Presentation during African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting and Planning Workshop on 11 – 15 Dec. 2017 at Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania. Presented by Pieter Pypers.
Organic farming with special reference to vermiculture
ACAI Project Progress Overview
1. www.iita.org I www.cgiar.org
An overview and progress with project
implementation
African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting
and Planning Workshop
11 – 15 Dec. 2017
Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania
Pieter Pypers
2. An overview and progress with
project implementation
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
3. ACAI – 6 use cases
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
Best Fertilizer Blends (FB)
Site-specific Fertilizer
Recommendations (FR)
Optimal Intercropping Practices (IC)
Best Planting Practices (PP)
Scheduled Planting (SP)
High Starch Content (HS)
4. ACAI – 6 work streams (WS)
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
WS1: Research on cassava growth dynamics, nutrient and water requirements,
and responsiveness to inputs
WS2: Development of a geo-spatial cassava agronomy information base
WS3: Production and validation of demand-driven decision support tools for
cassava agronomy
WS4: Facilitation of the use of decision support tools to primary and other
development initiatives
WS5: Capacity development of national institutions to engage in transformative
cassava agronomy R4D
WS6: Project governance, management, coordination, and M&E
5. WS1 – Agronomy research
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Literature review
OP2: Fertilizer response curves
OP3: Nutrient norms
OP4: Growth models
OP5: QUEFTS
OP6: Agronomy and starch
6. WS1 – Agronomy research
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Literature review
OP2: Fertilizer response curves
OP3: Nutrient norms
OP4: Growth models
OP5: QUEFTS
OP6: Agronomy and starch
17. WS2 – Geospatial information base
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Sampling frames
OP2: GIS layers
OP3: Yield gap maps / baseline
OP4: Recommendation domains
OP5: Database infrastructure
Price data collection over phone
18. WS2 – Geospatial information base
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Sampling frames
OP2: GIS layers
OP3: Yield gap maps / baseline
OP4: Recommendation domains
OP5: Database infrastructure
19. WS2 – Geospatial information base
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Sampling frames
OP2: GIS layers
OP3: Yield gap maps / baseline
OP4: Recommendation domains
OP5: Database infrastructure
SharePoint
ODK / ONA / ENKETO / R / R-Shiny
20. WS2 – Geospatial information base
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Sampling frames
OP2: GIS layers
OP3: Yield gap maps / baseline
OP4: Recommendation domains
OP5: Database infrastructure
21. WS3 – DST development
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Use cases identified
OP2: Fertilizer blending application
OP3: Site-specific fertilizer app
OP4: Best planting practices app
OP5: Intercropping app
OP6: Scheduled planting app
OP7: High starch app
OP8: Apps for tier 2 countries
22. WS3 – DST development
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Use cases identified
OP2: Fertilizer blending application
OP3: Site-specific fertilizer app
OP4: Best planting practices app
OP5: Intercropping app
OP6: Scheduled planting app
OP7: High starch app
OP8: Apps for tier 2 countries
V1 developed for each use case
23. WS3 – DST development
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Use cases identified
OP2: Fertilizer blending application
OP3: Site-specific fertilizer app
OP4: Best planting practices app
OP5: Intercropping app
OP6: Scheduled planting app
OP7: High starch app
OP8: Apps for tier 2 countries
V1: research tools for validation
In different formats
24. WS4 – Facilitating use of DSTs
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Grassroot events
OP2: Training videos
OP3: Capacity development of EAs
OP4: Awareness campaigns
OP5: Cassava clusters
25. WS4 – Facilitating use of DSTs
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Grassroot events
OP2: Training videos
OP3: Capacity development of EAs
OP4: Awareness campaigns
OP5: Cassava clusters
Year 3 activity – opportunity for validation
26. WS5 – Capacity building
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OP1: Agronomy research capacity
OP2: Database management
OP3: GIS / geospatial analyses
OP4: Project management
OP5: Soil and plant analyses
27. WS5 – Capacity building
www.iita.org | www.cgiar.org | www.acai-project.org
OP1: Agronomy research capacity
OP2: Database management
OP3: GIS / geospatial analyses
OP4: Project management
OP5: Soil and plant analyses