Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya.
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Transcript of Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya.
•Newest region to start GCAP activities (1 yr old)
•Collaborative Projects:1. SIMLESA - ACIAR2. Crop-Livestock: EC-IFAD3. Striga Management: BMGF (IITA led)
East Africa
ICRISAT, ASARECA, EIAR, KARI, DRD, DARS, IIAM, ARC, QDEEDI and Murdoch University
Program: SEP, GCAP, GMP
Other collaboration: DTMA, TL-II, N2Africa
Project partnership
Local Partnership
• Researchers in different disciplines• Extension workers• NGOs• Farmers• Input suppliers• Farmer unions/cooperatives• Private and public seed companies• Traders and processors
Why exploratory (on-farm) trials
• Co-learning of CA technology by farmers, extension officers and researchers
• Long term (4 years) commitment of host farmers to demonstrate effects of CA
• Responsive to farmer assessment on CA components
• Building capacity of local extension officers
Why on-station trials?
• To provide more controlled conditions to evaluate expanded number of CA treatment responses
• Cross check on-farm results with on station results• More detailed crop, soil and climate data
collection to help interpret observed responses and evaluate predictive performance of APSIM
• Evaluate the longer-term effects of CA on soil properties, system productivity and weed, pest and disease dynamics
Options for systems intensification & diversification
Potential, sustainable, productive technology options
Country No. of varieties Maize Soybean Beans Pigeonpea
Ethiopia 3 3 4 1Kenya 4 1 2 1Tanzania 2 1
Total 9 4 6 3
Discussions with stakeholders in each target communities
Country Zone Community Farmers
Ethiopia 2 9 47
Kenya 4 8 48
Tanzania 2 14 11
Total 8 31 106
Develop functional local innovation systems
Country Innovative Platforms
Membership
Ethiopia Initiated •Research centres•MoA•Private sectors•Input suppliers•Farmer & Unions•NGOs•Farm implements manufacturers•Processors
Kenya InitiatedTanzania Initiated
Evaluations of Exploratory trialsMinimum data set for field characterization
Country Basic soil, climate, land use, topography and cropping history data available for each of the exploratory trial sites
Ethiopia Ongoing
Kenya Ongoing
Tanzania Ongoing
Establishment of on-farm/exploratory trials by farmers
Country Farmer groups
# of Exploratory trials
Ethiopia 9 47Kenya 8 48Tanzania 8 48
Total 25 183
Establishment of on-station long-term trials
Country On-station Treatments
Ethiopia 7 4-20
Kenya 2 9
Tanzania 2 5
Participatory evaluation of exploratory trials
Country Evaluations /season/siteEthiopia 3 Kenya 3Tanzania 3
Adjustments to the maize-legume systems
Country Modifications of treatments
Ethiopia Done
Kenya Done
Tanzania Done
Capacity Building
Country Short term Long term CA N2 F PhD
Ethiopia 28 2Kenya 36 1Tanzania 25
Total 89 1 2
Field days and experience sharing events
Country Male Female # of Participants
Ethiopia 338 101 439
Kenya 187 170 357
Tanzania 120 80 200
Total 525 351 796
Enhancing total farm productivity in smallholder CA based systems in EA
2. Crop-Livestock Activities
Addressing some gaps in SIMLESA Program
Competition for crop residues: CA Vs Livestock
• Mostly used as fencing, fodder, firewood, fertilizer, • Valuable, low-cost feed resource for animal production•Major source of nutrients for livestock
Objectives
1. Understand the interactions between crops and livestock ..... (SEP)
2. Demonstrate efficient, ..... farming systems based on the principles of CA that combine increased grain production and the production of sufficient animal feed with improved quality (GCAP)
Objectives
3. Explore, evaluate and demonstrate options for the incorporation of trees and shrubs into smallholder CA-based systems through participatory research in target communities (ICRAF/GCAP)
4. Evaluate the benefits of .... farming systems based on the principles of CA on farm family food security, income and livelihoods, and on family workload disaggregated by gender and wealth groups (SEP).
Objectives
5. Disseminate and scale out project results to farmers, extension agents and researchers through targeted activities and publications (GCAP/ICRAF)
6. Maintain project efficiency and dynamism through capacity building and constant monitoring, evaluation, and reorientation of project activities and outputs (GCAP/SEP/ ICRAF)
3. Striga Management Project
Focus: Kenya and Nigeria
Start: May 2011
Program: GMP and GCAP
Partnership: IITA, TSBF, AATF, NGOs, Seed companies, Farmers
Challenges• Capacity strengthening as needed:
we can’t train everybody
• Residue management: Alternative feed sources for livestock
• High expectation from partners
• Many competing activities for NARS time
• Balancing staff time
Lessons Learned Inclusion of stakeholders inputs in the trials is
key to create ownership, guarantee the selection of more appropriate technologies and foster adoption
Close supervision and monitoring of field activities is essential
Termites not only CA problem in the region