Presentation made by EAFF at the Side event of PAEPARD the 7th African Agriculture Science Week 13 June Kigali

1. Extensive Livestock in Eastern
Africa
Marygoretti Gachagua
AASW.
13th June 2016

2. PAEPARD (Platform for African European Partnership in
Agricultural Research for Development)
• PAEPARD is a platform of information sharing on
knowledge, funding opportunities etc.
• The information on opportunities has opened up
mindset of farmers and researchers to develop
competitive proposals and submit them to donors.
• PAEPARD has opened up the mindset of researchers
and non-researchers to work together as equal
partners in ARD agenda;

3. THE ULP PROCESS
PAEPARD put
emphasis on
processes than
that on any other
results.
This has impacted
farmer
organizations that
are leading the
ULP that include
researchers in the
consortia

4. Outcomes from ULP
• For the first time, farmers have been in the competition with researchers because
they have built their capacity. The exercise is so far successful with:
• Partnership linkages between EU-Kenya and EAFF that bore another project
dubbed food governance.
• Demonstrated ability to work in partnerships has led to EAFF engaging in a project
dubbed MUIIS for Euro 800k (Uganda)
• EAFF has just signed a contract of funding (200,000 €) with a Germany partner
(MRI-BLE) that associates KALRO (Kenya Research Institute) to conduct a research
on aflatoxin
• Through PAEPARD, Regional Farmers Organizations (EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA) have
been organizing national and regional dialogues to engage policy-makers in the
ARD processes around some themes like Extensive livestock, urban agriculture,
rice etc. researchers and other stakeholders are involved in those dialogues.
• Farmer led Engagement at EU level to discuss issues on aflatoxin
• Consultations with AUIBAR on livestock proposals
• Partnership with IGAD and slotted some finances for regional farmer organizations
on livestock.
• Development in collaboration with partners the aflatoxin policy brief.

5. • 2 IF concept notes funded approximately each Euro
18,000.
• Development of 2 proposals submitted to
development partners on issues around Aflatoxin
and Dairy,
• Development of joint proposal with German
Institution MRI on aflatoxin (project funded Euro
200,000) for one year. On partnership linkages and
networking
•
Outcomes from Incentive Fund

6. Outcomes from communication and
capacity strengthening
• Skills on development of ARD proposals that has
multi stakeholder partnership. From such skills we
are able to run multi stakeholder partnership
projects e.g. MUIIS, develop bankable proposals.
• Show case project (PAEPARD) in various forums e.g.
GCARD 3 and AAIN
• Printing of visibility materials that communicate
about the project.
• Ability of EAFF secretariat staff to report on behalf of
other WP Partners.

7. Pictures from Exhibition in AAIN

8. Exhibition booth at GCARD3

9. In a nut shell
• PAEPARD has facilitated the application of demand-
driven research and is at the same time demystifying
science by acknowledging the role of indigenous
knowledge in the process.
This is very important!!

10. Thanks for listening!!