Session 4.3 Making Cassava Cultivation Sustainable and competitive for ethanol production by Nzola Mathungu, NEPAD and IITA

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Landholder development trajectory Meet subsistence needs Subsistence Commercial use

CASSAVA AS A POTENTIAL BIOENERGY CROP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

YIELD GAPS DUE MAINLY TO THE USE OF INADEQUATE CULTURAL PRACTICES IN AFRICA CASSAVA AS A POTENTIAL BIOENERGY CROP

How should cassava production be competitive? CASSAVA AS A POTENTIAL BIOENERGY CROP

Production Price Production AVOIDING the SEESAW Higher volume Lower Price Low volume High Price Kg per person 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1994 1998 2002 2004 Production (Supply) Food (Demand) The glut challenge

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HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Reduction of production costs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cost Reduction Effects Manual planting: 1ha/day (12 persons) 1 ha/hour /3 persons 26 21.2 17.5 25.4 29.4 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Traditional system Improved varieties Mechanized planting Mechanized planting and harvesting Mechanized planting &harvesting &improved varieties US$/ton 100% 13.6% 11.6% 27.9% 40.5%

Investing in the provision of feedstock production support services Public & Private Extension services; NGOs, FFS Production & supplies of Improved planting materials & other inputs … Contract Farm mechanization services

HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES? 3. Enhance cultural practices that can improve soil fertility through the use of mineral and organic fertilizers ,[object Object],[object Object]

HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES? . USE OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER: AVERAGE NUTRIENT REMOVAL BY CASSAVA SIMILAR TO OTHER MAJOR CROPS IF PLANT TOPS ARE RETURNED TO SOILS EXC. POTASSIUM . NEEDS TO SUPPLEMENT WITH FERTILIZERS TO SUSTAIN SOIL FERTILITY AND ROOT PRODUCTION PENDING ON SOILS TYPES

HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES? HEAVY RAINS AND SOIL EROSION IN NEW CASSAVA FIELDS

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FOOD CROP for subsistence: WOMEN CASH CROP: MEN GENDER ISSUE

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Upscaling Some R4D applications Industrialists and entrepreneurs often shy away from using cassava in their applications because of the absence of a local example to follow and the uncertainty of success. Investment with no value chain analysis

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Session 4.3 Making Cassava Cultivation Sustainable and competitive for ethanol production by Nzola Mathungu, NEPAD and IITA