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– TAAT Showcases CGIAR-Aligned Pathways at Africa Food Systems Summit
– From Research to Impact: Bridging Science, Policy & Investment
– TAAT Drives Scale of Resilient Technologies Across 12 Million+ Farms
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), a flagship initiative of the African Development Bank’s Feed Africa strategy established in 2018, is gearing up to take center stage at the Africa Food Systems Summit (AFS) in Dakar, Senegal, scheduled to run from September 3 to 5, 2025 — note: the original article mentions “September 31,” but the summit is actually scheduled for early September. At the event, TAAT will host a core session titled “From Research to Impact: Aligning CGIAR and TAAT Innovation Pathways with CAADP,” co-host a high-level discussion on “From Pledges to Plates: Financing Africa’s Agriculture and Food Systems,” and participate in multiple panel and bilateral sessions.
Since its launch, TAAT has been transforming the continent’s agricultural landscape by scaling heat-tolerant wheat, drought-resistant maize, high-yield rice, cassava, high-iron beans, sorghum, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, and quality livestock breeds and fingerlings to over 12 million farmers—boosting production by an estimated 25 million tonnes. Through its collaboration with CGIAR, TAAT vets cutting-edge technologies for scalability and integrates them into its electronic catalogue, encouraging governments and private sector partners to adopt and commercialize these innovations at scale.
