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Africa RISING 2014 Plans Ghana
Asamoah Larbi (IITA)
Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Bamako, Mali, 3-4 February 2014
Situation analysis (Research output 1) Leader1Community mobilization and innovation platforms IITA2Farming systems analysis WUR3Inventory of innovations IITA
Integrated systems management (Research output 2)4Improving cereal-legume systems IITA5Land management strategies CIAT6Agricultural water management IWMI7Improving cattle, sheep and goat production ILRI8Intensifying rural pig and poultry production KNUST9Improving farm household nutrition GHS, FRI
Scaling and delivery (Research output 3)10Comparison of delivery approaches MoFA, UDS
Africa RISING-Ghana: 2013 Work plan
Technology development versus socio-economics..????
Focus on farming systems research
Integration of activities
Small-scale mechanization and post-harvest losses….???
Value addition…???
Looking ahead………..???????
No Work-package Title Leader
1 Establishment of research-for-development platform IITA
2 Farming systems analysis WUR
3 Improving crops and cropping systems IITA
3.1 Aflatoxin IITA
3.2 Vegetable production AVRDC
3.3 Agricultural land water management IWMI
4 Improving grazing lands and livestock IITA/ILRI
5 Mechanization of production, processing and reduction of post-harvest losses IITA/???
6 Improving household nutrition GHS
7 Linking farmers to markets IITA???
8 Comparison of scaling out approaches IITA??
Proposed work-package title -2014
Farmer
Researcher
Approach: Farming Systems Research
Extension Agent
CharacterizationDesigningTesting/AdaptingDiffusion
Cropping systems - cereals
Cropping systems – sorghum and millet
Cropping systems – cereals-legume
Cropping systems – legumes
Cropping systems – vegetables
Output Activities1. Improved food/feed crops Review and report past IITA research on food-feed crops Identify and promotion dual-purpose/food feed crops 2.Best-bet crop varieties and agronomic practices Evaluate combinations of crop and agronomic practices Establish partnerships to produce seed for on-farm
Assess vegetable seed systemsTest intensified vegetable mono cropping systemsTest cereal-vegetable intercropping systems
3. Better integrated crop-livestock systems Develop and test crop and livestock production strategies 4. Strengthened capacity of partners Organize a workshop on crop-livestock integration Organize a short course on experimental design Organize a short course on business management
Organize training on vegetable production/post-harvest Arrange inter and intra-regional visits 5. Increased public awareness Publish project reports and brochures Publish journal paper 6. Impact of interventions assessed Assess adoption rate Assess economic and environmental impact
WP: 3: Improving crops and cropping systems
Output Activities1. Biological strains identified and selected to control aflatoxin in maize and groundnuts
Biological strains selection in lab and field testing
2. Public awareness of aflatoxin Training of farmers and extension staff 3. Field trial and pre-registration as Test field efficacy of bio-control strains bio-pesticide
4. Strengthened capacity of partners Enhance infra-structural capacity to conduct research
Arrange inter and intra-regional visits 5. Increased public awareness Publish project reports and brochures Publish journal paper 6. Impact of interventions assessed Assess adoption rate Assess economic and environmental impact
WP: 3b: Biological control of aflatoxin
Output Activities
Business plan Management action sequences
Business planning
Instrumented sites Procurement of instruments
Protoype implemented Design and construction
WP: 3d: Evolving smallholder farm systems and farm enterprises
Livestock – small ruminants
Livestock – rural poultry and pigs
WP 4 : Improving grazing lands and livestock
Output Activity1. Grazing land and livestock committee formed
Organize community consultations
2. Community action to improve grazing land Access and monitor grazing land condition Characterize and conserve rangeland biodiversity Community action to test improved options 3. Community action to improve ruminants Test management options to improve sheep and goats Improve processing, marketing and use of crop residues
4. Improved poultry production (15%) Test options to improve rural poultry production
5. Improved pig production (15%) Test options to improve rural pig production 6. Build capacity for livestock production Organize training in sheep/goat, poultry and pig production Train community health workers Train graduate students 7. Increased public awareness on livestock Prepare leaflets for farmers and extension workers Write annual reports and conference papers Write journal papers
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WP: 3d: Linking agriculture to nutrition
Output Activities Integrated agriculture-nutrition-health identification Expert workshop to agree on integrated activities Identify and geo-reference households Capacity of women and women’s Train the trainers in health and nutrition workers Nutritional status of farm-families improved Publish results of nutrition survey Comparison of approaches for linking agriculture to nutrition
ARI Animal Research InstituteCBOs Community-based OrganizationsCRI Crops Research InstituteFRI Food Research InstituteGLDB Grains and Legumes Development BoardINSTI Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationKNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyMOFA Ministry of Food and AgricultureMOH Ministry of HealthSARI Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteSEEDPAG Seed Producers Association of GhanaSRI Soil Research InstituteUDS University for Development StudiesUG University of Ghana
Africa RISING – Ghana: National partners
AVRDC The World Vegetable Center
CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics
IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
IWMI International Water Management Institute
Africa RISING – Ghana: International partners
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