Jamil Macedo’s commentary on behalf of IICA:

1. Innovation MP is:
a. Technological innovation
b. Institutional Innovation – other organizations have demonstrated interest in the working model and organization of the MP

2. Testimonial from 3 Africa-Brazil projects, very interesting exercise
a. Tanzania-Brazil
     i. The fact of partners knowing each other before was important and facilitate the preparation of the project
    ii. Exchange of germoplasma is possible but take a lot of paper work; participants have to be patient… maybe interfere in the project chronogram
b. Burkina Faso-Brazil
   i. Interesting project dealing with natural resources and local communities in Africa
   ii. Call attention to the importance of women in African agriculture
  iii. Important component on opportunities for graduate student
c. Ethiopia-Brazil. Assessment of bee diversity in Ethiopia was important part of the project
  ii. Support of Brazil to do chemical and biological analyses
  iii. Some difficult on the process of import bees from Ethiopia
  iv. Importance of Brazilian counterpart visit the partners country since the beginning of the project

3. Learning events
a. Technological innovation

4. General comments / questions
a. Need of sustainable financial support and human development and training
b. What could be improved in order to foster better cooperation Africa-Brazil, LAC-Brazil and Africa-LAC?
c. Should we come one day before for “field trip” visit to Embrapa?
d. What comes next after the end of the project?