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Transforming African Agriculture through proven technologies and partnerships
The Program Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to increase productivity in Africa through the deployment of technologies with proven and high performance. It originated from the need “to execute a bold plan to achieve rapid agricultural transformation across Africa through raising agricultural productivity” that was declared by participants in the Dakar High-Level Conference, October 2015. It led to the formulation of Feed Africa: A Strategy for African Agricultural Transformation by the AfDB in June 2016.
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The case of Maize Technology

Maize is one of the most important staple crops in Africa on which an estimated 300 million people depend on. However, a myriad of challenges affect maize production, including drought, diseases and pests such as the recent Fall Army Worm (FAW) menace.

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The case of Rice Iron Beans Technology

The Rice Compact of TAAT is paving the way for rice transformation in sub-Saharan Africa by promoting locally-adapted high-yielding rice varieties and hybrids developed by the Africa Rice Center. Due to low productivity in Sub-Sahara Africa, rice consumption outstrips production; for example in 2018, whiles 32.925 million metric tons of rice was consumed in the region, ongly 18.628 million tons of milled rice was produced. This indicated that there was 42% production-consumption gap and to fill the demand-supply gap, 13.985 million…

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The case of Soil Fertility Technology

The Soil Fertility Enabler (SFE) led by the International Fertilizer Development Center is supporting the 7 TAAT Crops Value Chains with SMaRT (Soil testing, Mapping and Recommendations Transfer) approach for balanced fertilizer recommendation and increased agricultural productivity. The soil fertility enabler compact also facilitates a responsive private sector-led input delivery system to promote the scaling up of agricultural proven inputs-based technologies to support the TAAT Crops Value Chains.

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The case of Sorghum Iron Millet Technology
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The case of Water Management Technology

Irrigation is creating resilience among rural population, especially in fragile regions with low rainfall to increases profitability of agriculture. In addition, it is attractive to the youth farmers and service providers and creates high-end technical jobs. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) led Water Enabler Compact (TAAT- WEC) stands uniquely as a pillar for meeting water needs in crop production systems to boost crop productivity and income. It focuses mainly on irrigation and water management technologies that will help small-scale farmers increase sustainable agricultural production and income

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The case of Wheat Technology

Wheat is a major staple crop for many African countries and 60% of the consumption is imported leading to significant demand and supply gap although there is a great potential to produce the crop locally. Wheat Compact aims at achieving transformational impact and sustainable increases in productivity and production for enhanced food security, economic growth, and poverty alleviation and reduce unsustainable overdependence on imports in target countries.

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Enabling Youths in Agribusiness

The Youth enabler compact is one of the 15 compacts which connects youth to the process of agricultural transformation necessary to secure economic prosperity through youth-led agribusinesses. The purpose of the youth enabler compact is to assist in the promotion of TAAT’s key agricultural technologies, operate technology and innovation centres for young people on specific commodity value chains, and to stimulate youth- led agribusiness start-up in support of TAAT’s nine priority commodity chain.

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Catalogue de Mécanisation Agricoles à Petite Échelle

La mécanisation à petite échelle est la clé pour réduire la pénibilité du travail et augmenter la productivité des agriculteurs africains. Pendant trop longtemps, l’agriculture en Afrique a été considérée comme une voie vers la pauvreté plutôt que comme une activité agroalimentaire rentable.

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Poultry Technology Toolkit Catalogue

This catalogue describes a suite of proven poultry technologies that advance increased productivity of animal enterprise in Africa. It was developed through a collaborative effort between the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program of the African Development Bank and its Small Livestock Compact coordinated by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

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