About 70% of people in Africa and 90% of the continent's poor depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Access to developments in agricultural science and technology would improve food security and reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Neither the private nor the public sectors can exploit this potential alone. Why? The former has the technological resources but no commercial incentive, while the latter has vast experience but needs improved access to proprietary technologies that are held by the private sector.

African public sector research institutions could also benefit from assistance in adapting technologies so that they are appropriate for African farmers and improved means of achieving dissemination and use of these new technologies by resource-poor farmers. The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) facilitates partnerships to remove the constraints on transfer and use of appropriate agricultural technologies.

AATF Business plan [523KB]