FoodAfrica: Process of Research for Impact

Innovations from the Operational Environment

Dr Eija Laitinen

Peter Kuria Githinji 12.4.2016

Understanding the Needs and Demands within the Research and Process of Research: The forces of interaction are a platform for innovation: What is the intended impact? Where will sustainability come from? • Research community • Policy makers • Education: HEI and VET • Extension • Farmers: women, men, youth • Private community

Learning beyond Media facilitated dissemination and Communication: • Videos: WPs & WP7

• Extension, education, farmers • New media

Pathways for impactful communication: Small players in the operational ecosystem are the catalysts for change: • Reason/motivation for change (value proposition;

services)

Education: Transforming the thinking and systems of delivery

• Through Food Africa- The Learn as You Earn Model has been adopted

by JKUAT as a model of learning and creating incubated entreprenuers

• African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry & Natural Resourc Education, ANAFE http://anafe-africa.org/

• Textbooks (2) • Training sessions: Communicating to end-users • Cooperation with SASACID (Strengthening Africa’s Strategic Agricultural

Capacity For Impact on Development): risk management & entrepreneurship in curricula

Jobs and wealth through entrepreneurship

• African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN)

http://www.africaain.org/ (FARA) • Pan-African network of 80 agri-business incubators

and support organisations • Research process & results available for business

community & potential entrenpreneurs