IFDC Food Security in Africa · Brief overview of African agriculture ... Enhance Soil...
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Food Security in Africa Increasing Productivity with an Agri-Food Chains
Approach
By Amit Roy
President & CEO International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Presented at
Innovagro’s 2nd Annual International Seminar “Innovation for Family Farming and Food Security”
May 21-22, 2012
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Presentation outline
Brief overview of African agriculture
Essential elements to increasing agricultural productivity in Africa
Example of a successful intervention
Conclusion
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IFDC Paved Roads per Million People (km/million capita)
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Sub-Saharan Africa … Crop Yields low
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Sub Saharan Africa South Asia
Per Hectare, Fertilizer Use by Markets, 2008/09 (kg/ha)
Sub-Saharan Africa .... Fertilizer use low
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Sub-Saharan Africa .... Extencification…
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IFDC Fertilizer Price Trends: Jan 2005 – April 2012
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Increase in productivity Why? Achieve food Security and import substitution Develop competitive agricultural sector Ensure environmental sustainability
5 essential points for success
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Agro-Industry Inputs
Agro-Industry Outputs
Supply of Farm Inputs
Farm Production
Marketing and Processing of Farm Products
Demand Pull
1. A Holistic Approach: Agri-Food Chain
Linkages
Farming
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2. Agro-Dealer Development
• Agro-dealers are farmers’ main contacts for inputs and advice
• Expanded agro-dealer networks increase input availability
• Key component of successful delivery system
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Agro-Dealers in Ghana
Profiled and mapped over 4,000 dealers
Published a national directory of dealers
Linked trained dealers to credit guarantee scheme
Established demo plots with dealers and organized field days
Last-mile-delivery a la Coca Cola
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Vouchers as “Smart Subsidies”
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IFDC 3. Enhance Soil productivity--ISFM
• ISFM—Combining organic and inorganic plant nutrients
• Doubles productivity and increases incomes 20%-50%
• Protects the environment and maintains (or even enhances) soil resources
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IFDC 4. innovations
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Prilled Urea
Briquette Machine for USG
USG
Simple Solution: Urea Deep Placement
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Urea Deep Placement (UDP)
farmers in Bangladesh are using UDP, accounting for 12% of paddy area
• Briquette manufacture creates village-level employment opportunities
• UDP being introduced into eight African countries
FDP Applicator Field Trials
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5. Access to Market Information
• Market information systems critical at
• Mobile phones now used as business tools to access data on commodity prices and agro-inputs
(65% of Africans have access to mobile coverage)
www.amitsa.org
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An Example of Success Cassava
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Cassava Revolution
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Long-term private sector investments
Long-term private sector investments for local market development (DADTCO, FrieslandCampina, Rumpstad)
Focus on PPPs, with critical role of public funding (capitalism is good at creating wealth but terrible at distributing it, B. barber)
Attention to private sector risk-rewards Essential to develop reliable relations between
actors in value chains
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Enabling environment
Nigeria – Taraba State: Focus in areas where private-sector is vibrant Focus on states with long-term support to private sector
investments Results:
DADTCO investment in cassava flour factory Fertilizer distribution a vibrant market with trained agro-
dealers and distribution network State investment in bakery to increase use of cassava
flour
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Conclusions Large-scale productivity jump in
agriculture in Africa is possible Concerted and long-term
investments from private and public sectors
Enabling policy environment Investment in infrastructures
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Thank You