Catalogue of tested crop, soil, and water management options in target areas ...africa-rising
Presented by Patrick Mutuo, Lulseged Desta, Leigh Winowiecki, Job Kihara and Nelson Mango (CIAT) at the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012
BRAC- the largest NGO of the world started its own pulse program during the year 2000 to address the issues related to pulse cultivation in Bangladesh and increase the pulse grain production in Bangladesh significantly. Side by side to reduce the poverty and malnutrition BRAC also wanted to contribute more through its pulse program.Three main types of activities such as variety screening, variety development and seed production are being performed in BRAC pulse program and the target pulse crops are mung bean, lentil, pea, cow pea, chick pea etc.Along with the screening of varieties of different pulse crops, several good quality advance lines of mung bean and cow pea have also been developed. Constraints and prospects of of pulse crop cultivation in Bangladesh have also been discussed. #Suggested links of my you tube video on lentil cultivation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DfknzVx_c #and another video on mung bean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjyXXQkO4n8&t=1s
Title: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Context of ‘Sustainable Crop Production Intensification’ and Adaptation to Climate Change
Presenter: Norman Uphoff
Presented at the FAO's Asia Regional Office
Date: April 11, 2013
Achievements on pulses & oilseed research in BRAC have been described. #suggested link of my you tube video on mung bean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iEszjkUab4&t=8s and the link of lentil cultivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DfknzVx_c #also the link of sesame cultivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFjWsPetK8&t=79s
Pulses & oil seed sector is an important sector of BRAC agriculture sector. Research activities on pulses and oilseeds by BRAC, Bangladesh have been presented. # suggested link of my you tube video on sesame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2VzGg9zcc and another link of video on sunflower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEGiBEC4okY&t=98s
Title: Partnerships for Research, Capacity Building, Innovation and Foresighting: Managing water for agriculture and food in ACP countries.
Date: 28 October, 2012
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA
Venue: GCARD2 Pre-Conference Meeting Punta del Este, Uruguay
Presenter: Debashish Sen, S.P. Chaturvedi, Hiralal Bharti, and Rajendra Bansal
Audience: 2nd National SRI Symposium, Agartala, India
Subject Country: Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, India
Catalogue of tested crop, soil, and water management options in target areas ...africa-rising
Presented by Patrick Mutuo, Lulseged Desta, Leigh Winowiecki, Job Kihara and Nelson Mango (CIAT) at the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012
BRAC- the largest NGO of the world started its own pulse program during the year 2000 to address the issues related to pulse cultivation in Bangladesh and increase the pulse grain production in Bangladesh significantly. Side by side to reduce the poverty and malnutrition BRAC also wanted to contribute more through its pulse program.Three main types of activities such as variety screening, variety development and seed production are being performed in BRAC pulse program and the target pulse crops are mung bean, lentil, pea, cow pea, chick pea etc.Along with the screening of varieties of different pulse crops, several good quality advance lines of mung bean and cow pea have also been developed. Constraints and prospects of of pulse crop cultivation in Bangladesh have also been discussed. #Suggested links of my you tube video on lentil cultivation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DfknzVx_c #and another video on mung bean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjyXXQkO4n8&t=1s
Title: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Context of ‘Sustainable Crop Production Intensification’ and Adaptation to Climate Change
Presenter: Norman Uphoff
Presented at the FAO's Asia Regional Office
Date: April 11, 2013
Achievements on pulses & oilseed research in BRAC have been described. #suggested link of my you tube video on mung bean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iEszjkUab4&t=8s and the link of lentil cultivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DfknzVx_c #also the link of sesame cultivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFjWsPetK8&t=79s
Pulses & oil seed sector is an important sector of BRAC agriculture sector. Research activities on pulses and oilseeds by BRAC, Bangladesh have been presented. # suggested link of my you tube video on sesame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2VzGg9zcc and another link of video on sunflower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEGiBEC4okY&t=98s
Title: Partnerships for Research, Capacity Building, Innovation and Foresighting: Managing water for agriculture and food in ACP countries.
Date: 28 October, 2012
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA
Venue: GCARD2 Pre-Conference Meeting Punta del Este, Uruguay
Presenter: Debashish Sen, S.P. Chaturvedi, Hiralal Bharti, and Rajendra Bansal
Audience: 2nd National SRI Symposium, Agartala, India
Subject Country: Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, India
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Potential for profitable wheat production in Rwanda
1. POTENTIAL FOR PROFITABLE WHEAT PRODUCTION IN RWANDA
I.Habarurema1, A.Hategekimana1, A. Musabyisoni1, G. Gumisiriza1, M. A. Ingabire1,
M. Uwamahoro1, A. Kayumba1, and G. Nshimyimana1
1Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) - Northern Agriculture Zone Division (NAZD), P.O Box 73, Musanze, Rwanda
Introduction Strategies
Climatic conditions and generally fertile soils are conducive to grow wheat (1) Consolidation of land use (fig. 2);
crop in Rwanda. However, low use of appropriate inputs (fig.1) and low (2) Facilitation in supply of agricultural inputs: improved seed,
knowledge on grain production and post-harvest management practices have fertilizers and pesticides imported and distributed at subsidized
been the major constraints to wheat productivity, and subsequently to income price of 50% ;
of small-holder farm households and food security in Rwanda. Efforts made (3) Provision of extension services;
by the Government of Rwanda since 2007 have revealed the potential to (4) Improvement of post-harvest handling & storage mechanisms.
improve wheat productivity and therefore achieve food security through the
Crop Intensification Program (CIP). Moreover, increased quality wheat
production will benefit local millers that currently rely mostly on imported Achievements since 2007
wheat grain. 1.Wheat production has increased from approximately 24,000 t in
2007 to 158,975 t in 2012 (Fig.3);
2. Land area allocated to wheat shifted from 24,000 ha in 2007
to 75000 ha in 2012 (Fig.2);
3. Grain yield increased from 0.9 t/ha in 2007 to 2.1 t/ha in 2012.
4. Increased use of improved wheat seed at 46.3%;
5. Increase in national average fertilizer use from 8kg/ha in 2008 to
23kg/ha in 2010.
Production (t)
Land covered (ha)
180000
160000
Production (t)
140000
Fig. 1. Impact of low vs. high organic manure in wheat field 120000
100000
Programs’ objectives 80000
(1) Improve the access and effective utilization of the agricultural inputs; 60000
(2) Focus on the AEZ suitable to wheat crop production to ensure food
40000
security and income increase at household level;
(3) Strengthen the linkages of smallholders to market for inputs and 20000
outputs through improved access to finance and market information; 0
(4) Minimize the post harvest losses and facilitate linkages to upstream 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
of the value chain through improved storage ;
(5) Discouraging supply to focusing on the demand for inputs by Year
farmers and market-driven forces within the system
Fig.3. Trends of grain wheat production in Rwanda
Way forward
1. Developing and promoting appropriate wheat varieties to
reduce foreign currency expenditure on seed imports;
2. Continuously enhancing linkages among all stakeholders
involved in wheat production;
3. Moving from a traditional hoe to a mechanized agriculture and
irrigation systems while conserving soil fertility;
4. Strengthening farmers/farmer groups’ access to wheat seed
quality through community-based seed production;
5. Progressively exiting from subsidy program while ensuring the
initial purpose of subsidies are achieved.
Contact
Innocent Habarurema
Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)
P. O. Box 5016, Kigali, Rwanda
Cell phone: (+250)784166177
Fig. 2. Land consolidated for wheat production in highlands of Rwanda E mail: ihabarurema@yahoo.com