LIST OF CORAF/WECARD ON-GOING PROJECTS
Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and Pest management Plan (PMP) for the Gambia.
...Pests and Pesticides Management Plan (PPMP)
...Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
Resettlement Policy Framework for Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo
...Cadre de Politique de Reinstallation (CPR)
...Plan Succint de Réinstallation (PSR)
Database on Crop Calendar (FAO)
Report of the Second External Review of the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA-CP)
EVENTS
CORAF Multidonor trust Fund, CIDA enters.
The Executive Secretariat has been informed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) of its actual entry into the multi-donor Fund (MDTF), which is used to finance the implementation of the CORAF Operational Plan for 2008-2013. CIDA provided financial contribution to the functioning of the MDTF and joins the European Union which has committed itself since 2010.
Ausaid-CSIRO-CORAF/WECARD partnership: the seed project launched in Bamako.
From 28 to 31 March 2011 in Bamako, actors and partners of the partnership Ausaid-CSIRO-CORAF/WECARD gathered for the launch and planning activities of the seed project will be implemented in four countries: Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ghana.
The participants had a common understanding of objectives and deliverables of the project they have planned activities on the project and they have been sensitized on the techniques of reporting and monitoring and evaluation.
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PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES
Meetings organized by CORAF/WECARD
5 to 8 April 2011, Ouagadougou. Training workshop for trainers on the eRAILS platform and Web 2.0 Tool.
6 to 8 April 2011, Ouagadougou. Workshop to finalize and compile commissioned projects on livestock.
April 11 to 14, Ouagadougou. Launching and planning workshop for competitive projects on integrated agriculture and livestock for improved productivity.
April 12, 2011, Accra. Meeting with Australian Parliamentarians in the framework of the Partnership Ausaid-CSIRO and CORAF/WECARD.
18 to 21 April 2011, Accra. Launching workshop of the competitive regional projects on crop-livestock integration.
Meetings organized by partners
April 11 to 14 2O11, Ouagadougou. Regional workshop for expanding user-tailored climate services in West Africa organized by USAID.
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COOPERATION
Meeting with the World Bank team in charge of the CORAF/WECARD multi -donor Trust Fund. On December 20, 2010 in Washington, Dr. Paco Sérémé and Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley exchanged with the World Bank team in charge of finalizing the multi-donor Trust Fund to allow CORAF to implement its Operational Plan (2008-2013). A situation on the finalization of this fund was made, constraints have been identified and activities for the entry of CIDA in this fund have been recalled. The various parties have expressed the wish that the fund will be operational in 2011.
Meeting on the EarthAudit Agricultural Yield Pilot Project. 21-22 December 2010 in Washington, Dr. Paco Sérémé, Dr. Harold Roy-Macauley of CORAF, Prof. Samuel Adiku University of Ghana and Dr Seydou Traoré from Agrhymet exchanged with Dr. Scott Loaris from Carnegie Institution of Washington on the EarthAdit Agricultural Yield Pilot Project. CORAF/WECARD agreed to integrate this tool in Its activities for agricultural development in WCA. An agreement was signed between CORAF/WECARD and the World Bank for 1 million U.S. dollars to implement this modeling tool. Another agreement is being finalized and will be signed between CORAF/WECARD and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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TRAINING
Agricultural Organizations of civil society strengthen their capacities.
From 19 to 20 January 2011, CORAF/WECARD organized a workshop for capacity building of civil society organizations in Dakar. Over 40 participants from NGOs, Private Sector and Producer Organizations operating in the agricultural field were invited. Each stakeholder group has evaluated and determined its needs for strengthening institutional capacity to enable it to actively work with stakeholders in the agricultural research and development.
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LAST PUBLICATIONS
Coraf.Echos, online check the new monthly bulletin, N°23 January/February 2011.
Action plan for the development of biotechnology and bio-safety in the ECOWAS sub-region 2006 – 2010
Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa (DONATA)
Innovation Platform for Technology Adoption (IPTA) POSTER 2009
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