1 / 18

Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in West Africa through Capacity Building at NCoS

The National Center of Specialization (NCoS) for Dryland Cereals and associated crops in West Africa focuses on generating and disseminating improved agricultural technologies to enhance productivity in Senegal and 13 other countries. With a dedicated team of researchers and lecturers, the NCoS aims to develop research projects, build strong partnerships, and establish a governance structure for sustainable growth. Capacity building initiatives supported by various programs have led to significant advancements in the field of agriculture, with a focus on entomology, genetics, soil fertility, and more.

ccontreras
Download Presentation

Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in West Africa through Capacity Building at NCoS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Capacity Building at the National Center of Specialization (NCoS) for DrylandCereals and associatedcrops

  2. West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program • Flagship program and a regional model of cooperation in WA • 13 countries involved • Generate and disseminateimproved technologies

  3. NCoS Composition Coordinating agency: ISRA CORAF Lead: CERAAS ENSA ITA SNRASP BAME CNRA

  4. Research Team 83 researchers and lecturers: 53 PhD and 30 Master CERAAS, 8 PhD and 4 Master CNRA of Bambey, 12 PhD and 5 Master BAME, 8 PhD and 3 Master ITA, 7 PhD and 8 Master ENSA, 18 PhD and 10 Master No NCoSScientists participating in projects 71 researchers and extension agents 11 lecturers from Universities (UCAD, UASZ) 43 researchers from National and international institutions

  5. Mandate and Objectives Mandate Develop technologies and knowledge for improving the agricultural productivity of dryland cereals and associated crops value chains in Senegal and West Africa Objectives for reaching a Regional Center of Excellence Generate technologies that allow 15% increase of agriculture productivity Build strong research teams Develop research projects ISO certification of the component labs (CERAAS, ITA, CNRA) Capacity development of researchers and students Build strong partnerships witth CGIAR and ARIs Regional research planning Set up a functional governance

  6. 31 Projects Supported • Entomology • Agro-climatology • Crop modeling • Soil fertility • Physiology • Genetic diversity • Genetics and breeding • Economics

  7. Capacity building: WAAPP support • PHD and Masters • Up to 250 nationals • ISRA, ITA staff and students • SN universities, WACCI, Montpellier SupAgro, Gembloux, UCR, U. Londrina (Brazil), • WAAPP-Togo • PHD (breeding), Master (Seed technology)

  8. Capacity building: DAAD support Regionallevel: Since 2002 Currently 12 PHD, 17 Masters 29 PhD, 57 Master from12 African countries

  9. Short Term regional training • Genetic diversity, Breeding, Molecular markers • DC CRP, IRD, CIRAD • 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 • Genome sequencing • 2017 • IRD, CIRAD • Physiology, crop modeling • 2012, 2017; CIRAD

  10. Short term visit • Mali (1), Benin (2), Togo(1)Cameroun (1), Burkina Faso (3), Ivory Cost (2) • Scientists and students • Generate molecular data

  11. Partnerships with CGIAR and ARIs Partnership with ICRISAT Physiological basis of crop responses to drought PhD student Nouhoun Belko (18 months), Halimé Huissein (12 months) Training of Scientists Bassirou Sine (6 months), Marème Niang Belko (6 months), Hodo-Abalo Tossim (3 months) Molecular breeding

  12. Feed the Future Initiative Molecular genetics at KSU, UCR

  13. NCoS :Partnership with CGIAR and ARIs MoU with OCRI – CAAS.: 2 DAAD PhD (Benin, Comores island) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

  14. Hub of IBP for CORAF Training sessions of breeders in Burkina, Niger, Mali, Ghana, Senegaletc.

  15. IAVAO: Breeding network

  16. IAVAO Capacity Building • Short terms during annual meetings • High throughput phenotyping (drought, grain quality), breeding approaches. • Breeders network: • Workshop 6-9 March • Evaluate breeding and advanced populations • Oncology, IP and exchange, BMS, experimental design • 35 participants, breeders (sorghum, millet, cowpea, peanut, fonio, sesame) • NARS, Seed producers, SMIL, Danforth center, CIRAD, CGs?

  17. ISO Certification of labs

  18. Thankyou for your attention

More Related