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Développem ent d’un systèm e m ixte innovant de Développem ent d’un systèm e m ixte innovant de connaissances et d’inform ations techniques, institutionnelles et traditionnelles, pour renforcer l i é i d é l i les capacités et autonom iser des réseaux m ulti- acteurs en Afrique rurale Developing m ixed know ledge innovative system , technical, institutional and traditional i f i f i b ildi d inform ation, for capacity building and em pow erm ent of m ulti-stakeholders netw orks in rural Africa

AUTEURS

1. Khady KANE TOURE IFAN Ch ikh A t Di Dé t t I f ti IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop, Département Information scientifique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal Sénégal 2. Danièle CLAVEL 2. Danièle CLAVEL CIRAD, Montpellier, France

I NTRODUCTI ON I NTRODUCTI ON W hich is the problem atic addressed?

The first International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, S i d T h l (2008) l d d th t “ f l Science and Technology (2008) concluded that “a powerful tool for meeting development and sustainability goals resides in em pow ering farm ers and stakeholders”. in em pow ering farm ers and stakeholders .

Renew ed inform ation and com m unication Renew ed inform ation and com m unication tools and channels for supporting actor’s tools and channels for supporting actor’s capacities are key elem ents for im proving capacities are key elem ents for im proving capacities are key elem ents for im proving capacities are key elem ents for im proving people livelihood people livelihood

Sustainable rural developm ent: the New Paradigm Sustainable rural developm ent: the New Paradigm

Demographic grow th & climate change pressure Demographic grow th & climate change pressure High pressure on natural resources High pressure on natural resources How to reconcile development and sustainable How to reconcile development and sustainable economic development? economic development?

Questioning Top Dow n approach Questioning Top Dow n approach Emergence of new types of actors Emergence of new types of actors Develop & Support Develop & Support Actor’s capacities Actor’s capacities Rethink information & Rethink information & communication tools communication tools Actor s capacities Actor s capacities communication tools communication tools

Renew ed partnership for co conception of innovation Renew ed partnership for co conception of innovation

Tw o exam ples from the APPRI lti t W k h APPRI m ulti actors W orkshop Ouagadougou, 2 1 -2 4 October 2 0 0 8

APPRI W orkshop ‘Learning Producing and Sharing APPRI W orkshop Learning, Producing and Sharing I nnovations ( APPRI ) . Tools for co-construction and sustainable im plem entation of innovations in Dryland Africa

• W eendou Bosséabé : a traditional and
• W eendou Bosséabé : a traditional and

m odern local experim ental food security project for sustainable hum an developm ent ( ) ( Kane, 2 0 0 8 ) Th iti ' ti h

• The citizens' anti-hunger caravan : an

experience of Poum a rural com m unities in adapting to clim ate change ( Andela, 2 0 0 8 ) p g g ( , )

Exam ple 1

W eendou Bosséabé village This com m unity experim ental project w as launched by Harouna Moussa Dia, a farm er em igrant, econom ic operator and native of the

• village. Started in 2 0 0 5 and involved em igrants

and local villagers: 1 0 5 0 w om en ( m arket garden) and local villagers: 1 0 5 0 w om en ( m arket garden) and 5 0 0 m ale producers ( m aize) Methodology To set in place a fram ew ork of traditional consultation, based on a participatory approach and actual know ledge of the socio cultural and actual know ledge of the socio-cultural, physical, econom ic and political contexts

Results & I m pacts ( 1 ) Results & I m pacts ( 1 )

• Substantial increased production ( three cereal

crop per year/ m en)

• Field the m arket garden crops ( W om en)

Field the m arket garden crops ( W om en) + W orth highlighting; autonom y of the w om en

• Health of the populations, particularly that

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• f w om en and children

R it li ti f th ill ith th h f

• Revitalization of the village w ith the hope of

incom e

• Reduction in the rural exodus

Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 )

• The project had local im pact but also scaled

p j p repercussions. A t i t

• Access to running w ater
• Possibility for each person to carry out

agricultural activities

• Better w orking and living conditions
• Better w orking and living conditions
• food self-sufficiency

Main difficulties Main difficulties: Main difficulties Main difficulties:

T h i l Technical :

• energy ( electricity load shedding, diesel oil

supply, shortages, etc.)

• hard w orking / deck soil : trench digging
• hard w orking / deck soil : trench digging
• irrigation system : pipe installation, cutting

and threading galvanized tubes, sizing the block block

• Maintenance of irrigation equipm ent

C t C t Costs: Costs:

Contributions decided by m utual consent:

• w om en : tw o m illion CFA F

t illi CFA F

• m en : ten m illion CFA F
• em igrants native to the village : one

hundred sixty m illion CFA F

• Total cost: 1 7 2 Millions CFA F ( 2 6 0 0 0 0 €)
• Total cost: 1 7 2 Millions CFA F ( 2 6 0 0 0 0 €)

The project is currently being funded by the incom e it generates

Conclusion Conclusion

• The producers have becom e the true players

p p y in their ow n developm ent, w hich is intended to be sustainable w ith respect of their traditions d di it d th f d t h i and dignity, and the use of m odern techniques

• From local know -how and know ledge the
• From local know how and know ledge, the

actors had becom e aw are that a proper generation use of I ST is crucial for rural g developm ent H th th t th i till

• How ever, they are aw are that there is still

som e w ay to go for social and econom ic sustainability sustainability.

Exam ple 2 p The Citizens' anti-hunger Caravan

Christine ANDELA Coordinatrice du COSADER Christine ANDELA, Coordinatrice du COSADER Collective of NGOs for Food Security and Rural Developm ent ( COSADER) in Cam eroon Developm ent ( COSADER) in Cam eroon

( http:/ / w w w .cosader.org)

Goals: Goals:

• Coordinate efforts to m ake NGOs efforts visible
• Ensure constant lobbying of politicians and

donors in favour of rural developm ent Support rural and urban organizations in their

• Support rural and urban organizations in their

w ork to fight hunger and poverty

H it k ? H it k ? How it w orks? How it w orks?

Set up Local Com m ittees ( LC) for food security and developm ent The ( LCs) plays a key role in the system :

• I dentification of active rural groups, exchanges
• n projects

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• dialogue on the strategies adopted locally to

solve the problem s, w ith local traditional, solve the problem s, w ith local traditional, com m unal and adm inistrative authorities

• consideration of the needs and proposals of the
• consideration of the needs and proposals of the

groups in com m unity developm ent plans

Results & I m pacts ( 1 ) Results & I m pacts ( 1 ) p ( ) p ( )

• Facilitation by COSADER/ National Alliance of Rural of

Facilitation by COSADER/ National Alliance of Rural of w om en dialogue

• rganized by MI NADER/ Cham ber of

Agriculture / FAO in 2 0 0 8 : 1 0 2 rural w om en from 1 0 g provinces in Cam eroon

• 5 rural groups identified ( inquiries) : the m onitored

farm ers had highly appropriate perceptions of technical adaptation ing to w ater shortage, such as: long-cycle tuber crops replaced by shorter-cycle groundnut etc.

Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 ) Results & I m pacts ( 2 )

• Use of the MI NADER local service: technical ( advice
• Use of the MI NADER local service: technical ( advice

covered seed selection, sow ing techniques, phytosanitary control

• Direct consequence of w ater reduction in the tube

w ells: a return to non-m anaged sources for dom estic w ater supplies

• Diversification of farm activities: especially, sm all-

scale trade, sm all-scale fishing, fish farm ing

• The surveys conducted em phasize the im portance of

direct dialogue am ong the farm ers and local actors

Conclusion and Prospects Conclusion and Prospects

This com m unication based project w as a success:

• new stakeholders are m ore and m ore involved in the
• new stakeholders are m ore and m ore involved in the

National Alliance Against Hunger COSADER i b f O i ti f F d

• COSADER is m em ber of Organizations for Food

Security and Rural Developm ent ( COASAD)

• An efficient com m unication plan is to be drafted w ith

all interested parties, w ith recourse to outside appraisal

• But to fulfil those tasks, the institutional

strengthening of COSADER is necessary, notably to ensure the perpetuation of staff and the acquisition of m odern com m unication equipm ent.

MODEL for a collective and truly participatory MODEL for a collective and truly participatory integrated m anagem ent of integrated m anagem ent of integrated m anagem ent of integrated m anagem ent of I ST and local know ledge I ST and local know ledge

Actors R&D Context STI contents and local know ledge Methodology Methodology Findings: State-of-the-art on the inform ation in the Farm er’s Organisations: Strengths, W eakness and new specialists Actions

GENERAL CONCLUSI ON GENERAL CONCLUSI ON GENERAL CONCLUSI ON GENERAL CONCLUSI ON

• Enhancing the ability of rural people to conceive

innovations and act on these innovations w ill m ake innovations and act on these innovations w ill m ake them able to have pow er over their ow n destiny.

• But this paradigm ’s shifts entails generate innovative

p g g m ethods for capacity building i.e. define and experim ent collectively new approaches for im proved dialogue, inform ation, and com m unication and design dialogue, inform ation, and com m unication and design sharing know ledge and co learning m ethods and places.

• The m odel could be the Peasants' Universities as

places of learning w here a com m on vision is shared for im plem enting developm ent and environm ental p g p im provem ent activities, particularly intended for sm all fam ily farm s.

Légumes, portables, glaces locales et bonheur

Champ des femmes Champ des femmes

Le « Djoulol » près du champ des hommes

Parcelle de maïs desherbée

Activités d’élévage g

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