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A SMART Approach ToSustainable Crop Production
In Developing Countries
Daniel B. Reynolds
George Awuni
Mississippi State University
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
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Background
• Family Farm
• General Agronomy Background
• Weed Science Background
– Weed Control Programs
– Transgenics
– Remote Sensing
– Off-Target Deposition
– Conservation Tillage
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Educational Background
• B.S. Agriculture – University of Arkansas @ Monticello
• M.S. Agronomy – University of Arkansas
• Ph.D. Crop Science – Oklahoma State University
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International Agriculture
• No Past Experience
• Asked if I wanted to participate on US-AID Project related Soybean production in Ghana
• Lead writing effort for Applied Agronomic Objectives on Proposal
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Four Step Approachto a Successful System
• Problem Diagnosis
• Method Evaluation
• Program Selection
• Program Execution
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Initial Challenges
• Determining Needs
• Identifying Implementing Partners
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Problem Diagnosis
• General Agronomics
• Germplasam
• Use of Soil Amendments
• Use of Inoculums
• Use / Availability of Various Pesticides
• Storage
• Marketing
• Utilization
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Program SelectionSMART
• Soybean
• Management by
• Application of
• Research and
• Technology
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Program ExecutionRealistic Expectations
• Will not immediately solve all problems Multi-component approach is generally better than singleElimination of one component of a total program will result in another component having to be intensified
• Must have flexibility to change
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Goals
• Raising incomes
• Increasing food security
• Improving household nutrition
Through this process the incomes of smallholder farmers will increase and large volumes of low cost, high quality protein and oil will be delivered to rural and urban communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Approach
The approach of the Foundations Project is based on four pillars that comprise the essential components of sustained production, improved household nutrition and sustainable market linkages for soybean farmers
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Four Pillars of Proposal
I. Genetic Improvement
II. Enhanced Crop Productivity and Quality
III. Nutrition
IV. Value Chains and Socio-Economic Research
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SMART Approach
The Foundations Project’s architecture is based on an integrated modular design that maximizes collaboration among consortium members and stakeholders with a novel SMART Farm concept (Soybean Management with Appropriate Research and Technology) as its platform.
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FUNDING
• 10 Million Hard Funding
• 15 Million available through USAID Missions
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SMART Approach
• The modularity allows specific programs to be expanded, extended, and replicated in other regions and countries as additional funding is accessed.
• Expanding the success of the Foundations Project will be achieved through working with our long term partners in the region.
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Pillar II, Crop Productivity, Seed Management, and Quality:
• Our research activities and procedures will be demonstrated and disseminated on SMART Farms.
• The first of these SMART Farms will be developed and tested at the Ghanaian Government’s Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in northern Ghana.
• Additional SMART Farms can be established as supplementary funds are accessed.
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Pillar II, Crop Productivity, Seed Management, and Quality:
• The SMART Farm will be the center for the Foundations Project’s research on best practices, gender equity, and soybean economic and environmental sustainability.
• The SMART Farm will be the region’s only soybean research, extension, and commercialization center.
• The Ghanaian SMART Farm will be a hub for the development, testing and extension of soybean production.
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Initial Challenges
• Determining Needs
• Identifying Implementing Partners
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Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI)
• Located at Nyankpala
• Near Tamale (3rd largest city)
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Implementing Partner (SARI)Nicholas Ninju Denwar
10/8/2014 Accra Meeting:Soybean Breeders
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Plan of Work
• Hired George Awuni
• Trained prior to planting season
• Currently on site
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Experiments
• Germination Test
• Planting Date
• Varieties
• Admendments
– P
– Inoculum
• Planting Methods
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Seed Quality
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Seed QualityGermination Test
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Soil Sampling
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Inoculum Usage
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Nodulation Evaluations
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PhosphorusSidedress Application
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Identified Needs
• Equipment
– Planter
– Harvest Equipment (cutters etc)
– Vehicle (for George)
• Quality Seed Sources
• Inoculum
• Extension Efforts
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Identified Challenges
• Proximity (Lack of)
• Costs of shipping & importing equipment
• Infrastructure needs at test sites
– Work & seed processing area
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Thank You!
Daniel B. Reynolds
Professor of Weed Science
G.B. Triplett Endowed Chair of Agronomy
662-325-0519
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