Cassava Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) - Achievements, lessons learned, and the way foward

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Cassava Enterprise Development Project (CEDP)

Achievements, lessons learned, and the way forward

G. Tarawali, Project Manager


Outline of presentation 1. Brief introduction 2. Project focal states and donors 3. Achievements and activities 4. Lessons learned 5. The way forward 6. Conclusion


Introduction

• In 2002 the Nigeria’s Presidential Initiative

on cassava was launched

• Objective of achieving an annual income of US$5 billion from processing and exporting cassava

• IITA supported this vision by the initiation of 2 projects


Introduction

Preemptive Management of the Virulent Cassava Mosaic Disease in Nigeria (CMD)

Cassava Enterprise Development Project (CEDP)

Integrated Cassava Project (ICP)


CMD

CEDP

Breeding and production

Processing, marketing, and enterprise development

Complementarities between CMD & CED Projects


Project Focal States and Funding

• Duration 5 years: October 2004 – September 2009 • Funding: USAID and SPDC (Global Development

Alliance) • Total Funding: USD11.9 million

Contributions (m):

Shell = US$7.5; USAID = US$2.9; IITA = US$1.5

FGN = US$17.1

Project States:

SS: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers

SE: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Imo


Specific objectives

1. Reduce the impact of virulent cassava mosaic disease

2. Increase the productivity of cassava

3. Develop and expand post-harvest processing and marketing

Increase economic opportunities through sustainable and competitive cassava production, processing, marketing and enterprise development

Project Objective (CEDP)

General objective


Achievements and Activities

Role as Project Manager


Targets for 2007/Indicators This Year Target This Year Actual

Income From Selected Commodities and Products $13.1m $14.2m

Job Creation 1700 1747

Sales of agricultural commodities/products $13.1 $14.4

Area under sustainable management (ha) 3500 7319

Productivity of selected commodities/products 21t/ha 25.6t/ha

Clients adopting improved technologies 100000 76721

Number of technologies introduced 12 18

Enterprises benefiting from Business Development Services (BDS) 279 707

Sustainable Producer Associations 121 70

Increased Agricultural Productivity and Marketing

Increased Commercial viability of micro, small, and medium enterprises

Summary of major activities

Obtained Green Rating for 3 consecutive times


1. Reduce impact of CMD disease

• The Problem • Imminent and increasing possible threat of the Ugandan strain of the CMD

virus to the Nigerian cassava economy

• Proposed solution • Pre-emptive management of CMD through rapid deployment CMD-resistant,

high yielding cultivars

• Constraints • IITA cannot release a cassava variety in Nigeria • Variety release process in Nigeria takes from 6 to 8 years (no release of new

cassava variety from 1986 to 2004) • Fast track participatory selection approach (FTPSA) • All executing agencies involved in variety release participate from the onset in

a combined series of trials executed concurrently for 2 years.

Germplasm evaluation, multiplication and distribution strategies


IITA improved varieties

1. Reduce impact of CMD disease (contd) Ten varieties officially released-2005/6

Top 10 varieties released in 2 years • TME 419, • TMS 98/0505, • TMS 97/2205, • TMS 98/0510, • TMS 98/0581, • TMS 92/0326, • TMS 96/1632, • TMS 98/0002, • TMS 92/0057 • NR87184

Resistant to CMD, other pests and diseases

• CNN 50t/ha by Zimbabwe farmers


Yield of improved and local cassava varieties in farmers fields by State

1. Reduce impact of CMD disease (contd)

Technology

Cassava Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) - Achievements, lessons learned, and the way foward