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The main aim of innovation platforms is to facilitate the transfer of technology and knowledge between players in a specific value chain.

Several innovations and technologies were produced in Niger and brought directly to market before the start of the West African Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP).

There was often little or no interaction between value chain players. The challenges, potentialities and opportunities of a specific technology or innovation were barely discussed between players before it reached the market. This stage is critical, as it enables all the members of a value chain to fully understand the value of a specific product and take advantage of it.

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[vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1525438760108{padding-top: 45px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Ces plateformes lait servent actuellement de véritables canaux d’échange de connaissances critiques sur la fabrication, la collecte et le transport du lait. Elles sont devenues un réel outil de dissémination et d’adoption des technologies améliorées au niveau de ce secteur, ce qui, en retour, permet leur mise à l’échelle. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1530791734074{padding-bottom: 70px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1533137345109{background-image: url(http://coraf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/souley_ham2.jpg?id=18412) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”kjj”]

Bankable action plans

Les acteurs de ces plateformes ont bénéficié d’une série de sessions de formation et d’accompagnement. Ce processus a permis à beaucoup d’acteurs d’acquérir des compétences vitales en négociation et en management. Des plans d’action bancables sont ressortis de ces formations et ont été soumis au PPAAO pour financement. Des partenariats public-privé ont été créés et renforcés au cours du processus avec de potentielles opportunités commerciales et la participation du secteur privé.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1530791742611{padding-bottom: 70px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”kjj”]

Impressive results

As part of PPAAO Niger's 2016 annual work program, around 30 activities resulting from the action plans developed through the innovation platforms were funded to the tune of 200 million CFA francs. Around 25 young bakers were trained to set up their own businesses. Kilichi sales outlets have been set up. Milk collection centers and fish ponds have been set up.

On these platforms, players saw that they could give up their individual ambitions, since they saw a great advantage in working in collaboration and synergy with other players with similar interests. Together, they used the space not only as a platform to negotiate, but also to build partnerships and involve actors willing to work together. Thanks to these platforms, the women of Togone village have become even closer, and are cooperating more closely in the area of finance. Every week, some twenty women collect and donate around 70,000 FCFA to a designated member.

Delegations from other countries visited the platforms to learn how to preserve kilichi. As part of knowledge sharing and learning, PPAAO agents from Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal collaborated with their colleagues in Niger, acquiring essential knowledge for kilichi production. This has enabled these countries to improve their approach to meat drying.

In general, 18 platforms have been created and strengthened in the fields of milk, rice, kilichi, composite bread, onions, poultry and fish farming, seeds and product processing.

Some 2,400 members have benefited from these platforms in terms of capacity building and equipment.

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Lessons learned

By joining forces, the members of these platforms have become convinced that their aspirations are better taken into account when they act collectively.

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