land Input Farm Processing Distribution Retailing Consumption Preparation Supply Production & Trading Seed ‏ Market Access Program Systems ‏ Soil Health ‏ Policy & Partnerships – to create an enabling environment ‏ 3 AGRA’s Strategic Focus -- Food staples Maize, • Greatest impact on food security Category Purpose • Real opportunities for gains cassava, sorghum, rice, etc. Input and output markets • Creates incentives for farmers Domestic and regional • Largest and surest markets Breadbasket regions • Highest productivity potential • Integration most feasible Within target countries • Governments Building partnerships • Donors Public and private • Private sector Strong M&E • To learn and make corrections Baselines, outcomes, • Attract donors impacts 4 AGRA Target Countries Priority 1 Tunisia Morocco Regional Market Hubs Algeria Libya Egypt Priority 2 Mauritania Mali Niger Sudan Senegal Eritrea Burkina Chad Gambia Faso Djibouti Guinea Bissau Central African Guinea Nigeria Republic Ethiopia Somalia Sierra Ivory Priority 1 Leone Coast Liberia Cameroon Benin Uganda Tanzania Ghana Equatorial DRC Kenya Rwanda Togo Gabon Guinea Burundi Ghana Congo Tanzania Mozambique Malawi Mozambique Angola Mali Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia Botswana Swaziland Lesotho South Africa 5 AGRA’s Program on Africa’s Seed Systems The Improved Seed Value Chain Training Breeding Building Training crop new seed agro-dealers breeders varieties enterprises for seed delivery 6 Benefits of Improved, Adapted Seed: A sorghum revolution in Mali Left, local land race variety. Right, new, hybrid sorghum variety Djalakoroba, Mali October, 2009. 7 Building Input Markets: Agro-dealers 8 Seed & Fertilizer Sales by over 9,000 AGRA Trained Agro-Dealers 235,943 250,000 200,000 150,000 T M 100,000 53,223 46,633 28,926 50,000 0 2008 Oct. 2009 Qty seed sales Qty fertilizer sales 9 Better Seeds Need Better Soils Farmer-Level Maize Yields: Panel Survey in Kenya, 1997-2007 1935 2000 1800 )1600 1271 a 1215 H 1400 / g 1200 K 838 ( 1000 d l e 800 i Y 600 n i a 400 r G 200 0 Local Variety, Local Variety Hybrid Hybrid No Fertilizer Plus Variety, No Variety Plus Fertilizer Fertilizer Fertilizer 10