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Introduction IFDC
Projects & Achievements FY11
2011 – 2012 program
Lessons learned
Agenda
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Introduction to IFDCName
An International Fertilizer Development Centre .
Legal Status in Mozambique . Since 2002 in Mozambique.
Official status as Public Organization working with GOM & IAMM.
As per 01.01.12 offices at IAMM buildings in Maputo.
IFDCs Vision • IFDC works with more than fertilizer. • Vision is to build a world free of
hunger.
Long-term focus:
Improving agricultural productivity in Developing countries and enhance the profitability of farming, reduce poverty, increase the efficiency of commercial markets, restore soil fertility, and promote a healthy environment.
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IFDC’s Mission Statement
To increase sustainable agricultural productivity through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound plant nutrient technology and agricultural marketing expertise
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IFDC works together in Mozambique and SSA
AFAPAGRA Agro DealersAgrifuturoBancoTerraBOMCAL – NampulaCDM / SABMillerDECA - Manica CLUSADGIS IPI
FAOIAMM / MINAGIPNIICRISATMozambique Fertilizer company
NEPADOCDI / VOCA OLAMSUNSMILEUSAIDV&M WFP
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Projects & Achievements. IFDC in Mozambique 2011
Projects 1.AIMS (Agricultural Input Marketing Strengthening in Mozambique)
2.AMITSA (Regional Agricultural inputs Marketing Information System) 3.BASIS ( Voucher measurement program)
4.MADD (Mozambique Agro-Dealer Development)
5.MIM (Maize Intensification in Mozambique (2008 – ongoing)
6.CASSAVA+ (Cassava production with SABMiller / Cerveja de Mozambique)
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1. AIMS
Objective: Activity 1. Transfer of soil fertility management technologiesActivity 2. Strengthening input supply chain and development of agro dealers in rural areasActivity 3. Input sector policy reforms and regulationsActivity 4. Strengthening MIS (Market Information Systems)Activity 5. Strengthening agro dealers trade associationsActivity 6. Fertilizer and seed voucher system for poor farmers
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Donor: USAID
Geographical area: Beira + Nacala Corridors
AIMS Achievements to date
1. Demonstrations on NPK / Urea: 802. Field days: 40 to 2400 farmer. (38% F)3. Technical handouts on fertilizer use: 5,0004. Farmers benefited from technical know how: 14,0005.Promotion of Integrated Soil Fertility Management: BC 1573 / NC 2500 Ha 6.Agro Dealers trained: BC 59 / NC 71 + Study tours for 24 ADs7.Policy on fertilizer for GoM: 1 draft completed and tabled with GoM.8. Strategic workshop with Agr. Input Suppliers. BC 2 / NC 2 9.Legalization Agro Dealers: BC and NC: Total 8 10.Seed and voucher systems: Assisted 24,960 farmers in BC/NC
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•Legend: BC = Beira corridor/ NC = Nacala corridor
2. AMITSA
Improving access to market and agricultural technical inputs information in East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
Objective
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Donors: COMESA / EAC (East African Community)
AMISTSA
• Improve access to timely data and information on agricultural input markets for farmers, traders, manufacturers, etc.
• Establish business linkages among agricultural input importers from different countries and regions and international input manufacturers and traders.
• Reduce input procurement costs.• Increase the use of inputs; thereby increasing agricultural
productivity.• Improve food security and accelerate economic growth.
OBJECTIVES
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Achievements
1. Regional input prices available on fertilizers, seeds and agro chemicals.
2. See: www.amitsa.org
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FERTILIZER CATEGORY FERTILIZER PRODUCT PESTICIDE CATEGORY PESTICIDE TYPE
Complex fertilizers [NPK] NPK 12 24 12 Fungicide Sulfur (80%)
Complex fertilizers [NPK] NPK 23 21 0 + 4S Herbicide Acetochlor
Complex fertilizers [NPK] NPK 25 5 10 Herbicide Atrazine (50 %)
Nitrogen fertilizer [N] Ammonium Nitrate Herbicide Glyphosate (360 g/l or 480 g/l IPA)
Nitrogen fertilizer [N] CAN 28 0 0 Herbicide Paraquat (200 g/l)
Nitrogen fertilizer [N] UREA 46 0 0 Insecticide Aluminium Phosphide (57%)
Phosphate fertilizers [P] DAP 38 Zn Insecticide Chlorpyrifos-ethyl (480 g/l)
Phosphate fertilizers [P] SSP Insecticide Cypermethrin (200 g/l)
Potash fertilizers [K] MAP 39 Insecticide Dimethoate (400 g/l)
Insecticide Lambdacyalothrin (50 g/l)
Insecticide Metamidofos (585 g/l)
Insecticide Volapromid
SEED TYPE
SEED PRODUCT
(VARIETY)
Bean Volta
Bean Catarina
Bean Magnum
Cowpea IT 16
Cowpea IT 18
Maize - hybrid PAN 67
Maize - OPV Matuba
Maize - OPV Mocuba
Maize - OPV Sasuma
Maize - OPV Tsanguma
Rice C463
Rice Chupa
Rice IITA 312
Rice Limpopo
Rice Melanina
Agr. Inputs measured available in Mozambique. IFDC 2011
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3. BASISObjective
•Impact of fertilizer subsidy on economic and social indicators•Demand of fertilizer react to different prices?•Adoption of new agricultural technologies more sustainable?
Options explored:
•The use of a “smart subsidy” with a multiple year subsidy decreasing over time,•The combination of subsidies with access to savings accounts with trainings that encourage farmers to save enough money from harvest to purchase fertilizer in the next planting season. (Partner: BOM with AGRA hedge funding)
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Donor: USAID through University of Michigan & AGRA with BOM.
Preliminary achievements on…
The FAO voucher program offering agro-input subsidies to progressive farmers
The savings program, which includes basic financial training, opening of savings accounts and financial incentives to open and use savings accounts
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Achievements are based on total 1;593 HHs : 351 households from Barue, 211 from Sussundenga and 1031 from the Manica district.
Different uses of the VoucherMaize 320 (32%)
Other agricultural production 57 (14%)
Not used yet 21 (5%)
Given away 0
Sold 3 (1%)
Other 4 (1%)
Total 405
Table 1: Uses of voucher among participants who received a voucher
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Won the Voucher Lottery
Total
no yes
Used Voucher on Maize
no 730 547 1277
yes 67 253 320
Total 794 800 1597
Table 2: Voucher lottery results and consequent use on maize
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•A significant number of households did not use any fertilizer during this campaign, that number reduces when we consider only those who won the voucher lottery and even more when we focus on those who received their voucher.
However, there were still 52% among the individuals who got the voucher that didn’t used any fertilizer in maize production and 70% that used less that the 100kg subsidized through the voucher.
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Some lessons learned
Other lessons learned • Late start voucher program due to organizational
problems;• Thus farmers used own money to plant and had
no reserve to pay balance voucher• Rains failed at critical period• limited know how of beneficiaries on use of
inputs on-farm• Fertilizer for maize was used for other crops
(vegetables and tobacco)• Not measured: Yields and Gross Margins.
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4. MADDGoals + Objective
Goal: Intensification of agriculture (Manica and Tete Provinces). How? Increased use of agri-inputs, adoption of best-bet crop production technologies, and enhanced business transactions of agricultural commodities in rural markets. Where? Manica and Tete provinces.
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Donor: AGRA
• Increased availability of agri-inputs (incl. Seeds) in the province through expanded and strengthened agri-input marketing chain from production / import to retail levels.
• Reduction in agri-input transaction costs and increased quality assurance.
• Increased adoption of right input use technology packages in selected agricultural areas resulting in higher yields and farm incomes.
Objectives
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INDICATORLOA TARGET [May 09-Oct
2011]LOA ACTUAL
% ACHIEVED AGAINST TARGET
REMARKS
No. ADs trained in Business Management 343 384 112
No. ADs trained in Technical knowledge 250 309 124 This increase include the lead farmers from villages surrounding the demo plot
No of demo plots established 250 225 90 This is in progressNo. companies participating in demand creation activities 34 19 56
The local companies doesn't exist in the project area
No. sessions of demand creation activities – Field days, seed fairs, exhibitions, etc.
180 225 125 Agro dealers themselves was motivated on sales and they organize some events alone without the project support
No. Farmers adopting recommended technologies under demand creation activities
150,000 177,629 118 The demos inspire the farmers
Number of agro-dealers trained in business plans. 145 140 97 No. of ADs accessing Loans/Credit facilities 90 58 64 This is in progress
No. Of ADs accessing Loans/Credit facilities through the District Trade Association under the GF - 178 -
This include the Agro dealers start-up and retailers accessing credits facilities through the District Trade Association
Volume of seed sold through project agro dealers (MT) 3,883 3,437 89
In some areas mainly affected by starvation phenomenon the adoption of the new technology are critical
Volume of fertilizer sold through projectagrodealers (MT) 5,596 5,200 93 Number in attendance at field days. 7,500 13,824 184 Number of soil samples analyzed per year. 300 300 100
Number of Agro dealers contributing to MIS data collection 25 11 44
The mobile phone introduced by AMITSA reduced the number of Agro dealers expected to contribute on the data collection
Number of District Agro dealers Trade Association created 13 13 100 This is completed
Number of Province Agro Dealers Trade Association created 2 2 100 The legalization process is in progress
RESULTS MADD. May 2009 – October 2011 - Manica & Tete
5. MIMGoal
Donors:
To demonstrate how farmers can intensify maize production where maize is produced under rain fed conditions.
Increase maize yield, production, and nutritional properties trough improved management and increased use of fertilizer, quality seed and CCPs (crop production products);
Increase incomes of smallholders and improve livelihoods by improved diets and purchasing power in rural areas trough increased access to input and product markets.
Objectives
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Details on implementation • Areas: Beira corridor:
Sofala, Manica and Tete.
• Districts: 9• Farmers Associations:
15• Farmers: 253 (Female:
35%)
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Activities MIM 2011
1. Land preparation methods.2. Planting times.3. Methods of planting and planting
density.4. Fertilizer applications and different
types of fertilizer. Not just NPK & UREA, but also Zn, S, Mn.
5. Weed control in Maize.6. Evaluation of vegetative
development of maize.
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Treatments
T1 Farmer saved seed without fertilizer application;T2 Farmer saved seed with 50 Kg/ha of NPKS (12:24:12:6) as basal fertilizer and 50 Kg/ha of Urea (46%N) as top-dressing fertilizer;T3 Farmer saved seed with 100 Kg/ha of NPKS (12:24:12:6) as basal fertilizer and 100 Kg/ha of Urea (46%N) as top-dressing fertilizer;T4 Hybrid (PAN 67) without fertilizer application;T5 Hybrid (PAN 67) with 50 Kg/ha of NPKS (12:24:12:6) as basal fertilizer and 50 Kg/ha of Urea (46%N) as top-dressing fertilizer;T6 Hybrid (PAN 67) with 100 Kg/ha of NPKS (12:24:12:6) as basal fertilizer and 100 Kg/ha of Urea (46%N) as top-dressing fertilizer.
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Results• Hybrid PAN 76 applying 100 Kg/ha of NPKS (12-24-12-6) and 100 Kg/ha
of Urea (46% N);• Gross margins under the AIMS (USAID funded) program G/M found in
Nacala were.
Beira corridor yield and Gross Margins AIMS FY11
Yields Kg/Ha
Gross Margins MZM
T1 – Maize Matuba without fertilizers (0.0 kg N/ha + 0.0 kg P/ha) 1,315 -342.5T2 – Maize Matuba + fertilizers rate (100 kg NPK/ha + 100 kg urea/ha) 2,401 2430.5T3 – Maize PAN 67 without fertilizers (0.0 kg N/ha + 0.0 kg P/ha) 1,605 502.5T4 – Maize PAN 67 + fertilizers rate (100 kg NPK/ha + 100 kg urea/ha) 3,155 5827.5
Nacala corridor yield and Gross Margins AIMS FY11
Yields Kg/Ha
Gross Margins MZM
T1 – Maize without fertilizers (0.0 kg N/ha + 0.0 kg P/ha) 1,1165 -625T2 – Maize + half of recommended fertilizers rate (50 kg NPK/ha + 50 kg urea/ha) 2,1895 2220T3 – Maize PAN 67 + fertilizers rate (100 kg NPK/ha + 100 kg urea/ha) 3,0225 3945T4 – Cowpeas/Peanuts/Soybeans + 9 kg P/ha 0,9295 -952.5
6. CASSAVA+
• Objective •Production of starch for flour and beer replacement and
• Production of healthy virus free cassava in Nacala corridor
•Success based on implementation in Nigeria.
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Donor: Private and possible Foreign Government donor funds/Dutch
Partners: DADTCO, CAL, IFDC, SABMiller/CDM
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AMPU in Ribaue: DADTCO, IFDC, CAL November: 2012. Production: 5 Mt/Hr to make from roots “cake” for CDM / SABMiller.
Role of IFDC in Cassava+• Technical assistance to plant virus free varieties
released by IAMM in Nampula
• Baseline study of place of cassava in household economy
• Assistance to CAL (Corridor Agriculture) to train + produce rapidly improved cassava vegetative planting material
• Training in three locations 1,500 farmers in improved ISFM (Cassava / Pigeon Pease / Cow Peas. )
• Link agro dealers with framers to use inputs to increase production of cassava p/Ha.
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Nursery for 750,000 plants for rapid multiplication of improved cassava Var’s from IAMM/Nampula
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Opportunities for the Fertilizer industry and Seed in a changing agricultural landscape in Africa
7. Conclusions and Discussion
• Private sector driven
• Collaborate with Research (Platform/IAMM/PPP)
• Markets for outputs exist and develop more
• Entrepreneurship of all actors + Farmers organized
• Best agricultural practices available
• Focus on inputs accessibility and dealer networks
• Access to finance (BOM)
• Market information available and most important…
• Focus on Private sector through PPP
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Elements of success by IFDC in Mozambique
Plans for 2012 1. AIMS - Ending September 2012. 2. AMITSA - Ongoing3. BASIS – 2nd survey: July – Aug – Sept 20124. MADD. - MADD I ending April 2012. New
proposal for MADD II for 4 x districts in Sofala and 3 districts in Zambezia. AGRA to confirm funding.
5. MIM - Ongoing6. CASSAVA+ - Expanding to Beira corridor and
Inhambane – depending on funding7. 2 SCALE: - Optional. Start in Central and North to
assist “chain leaders”.8. SEED: - Develop project to introduce Hybrid
seeds exposure through agro dealers.9. Pigeon Pea - Collaborate with SNV to produce P Peas in
Tete through IFDC agro dealers network.
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Way forwards for Platform 1. Collaborate & strengthen IAMM on capacity building
(strategic, technical and commercial through projects on fertilizer / seed and other input uses )
2. 3 monthly In-depth meetings on sector subject matter and cross-over synergies on fertilizer / seed / gross margins of crops
3. Focus on a commercial approach toward solving Food Security and Livelihoods issues. i.e. Agro dealers, Credit on farm demonstration of crops, seed production, horticulture, small livestock and post harvest.
4. Involve private sector (Producers and suppliers) through PPP. (Soil labs / OMNIA?)
5. Confirm with private sector to invest in agricultural, NRM and livestock projects which complement the 4 objectives of PEDSA CAADP and FtF strategy.
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Drivers Commodity Market has to pull the change
Governments fully committed, favorable policies (See: Malawi)
Commonalities There has to be an urge (famine, market etc)
Technologies have to be available (and often are)
Infrastructure (roads, warehouses, physical markets)
Policies need to be conducive
There has to be money – financial sector support and reasonable interest rates
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What works Multiple investments are needed simultaneously
extension improvement
Private Strengthening strengthening
input market linkages, dealer development & access to finance
access to output markets
A blanket approach will often not work – better to go for 1000’s of pockets of excellence
Don’t expect change to happen overnight
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Risk factors
Volatile markets / small local markets
Policy changes – subsidies – border closures etc.
Changing product quality requirements
Climate risks
No savings offered
Offered match at regular
savings rate
Offered savings with 50% match
rate
Total
Receives agro-input
voucher 267 hhs 283 hhs 245 hhs
795 hhs
Does not receive agro-
input voucher 247 hhs 311 hhs 240 hhs
798 hhs
Total 514 hhs 594 hhs 485 hhs1593 hhs
Table 1: Sample distribution across the different treatments
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Won the Voucher Lottery
Total
no yes
Used Voucher on Maize
no 730 547 1277
yes 67 253 320
Total 794 800 1597
Table 1: Voucher lottery results and consequent use on maize
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