1. Capacity Building at the National Center of Specialization (NCoS) for Dryland Cereals and associated crops

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

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

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 NCoS Scientists 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
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
Regional level: 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
Le partenariat avec l’ICRISAT est un partenariat particulièrement productif d’un point de vue scientifique sur des thématiques communes physio, et molecular breeding. Il existe aussi un important échange scientique avec l’accueil à l’ICRISAT de PhD et de Chercheurs

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

13. MoU with OCRI – CAAS.: 2 DAAD PhD (Benin, Comores island)
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, Senegal etc.

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

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