Progress 07/01/10 to 06/30/14
Outputs
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Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Center establishment: The Center hired a Managing Director, Dr. Betty Bugusu, in August 2010. In November 2010, it was officially approved as a Purdue University Center under the name International Food Technology Center for Expanding Markets in Developing Countries (IFTC). Under the leadership of Dr. Bugusu, IFTC developed its mission/vision statements and overall goals. The Center held consultative meetings, internally at Purdue and externally with stakeholders from private, public, and multilateral institutions in Washington, DC. The organizations represented included: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Food Policy Research Institute, Institute of Food Technologists, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. In 2012, the Center formed an Advisory Board to provide guidance and help steer the Center forward. The Board consists of five members from Industry, academia and government, both from US and Africa. The Advisory Board held first meeting in October 2013. Center visibility efforts: The Center focused its initial efforts on increasing its visibility among peers, other institutions, and the donor community through development of promotional materials (www.iftc.purdue.edu), and engaging in promotional activities such as meetings and symposia, both on- and off- the Purdue University campus. Presentations made included: 1) Annual Hunger Banquet organized by the Global Health Student Group at Indiana University School of Medicine (2014); Topic: Technologies to Reduce Losses of Agricultural Crops; 2) TED conference by Purdue University (2012); 3) World Food Prize Symposium plenary session on Waste Not Want Not: Solutions for reducing post-harvest losses (2012); 4) Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX® Dome Theater (2012); and 5) First symposium on Food Security and Poverty Reduction at the Univesidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil (2011). Food security and policy fora attended: 1) USAID’s Feed the Future forums at Purdue and in Washington, DC; 2) The Institute of Food Technologists annual meetings; 3) The Chicago Council’s Global Food Security Annual Symposia; 4) Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa annual meetings; 5) Food Security and Minimizing Postharvest Losses: Innovation, Technology, Markets and Finance, sponsored by the Foreign Service Institute and the Bureau of Economic Business Affairs, US Dept. of State; and 6) Global Food Security Forum in Rabat, Morocco (2012). Center partnerships: The Center sought to strengthen existing partnerships including with the National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger, INRAN, in Niamey, Niger and Institut d’Economie Rurale du Mali, IER, in Bamako, Mali, through visits by the Director and/or the Managing Director. The Center also established new partnerships as well as formalized some existing ones by signing of letters of agreements. Examples of IFTC formal partnerships include: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Pretoria in South Africa; Kilimo Trust, an independent organization based in Kampala, Uganda that works on agriculture development in the East Africa Community (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi); and the Institut de Technologie Alimentaire (ITA) in Dakar, Senegal. Additionally, IFTC held formal talks with leaders of the two of the largest professional membership organization, namely: the Institute of Food Technologists and the International Union of Food Science and Technology, to have ready access to their renowned experts in food science and technology worldwide to engage in IFTC programs. Center fundraising efforts: The Center hired a consultant to help identify funding opportunities targeting Africa. Several funding leads are being pursued including Kenyan government, USAID, UNDP, and FAO. The Center also participated in development of several proposals for funding in the course of the grant period. The center successful pursued the following funding opportunities: 1) Title: Cochran Fellowship Training on Food Security Policy for South African Fellows. $28,545, 9/1/ 2013 to 2/28/2014, funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service Project, and 2) Title: Development and Assessment of a Fortified Instant Cereal Produce for Senegalese Market. $179,824; 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2015 funded by proposal submitted to USAID-ERA; The Center is working in collaboration with ITA Senegal. The Center is currently taking the lead on establishment of a USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-harvest Handling (Food Processing Lab, FPL) focusing on drying, storage, food processing and nutrition in Kenya and Senegal. The FPL is a five-year $5 million program (May 2014- May 2019), with potential for associate awards for the Feed the Future Countries’ USAID Missions.
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Progress 07/01/13 to 06/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Farmers Small- to medium-scale food processor Organized women groups Youth entrepreneurs (food processing) Funding organizations Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The Center supported an African student from Mali. The student is affiliated with the on-going projects in Mali and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Food Science in Nigeria. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The key activity of the Center is the support for food processing Incubation Centers established in Africa. These Centers train current and aspiring food processor on value addition to meet existing market demands. The work has mostly been in West African countries of Mali, Niger and Senegal. The Center is exploring opportunities to establish similar programs in East Africa. Dissemination has been mainly through symposia, meetings, and trips to program sites including the following: 1) follow-up trip to Kenya to further discuss partnership opportunities with the Kenya government, non-governmental organization, and private sector. High level meetings with officials from three ministries as follows: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development, and Ministry of Environment, Water and Energy. Other organizations with special interest include: Dow AgroSciences Africa, TATA Magadi Soda Foundation, Deloitte, and Fintrac. 2) A return trip was made to Mali, following the civil unrest, to assess the incubation center projects in the country. The incubation centers are still operational and the entrepreneurs, mostly women continued to pay their equipment loans during the unrest. 3) Keynote presentation made on March 28th, 2014 at the annual Hunger Banquet organized by the Global Health Student Group at Indiana University School of Medicine. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? This project comes to an end in June 2014. The Center is well established at Purdue and will continue to be active in the food value chain to link farmers to markets. The specific objectives for the coming year include: Increased fundraising efforts following the leads established by the Advisory Board and the Consultant. Establishment of an industry advisory council made up of private sector companies initially then more as the program expands. Talks are already underway to many industry representatives
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Center formed an Advisory Board consisting of five members from Industry, academia and government, both from US and Africa. The Advisory Board held first meeting in October 2013 with the main agenda of helping guide fundraising efforts. Several strategies were developed and are currently being pursued. The Center also hired a consultant to help identify funding opportunities targeting Africa. Several funding leads are being pursued including Kenyan government, USAID, UNDP, and FAO. The Center participated in the development of several proposals for funding in the course of the year. The center successful pursued the following funding opportunities: 1) Title: Cochran Fellowship Training on Food Security Policy for South African Fellows. $28,545, 9/1/ 2013 to 2/28/2014 funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service. Project and 2) Title: Development and Assessment of a Fortified Instant Cereal Produce for Senegalese Market. $179,824; 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2015 funded by proposal submitted to USAID-ERA; The Center is working in collaboration with ITA Senegal. Pending proposals: USAID requested a resubmission on the proposal on “Sustainable Reduction of Post-harvest Losses in Feed the Future Countries through Technologies and Innovations that Link Farmers to Markets: Focus on Ghana and Kenya”, USAID Feed the Future, $5,000,000 (first submitted 2013; re-submitted March 2014). The Center also partnered with Kilimo Trust, Kampala, Uganda to submit a concept note to USAID East Africa Mission on ‘Beans value addition for East Africa markets".
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Progress 07/01/12 to 06/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Farmers Small- to medium-scale food processor Organized women groups Youth entrepreneurs (food processing) Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 1) Internship for a senior undergraduate student 2) Technical support through graduate student visiting scholar for ITA, Senegal How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Symposia and meetings: The Center also held or participated in activities to continue to increase its visibility among peers, other institutions, and the donor community. Examples of promotional activities include: 1) Presentation at the TEDPurdueU forum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujN63eBLjXk). April 2013; 2) Presentations at the World Food Prize Symposium October 17-19, 2012. Des Moines IA.: on Oct. 17, 2012 - Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX® Dome Theater and Oct. 19, 2012 9-10 AM CST plenary session on Waste Not Want not: solutions for reducing post-harvest losses 3) Symposium on “Farm to Fork: the Role of Food Processing in Reducing Losses and Creating Markets for Smallholder Farmers in Africa”. Washington, DC 9/6/2012; 4)Attended the Chicago Council’s Global Food Security Annual Symposium, Tuesday, May 22, 2013; 5) Attended the Food Security and Minimizing Postharvest Losses: Innovation, Technology, Markets and Finance. SPONSORS: Foreign Service Institute and the Bureau of Economic Business Affairs, US Dept. of State. Feb 19, Washington DC; 6) attended the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual meeting June 24-28, 2012, Las Vegas, NV.; 7) Attended the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa annual meeting June 11-12, 2012. Washington, DC. IFTC has played a major role in bring to the forefront the issue of post-harvest loss reduction as a crucial component of improved food security, worldwide. IFTC recent published a commentary on the issue in the Huffington Post, “Prioritizing Reduction of Food Losses and Waste for Food Security” (http://huff.to/12k3b59), May 9 2013. IFTC also submitted comments to an FAO consultation on food waste and losses in April 2013 (http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/cfs-hlpe/food_losses_waste_scope). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Future plans to meet Center goals Doubled efforts in fundraising Formation of an external advisory council Establishment of an industry advisory council made up of privatae sector 6 companies initially then more as the program expands. Talks are already underway to many industry representatives
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
IFTC has been successful on some fronts in bringing is additional funding for its programs. Although the largest efforts in fund raising are still pending, IFTC was successfullyawarded the following grants: 1) “Incorporating soy into staple food products using a small-scale extruder technology applicable to Africa”. This is a one year project in the amount of $20,997 submitted to the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH)/Indiana soybean Alliance (ISA), 2) “Development and Assessment of a Fortified Instant Cereal Produce for Senegalese Market”. This is a 3-year (2013-2015) project of approximately $150,000 for capacity building and product development for the Senegalese market funded by the USAID-ERA. Pending proposals: 1) “Sustainable Reduction of Post-harvest Losses in Feed the Future Countries through Technologies and Innovations that Link Farmers to Markets: Focus on Ghana and Kenya” led by IFTC submitted to USAID Feed The Future for $5 million over 5 years with potential for a non-competitive funding totaling to $20 million; 2) Regional Network for Improved Nutrition through Agricultural Interventions in East Africa (RNINAI-EA) led by Kilimo Trust, Kampala, Uganda submitted to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $11 million over 5 years; 3) USAID-ERA capacity building in nutrition.
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Progress 07/01/11 to 06/30/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The International Food Technology Center (IFTC) for Expanding Markets in Developing Countries focused on its efforts on increasing its visibility among peers, other institutions, and the donor community through development of promotional materials (See: www.iftc.purdue.edu), and engaging in promotional activities such as meetings, and symposia, both on- and off-Purdue University campus. Examples of include: 1. USAID's Feed the Future forums at Purdue (January 2012) and in Washington, DC (June 2012) 2. First symposium on Food Security and Poverty Reduction at the Univesidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil November 16-18, 2011. Topic: Technologies to Reduce Losses of Agricultural Crops. 3. Global Food Security Forum in Rabat, Morocco (March 2012) 4. The Institute of Food Technologists annual meetings (2011, New Orleans, LA in June 2011; Las Vegas, NV in June 2012) The Center sort to strengthen existing partnerships including National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger, INRAN, in Niamey, Niger and Institut d'Economie Rurale du Mali, IER, in Bamako, Mali), through visits by the Director and/or the Managing Director. The Center further established new partnerships as well as formalized some existing ones by signing of letters of agreements. Examples of IFTC formal partnerships include: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Pretoria in South Africa; Kilimo Trust, an independent organization based in Kampala, Uganda and working on agriculture development in the East Africa Community (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) region; Institut de Technologie Alimentaire (ITA) in Dakar, Senegal. Additionally, IFTC held formal talks with leaders of the two of the largest professional membership organizations namely: the Institute of Food Technologists and the International Union of Food Science and Technology, to have ready access to their renowned experts in food science and technology worldwide to engage in IFTC programs. The Center also continued to contribute to the program in Mali to establish enterprises for sorghum and millet processing using the "Incubation Center" model designed to provide start-up entrepreneurs with a supportive environment of equipment, services and resources offered at minimal or no cost. An Incubation Center was launched in October 2011 in collaboration with Institut d'Economie Rurale du Mali based in Bamako and is continues to be fully operational despite the civil unrest in the country. The program was sponsored by the USAID-Mission in Mali. In the area of education and training, the Center sponsored an undergraduate student for a 6-months internship at ITA, Senegal. The student's focus was on development and assessment of a fortified instant cereal product for the Senegalese market. PARTICIPANTS: PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 1. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through the International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL) 2. The Institut de Technologie Alimentaire in Dakar, Senegal. 3. The Institut d'Economie Rurale du Mali in Bamako, Mali 4. Kilimo Trust, Kampala, Uganda TARGET AUDIENCES: 1. Farmers 2. Small- to medium-scale food processor 3. Organized women groups 4. Youth entrepreneurs PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
IFTC has played a major role in bring to the forefront the issue of post-harvest loss reduction as a crucial component of improved food security, worldwide. This is achieved through IFTC's efforts in highlighting the issue in various stakeholder forums and urging of the development and donor communities to mainstream post-harvest loss reduction in agriculture development programs. These efforts are beginning to pay off as more attention is given to the issue. For example; through in part to IFTC efforts, the USAID Feed the Future Global Hunger and Food Security Research Strategy has incorporated "reduced food losses and waste" as a research program in the recently issued request for applications. IFTC also held a side event at the 2011 World Food Prize celebrations that contributed to an invitation to the main program agenda in the 2012 world Food Prize celebration to discuss the issue of food losses and waste. The Center in collaboration with other partners continues to be actively engaged in development of grant proposals in the broader area of food security and poverty reduction. Among the successful proposals are: 1. "Agricultural Sanitary and Phytosanitary" project in Afghanistan. This is a 2 million dollars project by the funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service. The focus is on building Afghan's capacity to implement animal health, plant health, and food safety activities. IFTC collaborated with Purdue University's College of Agriculture and School of Veterinary Medicine, and Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock and the Provincial Directorates of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock 2. "Sustainable African Indigenous Vegetable Production and Market-Chain Development for Improved Health and Nutrition and Income Generation by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia". IFTC was a part of larger group proposal led by Horticulture Department at Purdue University. IFTC role is in value addition and processing for various markets and for extended shelf-life for producers. This is a 5-year program in the amount of $979,856 is funded by the USAID Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program. 3. IFTC received a grant in the amount of $30, 740 from Kilimo Trust to provide technical expertise in the food processing and value addition for their strategic plan. 4. "Development and Assessment of a Fortified Instant Cereal Produce for Senegalese Market". This is a 3-year (2013-2015) project of approximately $179,824 for capacity building and product development for the Senegalese market funded by the USAID-ERA.
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Progress 07/01/10 to 06/30/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Center hired a Managing Director, Dr. Betty Bugusu, in August 2010. In November 2010, it was officially approved as a Purdue University Center under the name International Food Technology Center (IFTC) for Expanding Markets in Developing Countries. Under the leadership of Dr. Bugusu, IFTC has developed its mission/vision statements as well as overall goals. The Center held consultative meetings, internally at Purdue and externally with stakeholders from private, public, and multilateral institutions in Washington, DC. The organizations represented included: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Food Policy Research Institute, Institute of Food Technologists, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. The Center is currently contributing to an on-going project in Mali and Senegal sponsored by the USAID-Mission in Mali to establish enterprises for sorghum and millet processing using the incubation model concept. The incubation concept is designed to provide start-up entrepreneurs with a supportive environment of equipment, services and resources offered at minimal or no cost. The sorghum and millet processing units in Mali are expected to be fully operational by end of the year 2011. In the area of education and training, the Center is currently supporting in part a Malien student at Purdue and a Senegalese student in Senegal. Both are master's students majoring in food science and technology. Further, the Center is engaged in service learning activities for food science students. This fall (2011) eight senior food science students are enrolled in a 1-credit course (FS 491) focusing on mango fruit processing with specific application to the country of Haiti. PARTICIPANTS: Betty Bugusu, Managing Director, IFTC Maria Mrshall, Associate Proffessor, Agriculture Economics,Purdue university TARGET AUDIENCES: Target Audiences Small and medium scale food processors Low income smallholder farmers in developing countries Food science and technology students Efforts formal education Extension and outreach PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
As a recognized Purdue center, IFTC actively participated in the US Government's Feed the Future (FTF) global research strategy planning workshop hosted by Purdue University in January 2011and provided comments in the area of agricultural value chain development. The resulting document, "A Research Agenda for FTF", served as a primary source document for an e-consultation process and a 2-day conference in June 2011 that involved diverse stakeholder participation. Through a competitive grant process, IFTC received a seed grant from Purdue University's Global Policy Research Institute to conduct a needs assessment study on market development for smallholder farmers in East Africa. The goals of the study were to explore opportunities for value addition and market development for agricultural commodities, and to identify potential collaborators on future efforts in the region including local institutions and/or individual researchers. The study was conducted in July, 2011 by a team of two: a food technologist and a market economist in three countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). Several institutions were visited including: institutions of higher learning, national research institutions, non-governmental organizations and private entrepreneurs. The information gathered from this study will be used to develop grant proposals for programs in food processing to expand markets for local farmers. The Center in collaboration with other partners continues to be actively engaged in development of grant proposals in the area of food security and poverty reduction. IFTC in collaboration with Purdue University's College of Agriculture and School of Veterinary Medicine, and Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock and the Provincial Directorates of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock recently received funding for an "Agricultural Sanitary and Phytosanitary" project in Afghanistan. The project, in the amount of about 2 million dollars, will focus on building Afghan's capacity to implement animal health, plant health, and food safety activities. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service. List of pending proposals that IFTC has contributed to: 1.Micro-Nutrient Fortification of US Foreign Food Aid Products proposal for Pakistan. Collaborators: Collaborators: Land O'Lakes, Inc. Solae LLC, World Initiative for Soy in Human Health/American Soybean Association, Community Development Foundation, and Health And Nutrition Development Society. Agency - USDA Foreign Agriculture Services 2.Sustainable African Indigenous Vegetable Production and Market-Chain Development for Improved Health and Nutrition and Income Generation by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Agency - USAID Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program.
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