SOLIBAM knowledge and technology development in breeding, multiplication and dissemination of crop varieties adapted to low-input agriculture will be conducted with the participation of African partners. (Mali and Ethiopia)

Innovative participatory approaches to technology development, transfer and dissemination (TDTD) will be used for this purpose, including participatory plant breeding (PPB), participatory development of management practices, and associated training. These dissemination will enlarge the public already involved in WP6. These activities will be coordinated by ICARDA, which is a pioneer with extensive experience in PPB in developing countries, in collaboration with CNOP, MU (partners of SOLIBAM) and bodies that that are active in agricultural TDTD: a) national research centres and universities, b) other international and regional organisations (FAO, Bioversity, WARDA, IITA, ICRISAT, ICRAF), local NGOs (e.g. CARE and Prolinnova), and farmers’ associations (e.g. ROPPA). Where they exist, the project will make use of Farmer Field School (FFS) networks and facilities, a group-based participatory learning process used by several governments, NGOs and international agencies, initially to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and later extended to other agricultural research aspects to promote farmer-to-farmer transmission of information to accelerate the diffusion of innovations.

The project will feed scientific and technological outcomes into existing scientific networks, like the Genetic Resources Network for West and Central Africa (GRENEWECA), the East African Plant Genetic Resources Network (EAPGREN) and the ROCARIZ’s Technology Transfer Task Force, and political networks like the Food Security and Food Policy Information Portal for Africa (FSIP) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Each year during the project meeting involved partners will develop the list of TDTD activities and present the major outcomes of the year before.