Learning Event 6, Session 1, From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011

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What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa? Presentation from Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011

Technology Business

A climate smart value chain
approach to improve maize and
soya bean productivity 
 
Austin Ngwira" 
Director of  Agriculture"
Clinton Development Initiative (Malawi)"
 
""
"
Learning Event 6: What role can the private sector play in climate smart
smallholder agriculture in Africa?"
Agriculture and Rural Development Day"
COP 17"
Durban, South Africa"
3 December 2011"
"

CDI Anchor Farm Business Model"
•  Farmer club:"
–  Typically 10 to 20 members (at least 40% women)"
–  Elects leaders democratically"
–  Appoints lead (progressive) farmer to be their coach"
–  Creates local employment (450 people at peak season)"

Project Summary"
q  Goal: increase rural household incomes and food
security by increasing soya beans production"
q  Farmer targets: Increase from 2500 farmers in
2010/11 to 21,000 in 2012/13"
q  Elements of climate smart agriculture:"
q Soil cover with crop residues"
q Fertiliser trees in farming systems"
q Zero/minimum tillage supported by use of
herbicides"

Support services to farmers"
q  Extend agronomic best practices by working with:!
q  Develop and strengthen market linkages"
q  Develop farmer organisations"
q  Support community infrastructure development
through anchor farm proﬁt plough back"

"

ISFM farmer demonstrations"
q  Jointly designed with:"
v AGRA Soil Health Programme"
v Department of Agricultural Research Services"
(Chitedze Research Station)"
"
q  Treatments (4):"
v  T1: "Intercrop Maize with Gliricidia sepium under CA with
full fertiliser recommendation"
v  T2: "Same as T2; replace Gs with Tephrosia vogelli!
v  T3: "Soya-Maize Rotation under CA with full " "fertiliser
recommendation "
v  T4: "Farmer practice (control) for maize cultivation"

CDI–AGRA/AECF partnership"
•  Expanded outreach to smallholder farmers from 200 in
2008 to 10,400 in 2011/12"
•  Expanded geographical coverage from 1 to 6agruclutral
extension planning areas"
•  Capacity building"
•  Networking"
•  New marketing linkages: ﬁnancial institutions, input
suppliers"

Achievements"
•  Evidence from farmers & demo plots: "
–  Saves labour, time, money "
–  Avails manure on farm"
–  Reduced Striga incidence"
–  Vigorous crop performance"
•  Effective market linkages:"
–  Bank approvals for farmer loans 2011/12"
–  Secured seed grower contracts"
–  Secured pre-season soya seed contract 2011/12"

Market linkages model"
THE
CDI/AGRA
PROJECT
FARM
INPUT
&
OUTPUT RELATIONAL
MODEL

• Farm
input
loan

agreement

• Club
and

individual

accounts
opening

• Financial
analysis
• Loan
recovery

• Farmer
service
• Scheduled
v an
system

MOU/Agreement

(
payments
&
deposits)

•

• Best
prac*ce
soya
agronomy

• Farm
input
distribu*on

• Soya
collec*on bulking &
shipping
to
buyer
,

• Pre-‐season
contract
with
soya
buyer

• Monitor
produc*on
&
marke*ng

• Loan
payments deduc*ons
from
soya
sales

Input

• Guarantee
market
(Price

• Soya
supply
contract

&
Volume)

(pre-‐season
signing)
• Market
campaign
(radio

• Soya
shipping
&

messages,
farmer

*mely
payment
(zero
mee*ngs,
monitoring

tolerance
on
delays)
visits)

• Cost
share
in
coll ec*on

&
bulking
centers

THANK YOU ALL!!!"

CDI Country Executive, Joyful kids at Nsilombe Village, TA
Walker Morris (Right)" Mavwere, Mchinji District, 4 March 2011"

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1.   A climate smart value chain approach to improve maize and soya bean productivity    Austin Ngwira"  Director of  Agriculture" Clinton Development Initiative (Malawi)"   "" " Learning Event 6: What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa?" Agriculture and Rural Development Day" COP 17" Durban, South Africa" 3 December 2011" "

2. CDI Anchor Farm Business Model" •  Farmer club:" –  Typically 10 to 20 members (at least 40% women)" –  Elects leaders democratically" –  Appoints lead (progressive) farmer to be their coach" –  Creates local employment (450 people at peak season)"

3. Project Summary" q  Goal: increase rural household incomes and food security by increasing soya beans production" q  Farmer targets: Increase from 2500 farmers in 2010/11 to 21,000 in 2012/13" q  Elements of climate smart agriculture:" q Soil cover with crop residues" q Fertiliser trees in farming systems" q Zero/minimum tillage supported by use of herbicides"

4. Support services to farmers" q  Extend agronomic best practices by working with:! q  Develop and strengthen market linkages" q  Develop farmer organisations" q  Support community infrastructure development through anchor farm proﬁt plough back" "

5. ISFM farmer demonstrations" q  Jointly designed with:" v AGRA Soil Health Programme" v Department of Agricultural Research Services" (Chitedze Research Station)" " q  Treatments (4):" v  T1: "Intercrop Maize with Gliricidia sepium under CA with full fertiliser recommendation" v  T2: "Same as T2; replace Gs with Tephrosia vogelli! v  T3: "Soya-Maize Rotation under CA with full " "fertiliser recommendation " v  T4: "Farmer practice (control) for maize cultivation"

6. CDI–AGRA/AECF partnership" •  Expanded outreach to smallholder farmers from 200 in 2008 to 10,400 in 2011/12" •  Expanded geographical coverage from 1 to 6agruclutral extension planning areas" •  Capacity building" •  Networking" •  New marketing linkages: ﬁnancial institutions, input suppliers"

7. Achievements" •  Evidence from farmers & demo plots: " –  Saves labour, time, money " –  Avails manure on farm" –  Reduced Striga incidence" –  Vigorous crop performance" •  Effective market linkages:" –  Bank approvals for farmer loans 2011/12" –  Secured seed grower contracts" –  Secured pre-season soya seed contract 2011/12"

8. Market linkages model" THE CDI/AGRA PROJECT FARM INPUT & OUTPUT RELATIONAL MODEL • Farm input loan agreement • Club and individual accounts opening • Financial analysis • Loan recovery • Farmer service • Scheduled v an system MOU/Agreement ( payments & deposits) • • Best prac*ce soya agronomy • Farm input distribu*on • Soya collec*on bulking & shipping to buyer , • Pre-‐season contract with soya buyer • Monitor produc*on & marke*ng • Loan payments deduc*ons from soya sales Input • Guarantee market (Price • Soya supply contract & Volume) (pre-‐season signing) • Market campaign (radio • Soya shipping & messages, farmer *mely payment (zero mee*ngs, monitoring tolerance on delays) visits) • Cost share in coll ec*on & bulking centers

9. THANK YOU ALL!!!" CDI Country Executive, Joyful kids at Nsilombe Village, TA Walker Morris (Right)" Mavwere, Mchinji District, 4 March 2011"

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