Presentation made at the Second Conference of the IAALD Africa Chapter on the theme "Towards Opening Access to Information & Knowledge in the Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Africa" held at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 15th - 17th July 2009.

1. VIDEO AND RADIO PROGRAMS Strengthening and creating private public partnership in agriculture Jonas Wanvoeke Africa Rice Center (WARDA) 2 nd Conference IAALD Africa Chapter Accra, 15 th -17 th July 2009 Ghana

3. 1. Presentation of WARDA Autonomous and intergovernmental research association of African member states 11 (1971); 17 (end 2007) and 21 (since Sept 2007) Mission: Contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa, through research, development and partnership activities aimed at increasing the productivity and profitability of the rice sector in ways that ensure the sustainability of the farming environment.

6. Identify generic topic Learn about context diversity Develop tool with local actors Test tool in various contexts Scale-up and scale-out Zooming in, zooming out approach to develop learning tools 3. Video program

10. Figure 1. Countries where videos are translated

11. Table 2. Number of institutions reached with videos 2 4 1 TV 10 28 Rural radio 346 164 Total 9 2 Network 4 - Training centers 8 15 Univ. & schools 35 16 Projects 2,516 - (Farmer) trainers 167 9 Farmers assoc. 48 22 Extension serv. 18 34 Research instit. 14 10 Local NGO 8 8 Internat. NGO 21 19 Devlpt. agencies 2 nd and 3 rd level uptake First level uptake Type of organization

12. Table 3. Number of farmers reached with videos 85 Cameroun 131, 502 Total 7,633 Uganda 390 Togo 8,020 Mali 11,567 Guinea 230 Ghana 2,700 Gambia 100,877 Benin Seed health + Post-harvest Country

13. Figure 2. Number of farmers reached with videos Translations 5 15 20 30

20. THANKS www.africaricecenter.org