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The success story<br />
In some quarters, there were doubts about IITA taking<br />
this R4D path. Today, after having tested the approach at<br />
scale in Nigeria, a country with over 140 million people,<br />
those doubts have evaporated. In four years, the R4D<br />
approach reached about 90 million consumers and eight<br />
million farmers, boosting the production of cassava by ten<br />
million tons. It did this without causing a price drop. In<br />
addition, it reduced the need for 800 000 hectares formerly<br />
used for cassava. Other governments in Africa have heard<br />
these results and IITA has been requested to replicate the<br />
approach in their countries. (For more information see “It is<br />
possible” on www.iita.org)<br />
Hartmann<br />
Definitions:<br />
Research output = technologies and publications<br />
Research outcome = effects of research output,<br />
such as adoption and use<br />
Development outcome = impact of research outcomes<br />
on development needs<br />
IITA<br />
IITA was created in 1967 by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations<br />
and the Government of Nigeria. Its purpose is to address<br />
hunger and poverty in Africa. By working with partners in Africa<br />
and beyond IITA reduces producer and consumer risks, enhances<br />
crop quality and productivity, and generates wealth from agriculture.<br />
IITA serves sub-Saharan Africa via its three hubs IITA-<br />
East (Tanzania), IITA-<strong>South</strong> (Zambia), and IITA-West (Nigeria).<br />
IITA has about 120 international staff from 30 countries and 750<br />
support staff members. It is governed by an international board.<br />
IITA works on key food crops of sub-Saharan Africa and on<br />
cropping systems and African ecologies such as the savannas,<br />
coastal low lands, and humid tropics. Its strength has been in<br />
improving food crops and in helping African nations to tackle<br />
biological threats from food pests and diseases. Its research<br />
findings are also used in the Central Asian Caucasus (blackeyed<br />
peas), and Central America and the Caribbean (roots and<br />
tubers).<br />
IITA is supported by the OECD countries, Brazil, Nigeria, <strong>South</strong><br />
Africa, and the CGIAR.<br />
www.iita.org<br />
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Research<br />
problems<br />
outputs<br />
Envisoned<br />
research<br />
impact<br />
Public<br />
sector<br />
Development<br />
IMPACT<br />
Development needs<br />
design<br />
activities<br />
Development and research partners<br />
Baseline / Ex-ante<br />
The IITA research for development model<br />
Outcome<br />
Advocacy<br />
Credible IMPACT<br />
IITA-EXIT<br />
Consumers<br />
Private<br />
sector<br />
Development outcome<br />
SUCCESS<br />
Ex-post<br />
FOCUS<br />
Research for development