CGIAR SITE INTEGRATION PLAN for Mali
May 2016
Lead Centre (ICRISAT)
Table of Contents
A. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................3
B. Objective and Goals for site integration..................................................................................5
B.1 Alignment with national and regional strategic plans..................................................5
B.2. Establishing a sustained mechanism for coordination among CGIAR parties..6
B.3. Opportunities for collaborative research agendas........................................................6
B.4. Enhanced efficiencies of operation of CGIAR entities within country................7
C. Expected Outcomes........................................................................................................................7
D. Strategic Interventions for realizing the outcomes..............................................................8
E. Who will take responsibility for what.......................................................................................9
F. Governance:....................................................................................................................................10
G. Budgets:...........................................................................................................................................10
H. Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................10
A. Introduction
Located in West Africa and land locked, Mali has an area of 1,241,238 square kilometers and
is one of the least developed countries with an economy that relies heavily on rain fed cereal
production. The country is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger and Burkina Faso to the east,
Mauritania and Senegal to the west, and Guinea and Ivory Coast to the south. Mali is divided
into eight administrative regions, namely, Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Segou, Mopti, Gao,
Timbouctu and Kidal and one district (Bamako).
Smallholder agricultural production is dominated by rain fed production of millet, sorghum and
maize for meeting food demands and on cotton for the market. Agricultural production is
inadequate to feed Mali’s population of 17 millions , which is growing at a rate of nearly 3.6%
per year and at present over a quarter of Mali’s population is undernourished. In 2010, the
poverty rate was 36.2% but has increased to 38.1% as a result of the drought of 2011 and the
political crisis of 2012. Prior to the political crisis in 2012, Mali was ranked 175 out of 187
countries on the UN Human Development Index.
The agricultural sector contributes about 30% of export earnings and the main agricultural
products exported are: cotton, live cattle, hides and skins, fish, fruits and vegetables and acacia.
Grains (cereals and legumes) account for 80 to 95 percent of the value of total agricultural
imports. Livestock also offers opportunities for income source diversification. The Malian
agricultural sector is dominated by small family farms (68%) with low level of modernization
and very low market oriented production techniques. The sector is characterized by high
vulnerability, low productivity, low level of educated farmers and insufficient control on
environmental issues (land degradation, bad handling of pesticides, etc.), poor water
management, poor access to credit by farmers, etc. The sector also faces significant barriers
including inappropriate land tenure conditions, high vulnerability to climatic hazards (drought,
floods, the increased population pressure on land and water resources leading to resource
degradation, the low level of modernization and the difficult access to production inputs and
market.
Other constraints to the agricultural productivity in the region are related to availability of labor,
poor adoption rates of agricultural inputs, for example fertilizer rates and poor fertility of the
soil. At the beginning of the rainy season lack of or insufficient labor can hinder the capacity
of the farmer to prepare the soil, thereby causing a delay in the planting date. Mineral fertilizer
is often not available or too expensive, or its application is risky. So yields per hectare are
dropping. The soils are very sandy soils (Arenosols) predominate. They are of low fertility,
organic matter levels are inherently low and soil structure is near absent. Environmental
conditions are such that the buildup of organic matter levels through management is not an easy
task.
Despite these constraints, Mali has potential resources to meet the challenges and to respond to
the growing demand, including the potential for irrigated agriculture, livestock production and
its comparative advantage in cereals production. The government has endorsed the
Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) to accelerate agricultural
growth to over 6% per year and to facilitate the emergence of a family commercial farming.
For 2007-2011 and 2011-2017, the government has endorsed several strategic documents such
as CSLP (Cadre Stratégique pour la Croissance et la Réduction de la Pauvreté), PDA
(Politique de Developpement Agricole), PNISA (Plan National d’Investissement dans le
Secteur Agricole) and the land law (Loi foncière Agricole). The overall objective of the
government is to make Mali an emerging agricultural country. The rapidly growing and
urbanizing population of the country, combined with moderate per capita income growth, will
create strong demand opportunities over the next years for the agricultural sector.
The office of ICRISAT in Mali was established in the year 1987 at Samanko location, 10 km
from Bamako’s city center . ICRISAT at Samanko constitutes a 124 ha area for research and
office structures. The campus has been successively shared with sister CGIAR centers; ILRI ,
ICRAF , Africa Rice and non-CGIAR partners like AGRA , AVRDC and CIRAD (. The CRPs
operating in Mali since the creation of the CGIAR CRP programs included: Water, Land and
Ecosystem (WLE), Dryland Systems, Dryland Cereals, Grain Legumes, CCAFS, Livestock,
PIM and Genebank. Presently the proposal for the second phase of the CRPs was developed.
All CG centres and CRPs operating in Mali have a longstanding working relationship with the
national agricultural research institute (Institut d'Economie Rurale, IER), Mali’s Direction
Nationale de la Meteorologie (DNM), The office Du Niger, and etc..
Important partners for agricultural research and development in Mali outside the national
system include donors & NGOs such as US government FtF program, Africa Development
Bank, World Bank, McKnight Foundation, CFC, IFAD, WFP, UNICEF, European Union, Aga
Khan Foundation (AKF), World Vision (WV), Catholic relief Services (CRS), Wageningen
University and Research Centre (WUR), International Relief Development (IRD) and Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). These partners have their own implementation strategy
and targets (outputs/outcomes) to reach; and they provide wide ranges of supports, which
include capacity building (skills and infrastructure), research fund, microfinance, technology
dissemination, policy & partnerships, seed systems and others to address the challenges of
agricultural research and development in Mali.
The CG centres and CRP programs in Mali have also been working very closely with local
NGOs, mainly with Afrique Verte (AMASSA), Association Malienne d’Eveil au
Developpement Durable (AMEDD), Cooperatives of the Mouvement Biologique du Mali
(MOBIOM), L’ong-Centre d’Appui a l’ Autopromotion pour le Development-ci-apres
nommee (L’ong-CAAD), Le Groupe de Recherches d’Actions et d’Assistance pour le
Development Communautaire (L’ONG-GRAADECOM). Very good link and working
relations were established with Farmer Organizations (FOs) as well. Few of the known FOs
with whom CG centers operate in Mali include Union locales des Producteurs de Céréales de
Dioila (ULPC), AOPP, Union des Agriculteurs du cercle de Tominian (UACT), AMEDD, Faso
Kaba, and Union Semencière des Coopératives de Production du Maïs de Dièdougou
(USCPMD). Region wise geographical distribution of CG centers and CRP works with
detailed project names, CRP programs and contributing centers in different agro-ecologies of
Mali in presented in Annex 1.
The CG centres and CRP programs in Mali have been closely working with the above
mentioned organizations towards contributing to the Strategic Results Framework (SRF) 2016
– 2030 that aimed at: reducing rural poverty, improving food security, improving nutrition and
health, and sustainably managing natural resources. Gender, capacity strengthening, and
partnership/stakeholder engagement are cross-cutting themes addressed by all CG centers, their
associated CRPs and the national partners ranging from the national agricultural research
institutions, universities, private sectors, NGOs, extension services, policy and decision makers
and other actors along the diverse value chains which various CG centers and CRPs focus on.
Table of CRP contributions along with thematic areas to the SDGs and SRF is presented below.
Table 1. CRP contributions associated thematic areas and contributions towards SDGs and
SRF in Mali.
SDGs
SRF IDOs
Increase resilience of
the poor to climate
change and other
shocks. Improved
human and animal
health through better
agricultural practices
Increase incomes and
employment.
Mitigation and
adaption achieved.
Equity and inclusion
achieved
Improve diets for
poor and vulnerable
people
CRP
Dryland
Systems/Dryland
Cereals and Grain
Legumes (DCL),
CCAFS, WLE
Thematicareas
Mitigating emissions of GHGs
Model climate smart villages
Dryland
Systems/Dryland
Cereals and Grain
Legumes, CCAFS
Enhanced
smallholder market
access.
National partners and
beneficiaries enabled
DCL, Policies,
Institutions and
Markets
Natural
capacity
enhanced
and
protected especially
from climate change.
Enhance benefits
from ecosystems
goods and services.
More sustainably
managed agroecosystems
DCL, CCAFS,
Water, land and
environment
Genetic improvement
Sorghum transformation agenda
Documenting effect of trees for
sustainability. Use of drought
and remote sensing to predict
yields and disease
Policies that support integration
of livestock in different farming
systems. Developing separate
CRPs on livestock and fish to
ensure enough attention to both
Ex-ante analysis. Innovative
extension. Biosafety. Value
chains and smallholder
constraints. Agricultural
transformation – youth and job
creation. Implementation
challenges to policies and
programs – gender issues
Sustainable agro-intensification
– reducing degradation,
managing water resources, land
and water management
solutions to different systems
 Rural-urban food systems
 Landscape management
 Developing flood risk maps
 Harvesting flood water in a
business approach using
flood apps
DCL, Livestock
and Fish, A4HN
B. Objective and Goals for site integration
B.1 Alignment with national and regional strategic plans
The government of Mali has prepared many policies and strategies for rural sector development
and natural resources management, such as the Agricultural Development Policy (PDA), the
National Environmental Protection Policy (PNPE), the National Climate Change Policy and
Strategy, Sector Master Plans, particularly the Rural Sector Development Master Plan (SDDR),
the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework (GPRSF), and others.
In addition the Malian government has set the Strategic Framework for Growth and Poverty
Reduction (CSCRP), which provides the overall framework for all public investment planning
aimed at promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. In the CSCRP, the priority is to
facilitate public investment for evolving from subsistence farming to family commercial
farming. The CSCRP defines three strategic areas: (i) promoting accelerated and sustainable
growth that benefits the poor and creates jobs and revenue; (ii) reinforcing the long-term bases
of development and equitable access to good-quality social services; and (iii) strengthening
institutions and governance. The CRP activities by CG centres in Mali have been supporting
the government in improving agricultural research and development processes. The strategies
and interventions of the various centres with specific SLOs of the CGIAR SRF, namely, (1)
reduced poverty, (2) improved food and nutrition security, and (3) improved natural resource
systems and ecosystem services comply with the national plan of priority investment in the
sector of agriculture, and the government’s five-year agricultural development policy.
B.2. Establishing a sustained mechanism for coordination among CGIAR parties
There is a strategic advantage to integrate activities and programs among the CGIAR parties
and establish a sustained mechanism for coordination to benefit the rural communities. CGIAR
centres need to continue providing technical support to the national policy programs through
coordinated structure. The recently concluded national CGIAR consultation workshop in Mali
(March 01-02, 2016) highlighted the following main areas for sustained mechanisms of
coordination:
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 National partners need to be committed to avail and support facilitation services with
extension services and farmers group.
 Consideration needs to be given to the transformation and income generating needs of
local communities in line with national governments priorities.
 Support to train young professionals and improved access to technologies.
 Partnership documents establishing principles and conditions (Memorandum of
Understanding -MOU)
 Establishing functional coordination framework at different levels by empowering each
structure involved/ cadre for regular consultations
 Regular meetings and information sharing among all stakeholders
 Promotion and establishment of independent governance/steering committee
 Joint activity planning and networking
 Sustainable and innovative funding mechanism including internal resource
mobilization, public/private partnership
 Promotion of both internal (among partners) and external communications with
emphasis on learning from successes (documenting and sharing successes)
 Good governance and transparency
 Value chains research focus
 Design programs on longer terms
 Ensuring complementarity between national research institutions and CGIAR centres.
B.3. Opportunities for collaborative research agendas
Politically, Mali has a decentralized administration, and that will certainly have a huge impact
as the CG centres move toward site integration. With that in mind opportunities for
collaborative research agendas are largely based on defining the following main issues:
 The necessity for CG integration plan to ensure alignment and complementarity with
existing national policies
 The necessity for the government to co-finance research and dissemination (extension)
 The necessity to decentralize research to bridge the gap of lack of assistance in certain
areas of the country
 The demographic situation affecting investments in agricultural research and
dissemination . Population explosion is to be considered as a key opportunity in
agricultural research and site integration
 Synergy and harmonized intervention will bear greater impact and easier
monitoring and evaluation as well as reporting
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Need to define common monitoring and evaluation system (indicators) is crucial in
integration
More harmonized indicators will be key to measure the impact under site integration
Integration will fill in the gap in areas of Mali where research partners are absent and
synergy means that we can do much with the available resources
Integration opportunities will help promote the dissemination and adoption of new
technologies, business and enterprise development, capacity building, value addition,
improve productivity with focus on climate change, and sustainable smallholder
systems.
B.4. Enhanced efficiencies of operation of CGIAR entities within country.
In Mali CGIAR and CRP programs are sharing resources established by ICRISAT in the year
2013 at Samanko research station. Some of the shared resources that enhanced efficiencies of
operation included but not limited to: office spaces, internet and IP facilities, farm fields for
experimentation and demonstration and logistical support. It is expected that with the
implementation of the site integration plan sharing of resources will continue further to improve
efficiencies of operation. The integration of ICRISAT, ICRAF and AVRDC at program level
in Africa RISING is another example. These centres are sharing resources in the technology
parks established by the program in two districts in Bougouni and Koutiala, Mali. However
such integration experiences exist at a reduced scale, but can be worked out at scale as part of
an integration of the CGIAR and this need to expand to include NGOs and other key players in
agriculture in Mali. Major constraint to enhance efficiencies of operation as observed in Africa
RISING program was the harmonization of research protocols, organization of joint learning
visits and efficient resource utilization. However, with dedicated resources for site integration
plan efficiencies of CGIAR operations are enhanced through the following activities:
 Conduct joint operation to go beyond the traditional research and extension system
approach to ensure research findings are impactful and improving the livelihoods for
farmers
 Make iterative research to understand why some research findings are not always used
by farmers.
 Identify strategies of resource mobilization at country level
 Creation of thematic working groups in agricultural research for development.
C. Expected Outcomes
i) Alignment with national (and regional) strategic plans (priorities and actions)
for agriculture and national development.
It is imperative that CGIAR centres and CRP programs operating in Mali align their
operations to the donor priorities and government policy framework for maximum
leverage and impact. This strategy envisages to bring about a greater collaboration
between key institutions and to create a platform that facilitates closer interaction
between all the stakeholders in Mali. The main outcomes expected are: (i) joint
implementation and execution of a national agricultural development strategy, and (ii)
establishment of joint forum for purposes of facilitating interactions in project planning
and implementation in respective research and development programs.
ii) Establishing a sustained mechanism for coordination among CGIAR parties
functioning within a particular country.
The expected outcomes here are:
 Technical capacities of the national partners and institutions enhanced as a result
of working closely with the CG centers that are coordinated.
 Enhanced information sharing between centers, CRPs and national stakeholders.
 Easy access to improved technologies and other innovations by the national
partners for increasing agricultural production and competitiveness.
iii) Exploring opportunities for collaborative research agendas in a coordinated
manner, linking CGIAR parties with national systems.
With efficient site integration work the expected outcomes are as follows:
 Mechanism for on-going dialogue and engagement with partners is established.
 Long term collaboration in producing communication materials, data
compilation and management is established.
 Joint extension support system using ICT tools and digital agriculture or
advisory services is established.
iv) Enhanced efficiencies of operation of CGIAR entities within country
The expected outcomes as a result of enhanced efficiencies of CGIAR and CRP
operations in Mali include: (i) resource use efficiency is improved, and (ii)
complementarity operation is achieved at different demographic levels and ecological
gradients.
D. Strategic Interventions for realizing the outcomes.
Strategic interventions to achieve the outcomes mentioned in part C under each section
are listed below:
i) Alignment with national strategic plan
 Establish a mechanism for on-going dialogue and engagement with national actors
and participation in national meetings.
 Develop a process for engagement with partners, policymakers to study and update
the mapping of agricultural investments by both government and development
partners.
 Capacity building to enhance publication of policy documents, and technologies that
capture and disseminate research products and outputs
 Work closely with the national partners in developing proposals and projects to
implement activities aimed at responding to the country’s needs.
 Support government’s efforts to improve agricultural markets and policies to
facilitate a rapid and inclusive agricultural transformation.
 Strengthen national agricultural research capacity in line with the priorities of the
country.
ii) Coordination among CGIAR parties
 Establish site integration steering committee, define roles and responsibilities and
activity plans
 Strategic planning and resource mobilization, define resources (human, financial and
logistical).
 Need to define common monitoring and evaluation system (indicators) is crucial in
integration. The process of tracking should follow a harmonized plan that is
participatory.
 Sharing outputs through technology (social marketing)
 Conducting site stakeholders learning events
 Sharing information on existing opportunities (call for propositions) and research
finding via online tools and conventional methods
 Joint planning on setting mechanisms to listening of feedback from
beneficiaries/users of technologies
 Periodic compilation of information and issue of an information letter (document) on
progress of the site integration and impacts.
iii) Collaborative research agendas
 Development of common research proposals
 Joint implementation of research activities
 Joint monitoring and evaluation
iv) Enhanced efficiencies of operation of CGIAR Centers
 Evaluating expenditures through a unified monitoring system
 Progress tracking to evaluate impact
E. Who will take responsibility for what
ICRISAT has comparative advantages to lead the site integration work in Mali. Few of the
marked strengths of ICRISAT include the following:
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The ICRISAT regional hub for West and Central Africa is located in Mali, enabling
physical presence in the country necessary for strong partnership with technical and
financial partners. It leads the new phase II CRP DCL AFS.
ICRISAT has relatively better-equipped research facilities at Samanko, research station
& financial capacity through various donors support. These facilities contribute to
enhanced research outcome of ICRISAT as well as capacity building of partners in
Mali.
Through improving sub Saharan arid-agricultural research program ICRISAT invested
in major infrastructure development in its 3 locations in West and Central Africa
(WCA). The recent construction of G+1 office building with the state-of-the-art
conference facilities benefit the work of site integration programs. In addition,
ICRISAT invested on re-habilitation of the farm structures in the campus with the
provision of renovated old irrigation facilities and construction of new drip irrigation
system to cover 8 ha land for off season research activities and seed multiplication at
Samanko. These services contribute to the successful delivery of CGIAR and CRPs
program in Mali.
ICRISAT-Mali strategically hosts the Africa program of CCAFS – the Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security CGIAR Research Program (CRP), rated as one of the
two top-performing CRPs CGIAR wide by the SPPC.
In Mali, ICRISAT has been at the vanguard of partnership innovation with staff outposting in joint GIS, remote sensing and biotechnology facilities at IER, and the
completion of due diligence processes with AMEDD and MANOBI S.A.
ICRISAT is hosting Mali Agri-Business Incubator Hub at Samanko research station.
The Incubation Hub was established to address the needs of entrepreneurs and farmers
through incubation services including access to technology know-how, skill
development, training, and business development, access to office spaces, equipment
facilities and financial resources.
Key responsibilities of other partners:
a.
ICRAF will coordinate the activities related to agroforestry ILRI will coordinate the
activities of Livestock and Fish in close consultation with World Fish.
b.
Africa Rice will coordinate all activities on rice in close consultation with IRRI and
the CRP on rice R4D
c.
IITA will coordinate the activities related to cowpea, soybean, maize, roots and
tubers
d.
IWMI will coordinate CG activities and research interventions related to managing
water resources for increased productivity, and food security in an environmentally friendly
way, These interventions will span the spectrum of rainfed to full-scale irrigation. Specific
interventions will focus on water storage and management as a climate change adaptation
measure.
e.
A4NH CRP will coordinate all activities targeting the nutrition outcomes in close
consultation with all the centers active in nutrition R4D in the country
Bioversity will coordinate all the activities related to the conservation and use of genetic
diversity
f.
CCAFS will coordinate the streamlining of climate change adaptations activities in
the country in consultation with ICRAF and WLE CRPs for natural resources management
g.
WLE will continue to lead research in sustainable agro-intensification including
reducing natural resource degradation, managing water resources and sustainable land and
water management solutions in rural and urban agricultural landscapes.
F. Governance:
The Mali CGIAR site integration process was coordinated by a committee representing 9
centers and 1 CRP. Three Mali based CGIAR Centers (ICRISAT, ICRAF, and ILRI), AVRDC,
IWMI, Bioversity, AGRA, Africa Rice, IITA and CCAFS CRP are members of the steering
committee. The committee since its establishment worked on mapping of on-going projects in
Mali by the different centers and CRPs. The committee under the leadership of ICRISAT
organized a CGIAR site integration workshop in Bamako from March 01 to 02, 2016.
Approximately 70 participants attended the two-day workshop including representatives from
the Ministry of Agriculture, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), donor community,
private sector, and CGIAR centers and farmers group.
It is expected that the same steering committee will oversee implementation of the CGIAR
site integration work during the second phase of CRP program due to start in early 2017.
G. Budgets:
No budget was allocated to the national consultation on CG Site integration in Mali. There is a
need to find a mechanism for discussion amongst the Centers and CRPs with an aim of sharing
the costs of conducting the national consultations and the implementation of the site integration
plans. Consultations and discussions amongst the Centers and the CRPS are required to
mobilize internal and external resources for coordinating and implementing the agreed upon
activities under the phase II of CRPs and site integration plans.
H. Conclusion:
There is a need to find a way of getting the centers and CRPS actively involved in the
implementation of the site integration plan and of sharing resources amongst the various actors
that are operating in the country. Though the CG centers, CRPs and key stakeholders that
attended the national consultation on CG site integration plan in Mali showed a lot of interest
in working together in the country, the successful implementation of the site integration plan
will depend to a large extent on trust and mutual respect amongst all these key actors, regular
consultations, joint planning, building synergies between the on-going and future initiatives,
joint mobilization and sharing of resources and monitoring and evaluation. This is work in
progress and the site integration plan will be further revised and updated as additional
interactions between all the key partners will be undertaken.
Annex I. Map of ongoing CGIAR/CRP work in Mali
ProjectName
Commodity(
s)
Region(s)
District/Municipal/Metropol
itan
Agroecology(s)
Thematic
Area(s)
Agro-ecological intensification of sorghum
and pearl millet-based production systems in
the Sahel through agroforestry
Sorghum and
millet
Sikasso
Dougoumousso
Sudano-Guinean
Environment
and
Ecosystem
Capacitating African Smallholders with
Climate Advisories and Insurance
Development’ (CASCAID)
Dryland Systems CRP1.1
All crops
National
National
All zones
All crops
Sikasso
Mali-Burkina Faso-Ghana
Sudano-Guinean
The Drylands Development Programme
(DRYDEV)
All crops
Sikasso, Segou,
Mopti
Koutiala, Yorosso, Segou,
Tomian, Bandiagara, Bankass
Sudano-Guinean
SmAT-Scaling
All crops
Sikasso, Segou,
Mopti, Timbuktu
Koutiala, Bougouni, Mopti,
Bankass, Djenne, Douentza,
Niono, Niafunke
Restoration of Degraded Lands for Food
Security and Poverty Reduction in East Africa
and the Sahel.
Africa Research is Sustainable
Intensification for the Next Generation
(Africa RISING)
All crops
Segou, Mopti,
Koulikoro, Kayes
All crops, Soil
and water
conservation
technologies
and nutrition
Map of land
tenure
Spurring a Transformation for Agriculture
through Remote Sensing (STARS)
Deploying improved vegetable seed
technologies to overcome malnutrition and
poverty in Mali
Disseminating learning agenda on resilientsmart technologies to improve the adaptive
capacity of smallholder farmers in the Mopti
region, Mali
Collaborati
ngCentres
(CG/CRP
only)
CRP1.1
Collaborating
Partners(non‐
CG)
Sourceof
Funding
IER, and AMEDD
McKnight
Foundation
Climate
information
CRP7
AMEDD
CRP7
Farming
systems
Farming
systems
CRP1.1
IER, AMEDD, FBOs
CRP1.1
CRP1.1
Netherlands
Sudano-Guinean
Farming
systems
CRP1.1,
AVRDC
Sahel Eco,
AMEDD, AMEPPE,
FBOs
Mali-Meteo,
AMEDD, SahelEco, IUCN
Mopti, Bankass, Djenne,
Douentza, Niono
Sudano-Guinean
Sikasso
Bougouni, Mpessoba and Kani
Soudanian to
soudano-guinean
Natural
Resource
Management
NRM, Crop
focus,
Gender,
Livestock
Improvement
Sikasso
Koutiala (Sukumba)
Soudanian
ICRAF ILRI,
ICRISAT and
ICARDA
ICRISAT is
the lead.
Partners
include
ICRAF, ILRI
ICRISAT
Vegetables
Sikasso, Mopti,
Tombouctou
Koutiala, Sikasso, Bougouni,
Koro, Bankass, Diré
All crops, Soil
and water
conservation
technologies
Climate
Information
Mopti
Mopti, Bankass, and Koro
North Guinea,
savanna, Sudan
savannah,Sahelian
Sahelian
ICRISAT is
the lead.
ICRAF is
partnering
Sahel Eco,
AMEDD, AMEPPE,
FBOs
AVRDC,
AMEDD,MoBiOM,
GRADCOM, CAAD,
AMASSA, IER
USAID
IFAD-EC
IITA-USAID
supported
AMEDD
ICRISAT/BM
GF
AMEDD, IER,
Catholic Relief
Services
AKF, Mali Meteo,
WV
USAID
USAID
Africa RISING’s large-scale diffusion of
technologies for sorghum and millet
systems (ARDT_SMS)
Millet and
Sorghum
Testing and Selecting Adapted Varieties and
producing quality seed
Kayes, Segu and
Sikasso
Bandiagara, Bankass,
Bougouni, Djenne, Koro,
Koutiala, Mopti, Sikasso,
Yanfolila and Yorosso
Kita, Bafoulabe, Koutiala,
Sikasso, Bougouni, Bla, San,
Tominian
North Guinea
savanna zone,
Sudan savanna
and Sahelian zone
North Guinea
savanna zone,
Sudan Savanna
ICRISAT is
the lead
BIOVERSITY
is the Lead
Crop Focus.
Seed
Systems
2
IER, CRS, AKF,
EUCORD, AOPP,
CMDT, ORTM,
MALIMARK
IER, AMEDD,
ACAS, National
Seed Lqboratory,
USAID
USAID
Increasing Groundnut Productivity of
Smallholder Farmers in Ghana, Mali and
Nigeria
Groundnut
Mopti, Sikasso,
Kayes and
Koulikoro
Mopti, Koro, Sofara, Djene,
Sikasso, Koutiala, Kadiolo,
Yanfolila, Kayes, Yelimane,
Kenieba, Diema, and Koulikoro,
Kangaba, Sanankoroba, Segue
North Guinea
savanna zone,
Sudan savanna
zone, Sahelian
zone
Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology
Scaling Program
Livestock,
feed
Mopti, Sikasso,
Timbuktu
21 communes
Arid, semi-arid and
subhumid zones
Animal
ICRISAT
Building climate smart farming systems
through integrated water storage and croplivestock interventions
CCAFS climate-smart village models
Scaling up climate-smart agriculture
technologies
Capacitating African Smallholders with
Climate Advisories and Insurance
Development
Water,
livestock
Segou
3 communes
Semi-arid
Water, CC,
Animal
production
IWMI,ILRI
AOPP, ADAF/Galle,
Sahel21,
GRAADECOM, IER,
EUCORD, AKF,
Faso Kaba, CAAD,
Bornefonden, CRS,
AMASSA, AMEDD
Ministry of Animal
Resources, IER,
SNV, CRS, AVSF,
AMEDD
IER
ICRISAT
ICRISAT
IER
AEDD, AMEDD
CCAFS
CCAFS
ICRISAT,
Mali Meteo,
Agrhymet,
Washington
State
ICRISAT
Univ. Reading,
AIMS, Ghana
met, University,
Columbia
University
AEDD, AMEDD
CCAFS
ICRISATis
thelead
IER,AMEDD,
EUCORD,Faso
kaba,KeyNGOs
IERandkey
partners/NGOs
BMGF
Cinzana, Segou
National wide
Capacitating Science-policy exchange
platforms to mainstream climate change
into national agricultural and food security
policy plans
Mopti and
Sikasso
national and 3
districts
HOPEII
Sorghum
&millet
national
national
Sudano‐Guinean
TLIII
Groundnut,
Cowpea
national
national
Sudano‐Guinean
ICRISAT is
the lead.
Others
include
World Vision,
Plan Intrnl.
ICRISATis
thelead
USAID Mali
CCAFS
CCAFS,
AgMIP-
BMGF