How can IFPRI Contribute to the Harmonization of Seed Systems Wednesday, August 05, 2015 Paul Thangata, PhD, Research Fellow, Knowledge, Capacity, and Innovation Division; International Food Policy Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia FANRPAN, Regional Seed Security Workshop 20-21st of May, 2010 Kopanong Hotel Johannesburg.

CIAT Tropical agriculture Cali, Colombia CIMMYT Maize and wheat Mexico City, Mexico CIP Roots and tubers Lima, Peru IITA Tropical agriculture Ibadan, Nigeria Bioversity International Agricultural biodiversity Rome, Italy ICARDA Agriculture in the dry areas Aleppo, Syria IWMI Water resources Colombo, Sri Lanka ILRI Livestock Nairobi, Kenya CIFOR Forestry Bogor, Indonesia IRRI Rice Los Baños, Philippines ICRISAT Semiarid tropical agriculture Patancheru, India WorldFish Penang, Malaysia Africa Rice Center Rice in West Africa Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire IFPRI Food policy Washington, D.C., U.S.A. World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research IFPRI is one of 15 CGIAR research centers

IFPRI Dakar IFPRI Accra IFPRI Abuja IFPRI Beijing IFPRI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. IFPRI Kampala IFPRI Addis Ababa IFPRI New Delhi IFPRI’s Offices around the World IFPRI Rome IFPRI conducts research and outreach in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East IFPRI Lilongwe IFPRI Maputo

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 4 Areas of Focus Capacity Strengthening Research Communications Cutting hunger; Ending poverty

Operationalizing and Monitoring the Harmonization of Seed Systems: Assessing Institutional and Policy Issues A Concept Idea! Operationalizing and Monitoring the Harmonization of Seed Systems: Assessing Institutional and Policy Issues A Concept Idea!

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 6 What next with the Seed System? The main challenge: 1.How to make the regional variety release system concept work. 2.Regional capacity gaps at different levels-including policy on other inputs.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 7 Harmonization Main Areas 1. Implementation : which institutions are involved 2. Monitoring- framework and indicators 3.Capacity gaps??

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 8 How? PART 1: Know who is doing what –Institutional and capacity assessments-both public and private sector stakeholders involved in agricultural input markets. –Documenting the impacts of agricultural inputs policies on the regional efficiency of the agricultural sector –Conduct a comprehensive review of agricultural input policies region in relation to free movement of inputs from one country to another.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 9 How? PART 2: 1.Develop a framework to operationalize and monitor the regional variety release system: –Promote dialogue aimed at informing both public and private sector stakeholders on the progress on harmonization..continuous. –Develop a mechanism to monitor the harmonization of the seed systems. –Support capacity development and institutionalization of an input policy monitoring and analysis system. –Policy research to support both public and private sector actors at both national &regional levels

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 10 Understanding the Private Sector

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 11 If you want to sell a product I.First Segment: Untapped Market. Consumers who do not know that innovation exists/ not considered as possible consumers of that innovation in the time period t. II.Second Segment: Effective Potential Market. This is where consumers from segment 1: are now potential consumers of the innovation in the time period t. III.Third Segment: Current Market. Consumers who have already bought the innovation in the time period t : the adopters of the innovation.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 12 Rogers' bell curve and the Private sector decision making Innovators = Current market Imitators=Untapped & potential market

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Page 13 Generic Lessons (1-3) 1.Work with smallholder farmers as partners 2.Private sector involvement 3.Government is a key partner (Policy issues) 4.Smallholders are potential buyers of seeds/inputs…

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