1. Capacity Building
Perspectives
GRM 21-25 September 2011

2. Areas of support
 Genotyping support
 Training
 Communities of Practice (CoPs)

3. Genotyping support : Strategy
 Promote the adoption and use of MB in NARS
breeding programmes
 Commissioned research
 Breeding applications
 Support for PhD students at Africa Centre for
Crop Improvement (ACCI) and West Africa
Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)

4.  Crops with platform developed: (Cassava, Chickpea,
Cowpea, Rice, Sorghum)
 Breeding
 MABC
 MARS development
 QTL pyramiding
 Development of other types of populations
 Pre-breeding
 Fingerprinting
 Migration to SNPs
 QTL mapping
Genotyping Support: Capacity
building for NARS partners

5.  Crop targets: Bean, Cassava, Chickpea, Cowpea,
Groundnut, Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
 Application of GCP products
 Application of non-GCP products
 Validation of on-going work (collaboration with GCP
partners)
Genotyping support : ACCI –
WACCI PhD students

6. Areas of support
 Genotyping support
 Training
 CoP

7. Capacity Building: Strategy
 Tools to carry out analysis of data within project
 Adoption of IBP tools (users cases and CoP)
 Maximum of efficiency
 Training target

8. YEAR 1
Germplasm Management
Breeding Mgnt system
Germplasm evaluation
Field trial Mgnt system
CoP establishM
YEAR 2
Updates on tools of year1
Molecular analysis
Genotypic data Mgnt system
Data analysis
CoP implementa
YEAR 3
Updates on tools of year1&2
Analytical pipeline
Breeding decisions
Decision support system
CoP implementa
East Africa – West Africa – South East Asia
WUR team, DM CoP &
other technical trainers
Specific training:
Local level
Specific Language
Different level:
Technicians

9.  Year 1 : Training introduction (length TBD)
 Year 2 and 3 : Advanced training on specific tools
 Priority setting of partners (surveys)
 Allowed partners to be trained à la carte to better fit
the need of their programme (parallel session)
 E-leaning material to complement the training
modules
Capacity Building:
Feedback from partners
Organisation of training programme

10.  Involvement in MB activities
 The practitioners : breeders, young scientists, technicians
 Structure of NARS
 Staff constitution
 Ensure spill-over : critical mass in institution
 Senior scientists not to be excluded totally:
 Technology and concepts new to some of them
 Some of them are doing the work
Capacity Building:
Feedback from partners
Target of training programme

11.  Capacity built at personal level with scientists
 Main challenge in the capacity of the institutions
 Disbursement of the funding
 Monitoring of the project
Capacity Building for leadership:
Feedback from partners

12. Phenotyping support to partners
 Implementation of handheld tablets in NARS
programmes
 Support for implementation of DB at institution
level
 Support for implementation of DB at project level

13. Areas of support
 Genotyping support
 Training
 CoP

14. CoP :
 Achieved :
 Rice in the Mekong
 Cassava in Africa
 Data Managers
 Chickpea
 Cowpea and Soybean
 Sorghum
Establishment
 Cooking :
 Bean
 Maize
 Wheat

15. CoP :
 To be enhanced:
 Rice in Asia
 Rice in Africa
 Cassava in Africa
 Energizing the community
 Sustaining the community
Implementation
Learning together with help of skilled people

16. Thanks