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Regional Cassava Processing and Marketing Initiative


FIRST REGIONAL MEETING OF IFAD ROOTS & TUBERS PROJECTS
14-16 November 2007
Hotel Somatel - Douala, Cameroon
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GHANA
ROOT AND TUBER IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMME
(RTIP)
1998-2005
Five Components
1. Planting Material Multiplication and Distribution
2. On-farm Adaptive Research
3. Integrated Pest Management
4. Community Support and Mobilization
5. Programme Management and Co-ordination
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INTRODUCTION
ROOT AND TUBER IMPROVEMENT AND
MARKETING PROGRAMME
(RTIMP)
2007-2014
Goal:
to enhance incomes and food security to improve
the livelihoods of the rural poor in Ghana
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ROOT AND TUBER IMPROVEMENT AND
MARKETING PROGRAMME
(RTIMP)
2007-2014
Four Components
1. Support to Increased Commodity Chain Linkages
2. Support to Root and Tuber Production
3. Upgrading of Small-Scale R&T Processing, Business
and Marketing Skills
4. Programme Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
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RTIP
MAIN ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS
Three (3) main activities
1. Planting material Multiplication and Distribution
Develop a multiplication and distribution system for
improved root and tuber planting materials in order
to increase their availability to smallholder farmers.
2. Integrated Pest and Disease Management
Develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
system to reduce the incidence of diseases and
pest in smallholder root and tuber crop systems.
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RTIP
MAIN ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS
3. Adaptive Research
Strengthen the adaptive research system for root and
tuber crops in order to increase the flow of new
technologies to resource-poor farmers
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES
Planting Material Multiplication and Distribution
Three tier system established
•Primary(Agencies)
•Secondary (Growers)
•Tertiary(farmer groups)
Planting material Inspection Teams (PMITs)
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES
Integrated Pest and Disease Management
1. Provision of infrastructure, equipment and training
to enhance capacity to improve plant health.
2. Mass production release and monitoring of bioagents for the control of pests and diseases.
3. Establishment of farmer field schools to enhance
farmers’ management of pests and diseases as well
as general crop management.
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IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES
ADAPTIVE RESEARCH
1. Provision of infrastructure, equipment and training to
enhance capacity to develop and adapt technologies,
particularly with farmers.
2. Research management system decentralised with the
designation of Zonal Coordinators to improve interinstitutional collaboration, monitoring and reporting.
3. Provision of adequate funds for multiple on-farm
farmer-participatory research trials to enhance farmer
innovation and adoption.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Planting material Multiplication and Distribution
Stage
Cassava
Yam
Sweet potato
Primary
1,002
50,802
20.0
Secondary
11,409 (138.7%)
20,000
91.0 (113.8%)
Tertiary (farmers
involved)
109,788(104.8%)
27,149 (187.3%)
A total of 708,435 farmers provided with improved cassava planting
material
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Integrated Pest and Disease Management
•
Two newly built insectaries and existing one furbished
and equipped to produce bio-agents.
•
15 Post graduate training and 12 on the job training held
for various categories of workers.
•
Over 3.5 million bio-agents for the control of cassava
Green Mite produced and released.
•
81,590 predators for control of the Larger Grain Borer
produced and released.
•
32 farmer field schools completed.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Adaptive Research
•
More scientists, researchers and farmers involved in root and
tuber crops research than ever before.
•
Increase in rate of technology development.
•
Technologies adapted to local conditions, with potential to
transform R&T production.
•
10 varieties of Cassava, 3 varieties of yam, 5 varieties of sweet
potato.
•
12 crop management technologies (soil fertility, intercropping,
seed production, weed management) adapted for local R&T
production.
•
Over 10,000 copies of seven field manuals produced and
distributed.
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IMPACT OF ACTIVITIES
•
Farmers supplied with improved cassava had average
yields of 20.2 t/ha whilst farmers outside the programme
obtained 13.3 t/ha (52.0% increase).
•
Farmers who participated in FFS obtained 29.2 t/ha.
•
Average net revenues increased by 75.5% from
¢606,534.00 for the local varieties to ¢1,064.836.001.
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IMPACT OF ACTIVITIES
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40 – 80% reduction population for CGM achieved.
•
Reduction in damage lowered to
18% in released fields.
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50% reduction (estimate) in the level of cassava chips/
“konkonte” storage pest infestation
•
The use of biological control measures resulted in
higher returns to farmers (¢1,278.51 million) than
consumers (¢308.21 million).
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between 14% and
LESSONS LEARNT
 Institutionalising PMMD for root and tuber crops
helped to raise awareness and value (at least of
cassava and sweet potato) of R&T planting material ;
 The characteristics and market potential of varieties
(farmers’ needs) is crucial for sustainability of the
PMMD system as well as income of producers;
 Field inspection is an important element of a PMMD
system.
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LESSONS LEARNT (cont’d)
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Farmer Field School (FFS) has accelerated
dissemination and adoption of technologies;
•
Decentralised and closely networked research and
extension system enhanced targeting, focus and system
productivity);
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Development of location specific varieties or
technologies, in contrast to those for “wide adaptation”
increased returns to investment in research activities.
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the
NEW CHALLENGES
RTIMP
•
Restore confidence of farmers in cassava production and
markets by means of:
 Market Information systems;
 Business development Training;
 Capacity building to enhance bargaining power.
•
Support producers to increase resilience to market risks
by:
 Increasing productivity;
 Reducing costs.
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NEW CHALLENGES (cont’d)
RTIMP
•
Further improve the value of planting material by:
 Piloting
of
commercial
distribution system
•
multiplication
and
Attain sustainability of field inspections by:
 Institutionalising inspections
 Rationalising costs
•
Improve on the responsiveness of the decentralised
research management system to farmers through the:
 Competitive Research grant system
 Larger Role for Zonal Coordinators
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NEW CHALLENGES (cont’d)
RTIMP
 Increasing the efficiency (costs and coverage) of Farmer
Field School through:
•
Farmer Field Fora
•
Increased number of trained facilitators
 Implement mechanism(s) for effective linkage/integration
into commodity chain, such as:
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Contract farming
•
Out-grower schemes
•
Cooperatives
 Develop mechanisms for “backward” linkages (Inputs
etc.).
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Conclusions
The RTIMP is designed with innovative features as a
results of the lessons learned from RTIP
The innovative features support the modernisation of
production and development of efficient, coordinated
supply chains with small-scale producers
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Thank you for listening
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