1. Engaging Partners for FP4
Group work during the launch, Addis, Feb 2018
Patrick Okori
FP4 Leader, CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

2. Clusters of activity 4.1: Environment characterization and phenotyping
CoA 4.1
Target populations of environment analysis;
Prescribe the set of target locations and future production environments
WCA: One legume crop and One cereal crop )-(CGIAR, IKCs, Innovation labs, NARS, SROs, Private sector)
Phenotyping:  
Trait-based in the field and under and high precision.
Traits to be refined after validation with partners
Leverage ongoing partner and CRP legacy work (input and output traits)-(CGIAR, IKCs, Innovation labs)

3. Clusters of Activity 4.2. Breeding pipelines
Breeding activities
Leverage ongoing efforts legacy work (crop-wise) (CGIAR, IKCs, NARS, AATF, Innovation labs)
Validate product concept notes by partners (CGIAR, IKCs, Innovation labs NARS, Private sector- Seed Co and others, AATF)
Leverage and or expand MET supported by CoA 1 ( may be post year 1) (CGIAR, IKCs, NARS, Private sector- Seed Co and others).
Capacity strengthening
Leverage HRD programmes (WACCI, RUFORUM, Innovation labs)
Map deployed breeders for engagement in FP4 (AGRA, AATF)
Program operations- Performance review, planning and data management (CGIAR + Private sector.. Seed CO, AATF)

4. Clusters of Activity 4.2. Breeding pipelines
Product concept notes
Legacy material….Are they aligned to PCN?
Validate trait portfolio with partners
Current clusters under which various traits fall
Yield and resilience enhancing traits;
Resource-use efficient and crop architecture traits, that reduce agronomy costs and drudgery;
User preferences for nutritional quality, post-harvest handling and value addition; and
Enhance role of GLDC crops as sources of feed/stover/forage for livestock in agri-food system. 

5. Clusters of Activity 4.3: Product testing and release
Activate and or leverage crop networks for testing. (NARS, SROs, Private sector- Seed Co and others)
Partnership engineering for testing, release and commercialization
Consider leverage and or reactivation of crop networks. Stakeholders include
SROs
NARS
Private sector

6. Clusters of Activity 4.4: Scaling seed and allied technologies
Study current seed systems to inform priorities, scheduling and partnership profiles
CORAF- leverage West African Agricultural Transformation Project (WAATP)
ASARECA-leverage East Central Africa Agriculture Transformation Project (ECAATP).
AGRA-
Seed Co- ESA and WCA Africa operations
others
Some of key issues
Drivers of dysfunctionality
Best practices
Demand side-issues, awareness, access.

7. FP4: Implementation framework
Several consortia to be engaged in crop improvement
NARES
CGIAR
International Knowledge/Science Centers
Academia and capacity building institutions
Private sector
Civil society
Farmer organizations
Consider crops/ commodity based networks for convening consortia
Draw lessons from the SROs (ASARECA, CORAF, CCARDESA and APAARI)

8. FP4: Implementation framework: Approaches
FP4 value add
Products and services of a regional nature
Strengthen national investments
Leverage other regional investments
Capacity strengthening for research and innovation delivery
R&D investments (especially by SROs, IARCs and private sector)
Operations strategy : (two approaches proposed)
Aggregation (Collective development, critical partners engaged in R4D
Best shot (Hub + spokes where a lead partner developed lead center
Aggregation
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Partner 4
Best short

9. Potential Partnership Portfolio
CoA
Type of activities
Partnership portfolio
4.1. Environment environment testing
Multi-environment testing
Precision phenotyping
Research agencies (public and private)
Seed companies with on-farm testing
Civil society with farmer engagements
4.2. Breeding pipeline
9 crops, Diverse traits
4.3. Product Testing and release
9 crops (diverse ecology * market)
4.4. Science of scaling
9 crops in (11 SSA), 2 (SA) countries + spill over countries
Seed companies
Civil society,
Farmer organizations

10. Group work: Road Map
What is our partnership architecture for implementation
R&D (CoA 1-3)
Variety development
Environment testing
Capacity development for Research to delivery
Delivery (CoA 4)
Scaling out innovation
See the forms applied
Leadership structure for core activities- leverage,

11. Thank you Demand-driven Innovation for the Drylands www.gldc.cgiar.org
In partnership with CGIAR Centers, public and private organizations, governments, and farmers worldwide
Thank you