Dissemination of RiceAdvice in Nasarawa state, Nigeria. Under a project dissemination of a crop management decision tool (RiceAdvice) to improve rice productivity and create youth employment in Nigeria and Mali under social unrest. By: Bakare S O, National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi Nigeria

1. DISSEMINATION OF RICEADVICE IN
NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
UNDER A PROJECT “DISSEMINATION OF A CROP MANAGEMENT DECISION
TOOL (RICEADVICE) TO IMPROVE RICE PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA AND MALI UNDER SOCIAL UNREST”
BAKARE S O
NATIONAL CEREALS RESEARCH
INSTITUTE, BADEGGI NIGERIA

2. CONTENT
• SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• CHALLENGES AND CONTRAINTS
• SUCCESS STORY
• WAY FORWARD

3. S/N Activity Partner Output Expected outcome
1 Training on use of
RiceAdvice
application tool by
AfricaRice
AfricaRice
Green Innovation
Centre
GIZ/CARI
NADP/NGO
27 (Green Innovation
Centre), 10 (GIZ/CARI),
and 8: 2 females and 6
males (NADP/NGO)
participants received the
training
Empowerment of service providers with
the knowledge and application of
RiceAdvice tool.
Creating employment opportunity for
some youths
2 Tablet distribution AfricaRice
NADP/NGO
5 tablets distributed Each of the Service Provider obtained
Tablet as Instrument for advice
3 RiceAdvice
technology
dissemination to
farmers
NADP/NGO 239 reached
(209 males and 30
females)
Beneficiary farmers appreciated the
RiceAdvice technology and willing to
adopt. Religion belief reduced women
participation.
4 Production of
documentaries on
RiceAdvice activities
in Nasarawa
AfricaRice, NCRI,
NADP/NGO, Green
Innovation Centre
2 documentaries
developed
Enormous interest and acceptance of
RiceAdvice technology was stated by the
farmers and service providers.
Farmers’ observation and conviction
about the improvement in the
performance and increase in yield of rice
made acceptance of RiceAdvice
technology easy.
5 Installed Signpost AfricaRice 2 signpost established Added more awareness on RiceAdvice
technology
6 Feedback survey NADP/NGO
AfricaRice
Service providers stated
their opinions on
RiceAdvice tool
Yield increase observed
Youth find employment
opportunity

4. Training Distribution of tablets
Providing with RiceAdvice guideline Development of documentaries

5. Signboard establishment Rice field with RiceAdvice guideline

6. CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS
• At the time of farmers’ interview to generate
advice, urea fertilizer was N6,500 =/bag but at
the season for application, urea became N10,000
= and scarce, hence some farmers could not
apply as expected/agreed in the output page.
• Some Tablets did not work well
• Some herdsmen reared cattle into the RiceAdvice
farm and ate up some portion
• Access road to some farm sites not easy

7. SUCCESS STORY
• Eight (8) Innovation Platform groups in
Nasarawa are requesting for training in
RiceAdvice technology
• RiceAdvice Technology training was organized
by the Federal Government of Nigeria for
youths in five States as Service Providers for
the farmers in Nov/Dec. 2016
• RiceAdvice training request for Ogun/Lagos
States and Ebonyi State is on ground.

8. WAY FORWARD
• Feedback survey to be conducted in March, 2017
• Final report to be submitted before March ending 2017
• Data on feedback survey will be available by March ending, 2017
Plan for out-scaling based on this project
• On-ground request for the RiceAdvice technology (Ogun/Lagos and
Ebonyi States to be assisted by AfricaRice)
• More farmers in Nasarawa wanted the RiceAdvice technology: They
should be reached in 2017 with AfricaRice support.
• Farmers can be reached and use RiceAdvice using their own android
smartphone, hence literate farmers can be trained

9. Thank you very much!
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