Opportunities for Farmer-Led APAARI Processes Dr. Bhag Mal Consultant

1. Opportunities for Farmer-Led • APAARI Processes • Dr. Bhag Mal • Consultant Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)

2. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) Mission Our mission is to promote the development of National Agricultural Research Systems in Asia-Pacific region through facilitation of inter- regional, inter-institutional and international partnerships. Vision ARD in the Asia-Pacific region is effectively promoted and facilitated through novel partnerships so as to contribute to sustainable improvement in the productivity of agricultural systems and to the quality of the natural resource base that underpins agriculture, thereby enhancing food and nutrition security, economic and social well being of communities and the integrity of the environment and services it provides.

3. APAARI - Strategic Thrusts Policy Advocacy Regional Research Networking APAARI A neutral platform for strengthening of AR4D through innovative partnerships among stakeholders Building Research Partnerships Human Resource Development Technology Transfer Information Dissemination

4. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) APAARI Membership Category Members • Regular (NARS): 20 • Associate (CG Centers/IARCs): 16 • Affiliate : 09 • Reciprocal : 10 Total : 55

5. Implementing APAARI VISION 2025 • Knowledge Sharing - APARIS • Biotechnology - APCoAB • Research Prioritization and Strengthening AR4D - Bangkok Declaration, • Agrobiodiversity – Suwon Framework • Climate Change – Tsukuba Declaration • Post Harvest Management – LFM • Biofuel – Expert Consultation • Biosafety and Biosecurity –Taichung, Bangkok Consultation • Trans-boundary Diseases – Delhi Consultation

6. GCARD Road Map • Key Messages • Focus on small holder farmers • Research emphasis on Farming Systems’ Mode • Increased investments in AR4D (Triple) • Linking Farmers to Market (LFM) • Role of Women and Youth • Emphasis on Conservation Agriculture • Enhanced Partnership with Stakeholders (Farmers, NGOs, Private Sector)

7. Priorities for Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) in South Asia – Policy Brief New Delhi; 2 July, 2012 • Policy Dialogues: Bangladesh, India and Nepal • Regional Synthesis Report for South Asia developed and Presented in GCARD 2, in Uruguay • Regional Strategy - AR4D Priorities • Enhance AR4D investment (3-4 times) • Intensify agricultural research and innovations • Higher priority on research on natural resource management • Ensure functional autonomy of NARS • Strengthen human resource development • Re-orient current agricultural education system • Strengthen translational technology management and delivery systems, and agro-advisory services • Skill development for research planning, visioning and implementation • Strengthen agricultural engineering research inputs and services

8. Global Consultation on Use and Management of Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Food Security New Delhi; 12-14 February, 2013 Key Recommendations • Need for National Action Plan on genetic resources management • Involvement of local communities for in situ conservation • Need for expansion of Annex. I crops of the Treaty • National Biodiversity Laws need to be enacted • Avoid duplication of samples in gene banks • Need to harmonize regulations under CBD and ITPGRFA • Training and capacity building in PGR be encouraged • Strengthening partnership among NARS-CGIAR • Greater thrust on prebreeding initiatives

9. Regional Dialogue on Conservation AgricultureNew Delhi;1-2 November, 2011 Key Recommendations • Concerted efforts need to be made for easy access to region-specific technologies so as to expand CA adoption to over 20 million ha area in South Asia. • Efforts need to be made to develop appropriate mechanisms for capacity building on CA • A mechanism of ‘Single Window Service’ needs to be established for large scale acceleration of CA. • Suitable incentives need to be provided faster adoption of new and innovative CA technologies • An appropriate mechanism needs to be established for ensuring the minimum quality standards of CA machinery • Multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder partnerships should be developed for better delivery of the benefits to the farmers.

10. Regional Consultation on Improving Wheat Productivity in AsiaBangkok; 26-27 April, 2012 Recommendations • Developing varieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses • Strengthening research on developing synthetic wheat, hybrid wheat, GM wheat • Basic and strategic research on integrated use of crop modeling, sensors, GIS, remote sensing, decision support systems and ICT • Enhancing farming system based productivity • Established regional research networks for transboundary diseases and pests resilience • Developing databases, knowledge and service banks for • Strengthening capacity building • Establishing Regional Alliance on Wheat (RAW) • Higher investment, policy support, ecoregional/farming system based research

11. Expert Consultation on Promotion of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Bangkok; 2-3 December, 2013 Major Recommendations • Prioritize medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) in each country for concerted research and development • Rare and endangered species to be identified on priority for conservation • Develop regional database on MAP under wild conditions and their collection • Build strong institutional base to undertake systematic research on MAP. • Investment on MAP to be tripled supported by proper policy advocacy • Traditional knowledge and technologies be documented and shared • Need for effective linkages between research and industry • Regulatory mechanism for biosafety and enhancedinternational trade • Establish a Regional Network on MAP in Asia-Pacific region

12. Global Conference on Women in Agriculture New Delhi; 13-15 March, 2012 Key Recommendations • Making importance of gender in agriculture more visible and recognized • Strengthening evidence and knowledge to address specific needs of farm women • Increase knowledge sharing, access to technologies and capacity development • Promote collective action and leadership of rural women and address effectively existing discrimination. • Establishing rights to ownership and access to resources to ensure inclusive growth • Promoting partnership through coordination and convergence at the national, regional and global scale (GAP) • Engendering agriculture to be a priority by NARS

13. Foresight and Future Pathways of Agricultural Research through Youth in India New Delhi; 1-2 March 2013

14. Foresight and Future Pathways of Agricultural Research through Youth in India New Delhi; 1-2 March 2013 • Major Recommendations • Research • Reorient agricultural research towards inter-institutional and inter-disciplinary mode • Joint research with private sector through common facility development • Seed grant (10-15 lacs) for the newly recruited scientist to initiate research program • Collaborative research with advanced foreign institutions • Special grant for young scientist through competitive basis • Encouraging scientist on patents and usage of newer innovative scientific tools • Development • Short to long-term trainings for young scientist at advanced global institutions • Institutional grant to present research work in International Conferences • Young scientist as member in decision making committees • Provision of training program for developing scientific leadership • Policy • Human resource development through a bottom up approach • Balancing funding resources for basic, applied, strategic and participatory research • Creating ICT facilities to discourage the repetitive research • More scientific and administrative freedom through a bottom up approach • Creating centralized research facilities in collaboration with private sector

15. Regional Workshop on Youth and Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia-Pacific Region 23-24 October, 2013, Islamabad Major Recommendations • Reorient agriculture through agri-innovation, • agri-business and entrepreneurship • Greater involvement of youth to achieve • second green revolution for household nutrition security • Special emphasis on secondary /speciality agriculture • Linking agriculture with health, environment, nutrition • and basic sciences • Innovative approaches in developing and transferring technologies • Enhance capacity of youth, through vocational trainings and education • Involve youth in decision making processes for R&D programs • Higher investments to motivate youth to adopt agriculture as a profession • Policy support for inter-institutional and public-private partnership • Need for creating awareness through media about opportunities in agriculture • Strong political will and enabling policies for youth involvement in AR4D • Establish aRegional Network for future agricultural growth through youth

16. NARS-CGIAR Interactive Session for Strengthening Partnership in South Asia 22 October 2013, Islamabad • Major Recommendations • Need for greater consultations by CRPs with NARS in the region • Flow of germplasm and prebreeding materials from CG Centers to NARS to be accelerated • CGIAR Centers to target on new innovations, while NARS should work for their faster adoption, refinement and validation • Knowledge sharing and capacity development should be priority of CG Centers • Interactive sessions/workshops need to be organized more frequently • Partnership with agricultural universities in the region needs to be strengthened • Involve and empower both women and youth especially for secondary/ speciality agriculture, extension services, value addition and marketing • New mechanisms to share/transfer knowledge/technology for outscaling innovations • CGIAR to play greater role in policy advocacy for strengthening partnership

17. Stakeholders' Dialogue on Biosafety Regulations in the Asia-Pacific Region Bangkok; 16-17 April, 2013 Major Recommendations • Countries need to adopt promising GM crops particularly to address the needs of smallholder farmers • Greater commitment by public sector organizations to GM technology development and biosafety compliance • Make use of farmer champions for outscalingproven biotechnologies • Regional and sub-regional cooperation and collaboration in modern biotechnology and biosafety in the Asia-Pacific region • Financial assistance mechanism at the regional level

18. Asian Food and Agribusiness Conference 2013: Biotechnology and Global Competitiveness • 15-18 July, 2013, Taipei • Major Recommendations • Governments should provide financial support, proper policy environment, and infrastructure for biotech innovations • Governments should put in place appropriate science based biosafety regulatory frameworks • There is a need to address concerns on cultivation of biotech/GM crops through appropriate communication strategies • Countries need to prioritize biotech applications appropriately to meet their needs • Countries will have to use biotechnology for green food production in order to deter food insecurity and address the anticipated effects of climate change • Countries are urged to use the experience gained from public acceptance of non-GM applications such as biofertilizers, biopesticides, molecular breeding and micropropagation

19. Stakeholders’ Interface on GM Food Crops 19 May 2011, New Delhi • Major Recommendations • Adoption of GM technology is important for food and nutritional security • Issues of biosafety, public perception and communication need to be addressed. • National Biotechnology Authority be established soon • The technology should move forward to bring benefits to farmers and the society through: • Partnerships • Advocacy and information dissemination • Intellectual property/licensing resolution • Science based and transparent regulatory system.

20. Expert Consultation on Managing Trans-Boundary Diseases of Agricultural Importance New Delhi; 10-12 October, 2012 Recommendations • Identify collective actions that can be taken by various actors at national, regional and international levels in opening and sharing useful and relevant agricultural data, information and knowledge • Share good practices to guide national organizations to generate and open access to relevant and useful agricultural information for smallholder resource-poor farmers and producers in small and weak countries of the region • Strengthen institutional commitment, partnerships and networks in support of opening access to agricultural information and knowledge in the region

21. Asian Farmers' Regional Consultation on AR4D Bangkok ; 10-11 Sept., 2012 Recommendations • Focus on Smallholder farmers • Low-cost and low-input agriculture • Capacity development • Regional cooperation • Access to information and knowledge • Need for farmer exchange visits • Need to strengthen links between research, advisory & extension • Need for higher investments in AR4D • Empower women farmers in farming & marketing activities • Partnership with APAARI to strengthen AR4D issues in the region.

22. National Workshop on Outscaling Farm Innovation 3-5 September, 2013, New Delhi 3-5 September, 2013, New Delhi • Major Recommendations • Paradigm shift in AR4D with renewed emphasis on “Farmer First” • Outscaling of innovations based on techno- economic feasibility, relevance and utility and adopting in a mission-mode • Identify , test and refine farmer led innovations • Effective and efficient extension mechanism • and marketing reforms • Creation of a cadre of young technology agents for custom hire services • Incentives and rewards to farmers though “Farm Innovation Fund” • Institutional reforms for better co-ordination, convergence and efficiency • Establish self-help groups (SHGs), co-operatives and farmers’ companies • Replicate successful public-private-partnership models • Innovative farmers’ to be recognized as “Farm Professors” • Provision of credit at low interest rates and insurance against risk factors

23. Expert Consultation on Strengthening Linkages between Research and extensionto Promote Food and Nutrition Security • Bangkok ; 11-12 December, 2013 Action Framework • Establishing a regional network for extension services • Enhancing quality of extension services • Creating space for research-extension interface • Fostering enabling policy initiatives • Adapting to a new research-extension environment • Mobilizing resources and establishing stakeholder partnerships • Documenting evidence and promoting awareness

24. Publications • Documentation and dissemination of agricultural information and knowledge Proceedings Success stories APAARI on CD, NL

25. APAARI Website Upcoming Events News and Announcement Directories • Research network • Project database • ASTI databases • Etc. Publications Links • > 50 success stories • 44 issues of APAARI newsletter • > 60 reports and proceedings

26. ARD Databases

27. APCoAB website

28. Collaboration CGIAR • AARINENA • APIRAS • GFAR • AFA • FARA • FAO • CACAARI • COA GFRAS • ACIAR CAPSA YPARD

29. Inclusive Growth of Agricultural Research for Development Stakeholders’ Involvement in Governance : • National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) • CGIAR Centers/International Organizations • Agricultural Universities • Regional Fora/Organizations • NGOs • FOs FOs on APAARI Executive Committee • IFAP (2009-2010) (Mr. Raul Montemayor) • AFA (2013-2014) (Ms. Esther Penunia)

30. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2013-2014) ChairmanDr. Simon Hearn, ACIAR, Australia Vice-ChairmanDr. MasaIwanaga, JIRCAS, Japan Members Dr. S. Ayyapan, ICAR, India Dr.Iftikhar Ahmad, PARC, Pakistan Dr. Sae-Jung Sur, RDA, Republic of Korea Mr.MisaKonelio, MAFFM, Samoa Dr. Mark Holderness, GFAR, Italy Dr. Thomas Lumpkin, CIMMYT, Mexico Dr. MahabubHossain, BRAC, Bangladesh Ms. Esther Penunia, AFA, Philippines Executive Secretary Dr. Raj Paroda, India

31. Supporting Extension Activities to Promote Food & Nutrition Security • GFRAS • Highlights of Teleconference (25 March 2014): • Invite one another to events • Join one another’s networks • Sharing information on each others activities - events, meetings, conferences • Have consultation among stakeholders on important extension related issues • APIRAS • Regional Forum on Strengthening Rural Advisory Services in Asia-Pacific Islands, Philippines, 14-15 September, 2011 • Strategic activities • Policy Advocacy • Create mechanism/platform for knowledge sharing • Generate and synthesize lessons learned/good practices in RAS • Capacity building in RAS • Establish database and communication mechanism • Strengthen National RAS Networks

32. Supporting Extension Activities to Promote Food & Nutrition Security On-going initiatives & upcoming activities • Regional Workshop on Family Farming • AFA, APAARI, GFAR, FAO • Concept Note – Ms. Esther Penunia • Success Story on Innovative Technologies including Extension/Delivery Systems planned for 2014: • E-Irrigation NanoGanesh • Farmer to Farmer Knowledge Sharing : A Short Film • ICT e-Choupal • Mobile GAP for Rice Assessment • E-Krishok Service • Information and Communications Technology for Small-Scale Fishers and Fishing Administration

33. APAARI supported participation of farmers and Fos in workshops/consultations/training programs • World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2011) • Progressive farmer from India • Regional Dialogue on Conservation Agriculture (1-2 November, 2011) • Farmers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal • Regional Workshop on Improving Wheat Productivity, Bangkok (2012) • Farmers from India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh • Regional Workshop on Youth & Agriculture, Islamabad, New Delhi (2013) • Farmers from Indian and Pakistan • National Workshop on Outscaling Farm Innovations, New Delhi (2013) • 78 Farmers from all over India • Expert Consultation on Research and Extension, Bangkok (2013) • Progressive Farmer from India