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The decline in the quality of animal health and veterinary services has been of increasing concern not only to the sub-Saharan countries themselves but also to the national and multinational aid donor agencies. If the animal health services are to avoid a further decline in functional ability, and if in future they are going to improve in efficiency to match the anticipated livestock development then major changes need to be made

For over 35 years, CTA has effectively demonstrated how agricultural innovation can be documented, shared and scaled up to achieve significant improvements in incomes, productivity and food security. ; European Union

Le CTA exerce ses activités dans le cadre de l'accord de Cotonou, signé en juin 2000 par l'Union européenne et le groupe des États d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP). Cet accord expire en décembre 2020, mettant ainsi fin à la base financière et légale du Centre pendant près de 20 ans. ; European Union

The individual cases are all available at: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/89687 ; CTA is committed to supporting the Pacific Island States to build resilience and improve incomes and nutrition outcomes, especially in rural agricultural communities. Since mid-2016, CTA has been implementing the "Promoting Nutritious Food Systems in the Pacific Islands" project, co-funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and run in partnership with the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation, PIPSO. Its goal is to strengthen the capacity of the Pacific Island governments, farmer and private sector organisations, and sub-regional institutions to develop strategies and programmes, as well as mobilize financing, that can increase poor rural people's access to nutritious and healthy food. ; International Fund for Agricultural Development ; Internal Review

Blended finance in the agricultural sector deserves its own debate. This is why the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) together with the EC Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) organised the first international conference on Blending for Agriculture ("Blending4Ag") in November 2016 in Brussels. The conference brought together an impressive group of financiers, high-level agricultural experts, policy-makers and practitioners to share lessons and best practices in designing and implementing blending. This conference focused on how public finance for smallholder agriculture can achieve the greatest possible leverage in terms of private investments in developing countries. ; European Union ; Internal Review

Unique in terms of the insights it provides into the various seed systems that exist in Sub-Saharan Africa, this important publication examines how quality seeds can be made available and Africa can increase its share of the global seed trade. A direct output of materials from the CTA/ASARECA 'Seed Science and Policy Learning' writeshop, the text also presents information on the policy environment. It includes challenges faced and contributions made by governments, universities, the private sector, farmers, women's groups and regional organisations on these issues.

In the wake of the 2008 food price crisis, the international development community, governments and businesses are looking to developing regions – particularly Africa – to play a key role in ensuring global food security. Yet the sector continues to suffer from underdevelopment, with most agricultural output in the hands of smallholder farmers. With in-depth coverage, analysis and perspectives from leading thinkers, this special report takes a close look at how value chains can be transformed to put smallholder farmers at the heart of development.

2010 was particularly important for CTA. We developed a Strategic Plan for the next 5 years, 'Empowering Rural ACP Communities through Knowledge'. This will ensure that we focus on the critical issues facing agriculture and marshall our efforts through knowledge sharing, networking and capacity building. Agriculture can – indeed must – play a pivotal role in helping nations and communities to increase their income, reduce poverty and tackle malnutrition. Three-quarters of the world's poor people live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and survival. The world must increase food production by at least 70% to feed the projected population of 9 billion people by 2050, without damaging further the natural resource base on which agriculture depends. ; European Union

Synthèse d'un séminaire, Johannesburg (Afrique du Sud), 2010 Rassemblant les discussions et les résultats du séminaire annuel 2010 du CTA, cette synthèse relate aussi d'autres activités qui ont eu lieu lors de la semaine CTA/NPCA. L'objectif du séminaire était d'examiner les informations clés nécessaires pour appuyer une utilisation efficace des ressources en eau et ainsi améliorer la productivité agricole et la croissance dans les pays ACP. Ce séminaire a aussi pris en considération les écarts techniques et politiques et la manière de partager au mieux les connaissances.

25 ans au service des communautés rurales Message du directeur In 2009, we celebrated 25 years of dedication to improving agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods in ACP countries. For the past quarter century agriculture has suffered from underfunding from international organisations – a situation which persists today. This is partly because governments often only look at official agricultural production statistics: according to these, agriculture contributes a mere 4–6% of GDP. However, when the whole value chain is taken into account, agriculture's share rises significantly to 25% or more. Creating awareness and sensitising governments and the wider public to the value of agriculture are vital tasks, and the media have a crucial role to play in this. It was for this reason that we devoted our 2009 Annual Seminar to The Role of the Media in Agricultural and Rural Development in ACP Countries. This year we also finalised our internal restructuring process, reducing the number of operational departments from four to three and recruiting new expertise in Marketing, Information and Communication Technologies, Publishing and Media. To date, we have examined the impact of our products and services in 13 ACP countries, to understand how users perceive them. This has enabled us to improve the quality of our products and services and to reset budget priorities according to demand. Through these missions on the ground in ACP countries, we have identified the most strategic partners for CTA, allowing us to better target our information and knowledge products and services. Introducing a more market-oriented approach has enabled us to widen our outreach. This has been achieved through an increase in the print run for publications such as Spore, and a major book donation programme to equip libraries, information centres and extension services with up-to-date, must-read publications on agriculture. I am very happy that CTA's Internship and Young Professional Officers programmes have refreshed CTA and are bearing fruit. I remain optimistic that all our achievements and improved efficiency will convince our Supervisory Authorities to boost their support and enable CTA to respond to the steadily increasing demand for information and communication products. Let me thank you for your continued interest in CTA's work and wish you all the best for 2010 Dr Hansjörg Neun Directeur, CTA ; . A year of change and knowledge sharing

Livestock occupies a central place in the economic and social development of West and Central Africa. Moreover, livestock farming is unanimously regarded as a strategic lever in the fight against poverty. For this reason, ITC and CIRDES, in accordance with their respective mandates, organised a International Conference on Livestock Agriculture in West and Central Africa: Twenty five years of achievements, challenges ahead and the way forward. It was a question of answering to a strong demand for clarifications and prospective considerations on current concerns and stakes that characterise the livestock sector development in West & Central Africa. Moreover, it was also a question of offering a forum of fertile exchanges between the various stakeholders, namely the Governments of countries in the region, the regional institutions of African cooperation and integration and the international partners and donors for development support. Extract form Foreword by: Prof. Abdoulaye S. Gouro, Directeur Général CIRDES et Prof. Cheikh Ly, Directeur Général ETC ; This conference aimed of answering to a strong demand for clarifications and prospective considerations on current concerns and stakes that characterise the livestock sector development in West & Central Africa.

RESUME ANALYTIQUE Les principaux points qui ont retenu l'attention au cours des travaux de l'atelier sur la lutte contre la mouche de la mangue tenu à Conakry, en République de Guinée le 1er Décembre 2006, sont : - la présence dans tous les pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (AOC) de deux principales espèces à savoir Bactrocera invadens et Ceratitis cosyra. Ces espèces attaquent les mangues (Mangifera indica) mais également les autres fruits (papayes, goyaves et les agrumes) occasionnant des pertes importantes dans la production, - l'importance de la filière mangue en AOC. Sur un total de 183 000 tonnes importées en 2005 en Europe (UE - 15) contre 16 000 tonnes en 1985, 20 000 tonnes proviennent des pays ACP en 2005 (11% de parts du marché UE) dont 18 000 tonnes sont d'origines ouest et centre africaines (90%), - les atouts de l'AOC en matière d'offre de mangues en raison de la qualité reconnue des origines ouest et centre africaines, du bon positionnement variétal et du savoir-faire des entreprises, - le risque encouru par les pays AOC de perdre cet avantage comparatif en raison de la mouche de la mangue. Par exemple en 2005, la France a procédé à d'importantes interceptions de conteneurs de mangues en provenance des pays AOC : Cameroun 13, Mali 7, Côte d'Ivoire 5 et Sénégal 3. La Grande Bretagne a intercepté 3 conteneurs de fruits : 2 en provenance du Sénégal et 1 de la Gambie. Les frais de destruction sont estimés a environ 31 000 euros par conteneur de fruits intercepté, - la prise de conscience des dégâts importants occasionnés par la mouche de la part de la communauté scientifique, des services techniques de l'Etat, des opérateurs économiques (producteurs, exportateurs et acheteurs), des décideurs politiques et également des organismes d'appui ; mais cette prise de conscience est récente et incomplète en raison du caractère multidimensionnel du phénomène de la mouche, - l'inexistence d'une solution unique, immédiate et économique au problème. Il faut une coordination entre tous les acteurs pour régler le problème et pour cela les travaux à mener au plan national dans chaque pays concerné est à consolider au niveau régional, - des types de traitements qui existent actuellement : traitement à l'eau chaude, à l'air chaud, par irradiation et au micro-ondes. Le traitement à l'eau chaude est le plus accessible aux plans techniques et commercial pour les pays AOC. Les autres techniques demandent des installations chères et difficiles à amortir, - la création d'un comité d'initiative régionale pour la mise en place d'une stratégie régionale de lutte contre la mouche de la mangue sous la présidence de la CMA/AOC et avec l'appui de l'Observatoire régional de la filière fruits et légumes, - l'appel lancé aux partenaires techniques et financiers, en particulier le CTA et le COLEACP qui sont soutenus par l'union Européenne, à mettre à disposition les connaissances et méthodes dont ils disposent en accompagnant les chercheurs dans l'élaboration d'une définition claire d'un plan stratégique et en les appuyant pour la mobilisation des ressources. ; Le CTA et l'USAID ont appuyé l'organisation de cet atelier par la CMA/AOC pour soutenir les acteurs de la filière fruits et légumes en mettant à leur dispositions des informations sur les moyens et techniques de lutte contre la mouche de la mangue

'Poor soils make poor people, and poor people make soils worse'. This is a situation that can be seen in many African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. What information support can be offered – to farmers, policy-makers, researchers and civil society – to break this vicious cycle of increasing poverty? How can aspiring entrepreneurs in agriculture acquire the information they need to maximise the potential of one of their most important natural resources – their soils? Where, for whom, and what type of information is required? And where are the bottlenecks in communication that inhibit information flow and the incentive to take action? What could, or should, be done – and by whom? A discussion of these issues was the objective of this seminar. Attended by more than 70 participants from ACP states and from the European Union (EU), the seminar was held from 21–24 October 2003 in Arnhem and was co-organised by CTA and ISRIC – World Soil Information. ; 'Poor soils make poor people, and poor people make soils worse'. This is a situation that can be seen in many ACP countries. What information support can be offered.

Note technique rédigée avec l'appui du CTA. Elle analyse les conditions de développement de la filière pour les pays d'Afrique occidentale et centrale et son rôle central dans leurs politiques et stratégies de sécurité alimentaire.