ACAI ASHCII-CABI presentation on 12 October 2016 by James Watiti, Christine Alokit, Solomon Agyemang - Abuja

1. James Watiti, Christine Alokit, Solomon Agyemang
1st African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Cluster Forum Meeting
12th - 14th October 2016, Denis Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria

2. CABI improves people’s lives worldwide by providing
information and applying scientific expertise to solve
problems in agriculture and the environment

3. Objectives of the Forum
 Review ongoing and past work with cassava
information packaging and dissemination
across the value chain
 Identify critical gaps in knowledge products
and information
 Review and improve existing information and
knowledge dissemination materials
 Identify appropriate dissemination pathways
and key dissemination partners
 Define project clusters and operation
modalities: identify key elements of effective
campaigns

4. What we expect to achieve
 New content for filling information gaps
 Draft Zero-point technology brief as a good
starting point for each value chain
 Formation and operation of clusters defined
 Campaign plans for improving cassava
productivity
 Identified and agreed dissemination
pathways

5. CABI as a partner in ACAI
Work Stream 4, of ACAI aims to facilitate the use of the
decision support tools within the dissemination networks of
primary partners of the project and beyond with specific
attention given to the direct engagement of women farmers
and extension agents.

6. Africa Soil Health Consortium Project to champion Output
4.5 which aims to ensure that Cassava clusters are established
with engagement of all major stakeholders operating within
cassava value chains in the target countries.
CABI as a partner in ACAI

7. What we have done so far…
• Participate in project inception and launch in January, April 2016
• Partner scoping meetings in June, July 2016 in Nigeria and
Tanzania
• Meetings with CAVAI, Notore, FUNAAB, TFNC, Minjingu, IITA,
MEDA, FCI, 2SCALE/IFDC, Psaltry, Ministry of Agric
• Mobilizing cassava value chain actors to subscribe to and
support joint planning of information campaigns targeting their
specific value chain niches.

8. A down-to-earth philosophy
Important
Useful
Simple
Practical

9. Designing campaigns with a value chain
perspective

10. Supporting Communications on Integrated Soil
Fertility Management