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
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
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
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.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley made a presentation on “Achieving rice self-sufficiency in Africa,” which served as a basis for an in-depth discussion by a panel of speakers consisting of Mr Ade Adefeko, Vice President and Head of Corporate and Government Relations at Olam-Nigeria; Mr Pieter Grobler, Head of Land Development at Dangote Rice Limited; and Mr Busuyi Okeowo, Deputy Team Leader at Growth & Employment in States (GEMS 4), Nigeria.
The panel discussion was organized as part of the Third Edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa Conference, on 23 November 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria, with support from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG).
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 4: Rice policy for food security through smallholder and agribusiness development
Mini symposium1: Trade policies to boost Africa’s rice sector
Author: Kuku-Shittu
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.
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
- The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is the only CGIAR Research Center owned by African countries. It works to increase rice production and self-sufficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa through research and partnerships.
- AfricaRice has developed over 200 improved rice varieties, good agricultural practices, and innovations along the rice value chain to boost yields and incomes for farmers.
- It aims to increase rice self-sufficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa to 90% by 2020 through implementation of its 2011-2020 strategic plan which focuses on strengthening rice production, processing, and marketing.
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
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
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.
AfricaRice Director General Dr Harold Roy-Macauley made a presentation on “Achieving rice self-sufficiency in Africa,” which served as a basis for an in-depth discussion by a panel of speakers consisting of Mr Ade Adefeko, Vice President and Head of Corporate and Government Relations at Olam-Nigeria; Mr Pieter Grobler, Head of Land Development at Dangote Rice Limited; and Mr Busuyi Okeowo, Deputy Team Leader at Growth & Employment in States (GEMS 4), Nigeria.
The panel discussion was organized as part of the Third Edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa Conference, on 23 November 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria, with support from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG).
3rd Africa Rice Congress
Theme 4: Rice policy for food security through smallholder and agribusiness development
Mini symposium1: Trade policies to boost Africa’s rice sector
Author: Kuku-Shittu
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.
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
- The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is the only CGIAR Research Center owned by African countries. It works to increase rice production and self-sufficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa through research and partnerships.
- AfricaRice has developed over 200 improved rice varieties, good agricultural practices, and innovations along the rice value chain to boost yields and incomes for farmers.
- It aims to increase rice self-sufficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa to 90% by 2020 through implementation of its 2011-2020 strategic plan which focuses on strengthening rice production, processing, and marketing.
- TAAT aims to increase rice self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa through disseminating improved technologies and innovations.
- Key technologies being deployed include new rice varieties, good agricultural practices, the GEM rice parboiling facility, ASI threshers, and the RiceAdvice app.
- The program targets Nigeria, Uganda, and Cameroon, and expects outcomes such as increased paddy yields, additional paddy production, income gains, job creation, and improved household nutrition.
CGIAR is a global research partnership addressing agricultural challenges related to poverty, food insecurity, and environmental degradation through research conducted by 15 centers and hundreds of partners. Research products from CGIAR have transformed lives in sub-Saharan Africa, including new rice varieties that have lifted 8 million people out of poverty, drought-resistant sorghum and millet varieties that have increased yields and incomes, and provitamin A maize that provides key nutrients to households. Looking ahead, the second generation CGIAR strategy will focus research on food security, nutrition, health, and climate change through its portfolio of research programs.
Emerging models to drive rice intensification in West Africa
1) Rice demand is exploding in West Africa due to population growth, but current smallholder systems lack efficiency in production and market access.
2) The Syngenta Foundation aims to integrate smallholders into functioning rice value chains through projects providing access to inputs, equipment, and markets.
3) Example projects in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal involve thousands of smallholders in contract farming and warrantage models with a focus on improved production, post-harvest handling, and market linkages.
Postharvest Loss Reduction and Agro-processing in Nigeria: Current Developmen...Lateef Dimeji
This document summarizes a presentation on postharvest loss reduction and agro-processing in Nigeria. It discusses key factors contributing to postharvest losses, including ineffective technologies, poor infrastructure, and lack of efficient value chains. Recent developments aimed at reducing losses include university-industry partnerships to develop flash dryers for cassava processing. Challenges remain around access to appropriate processing equipment and technologies. Overall the presentation emphasizes the importance of postharvest processing and value addition to reduce losses, improve incomes, and ensure food security in Nigeria.
Harnessing Investments to Transforming Bean Value Chains for Better Incomes a...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
AATF provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document.
The document discusses AATF's work over the past decade to improve access to agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through partnerships. AATF negotiates access to proprietary technologies, manages their development and deployment, and ensures their sustainable use. Key projects include developing striga-resistant maize, banana resistant to bacterial wilt disease, and water efficient rice varieties.
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Presented by Dr Amadou Beye, Seed Specialist,
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
Presentation by Silvanus Mruma about the peculiarities of NAFAKA phase II project. This presentation was made at the the annual review and planning meeting for the Africa RISING - NAFAKA project on 26 - 27 June 2018.
Abidjan april 2017 slide proforma ernest 03-04-17 resavingHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice in West Africa: a private sector perspectiveHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice production, area, and consumption have increased substantially in sub-Saharan Africa between 2008-2018, however self-sufficiency levels have decreased. While rice area and production grew by 40% and 55% respectively, consumption rose even faster at 81%, leading to a widening gap. Yield growth also slowed after initial increases following the 2008 food crisis. To achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2025, production would need to increase at over 16% annually through increased investments estimated at $2.7 billion under a new investment plan for 10 pilot countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Additional policy measures are also needed such as reducing rice imports and supporting improved technologies, organization of value chains, and market access for producers.
Pawe Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwardsILRI
Poster prepared by Getachew Yilma and Fitsum Miruts for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
South-East Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwards ILRI
Poster prepared by Kissi Wakweya and Adamu Zeleke for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
Anchoring Growth: Unleashing the Wonders of African CassavaLateef Dimeji
Anchoring Growth: Unleashing the Wonders of African Cassava
A Keynote by Prof. L. O. Sanni
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development)
Country Manager, Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (2008-2019)
President, International Society for Tropical Root Crops
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Abebe Haile-Gabriel
FAO Regional Programme Leader for Africa, RAF
Increasing productivity of chickens through the African Chicken Genetic Gains...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
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.
Chewaka Cluster Partnership: Achievements, challenges, lessons and way forwardsILRI
Poster prepared by Zerihun Abebe and Kifle Degefa for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
This document provides an overview of rice production in Ethiopia. It discusses Ethiopia's climate zones, the introduction and growth of rice cultivation, production potentials, major rice growing ecologies and current recommended practices. It also outlines constraints to production such as abiotic factors, biotic factors, socioeconomic challenges and constraints to rice research. Opportunities for growth including policy support, varieties, dissemination channels and research partners are presented. Achievements in technology development, ongoing research activities, relevant institutions and the linkage between research and extension are summarized.
Research at AfricaRice – Processing and Value Addition AfRIGA
This document summarizes research being conducted at AfricaRice on rice processing and value addition. It discusses ongoing work to evaluate grain quality through physico-chemical analysis of hundreds of rice varieties. The analyses and equipment available to characterize properties like milling, physical attributes, gelatinization temperature, cooking properties and pasting characteristics are described. The document also discusses AfricaRice's evaluation of mechanization equipment like planters, weeders and combines. Finally, it outlines work on utilizing rice byproducts like using rice bran to produce briquettes or as a substrate for growing edible mushrooms.
- TAAT aims to increase rice self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa through disseminating improved technologies and innovations.
- Key technologies being deployed include new rice varieties, good agricultural practices, the GEM rice parboiling facility, ASI threshers, and the RiceAdvice app.
- The program targets Nigeria, Uganda, and Cameroon, and expects outcomes such as increased paddy yields, additional paddy production, income gains, job creation, and improved household nutrition.
CGIAR is a global research partnership addressing agricultural challenges related to poverty, food insecurity, and environmental degradation through research conducted by 15 centers and hundreds of partners. Research products from CGIAR have transformed lives in sub-Saharan Africa, including new rice varieties that have lifted 8 million people out of poverty, drought-resistant sorghum and millet varieties that have increased yields and incomes, and provitamin A maize that provides key nutrients to households. Looking ahead, the second generation CGIAR strategy will focus research on food security, nutrition, health, and climate change through its portfolio of research programs.
Emerging models to drive rice intensification in West Africa
1) Rice demand is exploding in West Africa due to population growth, but current smallholder systems lack efficiency in production and market access.
2) The Syngenta Foundation aims to integrate smallholders into functioning rice value chains through projects providing access to inputs, equipment, and markets.
3) Example projects in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal involve thousands of smallholders in contract farming and warrantage models with a focus on improved production, post-harvest handling, and market linkages.
Postharvest Loss Reduction and Agro-processing in Nigeria: Current Developmen...Lateef Dimeji
This document summarizes a presentation on postharvest loss reduction and agro-processing in Nigeria. It discusses key factors contributing to postharvest losses, including ineffective technologies, poor infrastructure, and lack of efficient value chains. Recent developments aimed at reducing losses include university-industry partnerships to develop flash dryers for cassava processing. Challenges remain around access to appropriate processing equipment and technologies. Overall the presentation emphasizes the importance of postharvest processing and value addition to reduce losses, improve incomes, and ensure food security in Nigeria.
Harnessing Investments to Transforming Bean Value Chains for Better Incomes a...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
AATF provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document.
The document discusses AATF's work over the past decade to improve access to agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through partnerships. AATF negotiates access to proprietary technologies, manages their development and deployment, and ensures their sustainable use. Key projects include developing striga-resistant maize, banana resistant to bacterial wilt disease, and water efficient rice varieties.
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Presented by Dr Amadou Beye, Seed Specialist,
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
Presentation by Silvanus Mruma about the peculiarities of NAFAKA phase II project. This presentation was made at the the annual review and planning meeting for the Africa RISING - NAFAKA project on 26 - 27 June 2018.
Abidjan april 2017 slide proforma ernest 03-04-17 resavingHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice in West Africa: a private sector perspectiveHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Rice production, area, and consumption have increased substantially in sub-Saharan Africa between 2008-2018, however self-sufficiency levels have decreased. While rice area and production grew by 40% and 55% respectively, consumption rose even faster at 81%, leading to a widening gap. Yield growth also slowed after initial increases following the 2008 food crisis. To achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2025, production would need to increase at over 16% annually through increased investments estimated at $2.7 billion under a new investment plan for 10 pilot countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Additional policy measures are also needed such as reducing rice imports and supporting improved technologies, organization of value chains, and market access for producers.
Pawe Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwardsILRI
Poster prepared by Getachew Yilma and Fitsum Miruts for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
South-East Cluster Partnership: Achievements, lessons and way forwards ILRI
Poster prepared by Kissi Wakweya and Adamu Zeleke for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
Anchoring Growth: Unleashing the Wonders of African CassavaLateef Dimeji
Anchoring Growth: Unleashing the Wonders of African Cassava
A Keynote by Prof. L. O. Sanni
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development)
Country Manager, Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (2008-2019)
President, International Society for Tropical Root Crops
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria
Presented at the High-Level Ministerial (HLM) Conference on Rice Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 25 September 2018
Dakar, Senegal
Abebe Haile-Gabriel
FAO Regional Programme Leader for Africa, RAF
Increasing productivity of chickens through the African Chicken Genetic Gains...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
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.
Chewaka Cluster Partnership: Achievements, challenges, lessons and way forwardsILRI
Poster prepared by Zerihun Abebe and Kifle Degefa for the ILRI-N2Africa Annual Partners Review and Planning Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 16-17 March 2017
This document provides an overview of rice production in Ethiopia. It discusses Ethiopia's climate zones, the introduction and growth of rice cultivation, production potentials, major rice growing ecologies and current recommended practices. It also outlines constraints to production such as abiotic factors, biotic factors, socioeconomic challenges and constraints to rice research. Opportunities for growth including policy support, varieties, dissemination channels and research partners are presented. Achievements in technology development, ongoing research activities, relevant institutions and the linkage between research and extension are summarized.
Research at AfricaRice – Processing and Value Addition AfRIGA
This document summarizes research being conducted at AfricaRice on rice processing and value addition. It discusses ongoing work to evaluate grain quality through physico-chemical analysis of hundreds of rice varieties. The analyses and equipment available to characterize properties like milling, physical attributes, gelatinization temperature, cooking properties and pasting characteristics are described. The document also discusses AfricaRice's evaluation of mechanization equipment like planters, weeders and combines. Finally, it outlines work on utilizing rice byproducts like using rice bran to produce briquettes or as a substrate for growing edible mushrooms.
What is the potential of bamboo in Ethiopia? A presentation by Dr. Yigremachew Seyoum, Director of Ethiopia's Forest Policy Strategy and Regulation Department, Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
Food processing in developing countries: The case of ready-to-eat staple food...essp2
1. Ready-to-eat staple food markets are rapidly transforming in urban Ethiopia as the population grows and urbanizes. The market for prepared injera, a staple bread, has expanded significantly.
2. Injera-making microenterprises that employ women are proliferating in cities like Addis Ababa to meet demand. These businesses prepare injera using a mix of local teff and imported rice.
3. Large injera export markets are also emerging, with over $10 million in annual exports. The food processing sector in Ethiopia is undergoing significant changes with implications for trade, employment, and food security.
Presentazione di Paolo Tamborrini durante l’evento “Innovation Design for Food”, organizzato dall’Innovation Design Lab del Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Architettura e Design (DAD), 11 maggio 2016
Presented By: Tareke Berhe, Ayele G. Ayetenfisu,
Zewdie Gebretsadik, and Norman Uphoff
Title: The System of Tef Intensification:
Opportunities for greater food security in Ethiopia, and elsewhere, through modifications in crop management
Date: October 13, 2015
Venue: 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security, Cornell University
European Food Innovation and Technology Report 2013Karamea Insley
§ The document provides a trip report from a visit to leading food innovation and technology institutes in Europe.
§ It identifies opportunities for Maori businesses in the food sector to access European technologies and apply them to underutilized Maori lands, in order to add value and intensify production.
§ The report recommends that Maori businesses directly obtain the best food technologies from Europe and transfer them across their operations, instead of relying on government or independent research.
Food packaging serves several important roles including protecting food from external factors, increasing shelf life, and conveying important information to customers. It helps prevent damage to food during transportation and storage while also marketing the product through labeling and innovative design. Common food packaging materials include cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, and paper, with cardboard being widely used due to its affordability and recyclability. Customization allows packaging to be tailored to unique product and business needs.
El documento habla sobre los aspectos funcionales del diseño de alimentos. Explica que la forma de los alimentos sigue su función en cuanto a conservación, producción, transporte y consumo. Algunos ejemplos son pastas que ayudan a transportar salsa a la boca, tortas con agujeros para facilitar la cocción, y granos de trigo que se convierten en harina para facilitar la digestión. También discute cómo el diseño considera dónde y cómo comemos, incluyendo porciones y tamaños apropiados, y la dependencia de un alimento
Basic concepts of value chain analysis for sheep and goat value chains develo...ILRI
Presented by Getachew Legese (ICARDA consultant) at the ICARDA-ILRI Training on Tools for Rapid Assessment of Sheep and Goat Value Chains in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 5-8 November 2012
1) Ethiopia has over 1 million hectares of bamboo forest, representing 67% of Africa's total bamboo coverage, yet its bamboo sector remains largely untapped.
2) Developing Ethiopia's bamboo value chain through appropriate technologies, production techniques, and organizational strategies could significantly boost livelihoods and industrial capacity.
3) Establishing regional processing facilities and strengthening existing centers would improve the supply chain and showcase bamboo applications, better connecting producers to markets.
This document discusses bamboo value chain development projects in Africa and Asia led by INBAR. It focuses on several key themes: resource development through bamboo farming, diversified enterprise models, and policy and business support services. The goal is to create sustainable and inclusive bamboo value chains that generate income and jobs. Examples provided include bamboo nurseries, plantations, processing centers, furniture production, and energy enterprises. Common facilities are proposed to help small businesses scale up quality bamboo product manufacturing. The document concludes that diverse bamboo products and services, coupled with supportive policies, can leverage bamboo's potential across multiple development areas.
Manufacture of Value Added Products from Rice Husk (Hull) and Rice Husk Ash (...Ajjay Kumar Gupta
The document provides information on various value-added products that can be manufactured from rice husk (hull) and rice husk ash (RHA). It discusses how rice husk is a byproduct of rice milling that is often considered waste. It can be used to produce materials like activated carbon, cement, electricity, ethanol and many others. The document outlines the manufacturing processes and applications for each of these value-added products. It also discusses the properties and composition of rice husk and RHA.
This document summarizes a study of the organic food value chain from the perspectives of a company called Morarka Organic Foods Pvt. Ltd., consumers, and farmers in Jaipur, India. The study examined Morarka's business processes, marketing strategies, and sales channels. It also assessed consumer awareness and preferences for organic food. Key findings included the need for improved training of field officers, better supply and demand analysis, and a focus on pricing and promotion. The document provided recommendations like expanding distribution networks, strengthening communication strategies, and developing promotional activities to increase organic food awareness.
What is the future of Food?
Find out more on this presentation by Francesca Romana Saule, CRM Senior Manager at Accenture, shared at the Seeds&Chips Summit on April 27th, 2015.
1) The food industry in Cameroon impacts cocoa producers through certification requirements and premium prices paid for certified cocoa. Certification improves farming practices like maintaining crop diversity and tree cover.
2) Most cocoa is sold through marketing chains involving middlemen, exporters, and food industry companies. Certified cocoa earns farmers a 20 euro per ton premium above standard prices.
3) Certification benefits farmers through training, premiums, and improved yields and quality. It also benefits food industries through higher selling prices for certified products in European markets. Overall, certification has positively influenced farming practices and incomes in Cameroon's cocoa sector.
Venkat Maroju - NWD -SourceTrace_Traceability Solutions - Wheat Day Workshop.pdfAhmed Ali
This document provides an overview of traceability solutions implemented across various food supply chains. It discusses how traceability can provide benefits like better quality monitoring, compliance with legal norms, and building customer trust and transparency. Examples of traceability systems implemented for products like organic cotton, fruits and vegetables, spices, vanilla, barley, and horticulture crops in countries like India, Africa, Bangladesh, and Kenya are described. Key elements of traceability solutions like farmer registration, farm enrollment, product labeling, and QR code scanning at different stages of the supply chain are explained. The role of traceability in enabling visibility of information around inputs, activities, certifications and product testing from farm to consumer is emphasized.
Market Access and Quality Upgrading_Dec12_2022.pdfIFPRIMaSSP
This presentation was made by Dr. Tessa Bold, Associate Professor, Institute of International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, during IFPRI Malawi brownbag seminar series on 7 December 2022
The way forward - inter-regional exchange with Africa, Asia and Latin Americ...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufoun (Congo Basin Institute (CBI), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cameroon) at "A nature-positive trade for sustainable agriculture supply chains and inclusive development", Jakarta, Indonesia, on 26 - 27 Sep 2023
Presentation by Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) at International Trade Centre (ITC) and Indian Pulses and Grains Council (IPGA) on 24 August 2016.
Webinar: Strengthening food value chains IFPRI-PIM
This webinar on Oct. 27, 2020, organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Food Security Portal, presented findings from the recent CGIAR research on food value chains in three regions. Full recording and more details available at https://bit.ly/341JAiO
This document summarizes strategies to improve seed potato quality and supply in sub-Saharan Africa based on interventions in five countries. It discusses the importance of potatoes, the problem of lack of quality seed, and objectives to increase availability of affordable quality seed. Strategies used rapid multiplication techniques like aeroponics to produce pre-basic seed, which was then multiplied through specialized seed farms and smallholder farmers. Results showed increased seed production and higher yields. Lessons highlighted the role of clean seed and public-private partnerships, and recommendations called for investment in the seed sector and quality declared community schemes to improve access to quality planting material.
Understanding conditions and development opportunities
Milk producers
Collectors and processors
Consumers
Developing a common vision among the different actors and setting priorities
Local production – Consumption
Income – Employment – Livelihoods
Preparing and funding a sustainable development programme
Priorities
Time
1) The document presents a proposal for an integrated agri business excellence project in Pakistan.
2) The project aims to create economic reform by maximizing the realization of agricultural products through upgrading distribution networks and storage facilities to reduce post-harvest losses.
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Th4_Improving Food Security through Rice Value Chain Upgrading in Africa:
1. Improving Food Security through
Rice Value Chain Upgrading in Africa:
What Can We Learn from Experimental Economics?
Matty Demont
Senior Economist, Market Research and Value Chain Specialist,
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines
m.demont@irri.org
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5. Three types of countries
• Coastal countries strongly exposed to urban
bias (Senegal, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,
Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Coastal countries not yet strongly affected by
urban bias or with comparative advantage in
rice demand (Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone,
Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar)
• Landlocked countries (Mali, Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zambia)
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6. Observation
• In many import-biased countries endowed
with a port, domestic rice fails to compete
quality-wise with imported Asian rice
• As a result of urban bias, urban consumers
have become used to the superior quality of
imported Asian rice and developed
preferences for it
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7. Observation
• Domestic rice clearly differentiated from
imported rice
– Quality-wise
– Packaging, branding, image
– Word-of-mouth
– Status considerations (foreign = cool)f-mouth
– Status considerations (foreign = cool)
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8. Which ones are domestic rice?
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9. Research hypothesis
• Domestic rice now not only has to compete
quantity-wise, but also quality-wise, but how?
• In the absence of strong consumer
attachment to domestic rice, best short- and
medium-term option = dedifferentiating
domestic from imported rice
– Quality-wise
– Packaging, branding, image
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10. Research hypothesis
• Proposed three-stage investment sequence for
upgrading rice value chains in import-biased
countries strongly exposed to urban bias:
Quality upgrading, processing infrastructure, certification, branding, ...
Quantity increase, scaling up, aggregation and storage infrastructure
Advertizing and generic promotion
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Value-adding
Supply-shifting
Demand-lifting
11. How can we test this hypothesis?
• Can experimental economics help?
• Experimental auctions enable assessing
consumers’ response to upgrading of
1. Intrinsic quality attributes:
• Post-harvest quality upgrading
• Varietal improvement
2. Extrinsic quality attributes:
• Labeling and branding
• Information (radio, video, word-of-mouth)
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12. Case studies
Mini-Symposium 4, Sub-Theme 3: Rice
processing and marketing, Hall 3, 14:30–16:00
1. M. Ndour: Branding of local rice in Senegal
2. M. Ouedraogo: Consumers’ response to local
quality rice in Burkina Faso
This presentation:
3. Dedifferentiating imported from local rice in
Cameroon
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13. Rice quality upgrading in Cameroon
• Institute of Agric. Research for Development
(IRAD), Cameroon developed uniform steam
distributed (USD) parboiling technology
• Mimics high-grade imported rice in physical and
eating characteristics:
–
–
–
–
–
Whiter
Lower broken fracture
Fewer cracked grains
Absence of burnt grains and impurities
Higher swelling ratio during cooking
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14. Rice quality upgrading in Cameroon
IRRI Seminar, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, 4 April 2013
15. Research questions
• Do consumers perceive the IRAD rice as being
similar to imported rice?
• Are they willing to pay price premiums for it?
Relative to
– Traditionally parboiled local rice
– Improved non-parboiled local rice
• Did IRAD technology successfully qualitydedifferentiate domestic from imported rice?
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16. Targeting urban market: Yaoundé
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17. Setting up laboratory setting
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18. Choosing products to be auctioned
• Kept the varietal component constant
• Using a single rice variety: Tox 3145
• Processed into four different end-products
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21. Start the experimental session
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22. Explain auction mechanism
Five principles:
1. Endow-and-upgrade
2. First price buys & pays second price
3. Real transaction (bids are binding)
4. Random drawing (1 product & 1 round)
5. Anonymous
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27. Conclusion
• Consumers are 14% more likely to upgrade to
improved parboiled rice (IRAD)
• Those who perceive IRAD rice as being imported
(63%)
– Paid 5% price premiums for IRAD rice
– Discounted traditionally parboiled rice by 2%
• Major value of IRAD technology = ability to
successfully quality-dedifferentiate domestic from
imported rice in urban markets in Cameroon
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28. Thank you!
Matty Demont
Senior Economist, Market Research and Value Chain
Specialist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los
Baños, Philippines
m.demont@irri.org
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