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| New Priorities and Directions for Sasakawa Africa Association |
Over the past 23 years, the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and its partner,
the Global 2000 program of the Carter Center, have worked – under
the name SG 2000 – with tens of thousands of frontline
extension workers and several million farmers in 14 sub-Saharan
Africa countries. The main focus of that work was to test and
promote higher-yielding technology for maize, wheat, rice,
grain legumes, and roots and tubers. The new technologies promoted
by SG 2000 programs were developed by African national research
organizations in collaboration with the international agricultural
research centers. SG 2000’s role has been a catalytic
one, working primarily with national ministries of agriculture
to mount dynamic field demonstration programs so that farmers
can evaluate for themselves the value of these improved technologies.
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| Employment Opportunities SAA
Managing Director |
SAA is seeking a dynamic
agricultural development professional to serve as its Managing
Director (MD). The MD will serve as the chief operating officer
of the organization and will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The MD will be part of a broader management team that includes
the organization’s two Executive Directors, the Director
of Strategic Opportunities (DSO), the SAFE Managing Director,
and the SAA Country and Program Directors. The MD reports to
the two EDs in accordance with their relative areas of responsibility
and expertise (Programs and Management). Other than the DSO,
who reports directly to the EDs, all SAA staff members in Africa
report to the MD to ensure effective operation, coordination
and integration of all activities.
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| Sasakawa-Global 2000 Programme |
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Although the SG 2000’s projects are located in various countries, their main approach of the small farmers’ problems is similar.
Before launching a new project, SG 2000 determines if there is a pool of appropriate technology that could have a significant impact for the country, if the citizens are poor, the country food insecure and if the government is committed to agricultural development.
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| Regional Programme |
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The challenge of SAA’s Agroprocessing Programme is to enhance and prove the economical viability of rural agroprocessing and to link agriculture to the urban market. «We believe that small-scale agroprocessing offers huge opportunities to stimulate the activity in rural areas and that this potential is still virtually untapped» comments Toshiro Mado, SAA’s agroprocessing programme leader.
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