African Agricultural Technology Foundation

“The government of kenya is entitled to propose one member to the board of trustees. This designated member has no right to vote.”

“Prof. Jennifer ann thomson pb rondebosch 7701 south africa hamadi iddi boga p.o. Box 300228 nairob, kenya dr. Ousmane badiane 2033 k st. Nw, washington, dc 20006 dr. Jeremy tinga ouedraogo bp 17204 dakar, sngal prof. Dame lesley anne glover aberdeen scotland ab24 3fx dr. Ingrid wuenning tschol p.o. Box 10 06 28, 70005 stuttgart germany george agyemang sarpong north legon accra, ghana sylvia chinyama chisangano horemans plot 12922, mumbwa road, zambia jessica francisca colao south c, nairobi, kenya shey tata 13514 cedar creek lane, silver spring md 20904 dahlia garwe 1 kenilworth close, greystone park, harare, zimbabwe noble banadda p.o. Box 7062, kampala, uganda djime adoum djibrine high representative coalition for the sahel, brussels, belgium aggrey ambali auda-nepad agency, midrand, south africa bernard slippers university of pretoria, pretoria, south africa”

“Aatf has an office in abuja, nigeria using same policies and procedures manuals except the human resource manual that has few differences to take into account the country's labour laws.”

“The 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.”

“The conflict of interest policy requires the board members to review issues that could have led to a conflict of interest during each of the bot meetings. Each board member is required to fill-in a conflict of interest declaration form once a year. So far, there has been no reported incident of conflict of interest.”

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

“Aatf policies are internal documents and are communicated to the public only upon request. However, some of the information, including financial statements, are regularly provided to the public through a widely distributed annual report and are also available upon request.”

“Rationale for creating AATF AATF was created because of several problems that affect agricultural development in Africa including: . The current size of Africa's markets is often insufficient to attract the commercial interests of most multinational corporations offering proprietary technologies. . 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. . Many public research institutions are willing to provide their technologies but are not capable of engaging in the required downstream partnerships and procedures. . Public research organisations have little experience in delivering technologies to the private sector for production and deployment and require access to best practices. . Neither public nor private organisations in Africa have sufficient experience in promoting proprietary agricultural technology targeting resource-poor farmers. . 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.”

“The eo received a 5-year funding for eu horizon 2020 bio4africa project and also received a 6-month grant for vegetable sector assessment project, funded by european union's research executive agency (eu-rea).”

“The striga control project was discontinued after the project achieved its desired objectives. An impact study was carried out in the prior year and the project closed.”

“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 47 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.”