Objective 6 WORK PLAN COWPEA_TL III Annual Meet

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TROPICAL LEGUMES III
Objective 6: Developing Sustainable and
Impact-Oriented Legume Seed Systems for
Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
L.O. Omoigui, T. Iloman, and A.Y. Kamara.
Presented at the TL III meeting held in Livingstone, Zambia 3 to 4 March, 2016

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In-Country Launch/Work Plan for 2016
 A multi-stakeholder workshop was convened at IITA Kano,
Nigeria on 15th February 2016 to concretize implementation of
project activities for 2016 cropping season
 The workshop was attended by scientists from IITA, ICRISAT,
ABU/IAR, BUK, UAM, FUDMA, Directors/extension officers of
the focusing State ADPs, NGOs, Seed Companies, other
development partners (USAID cowpea upscaling, SG2000-Nigeria,
cowpea and groundnut grower associations as well as other
stakeholders along the cowpea and groundnut value chains. A total
of 34 (m:31; f:3) participants attended the workshop

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Participants that attended the multi-stakeholders workshop

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Presentation of Project Objectives and Plenary Feedback
Each objective leader for objective 1,
2, 3 and 6 presented information on
what each objective seeks to achieve
and the activities that need to be
undertaken. Brief plenary discussions
were held to clarify each objective
and raise any issue that need to be
considered to effectively implement
each project objective.
Discussion of Objective-based Activity Plan in the Breakout Groups

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milestone Work plan/remarks Time line
One multi-stakeholder
platform established for
cowpea and Groundnut
Existing multi-stakeholder platform will be
strengthened and expanded to accommodate more
partners along the cowpea and groundnut value
chain. Partners will include:
- ADPs of focusing States: (KNARDA, JARDA,
UAM (Leader Cp), USAID Cowpea Scaling
Project, N2Africa, NGOs: (Green Sahel, WOFAN),
Seed Companies (Greenspore, Maina Seeds, Jukur
Seed, Cowpea Marketers Association and
Community Based-Seed Organization (CBO)
April/May to plan for rainy
season activities
November/December to plan
for dry season activities
Platform members
trained in seed
production and business
management Gnut:
2500, Cp: 800)
Three training workshop will be conducted:
i) improve production practices in legumes
ii) harvest and postharvest handling
iii) marketing & business management
KNARDA, BSADP, JARDA, KTARDA & Green
Sahel
KNARDA, JARDA & BNARDA will train 300,
300 and 200 participants, respectively, for cowpea
May/June
October/November
December/February
Activity 6.1. Establish Multi-Stakeholders Platforms

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Activity 6.2. Sustainable Production and Delivery of
Various Seed Classes
milestone Remarks/stakeholder Time line
a). Basic seed produced in
Nigeria for groundnut (1067t)
and cowpea (533t)
Land area to be cultivated = 470 ha. Seed
rate of 20 kg/ha; Breeder seed requirement
= 9.4 tons
Target of productivity = 1.1 t/ha
Total production target = 517+ tons
Seed Companies, UAM, Out-growers
schemes, other partners to produce the
required seed
June to
November 2016
b). Certified and quality
declared/truthfully-labeled
seed produced in Nigeria
cowpea (8000t)
Land area to be cultivated = 2,416 ha. Seed
rate of 20 kg/ha; foundation seed
requirement = 48.4 tons
Target of productivity = 1.0 t/ha at national
level
Total production target = 2,416+ tons
Seed Companies, CBOs, NGOs, Out-
June to
November 2016

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Activity 6.3. Innovative and Targeted Seed Marketing
milestone Remarks/stakeholder Time line
a). cowpea; 5% each crop,
at least 200 packets (1-5 kg)
of FPVs made available with
25% increase per year
Seed Companies, and seed
producers will be encouraged to
sell seed in small packs (1-5 kg)
of affordable prices to farmers
May to
August
b). Seed companies (3 for
cowpea); farmer
organizations (12 for each
legume); public seed
enterprise (2 for each
legume); individual
entrepreneurs (12 for each
legume) in seed production
with 50% increase per year.
Strengthened at least I seed
company, 2 farmers’
organizations, 3 individual
entrepreneurs to engage in seed
production in each participating
State
May to
September

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Activity 6.4. Popularize New Varieties
milestone Remarks/stakeholder Time line
a).Copies of seed production,
postharvest, seed business management
guides produced and shared with
partners annually (2500 copies)
IITA, will produce copies
of production guide and
circulate among partners
August
b).50 Demonstrations for each crop to
be established each year.
Demonstrations to include basic
N2Africa-recommended package of
inoculum and agronomy practices.
JARDA and BNARDA to
establish 30 and 20
demonstration,
respectively.
July/August
c).Field days (50% female participants)
held annually for each crop (2 for
cowpea). JARDA and BNARDA to
conduct 3 and 2 field days
September/N
ov.

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Cont’dmilestone Remarks/stakeholder Time line
d).Electronic (TV,
radio) programs per
crop and print
media disseminated
annually in each
country (for
cowpea).
- At least 1 TV, radio and print
media programs for cowpea in
Kano, Jigawa and Benue
June to
November
e). Agri/seed
fairs/exhibition
/shows (50% female
participation)
organized per year
and per country
[WCA-CP: 5].
BNARD and Green Sahel to
conduct at least 1 Agric-fair in
2016
June to
November

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