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2020 Annual Report

The program’s achievements in 2020 are exhibited through success
stories showing how TAAT is building a pathway to transformation and
resilience through the deployment of proven agricultural technologies
for large scale adoption across the continent and by building sustainable
knowledge infrastructure with public partners. The information
highlights tangible results and first-hand accounts of how TAAT is
helping rural farming communities

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Analyzing the Enabling Environment to Enhance the Scaling of Irrigation and Water Management Technologies: A Tool for Implementers

Agricultural innovation scaling approaches tend to be empirical but do not sufficiently take into account the complex realities of ‘softer elements’ such as people, supply chains, markets, financing mechanisms, policies and regulations, professional knowledge, power relations, incentives and history. As a consequence, scaling initiatives often do not produce the desired impacts and, in some instances, may even produce undesirable impacts.

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TAAT Clearinghouse Establishment and First Year Operations

A grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (the Foundation) led to the rapid establishment and the effective operations of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Clearinghouse Office in Cotonou, Benin during 2018. TAAT is a flagship program within the African Development Bank (AfDB) Feed Africa Strategy aimed at modernizing African agriculture through the advancement of agricultural technology in a way that improves the business of agriculture across Africa.

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Sheep Fattening and Fodder-soil in Ethiopia – Outcome Case Study Report: An Outcome Case Study Report


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2019 Annual Report

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program is funded by the African Development Bank in an effort to increase agricultural productivity in Africa through the deployment of proven and high-performance and climates smart agricultural technologies.

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TAAT Updates 2018 Issue 001

TAAT celebrates 143 Interventions in 132 Sites across Africa

  • TAAT Approach to Combating Fall Armyworm Offers Hope to Millions of Smallholder Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
  • TAAT’s Business Platform approach boosts access to High Iron Beans in Zimbabwe
  • How TAAT’s deployment of feed resources is meeting Ethiopia’s livestock needs
  • TAAT records increased food production and income through maize technologies
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2018 Annual Report

TAAT in 2018: Preparing For African Agricultural Transformation

Origin and Foundation of TAAT

Vision of success

TAAT Program Implementation Structure

TAAT Program startup and coordination of Program activities

The Concept of Technology Toolkit and its role in Scaling Up

Partnerships for Technology Delivery

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework

Technology deployment in 2018

Activities of TAAT Technology Delivery Compacts

Enabler Compacts as a Unique Feature of TAAT

Communicating technology delivery

Conclusion and Plans for 2019

TAAT Financials for 2018

Who’s Who in TAAT in 2018

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Enhancing Commercialization of Africa’s Agricultural Research Products Livestock and High Iron Bean (HIB) Value chains

TAAT CDTO TECHNICAL WEBINAR SERIES

On August 12, 2020, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Africa Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) convened the third TAAT CDTO technical webinar of a series of 6 webinars. These webinars are organized under the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program of the Feed Africa initiative funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

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Enhancing Commercialization of Africa’s Agricultural Research Products Aquaculture and Maize Value Chains

TAAT CDTO TECHNICAL WEBINAR SERIES

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Enhancing Commercialization of Africa’s Agricultural Research Products Rice and Wheat Value chains

TAAT CDTO TECHNICAL WEBINAR SERIES

On September 16, 2020, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Africa Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), IITA, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), convened the third TAAT CDTO technical webinar of a series of 6 webinars. These webinars are organized under the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program of the Feed Africa initiative funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

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