KMDP has built up rich knowledge and experience as regards good practice forage production and preservation for smallholder, medium and large scale dairy farms (from seed to feed). In addition to that, it has successfully piloted commercialization of quality forages and of forage contracting services. This was achieved through the SPEN model and the concept of “maize train” (i.e. mechanized agricultural contracting services for maize production, harvesting and silage making), and by facilitating introduction of innovative machinery for making baled silages. Through replication and upscaling, this will ensure enhanced access of quality forages for small medium and large-scale dairy farms.
In 2018 KMDP-II also started a pilot on introduction of feed rationing software to help optimizing total rations and margin over feeds. KMDP participates in sector platforms that discuss forage availability in Kenya and supported the National Fodder Conference in Nakuru in December 2017 and the Animal Production Society in Nanyuki in March 2018
The document outlines Morocco's Green Plan for Food Security. It discusses key challenges facing Morocco's agriculture sector, including water scarcity and dependence on food imports. The plan proposes two pillars: 1) aggressively developing a high-value commercial agriculture sector through public-private partnerships and 2) supporting smallholder farmers by helping them professionalize their operations. It highlights ongoing efforts like converting irrigation systems to drip irrigation to save water and increase productivity. The plan aims to boost domestic production, rural development and food security through modernizing agriculture while ensuring social and environmental sustainability.
Pigeonpea production in East and Southern Africa has increased dramatically over the past two decades due to improved varieties and farming practices. In the early 1990s, pigeonpea was an unimportant intercrop grown with traditional low-yielding varieties. A revised strategy introduced adapted medium- and long-duration varieties with traits preferred by farmers and export markets like quick cooking times and disease resistance. Varietal testing, germplasm collection, and breeding addressed temperature variations and gaps. Improved agronomy, market linkages, seed systems, and capacity building supported wider adoption of high-yielding varieties. As a result, pigeonpea area and productivity doubled from the 1990s to 2012, becoming a key food and cash crop for
The document summarizes the achievements and perspectives of the SARD-SC rice value chain project in Africa. The project has:
1) Tested over 50 agricultural innovations to address rice production constraints and close yield gaps across Africa. This includes weeders, seeders, decision support tools, and improved rice processing technologies.
2) Disseminated improved technologies and best practices through rice sector hubs, reaching over 250,000 farmers. This has increased yields, incomes, and market access for smallholders.
3) Built the capacity of over 450 African researchers and stakeholders through training programs. This has strengthened national agricultural research and innovation systems.
4) Effectively managed project implementation through monitoring and evaluation
PV 585 GC is a new clubroot resistant canola hybrid from Proven Seed with superior resistance to both clubroot and blackleg diseases. It has excellent agronomic traits and strong yields. It is well suited for existing and high-risk clubroot fields to help protect canola rotations and yields.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley leading the panel discussion on "Africa Riceing : Mobilizing and applying science and complementary resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa." at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 June 2016
CAN is a network of organizations working to build a more sustainable Appalachia by developing local food systems. The presentation discussed how mature local food chains have sustainable agriculture, multiple market channels for producers, infrastructure for processing and distribution, and partnerships to drive consumer demand. While progress has been made, challenges remain around issues of scale, funding, and access to markets and infrastructure.
KMDP has built up rich knowledge and experience as regards good practice forage production and preservation for smallholder, medium and large scale dairy farms (from seed to feed). In addition to that, it has successfully piloted commercialization of quality forages and of forage contracting services. This was achieved through the SPEN model and the concept of “maize train” (i.e. mechanized agricultural contracting services for maize production, harvesting and silage making), and by facilitating introduction of innovative machinery for making baled silages. Through replication and upscaling, this will ensure enhanced access of quality forages for small medium and large-scale dairy farms.
In 2018 KMDP-II also started a pilot on introduction of feed rationing software to help optimizing total rations and margin over feeds. KMDP participates in sector platforms that discuss forage availability in Kenya and supported the National Fodder Conference in Nakuru in December 2017 and the Animal Production Society in Nanyuki in March 2018
The document outlines Morocco's Green Plan for Food Security. It discusses key challenges facing Morocco's agriculture sector, including water scarcity and dependence on food imports. The plan proposes two pillars: 1) aggressively developing a high-value commercial agriculture sector through public-private partnerships and 2) supporting smallholder farmers by helping them professionalize their operations. It highlights ongoing efforts like converting irrigation systems to drip irrigation to save water and increase productivity. The plan aims to boost domestic production, rural development and food security through modernizing agriculture while ensuring social and environmental sustainability.
Pigeonpea production in East and Southern Africa has increased dramatically over the past two decades due to improved varieties and farming practices. In the early 1990s, pigeonpea was an unimportant intercrop grown with traditional low-yielding varieties. A revised strategy introduced adapted medium- and long-duration varieties with traits preferred by farmers and export markets like quick cooking times and disease resistance. Varietal testing, germplasm collection, and breeding addressed temperature variations and gaps. Improved agronomy, market linkages, seed systems, and capacity building supported wider adoption of high-yielding varieties. As a result, pigeonpea area and productivity doubled from the 1990s to 2012, becoming a key food and cash crop for
The document summarizes the achievements and perspectives of the SARD-SC rice value chain project in Africa. The project has:
1) Tested over 50 agricultural innovations to address rice production constraints and close yield gaps across Africa. This includes weeders, seeders, decision support tools, and improved rice processing technologies.
2) Disseminated improved technologies and best practices through rice sector hubs, reaching over 250,000 farmers. This has increased yields, incomes, and market access for smallholders.
3) Built the capacity of over 450 African researchers and stakeholders through training programs. This has strengthened national agricultural research and innovation systems.
4) Effectively managed project implementation through monitoring and evaluation
PV 585 GC is a new clubroot resistant canola hybrid from Proven Seed with superior resistance to both clubroot and blackleg diseases. It has excellent agronomic traits and strong yields. It is well suited for existing and high-risk clubroot fields to help protect canola rotations and yields.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley leading the panel discussion on "Africa Riceing : Mobilizing and applying science and complementary resources to achieve self–sufficiency in rice in Africa." at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week and FARA General Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, on 14 June 2016
CAN is a network of organizations working to build a more sustainable Appalachia by developing local food systems. The presentation discussed how mature local food chains have sustainable agriculture, multiple market channels for producers, infrastructure for processing and distribution, and partnerships to drive consumer demand. While progress has been made, challenges remain around issues of scale, funding, and access to markets and infrastructure.
The document discusses increasing genetic gains in farmers' fields in Africa through public sector crop breeding programs. It notes that current rates of genetic gain achieved by these programs are suboptimal. The key points are:
1. Genetic gain is measured as the annual increase in productivity due to breeding, but is difficult to measure directly in farmers' fields. Estimates suggest average genetic gains of around 0.3% per year for maize in Africa.
2. Higher genetic gains over the long term can transform agriculture by providing steady improvements, effective climate adaptation, and reduced environmental impacts. However, rates of 1-2% per year are needed to have significant impacts.
3. To increase genetic gains, public breeding
This document discusses the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing global population and outlines Syngenta's approach. [1] Agriculture must grow more food from less land and resources to sustain 9 billion people. [2] Syngenta believes a system-wide approach linking technology, land use, and social factors can enable farmers to increase productivity while preserving resources. [3] However, defining and measuring sustainability is complex, and different stakeholders have varying views that could impact farmers' ability to innovate and operate effectively.
HarvestPlus: Progress To Date andFuture ChallengesACIAR
HarvestPlus aims to improve nutrition through biofortified staple crops. It has made progress breeding crops with higher micronutrient levels, shown these nutrients are bioavailable, and facilitated the release and adoption of biofortified varieties in several countries. However, challenges remain to scale up delivery in target countries through mass distribution and ensure biofortification efforts are sustainable and integrated within agricultural institutions long-term. Addressing malnutrition will require breaking down divisions between agriculture, food, nutrition and health to view them as interrelated.
The document discusses challenges facing Indian agriculture and proposes solutions to boost the agriculture sector. It notes technological backwardness, lack of government policies, ineffective crop patterns, and other issues hamper Indian agriculture. It proposes an integrated public-private partnership growth model to address these issues through measures like effective policies, increasing production, promoting hybrid seeds tailored to India, and more investment. This would help achieve food security, reduce malnutrition rates, create jobs, and benefit the overall economy and farmers. It also discusses effective water management, innovation labs, cattle breeding, fisheries, and creating a second green revolution through high-yielding varieties and other modernization efforts. The proposal aims to reduce India's trade deficit and boost the overall economy through agricultural development.
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 4: Rice policy for food security through smallholder and agribusiness development
Mini symposium 3: Socio-economic drivers of change in rice sector development
Author: Demont
Sasakawa-Africa Association/ Global 2000 SG 2000 Agricultural Program in Afri...World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The Sasakawa-Africa Association (SAA) works to improve food security and increase prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa. SAA's vision is a food-secure rural Africa with prospering smallholder commercial farmers. Its mission is to transform African agricultural extension services to address food security and provide economic benefits to smallholder farmers through agricultural value chains. SAA operates in 15 African countries and has 60 professional staff working on programs focused on improving crop productivity, post-harvest processing, public-private partnerships, human resource development, and monitoring and evaluation. SAA receives funding from private foundations, national governments, development organizations, and the private sector.
This document discusses the potential for public-private partnerships to advance the goals of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) in India. It notes that India has transitioned from a situation of hunger and starvation with 400 million people and no food reserves to now having over 1.12 billion people but significant recent bumper crop production and grain stockpiles. However, distribution challenges remain. The document advocates that partnerships can help develop improved wheat germplasm through breeding to increase yields and disease resistance, as well as develop higher quality wheat traits and lower input costs for farmers. It provides an example of such a partnership for Bt brinjal eggplant. Public-private partnerships are seen as essential to successfully adopting new
This document discusses research efforts to increase cassava productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa for food security and potential biofuel applications. It outlines cassava production in Nigeria, progress in cassava breeding for higher yields and disease resistance, and opportunities to close the yield gap. Future directions include assessing biofuel technologies, identifying appropriate biofuel targets, and capitalizing on cassava trait diversity through breeding while prioritizing food and industrial uses in SSA. International research networks can help optimize investments in cassava research.
This document summarizes the key discussions and outcomes from the WBA Farmer Roundtable held in Nairobi, Kenya on November 26-27, 2019. The roundtable brought together 28 smallholder farmers from 8 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to discuss challenges in agriculture and food systems and potential areas of collaboration between farmers and companies. On day one, farmers outlined major challenges including access to inputs, markets, financing, and issues with profitability, infrastructure, and training. On day two, farmers and companies discussed solutions around nutrition, environment, and social inclusion. Top priorities identified for collaboration included promoting nutritious food production and consumption, soil health, organic farming, climate resilience, and strengthening farmer cooperatives.
Olav Jamtøy is the CEO of Life Sciences Enterprice, which has been utilizing DNA technology in commercial fish breeding programs since 1996. The company operates breeding programs for Atlantic salmon and tilapia, selecting for traits like growth, fillet yield, and disease resistance. GenoMar has developed GenoMar Supreme Tilapia (GST), their premium tilapia strain, through over 22 generations of selective breeding. GST shows improved growth performance over time in commercial operations in Asia, requiring fewer days to reach market size. GenoMar partners with farmers in their tilapia value chain through broodstock sales, hatchery and nursery operations, and processing to offer a traceable and sustainable til
1) The document proposes establishing agricultural cooperatives across multiple villages to boost productivity and livelihoods. It involves leasing land from small and large farmers and managing it collectively with landless laborers.
2) The cooperatives would practice diversified and integrated farming, use advanced techniques, and establish processing, storage, transportation and marketing infrastructure.
3) This would provide jobs, skills and higher incomes while reducing risks for farmers and checking migration by improving opportunities locally.
Harold Roy-Macauley's presentation on "Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): A CGIAR research center and pan-African association of member countries" to the World Bank delegation from Côte d'Ivoire led by Mr Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Togo based in Abidjan, visited AfricaRice headquarters on 15 July 2016. The other members of the delegation were Mr Abdoulaye Touré, Lead Agricultural Economist and Task Team Leader of WAAPP-World Bank (Africa Bureau); and Mr Taleb Ould Sid Ahmed, Senior Communications Officer. Mr Hiroshi Hiraoka, Senior Agriculture Economist, AFTA2, World Bank and member of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) Steering Committee also accompanied the delegation.
1) The document summarizes discussions from a value chain analysis validation meeting in Buliisa, Uganda focused on key value chains including milk and dairy, cassava, honey, and vegetables.
2) Stakeholders identified constraints and opportunities across the value chains as well as suggested ways forward to improve productivity, quality, marketing, and inclusiveness.
3) Recommendations focused on improved technologies, skills training, market access, and basic infrastructure to enhance economic development in the region.
A food systems approach to aquaculture: Re-orienting farming systems for impr...WorldFish
This document discusses opportunities to modify aquaculture farming systems to improve nutritional outcomes. It notes that while increasing income alone has mild impacts on child nutrition, agricultural policies have neglected diet diversity. Modifying aquaculture design could better address nutrition by producing nutrient-rich small fish in homestead ponds or integrated with rice fields. Gill nets empower women to harvest small fish. Pond dike farming integrates aquaculture with vitamin A-rich vegetable production on dykes for year-round dietary diversity. More research is needed on pro-nutrition agricultural systems that deliver foods for good health.
Women’s empowerment in aquaculture: Case studies from Bangladesh WorldFish
Studies show that gender gaps in access to agricultural assets and resources undermines agricultural performance. Understanding these gender equalities, their underlying factors, and strategies for and factors contributing to women’s empowerment, is needed to help design appropriate interventions. This presentation shows the results of a study in Bangladesh that looked at these factors to further understand how women are empowered or disempowered by their engagement in aquaculture.
Gender and fish aquaculture: A seven country reviewWorldFish
This presentation, by WorldFish gender researchers Surendran Rajaratnam and Cynthia McDougall, looks at the gendered patterns of access to, and benefits from, small-scale aquaculture within and across seven countries that WorldFish works in (Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar). The presentation was created for the 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries on 3-7 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Women's empowerment in aquaculture: Two case studies from IndonesiaWorldFish
This presentation, by WorldFish gender researchers Irna Sari and Cynthia McDougall, explores the participation, drivers and challenges of women in shrimp farming and fish processing in Barru and Sidoarjo districts in Indonesia. It was first presented at the 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries on 3-7 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
El documento describe los principios físicos de la resonancia magnética nuclear y cómo se utilizan para generar imágenes médicas. Explica que cuando los núcleos atómicos se colocan en un campo magnético fuerte, absorben energía de radiofrecuencia a una frecuencia específica. También describe cómo la aplicación de gradientes de campo magnético permite localizar las señales de resonancia y generar mapas de imágenes del cuerpo.
The document discusses increasing genetic gains in farmers' fields in Africa through public sector crop breeding programs. It notes that current rates of genetic gain achieved by these programs are suboptimal. The key points are:
1. Genetic gain is measured as the annual increase in productivity due to breeding, but is difficult to measure directly in farmers' fields. Estimates suggest average genetic gains of around 0.3% per year for maize in Africa.
2. Higher genetic gains over the long term can transform agriculture by providing steady improvements, effective climate adaptation, and reduced environmental impacts. However, rates of 1-2% per year are needed to have significant impacts.
3. To increase genetic gains, public breeding
This document discusses the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing global population and outlines Syngenta's approach. [1] Agriculture must grow more food from less land and resources to sustain 9 billion people. [2] Syngenta believes a system-wide approach linking technology, land use, and social factors can enable farmers to increase productivity while preserving resources. [3] However, defining and measuring sustainability is complex, and different stakeholders have varying views that could impact farmers' ability to innovate and operate effectively.
HarvestPlus: Progress To Date andFuture ChallengesACIAR
HarvestPlus aims to improve nutrition through biofortified staple crops. It has made progress breeding crops with higher micronutrient levels, shown these nutrients are bioavailable, and facilitated the release and adoption of biofortified varieties in several countries. However, challenges remain to scale up delivery in target countries through mass distribution and ensure biofortification efforts are sustainable and integrated within agricultural institutions long-term. Addressing malnutrition will require breaking down divisions between agriculture, food, nutrition and health to view them as interrelated.
The document discusses challenges facing Indian agriculture and proposes solutions to boost the agriculture sector. It notes technological backwardness, lack of government policies, ineffective crop patterns, and other issues hamper Indian agriculture. It proposes an integrated public-private partnership growth model to address these issues through measures like effective policies, increasing production, promoting hybrid seeds tailored to India, and more investment. This would help achieve food security, reduce malnutrition rates, create jobs, and benefit the overall economy and farmers. It also discusses effective water management, innovation labs, cattle breeding, fisheries, and creating a second green revolution through high-yielding varieties and other modernization efforts. The proposal aims to reduce India's trade deficit and boost the overall economy through agricultural development.
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 4: Rice policy for food security through smallholder and agribusiness development
Mini symposium 3: Socio-economic drivers of change in rice sector development
Author: Demont
Sasakawa-Africa Association/ Global 2000 SG 2000 Agricultural Program in Afri...World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The Sasakawa-Africa Association (SAA) works to improve food security and increase prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa. SAA's vision is a food-secure rural Africa with prospering smallholder commercial farmers. Its mission is to transform African agricultural extension services to address food security and provide economic benefits to smallholder farmers through agricultural value chains. SAA operates in 15 African countries and has 60 professional staff working on programs focused on improving crop productivity, post-harvest processing, public-private partnerships, human resource development, and monitoring and evaluation. SAA receives funding from private foundations, national governments, development organizations, and the private sector.
This document discusses the potential for public-private partnerships to advance the goals of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) in India. It notes that India has transitioned from a situation of hunger and starvation with 400 million people and no food reserves to now having over 1.12 billion people but significant recent bumper crop production and grain stockpiles. However, distribution challenges remain. The document advocates that partnerships can help develop improved wheat germplasm through breeding to increase yields and disease resistance, as well as develop higher quality wheat traits and lower input costs for farmers. It provides an example of such a partnership for Bt brinjal eggplant. Public-private partnerships are seen as essential to successfully adopting new
This document discusses research efforts to increase cassava productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa for food security and potential biofuel applications. It outlines cassava production in Nigeria, progress in cassava breeding for higher yields and disease resistance, and opportunities to close the yield gap. Future directions include assessing biofuel technologies, identifying appropriate biofuel targets, and capitalizing on cassava trait diversity through breeding while prioritizing food and industrial uses in SSA. International research networks can help optimize investments in cassava research.
This document summarizes the key discussions and outcomes from the WBA Farmer Roundtable held in Nairobi, Kenya on November 26-27, 2019. The roundtable brought together 28 smallholder farmers from 8 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to discuss challenges in agriculture and food systems and potential areas of collaboration between farmers and companies. On day one, farmers outlined major challenges including access to inputs, markets, financing, and issues with profitability, infrastructure, and training. On day two, farmers and companies discussed solutions around nutrition, environment, and social inclusion. Top priorities identified for collaboration included promoting nutritious food production and consumption, soil health, organic farming, climate resilience, and strengthening farmer cooperatives.
Olav Jamtøy is the CEO of Life Sciences Enterprice, which has been utilizing DNA technology in commercial fish breeding programs since 1996. The company operates breeding programs for Atlantic salmon and tilapia, selecting for traits like growth, fillet yield, and disease resistance. GenoMar has developed GenoMar Supreme Tilapia (GST), their premium tilapia strain, through over 22 generations of selective breeding. GST shows improved growth performance over time in commercial operations in Asia, requiring fewer days to reach market size. GenoMar partners with farmers in their tilapia value chain through broodstock sales, hatchery and nursery operations, and processing to offer a traceable and sustainable til
1) The document proposes establishing agricultural cooperatives across multiple villages to boost productivity and livelihoods. It involves leasing land from small and large farmers and managing it collectively with landless laborers.
2) The cooperatives would practice diversified and integrated farming, use advanced techniques, and establish processing, storage, transportation and marketing infrastructure.
3) This would provide jobs, skills and higher incomes while reducing risks for farmers and checking migration by improving opportunities locally.
Harold Roy-Macauley's presentation on "Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): A CGIAR research center and pan-African association of member countries" to the World Bank delegation from Côte d'Ivoire led by Mr Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Togo based in Abidjan, visited AfricaRice headquarters on 15 July 2016. The other members of the delegation were Mr Abdoulaye Touré, Lead Agricultural Economist and Task Team Leader of WAAPP-World Bank (Africa Bureau); and Mr Taleb Ould Sid Ahmed, Senior Communications Officer. Mr Hiroshi Hiraoka, Senior Agriculture Economist, AFTA2, World Bank and member of the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) Steering Committee also accompanied the delegation.
1) The document summarizes discussions from a value chain analysis validation meeting in Buliisa, Uganda focused on key value chains including milk and dairy, cassava, honey, and vegetables.
2) Stakeholders identified constraints and opportunities across the value chains as well as suggested ways forward to improve productivity, quality, marketing, and inclusiveness.
3) Recommendations focused on improved technologies, skills training, market access, and basic infrastructure to enhance economic development in the region.
A food systems approach to aquaculture: Re-orienting farming systems for impr...WorldFish
This document discusses opportunities to modify aquaculture farming systems to improve nutritional outcomes. It notes that while increasing income alone has mild impacts on child nutrition, agricultural policies have neglected diet diversity. Modifying aquaculture design could better address nutrition by producing nutrient-rich small fish in homestead ponds or integrated with rice fields. Gill nets empower women to harvest small fish. Pond dike farming integrates aquaculture with vitamin A-rich vegetable production on dykes for year-round dietary diversity. More research is needed on pro-nutrition agricultural systems that deliver foods for good health.
Women’s empowerment in aquaculture: Case studies from Bangladesh WorldFish
Studies show that gender gaps in access to agricultural assets and resources undermines agricultural performance. Understanding these gender equalities, their underlying factors, and strategies for and factors contributing to women’s empowerment, is needed to help design appropriate interventions. This presentation shows the results of a study in Bangladesh that looked at these factors to further understand how women are empowered or disempowered by their engagement in aquaculture.
Gender and fish aquaculture: A seven country reviewWorldFish
This presentation, by WorldFish gender researchers Surendran Rajaratnam and Cynthia McDougall, looks at the gendered patterns of access to, and benefits from, small-scale aquaculture within and across seven countries that WorldFish works in (Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar). The presentation was created for the 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries on 3-7 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Women's empowerment in aquaculture: Two case studies from IndonesiaWorldFish
This presentation, by WorldFish gender researchers Irna Sari and Cynthia McDougall, explores the participation, drivers and challenges of women in shrimp farming and fish processing in Barru and Sidoarjo districts in Indonesia. It was first presented at the 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries on 3-7 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
El documento describe los principios físicos de la resonancia magnética nuclear y cómo se utilizan para generar imágenes médicas. Explica que cuando los núcleos atómicos se colocan en un campo magnético fuerte, absorben energía de radiofrecuencia a una frecuencia específica. También describe cómo la aplicación de gradientes de campo magnético permite localizar las señales de resonancia y generar mapas de imágenes del cuerpo.
A gendered value chain analysis of post harvest losses in the Barotse floodpl...WorldFish
Do women or men in the Barotse floodplain in Zambia experience higher post harvest fish losses? Why? And what’s the impact – both financially and physically to the fish? The answers to these questions, shown in this presentation, are helping WorldFish design and test appropriate innovations, including ways to overcome harmful norms, behaviours and power relations in the post harvest losses context.
This is a project aimed to (a) help farmers get a fair price for their produce and (b) provide urban households value-for-money access to fresh farm produce.
Introduction to Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallhold...ILRI
The LIVES project is a partnership between ILRI, IWMI, the Ministry of Agriculture, and regional agricultural bureaus in Ethiopia, supported by CIDA. The project focuses on developing high-value livestock and irrigated crop value chains for smallholders. It will work in 10 zones across Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, and SNNP regions. The goal is to increase income and gender equitable wealth for smallholders through market-oriented production of crops like vegetables, fruits, and livestock like dairy, beef, poultry. Key activities include value chain development, capacity building, knowledge management, and action research over livestock and irrigation value chains.
Untapped potential for sustainability: innovation in the Asian aquaculture in...WorldFish
This document discusses the potential for sustainable innovation in the Asian aquaculture industry from the perspective of WorldFish. It notes that while aquaculture production has grown significantly, business as usual risks unacceptable environmental impacts if not addressed. However, through the development and use of better fish breeds and feeds, as well as good management practices, the industry can fulfill its potential to reduce poverty and hunger without harming the environment. Key opportunities include family-based fish selection programs, feeds that better utilize existing resources, and building economically sustainable small farms that meet consumer needs.
Rapid Transformation of the Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh by Ricardo ...ifpri_dhaka
The aquaculture sector in Bangladesh has undergone rapid transformation, growing from 2000 to 2012 at 220% while inland and marine capture grew only 62% and 70% respectively. This is driven by strong domestic demand as fish consumption doubled from 2002 to 2012. Aquaculture has been particularly important, with the development of clusters, structural changes in the value chain including input suppliers and processors, technological changes, and product differentiation. While this transformation has increased food and nutrition security, challenges remain around input and electricity costs.
The overall objective of the Cereal Systems Initiative for Bangladesh (CSISA-BD) Project is to increase income, food security, and livelihoods in impoverished agricultural regions of Bangladesh. Specific objectives include the widespread adoption of improved varieties and technologies for fish and cereal systems; conducting adaptive research; capacity building; socio-economic and market analysis; and developing knowledge delivery systems. The project aims to directly benefit 60,000 households in Khulna hub, increasing annual incomes by $350 through higher crop and fish productivity. Key activities include training farmers, establishing demonstration plots, field days, and partnerships to disseminate technologies like improved shrimp, prawn, and fish farming. Initial results show farmers adopting better practices and increased
Genetically improved rohu for sustainable aquacultureB. BHASKAR
Genetically improved rohu called "Jayanti" has been developed through selective breeding at ICAR-CIFA in India for higher growth. Jayanti rohu shows 18% greater growth per generation and 50% higher economic gains for farmers. It reaches market size two months faster than local stocks. Multiplier units produce Jayanti rohu seed which is then disseminated to farmers in 16 states, benefiting small farmers and increasing fish production. Proper management practices are needed to realize Jayanti rohu's full growth potential.
Unilever sustainable living plan and allanblackia projectekuenzi
The document discusses Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan and the Allanblackia project. The Sustainable Living Plan aims to halve the environmental footprint of Unilever's products while helping over 1 billion people improve their health and well-being by 2020. As part of sourcing raw materials sustainably, Unilever formed a partnership over 10 years ago to develop the Allanblackia tree for its oil. The partnership involves over 30 organizations and aims to create a long-term sustainable business in Africa producing over 10,000 tons of Allanblackia oil annually by 2020 to meet market needs. Achievements so far include planting trials in Ghana, Tanzania, and Nigeria, but challenges remain in fully establishing infrastructure and up
NASFAM is Malawi's largest smallholder farmers' organization with over 100,000 members. Most members have small land holdings and rely on rain-fed subsistence farming. Food insecurity is a major challenge in Malawi due to low agricultural productivity, poverty, and frequent droughts exacerbated by climate change. Long-term strategies to address food insecurity include increasing productivity through irrigation, crop diversification, improved seeds, and linking farmers to markets.
Sustainability developments in big agricultureCari Rincker
Big Ag refers to major segments of the agriculture industry rather than farms of a certain size. Sustainable agriculture aims to satisfy food needs, enhance the environment, efficiently use resources, support economic viability, and improve quality of life. Key aspects of sustainability in Big Ag include food security through efficient production, environmental conservation, use of new technologies, economic viability for farmers, and improving their quality of life. Contact information is provided for those interested in learning more.
This document provides an overview of crop-livestock integration in conservation agriculture (CA) systems. It discusses including dairy goats and small livestock in CA, as well as integrating agroforestry practices. The document notes some conflicts that can arise with livestock consuming crop residues and suggests mitigating strategies. It emphasizes the synergies of integrating crops and livestock, such as nutrient recycling and biological
1) The document discusses marketing strategies for specialty fertilizers, including value propositions in the food chain, food security through nutrient security, and solutions to enhance productivity and nutrient value.
2) It outlines various marketing strategies for specialty fertilizers like nutrigation, nutrient enhancement drivers, foliar feeding, customized fertilizers, and slow and controlled release fertilizers.
3) The conclusions emphasize promoting specialty fertilizers to help customers realize their value, producing protein for people affordably, and designing extension programs with the value chain in mind to improve food and nutritional security.
WWF is working to develop sustainable standards for aquaculture through a multi-stakeholder initiative called the Aquaculture Dialogues. The standards aim to measurably reduce the environmental and social impacts of aquaculture, including issues like mangrove loss, antibiotic use, and loss of biodiversity. WWF plans to establish an independent certification body called the Aquaculture Stewardship Council to provide certification and a consumer label for farms that meet the new standards. The ASC is in the initial development phase and aims to be operational by 2011.
IFS an ecofriendly approach for sustainable agriculture environment and hydro...HARISH J
1) The document discusses sustainable agriculture and integrated farming systems (IFS) as eco-friendly approaches. It describes the basic principles of sustainable agriculture and various components of IFS like crop rotation, integrated nutrient management, etc.
2) Hydroponics is described as a soilless agriculture technique where plants are grown in nutrient solutions rather than soil. The different hydroponic systems and their benefits like water savings, higher yields are covered.
3) The document concludes by stating that organic, mechanical and cultural practices are used in ecological agriculture to avoid chemicals. Developing sustainable and environment-friendly alternatives like eco-friendly agriculture is needed.
This document discusses sustainability issues related to the banana industry and Dole's sustainability measures. It covers environmental impacts of banana production such as pollution, monoculture farming, pesticide use, and waste. It then discusses Dole's sustainability initiatives regarding water management, carbon footprint reduction, soil conservation, and packaging. The document also examines trends in Latin America such as urbanization, its effects, and Dole's rural development incentives in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Honduras. Finally, it outlines Dole's sustainability model and benchmarking approach involving certifications, indicators, and a sustainable community model.
The document discusses a startup that is developing a smart biofloc culture management system using IoT sensors to monitor fish farming. The system aims to enable intensive fish farming in a closed, sustainable system with high density and productivity. It monitors critical parameters like pH, EC, and DO using sensors and cloud data to provide automated monitoring and notifications. The startup sees opportunities in the growing Indian fish market and plans to expand its offerings to include different fish and expand its customer base and partnerships. It provides a competitive analysis of its biofloc system compared to conventional, hydroponic, and RAS fish farming and discusses its financial projections and sustainability strategies.
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Microcredit and Crop Agriculture: New Technologies and Other Innovations to Address Food Insecurity among the Poor
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Chair: Mr. Shadreck Mapfumo, Vice President, MicroEnsure, South Africa
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Practitioner Perspectives - Impact investing in small-scale aquaculture enterprises
1. Impact
inves-ng
in
small-‐scale
aquaculture
enterprises:
Prac--oner
perspec-ves
Arun
Padiyar
Mogalthur
Aqua
Farmer’s
Welfare
Society,
India
arunpadiyar@gmail.com
2. Three
experiences
• Export
oriented,
high-‐value
commodity
(shrimp)
– Indian
Shrimp
farmer
Socie-es
– Indonesian
aquaculture
• Domes-c
market
oriented,
low-‐value
commodity
– Milkfish
value
chain
development
in
India
3. Small-‐scale
Shrimp
farming
in
India
and
Aceh
• Public
sector
investment
– India
(2001
onwards)
:
• MPEDA,
Govt.
of
India
and
NACA
– Aceh
(2007
onwards)
:
• MMAF,
Govt.
of
Indonesia,
IGO,
NGO
and
donors
(ADB,
ACIAR,
FAO,
ARC,
WorldFish,
NACA,
WWF,
OISCA)
4. Investment
Objec-ves
and
Ac-ons
• Objec2ve
– Improved
livelihoods
through
sustainable
aquaculture
• Ac2ons
– Promo-on
of
Be5er
Management
Prac2ces
(BMPs)
– Organizing
farmers
for
Cluster
Management
(farmer
groups
/
Socie-es
/
Kelompoks)
• Extension
services
to
farmers
7. Environmental
and
Social
Impacts
• Social:
– Democratic and transparent societies
– Increased in communication among stakeholders and along the
value chain
– Sharing of cost for common cause
– Harmony among farmers and other local resource users
• Environmental
– Efficient use of resources (feed and energy)
– Reduced use of chemicals
– Reduced discharge of contaminated water into waterways
– Increased awareness among stakeholders on environmental
care
8. Lessons
learned
• There
can
be
significant
impacts,
but:
– It
takes
-me
for
solid
results
• Slow
change
in
Knowledge,
actude
and
prac-ce
among
farmers
– Good
and
reliable
services
at
grass-‐root
brings
the
real
change
– Finding
good
“lead
farmers”
is
important
– Working
with
all
the
stakeholders
along
the
value
chain
can
bring
beder
and
quick
results
– Direct
financial/in-‐kind
support
to
farmers
brought
nega-ve
results.
9. Current
opportunity
• Public
Private
Partnership
– Cer-fica-on,
Branding
and
Marke-ng
the
Society/
Kelompok
shrimps
in
interna-onal
markets.
– Widening
the
programme
(BMP,
cluster
management)
to
include
other
locally
farmed
species
(carps,
pangasius,
scampi,
seabass,
crab
etc).
– Domes-c
market
development
• Marke-ng
farm
inputs
(Feed,
seed,
fer-lisers
etc)
• Marke-ng
of
farm
out-‐put
(fish
and
shrimp
sale
in
domes-c
market).
9
11. Issues
in
Consumer
Perspec2ves
Solu2ons
from
fish
market
business
Price
High
prices
of
marine
fish
Affordable
fish
•
especially
Marine
fish
•
<100-‐150
Rs/kg
at
retail
(150-‐1000
Rs/kg
at
retail)
Supply
Inconsistent
&
Consistent
&
unsustainable
supply
sustainable
supply
•
scarcity
and
erra-c
supply
of
fish
from
fish
farms
caused
by
overfishing
from
limited
wild
resources,
fishing
ban
and
climate
change
impact
Quality
Poor
quality
fish
Fresh
fish
•
due
to
prolonged
fishing
period
•
supplied
to
any
part
of
(3-‐15
days),
poor
harvest
and
post-‐ India
within
48
hours.
harvest
handling
by
tradi-onal
fisheries
prac-ces.
11
12. Value
proposi-on
of
the
investment
• Affordable,
fresh,
sustainable
and
all-‐-me
available
marine
fish
which
contributes
to
the
food
and
nutri-onal
security
of
India
and
South
Asia
and
helps
in
genera-ng
employment
especially
in
rural
areas.
12
13. Why
Milkfish
(Chanos
chanos)?
• Easy
to
Farm:
– Disease
resistant,
high
yielding
(10-‐15
ton/
Hectare),
2-‐10
months
of
crop
period
depending
on
market
size.
• Widely
Adaptable:
– Can
be
grown
in
seawater
as
well
as
in
freshwater.
Can
cater
to
Pan-‐Indian
consumer
taste
buds.
• Cost
effec-ve:
– Cost
of
farm
produc-on
is
about
USD
1/kg.
• Sustainable:
– Depends
on
vegetable
based
feed
and
has
high
feed
conversion
efficiency
(1.2-‐1.5
kg
feed
for
1
kg
fish
growth).
13
14. An-cipated
Investment
Impacts
• Domes-c
fish
market
size
(2009)
(Source:
FAO
FishStat
2011)
– USD
15
Billion
– 7
million
metric
ton
• Es-mated
contribu-on
of
the
value
chain
proposi-on
to
fisheries
sector
at
its
maturity
(2020)
– 7.5%
by
value
and
quan-ty
– i.e.,
USD
1.25
Billion
at
retail
and
527,000
metric
ton
of
milkfish
– 100,000
farmers
and
stakeholders
employed
along
the
value
chain
• Es-mated
market
share
of
business
proposi-on
at
maturity
(2020)
– 0.35%
of
the
retail
value
of
the
fish
promoted
by
the
BP
– i.e.,
USD
40
million/year
• Es-mated
investment
requirement
on
business
proposi-on
(brood
bank
and
hatchery)
– USD
3
million
over
10
years