East Africa - Summary of development and delivery activities for out-scaling R4D technologies for greater impact during 2016 and plans for 2017

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East Africa - Summary of development and delivery activities for out-scaling R4D

technologies for greater impact during 2016 and plans for 2017

P4D week; 21 November 2016 Ibadan, Nigeria


N2Africa in Tanzania and Uganda- 2016

• Capacity building of farmers, extension staffs and agro-dealers on legume technologies through on-farm demos and adaptation trials.

• Facilitation of Private Public Partnership (PPP) towards supply of knowledge, rhizobia inoculants, fertilizers and legume seeds.

• Established business clusters around legume market and value addition.


N2Africa- Tanzania and Uganda 2017

• Deliver variety x inoculants x nutrient management recommendations to target legume production areas based on yield gap analysis.

• Deliver labor-saving pre- and post harvest legume tools to women famers.

• Deliver legume product-enriched food baskets for small families.

• Develop an ICT system for input and out put market demand to facilitate linkages with producer groups.


• Aflasafe KE01™ was launched in Kenya.• Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

purchased 238 tons of aflasafe KE01 to treat maize crops in 10 aflatoxin-prone counties.

• IITA and KALRO are constructing a modular plant to manufacture the product at KALRO Katumani.

• TTA Agreement on aflasafe KE01™ signed.

Aflasafe - 2016


Aflasafe- 2016• Build capacity to produce

Aflasafe and team produced 10 tons in 2016, Tanzania (3 tons), Mozambique (4 tons), Malawi (3 tons).

• Conducted 160 efficacy trials for groundnuts and maize; aflatoxin reduced by 70 to 99%.

• Raised awareness for aflatoxin by distributing more than 3000 flyers at various forums, including agricultural, conferences.


Aflasafe -2017• MALF has plans to enable farmers to apply Aflasafe

KE01 in at least 500,000 ha in Kenya.• Conduct more trails to test efficacy of Aflasafe in

Tanzania.• Develop a dossier for registering Aflasafe in Tanzania.• Produce 16 tons of Aflasafe for Zambia, Mozambique,

Malawi and Tanzania.• Raise awareness of stakeholders on health impacts of

aflatoxin and strategies to minimize contamination, including use of Aflasafe.

• Modular plant to manufacture aflasafe will be functional in Kenya.


SARD-SC Project in Tanzania-2016Agricultural Innovations and technologies development• Four new cassava varieties were officially released• Planting materials multiplied and distributed to 685

individual households and 18 farmer groups with over a total of over 1500 members

• Validation of best-fit agricultural technologies and innovations Assessment of increasing rate of N, P and K and

different formulation of fertilizer (NPK) on cassava yield Suitability of different cassava production systems for

increased sustainability and productivity Effects of different plant densities and leaves harvest

frequencies on root and leaf yields in cassava Mechanical cassava planter was evaluated


Dissemination of agricultural innovations/ technologies• Established 3 local Innovation Platforms (IPs) in Zanzibar, Dodoma and Kigoma• Established 64 demo plots for best-fit agricultural technologies• Enhanced farmers’ access to planting materials of improved varieties • Promotion of improved processing technologies

Capacity building• Construction and equipping of 1 pilot cassava processing centre in Dar es Salaam• Upgrading 4 community Cassava Processing centers in Zanzibar and Kigoma region• Empowerment of women groups and mentoring youths in agribusiness in Zanzibar

and Kigoma

Plans for 2017• Out-scaling selected agricultural innovations and technologies

SARD-SC Project in Tanzania


• In Tanzania the project is implemented by NARS and development partners in 4 zones - Lake, Eastern, Southern and Zanzibar regions.

• Development partners facilitate the use of the decision support tools through awareness creation and dissemination networks.

ACAI Project

• Fertilizer recommendation/blending and staggered planting implemented.


COMPRO-II

Tz Ug Gh Ke Et NgBefore COMPRO-II

Bio-fertilizer regulatory frameworks

None None None Active None Weak

After ≈4 years of COMPRO-IIBio-fertilizer regulatory frameworks

Active Active Active Active Dormant Active

• Innovations in outscaling improved technologies.

• Progress:


COMPRO II- Product Screening


COMPROII-Outreach in 3 years

Country Technology Farmersa % women

Ethiopia Bio-fertilizers for faba bean or soybean

8584 7

Kenya Biofix-soybean, teprosyn-maize, Gro+-Biofix for various legumes

53283 56

Tanzaniab Legumefix for soybean 539 39

Uganda Mak-bio-fixer for soybean 10797 52

a Demo data only (mother and baby demos)bDelays due to regulatory environment (one season data)


Research: Develop, test, validate and refine scalable integrated technologies that equitably optimize productivity for specific agro-ecologies.

Scaling: Identify entry points for Sustainable Intensification of smallholder agricultural production systems allows rural households to make more efficient use of the resources available to them to produce more without compromising the needs of future generations.

Two objectives: Research & Scaling

Africa RISING


Africa Rising- Objectives

1. Introducing and promoting improved and resilient varieties of food crops (maize-legume, rice, vegetables);

2. Disseminating best-bet agronomic management packages;

3. Protecting land and water resources and foster agricultural biodiversity;

4. Introducing and promoting postharvest management technologies to reduce losses and bring quality up to market standards;

5. Enhancing capacities of local communities.


Africa RISING-NAFAKA Partnership: Why?

Time

Nr of households benefiting from SI agriculture

DevelopmentImpact Indicators(e.g., productivity, income), but also…equity between households (including gender), NRM

ResearchOutputs

Pilot Scaling Mainstreaming

Scaling

2011

Development Outcomes

AR Research: Direct development impact on a limited nr of households with the target areas -10K by 2016

Hypothetical -AR Partnerships with Development partners: Will advance the impact of research outputs to many more households

2016

10,000

2014

Actual AR-NAFAKA partnership reach targets – 100K by 2017



25 Mother Demos (5hubs in each

districts with 25 learners each) 625

learners in YR 1

625 Baby Demos (125 Baby Demos in each

district with 15 learners each) 9,375

learners in YR 2

9,375 Grand Baby Demos (1,875 Grand Baby Demos in each

district with at least 5 learners each) 46,

875 learners in YR 3

NAFAKALead FarmersAfrica RISING

Africa RISINGLocal Governments

BDS Farmers

Africa RISINGNAFAKA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Africa RISING-NAFAKA Demonstration Model

• The model uses demonstration sites to introduce farmers, extension staff and other beneficiaries to sustainable intensification technologies.


AchievementsIndicator FY 2016

TargetFY 2016 Achieve-ment

LOP target 2016 Achieve-ment (%)

Number of hectares under improved technologies 9,400 12,953 58,000 137.8

Number of farmers and others who have applied new technologies

13,120 10,345 47,000 78.9

Number of individuals who have received short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training

10,925 11,305 47,200 103.5

Number of private enterprises (for profit), producers organizations and associations/organizations benefitting (mostly farmers’ groups)

122 141 200 115.5

Number of rural households benefiting directly from interventions

7,200 7,583 47,000 105.3


Partners• Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and

Fisheries (MALF)• Agricultural Research Institutes - Hombolo,

Chollima/Dakawa; Selian; KATRIN; HORTI-Tengeru• ACDI VOCA, IFDC, RUDI, FIPS, MVIWATA), private

sector actors (marketing, processing)• District Councils and agro-input companies in

Tanzania (Aminata Seeds, Meru Agro, Minjingu Fertilizer Co)


Success Factors

• Coordination between the partners• Commitment of team members• Unwavering support of local institutions


Way forward• Deeper involvement of local institutions

– Sustainability

• R-in-D– backstopping/addressing challenges

identified during scaling processes that need scientific/research attention

Government & Nonprofit

East Africa - Summary of development and delivery activities for out-scaling R4D technologies for greater impact during 2016 and plans for 2017