Presented by Asamoah Larbi (IITA) at the Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting Tamale, Ghana, 23-25 October 2012

1. Africa RISING West Africa update on
maize-based systems work in 2012
Asamoah Larbi (IITA)
Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning
Meeting, Tamale, Ghana, 23-25 October 2012
Partners
IITA, SARI, ARI, UDS, ILRI, MoFA, SeedPAG,IWMI, KNUST, WIUC, SRI

2. Africa RISING - West Africa : IITA – Led
Ghana Mali
Maize/rice-legume Sorghum/millet-legume
NARS NGOs AfricaRice AVRDC ILRI IWMI
SARI, MoFA, Farmers, Input dealers, USAID-funded & Other projects

3. Stakeholder’s workshop -28-29 March

4. Quick-win sites

5. Community analysis – 60 communities

6. Community analysis – 60 communities

7. Key crops

8. Key crops

9. Key crops

10. Key crops

11. Key crops

12. Crop Production Constraints
1. Credit- limited access
2. Land preparation – inadequate equipment
3. Soil fertility – low
4. Seed – quality
5. Water - erratic rainfall and drought
6. Striga
7. Pest and diseases
8. Storage – facilities and technologies
9. Markets – access (some communities)
10. Processing – equipment and technologies

13. Animal production

14. Animal production

15. Animal production

16. Livestock - production constraints
1. Veterinary services - poor
2. Diseases – high prevalence
3. Parasites – internal and external
4. Management – in appropriate housing, feeding
5. Seed – quality
6. Water points - inadequate
7. Theft
8. Breeds – improved…??
9. Feeding – dry season (wet season??)
10. Markets – access (some communities)
11. Processing – equipment and technologies

17. Community Action Plans
1. Crop production – on-station and on-farm
• Varietal trials
• Soil fertility management
• Cropping dates/spraying regimes
• Striga management
• Community-based seed production
2. Livestock – poultry, sheep/goats
• Disease and pest management
• Feeding management
3. Capacity building
• Farmers
• Research and extension staff

18. Outputs: 2012 Work-plans
Outcome 1 Outcome 2
Improved Crop- Improved Nutrient
Feed
Livestock Cycling
production
Production
Output 5:
Partnerships and
Capacity Building
Outcome 3 Outcome 4
Improved Water Improved Nutrition
Management of Women and
Children

19. Crop production - implemented work
1. Technology generation – on-station
2. On-farm demonstrations
3. Community seed production
4. Integrated soil and water management
5. Capacity building – researchers and farmers

20. Sobean - inoculation & P fertilizer

21. On-farm demonstrations – improved varieties

22. On-farm Demonstration – Maize

23. On-farm demonstrations - legumes

24. On-farm Demonstrations – Binaba

25. On-farm demonstration: Extra-early maize

26. On-farm demonstration – field day

27. Community seed production

28. Soil & water: implemented work
1. Scale out and up proven small-scale irrigation
technologies.
2. Estimate water productivity
3. Build capacity of partners

29. Soil and water conservation - training

30. Livestock: implemented work
1. Workshop – constraints and opportunities
2. Strengthened livestock value chains
3. Tested feed & health options to increase
output
4. Disseminated improved milk processing options
5. Short-course on crop-livestock production

31. Guinea fowl – intensive production

32. Pito mash: Cheaper guinea fowl feed

33. Better feeding and health: reduces sheep/goat
mortality
T1: Farmers’ feeding practice (F)
T2: F + Improved health care (H)
T4: H + Supplementation

34. Improving nutrition- implemented work
1. Review on nutritional status
2. Review of food safety issues.
3. Study existing processors & their needs
assessment
4. Educate and train households on processing and
use of cereals and legumes.

35. Milk processing: education

36. Milk processing training

37. Nutritional education - food groups

38. Improving nutrition – soybean uses

39. Capacity Building – Research Staff
Short-course/Training Lead Institute
Integrated crop-livestock production ILRI
Experimental design and data analysis WIUC
Household cereal and legume processing UDS/MOFA/MOH
Food safety – marketers, processors UDS/MOFA/MOH
Irrigation techniques IWMI
Crop production – extension agents SARI

40. Capacity Building – Researchers