Expected results and main activities

Result 1:

Knowledge on selected NUS made available and access to NUS by the actors of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System in Burkina Faso and Niger improved

Activities:
1.1 Identification of target areas and stress-tolerant NUS
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1.2 Identification of ‘custodian’ farmers, community gene banks and best practices
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1.3 Access, selection, multiplication, and distribution of seeds of target stress-tolerant NUS
Deliverables:
  • • Participatory varietal selections (PVS) successfully implemented
  • Réseau local d’agriculteurs gardiens, de membres des communautés et d’entreprises de semences créé pour démarrer la multiplication et la distribution des semences des NUS sélectionnées.
  • • Establishment and development of a building capacity training programme for cooperatives
  • • Two reports on selection, multiplication, and distribution of seeds of target NUS (including training and support activities) Rapport 2023; Rapport 2024
  • • Article on the results of genetic analyses of NUS
1.4 Assessment of crop seasonal availability calendars and nutrition security
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1.5 Information and knowledge exchange among stakeholders
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1.6 Communication and awareness-raising campaigns
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Result 2:

Research, professional and marketing capacities of the AKIS’s actors improved and local innovation potential on NUS increased

Activities:
2.1 Participatory analysis of value chains and markets of priority stress-tolerant NUS
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2.2 Training and capacity building of value chain actors
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2.3 Enhancing local markets and market information system to strengthen the demand-supply chain
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2.4 Strengthening local research institutions to support women and youth entrepreneurship
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2.5 Support to start-ups run by women and youth
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Result 3:
Policies and strategies, exchanges and cooperation on NUS improved
Activities:
3.1 Analysis of current policy and legal frameworks
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3.2. Development of a sustainability assessment matrix and a transition framework
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3.3 Participatory institutional knowledge development on sustainable use of agrobiodiversity
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3.4 Strengthening cross-country and international dialogue, upscaling and building synergies
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3.5 Coordination and alignment with DeSIRA and EU planning and priorities
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Sustaining and improving local crop patrimony in Burkina Faso and Niger for better Lives and Ecosystems.
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