Africa RISING West Africa: Status of activities in the rice-based systems, January-September 2012
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Africa RISING West Africa: Status of activities in the rice-based systems,
January-September, 2012Olupomi Ajayi
Africa Rice Center
Africa RISING-West Africa Review and Planning Workshop23-25 October, 2012, Tamale, Ghana
Partners & Implementation Teams Meetings Implementation approach – Rice Sector Development
Hubs concept Achievements and prospects
1.1.1 Baseline survey 1.1.15 Seed production 2.1.7 Yield gap survey 3.1.1 Diagnostic survey 3.1.2 Multi-stakeholder platforms
Outline
Major partnersPartner Responsibility
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
Overall project coordination, backstopping
Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI)
In-country project implementation and coordination
World Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC)
Introduction, evaluation and promotion of high value fruits and vegetables
23 partners 2 Universities 5 Research institutes 2 Ministries – health and agriculture NGOs The private sector Professional associations – farmers, processors, seed growers,
traders, etc.
In-country partners
Baseline survey – Wiredu, Etwire, Martey, Nachim, Dogbe (SARI), Arouna, and Diagne (AfricaRice)
Community seed production – Siise, Abebrese, Yirzagla, and Dogbe (SARI)
Yield gap analysis – Baba, Yirzagla, Mawunya, Abdulai (SARI), and Saito (AfricaRice)
Diagnostic survey – Nachim, Abdulai, Etwire (SARI) and Raboanarielina (AfricaRice)
Rice sector development hubs and multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) – Prince, Owusu, Martey, Dogbe (SARI) and Raboanarielina (AfricaRice)
Implementation teams
Baseline survey – describes the prevailing socio- economic conditions of the actors in the target area
Diagnostic survey – finds out the knowledge and constraints faced by the actors in the area, as well as technology transfer and linkages
Yield gap survey – quantifies yield gaps and their causes through field observations and interviews
Some important definitions
MeetingsDate Meeting
10-12 January Inaugural meeting of stakeholders: draft overall concept note and logframe/workplan
10-11 February 1st consultative meeting at SARI: logframe and budget for the rice-based component discussed
29 March 2nd consultative meeting at SARI: logframe and budget for the rice-based component finalized
28-29 March Official launching of the project by IITA
12 April Inception workshop: sensitized potential partners; shared roles to partners
Hubs are zones where rice research products will be integrated across the rice value chain to achieve development outcomes and impact
Hubs represent key rice ecologies and different market opportunities in the target areas and will be linked to major regional or national rice development efforts to facilitate out-scaling
These hubs are testing grounds for new rice technologies and follow a ‘reverse-research approach’, i.e. starting from the market
Implementation Approach: The Rice Sector Development Hub concept
Implementation follows an iterative 3-stage approach: 1st generation villages / rice communities will participate in
baseline, diagnostic and yield gap surveys
2nd generation rice communities will not be directly involved in research, but will benefit from the outcome of the research done in the 1st generation rice communities
3rd generation rice communities will benefit from the research work done through scaling out development activities (funded by development partners)
Multi-stakeholder platforms
• Will operationalize the concept of rice sector development hub
• Act as a platform for introducing, validating and monitoring appropriate improved rice technologies and interventions
Stages of the MSP Process
Achievements and prospects
2 Hubs established: Northern Region: Savelugu Hub - 20 communities, 200
households Upper East Region: Navrongo Hub - 20 communities, 200
households Protocol/workplan developed Modular questionnaires formulated Sample frame generated for producer survey Sites selected based on Randomized Control Trials (Criteria:
Rice potential, Population, Accessibility, and Market access)
1.1.1. Baseline survey
10 Enumerators + 4 SARI scientists trained on data collection using Smartphones
First round of data collection commenced Sept Data collection completed in 13 communities and for 27
households (outstanding 27 communities and 373 households)
Baseline survey contd.
Backstopping an enumerator at Yizergu
Baseline survey contd.
1st round of data collection ends Oct 2012 2 more rounds in Nov and Dec 2012 for on-farm and off-
farm data on income and expenditure accounts for 2012 Producer/community surveys will continue till Mar 2013 Post-production surveys will start in Jan 2013
Outstanding activities
Trained 15 farmers + 4 extension staff in the Navrongo Hub – too late to start in the Savelugu Hub
Provided foundation seed to the 15 farmers (0.4 ha each = 6 ha total)
All fields successfully established Four monitoring and technical backstopping visits by
CSIR-SARI Seed are being certified by Ghana Seed Inspection
Division of MoFA
1.1.15: Seed production
Seed production field
Field inspections by GSIUHarvesting & processing – end Nov 2012Final certification – Jan 2013Linking seed producing farmers to market (other
farmers in the Hubs)
Outstanding activities
2.1.7: Yield gap surveyYield gap concept: Yield gap is the difference between maximum attainable
yield and actual yield obtained by farmers
General Steps in Yield Gap Analysis
Yield gap survey: achievements• 2 SARI scientists + 15 Agricultural Extension Agents trained
on data collection using Smartphones • 1 automated weather station established in Navrongo Hub
(Nyangua)• 8 communities randomly selected for the survey• All households within the selected communities profiled • 88 farmers were randomly selected for participation• 88 farmers’ fields (8 researcher-managed) selected for
yield gap survey
Yield gap survey achievements contd.• Selected plots geo-referenced and measured • Documented farmers’ agronomic and management
practices in the communities• Collected routine data based on the agreed protocol
Outstanding activities Continue data collection on harvesting and post- harvest processes
up to Feb 2013 Collate data at each location and construct database – up to Mar
2013 Analyze data to identify and delineate the main constraints
responsible for yield gaps – May 2013 Clearly classify the yield gaps into:
exploitable gaps (those that are due mainly to suboptimal crop management practices)
less exploitable gaps (those that can be closed, but with less economic gains)
Protocol developed 2 team members trained by AfricaRice Community listing and selection completed Key Informant and Focused Group interviews conducted in six
communities Data transcription almost completed Data entry 85% complete
3.1.1: Diagnostic survey
Communities selected for Key Informant and Focused Group interviews
Complete data entry – end Nov 2012 Training on data analysis - Dec 2012 /Jan 2013 Data analysis and report writing – end Mar 2013
Outstanding activities
Different types of stakeholders identified (through surveys and site visits)
MSPs composed, launched and made operational Relationships between stakeholders identified Stakeholders’ needs and interests identified and
analyzed Backstopping at monthly MSP meetings
3.1.2 Multi-stakeholder platforms
MSPs established
Navrongo MSP Savelugu MSP
The project facilitated: Statement of vision and mission by each MSP Election & inauguration of executives/steering committees Collection of membership levies Opening of bank accounts Adoption of local names for MSPs Initiation of official registration of MSPs as cooperative
societies Opening of office space
Achievements contd.
Hub Actor No. of stakeholders
Members Male Female
Savelugu FBO 10 500 448 52MoFA 1 3 3 0
Aggregator 2 2 0 2Processor 6 6 2 4
Tractor Services Provider 4 4 4 0Agro Input Dealer 2 2 2 0
Rural Bank 1 1 1 0District Assembly 1 1 1 0
Sub Total 27 519 461 58Navrongo FBO 7 379 348 31
ICOUR 1 3 3 0MoFA 1 1 1 0
Aggregator 2 2 1 1Processor 4 4 1 3
Tractor Services Provider 2 2 2 0Agro Input Dealer 2 2 2 0
Rural Bank 1 2 2 0Sub Total 20 395 360 35
Total 47 914 821 93
Framework Research output 1: activitiesActivity AfricaRice & partners
Construction of development domains within and across the project mega-sites
IFPRI will do this
Identification of action research sites within the development domains of each mega-site
SARI has selected Hubs
Establishment of R4D platforms Equal to MSPs Collect baseline information Baseline + diagnostic + yield gap surveys
Construction of farm household typologies Baseline + diagnostic + yield gap surveys
Inventorize innovations Agronomy, social science, and economics teams will develop inventory
Identification and prioritization of innovations addressing major constraints
Matching surveys’ results and inventory
Thank you.