African Agricultural Technology Foundation

“1. Prof. Sir Gordon Conway Imperial College London 15 Princes Gardens South Kensington Campus SW7 1NA, United Kingdom 2. Ms. Mariame Maiga CORAF/WECARD. 7 Avenue Bourguiba, BP.48 Dakar-RP.SENEGAL 3. Prof. Idah Sithole-Niang University of Zimbabwe P. O. MP 167, Mt. Pleasant Harare, Zimbabwe 4. Prof. Jennifer Ann Thomson University of Cape Town PB Rondebosch 7701 SOUTH AFRICA 5. Mr. Kwame Akuffo-Akoto International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Headquarters & West Africa Hub PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan 200001, Oyo State, Nigeria 6. Johnson Irungu Waithaka Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Kilimo House Cathedral Road P.O. Box 30028 Nairobi 7. Justin J. Rakotoarisaona The African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) Jumuia Place, 1st Floor, Wing B, Lenana Road P. O. Box 2428 00202, Nairobi, Kenya 8. Rory Radding Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP 750 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 9. Standford Blade 1800 Phipps McKinnon Building 10020-101A Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 3G2 10. Larry Beach 6133 N Morgan St. Alexandria, VA 22312 United States of America 11. McLean Sibanda The Innovation Hub P.O. Box 1 Mark Shuttleworth Street 0087, Pretoria, South Africa 12. Dr. Ousmane Badiane International Food Policy Research Institute 2033 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 13. Dr. Jeremy Tinga Ouedraogo NEPAD West Africa Regional Office African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) BP 17204 Dakar, Sngal 14. Prof. Dame Lesley Anne Glover University of Aberdeen Rm 180 Kings College Aberdeen Scotland AB24 3FX FROM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND AN OUTSIDE US LAWYER REVIEW AND APPROVE A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FINALIZED BY THE OUTSIDE PREPARER.”

“Salary scale based on salary survey with comparators conducted by independent consultant. Ceo compensation is approved by the board of trustees.”

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“Rationale for creating AATF AATF was created because of several problems that affect agricultural development in Africa including: 1. The current size of Africas markets is often insufficient to attract the commercial interests of most multinational corporations offering proprietary technologies. 2. Those corporations tend not to be prepared to invest in establishing the necessary contacts or legal procedures, or face liabilities arising from the donated technologies. 3. Many public research institutions are willing to provide their technologies, but are not capable of engaging in the required downstream partnerships and procedures. 4. Public research organisations have little experience in delivering technologies to the private sector for production and deployment and require access to best practices. 5. Neither public nor private organisations in Africa have sufficient experience in promoting proprietary agricultural technology targeting resource-poor farmers. 6. African agribusiness firms will be unwilling to invest in producing, promoting and delivering products from new technologies to resource-poor farmers unless they have some assurance of a reasonable return on investment. Role of AATF AATF serves as an honest broker in negotiating the royalty-free transfer of technologies held by public and private organisations in industrialised and developing countries to smallholder farmers in Africa by establishing partnerships along the product value chain, and facilitating access to, development, delivery and utilisation of proprietary agricultural technologies. AATF assembles the necessary components for each project it undertakes by mobilising funding, managing the licensing of technologies, facilitating testing and regulatory approval processes, ensuring appropriate product stewardship, enforcing licence conditions, and ensuring that products actually reach farmers. Finally AATF addresses inadequate institutional resources for efficient access to, and utilisation of, proprietary technologies. Although AATF can be seen as part of wider efforts to support 'public-private partnerships' for African development, it plays a catalytic role by negotiating access to proprietary technology, supporting its adaptation, and providing stewardship for subsequent sustainable commercialization and delivery to farmers. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2 AND PART I, LINE 5 NON U.S. EMPLOYEES: ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) EMPLOYEES. PART I, LINE 5 IS ANSWERED WITH A TOTAL OF 50 TO PROPERLY INDICATE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. PART V, LINE 2B IS ANSWERED WITH TOTAL OF ZERO TO PROPERLY INDICATE THAT NO FORM 1096 OR FORMS W-2 ARE FILED FOR THE FOREIGN EMPLOYEES. ANSWERED WITH TOTAL OF ZERO TO PROPERLY INDICATE THAT NO FORM 1096 OR FORMS W-2 ARE FILED FOR THE FOREIGN EMPLOYEES. FORMS W-2 ARE FILED FOR THE FOREIGN EMPLOYEES.”

“NON-GAAP AUDIT: THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED UNDER INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL reporting STANDARDS (ifrs)AND NOT ACCORDING TO U.s. GAAP. THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORM 990 INSTRUCTIONS, PART XII, LINE 2B AND PART IV, LINE 12 ARE ANSWERED NO.”