2014-CAMPOVER-O43 · Project contribution to other Partners In Cameroon, Benin and Nigeria, cocoa...

REPORT OF THE PROJECT

BUILDING PRODUCTIVITY CAPACITIES OF AGRICULTURE SMALL SCALE PRODUCERS OF THE COFFEE AND COCOA WITHIN CAMEROON, NIGERIA AND BENIN THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYTOSANITARY PRACTICES

The building productivity capacities of agriculture small scale producers of the coffee and cocoa within Cameroon, Nigeria and Benin through

the improvement of phytosanitary practices project 2014-CAMPOVER-043 is funded by the COMCEC

2014-CAMPOVER-O43

June 2016

By Ahmad MALAM Contact Person of the Project

Project Purpose

Training coffee/cocoa producers and sensitizing other chain

stakeholders on good phytosanitary practices in three COMCEC

Member States African countries, to improve their productive

capacities.




The building productivity capacities of agriculture small scale producers of the coffee and cocoa within Cameroon, Nigeria and Benin through the

improvement of phytosanitary practices project 2014-CAMPOVER-043 is funded by the COMCEC


Cocoa and coffee

Project outcomes

During 9 month, the project have been implemented by several activities including:

Contact focal point of Nigeria and Benin to allow formal project introduction;

Targeting training beneficiaries ;

Data collection and analysis ;

Preparation and validation of training manual ;

Organization of the training session ;

Redaction and dissemination of the final report.




Project contribution to other Partners

In Cameroon, Benin and Nigeria, cocoa and coffee cultivation is the main activity of

farmers who are most poorest. They faced lot of challenges for crops protection notably:

choice and management of pesticides. These difficulties leads to poor production and low

yield.

This project through the analysis of data collected in these countries, has developed a

good practice guide that aim to provides small producers the necessary resources to

increase their production to through good plant protection practice.

It will increase their revenue and consequently their leaving conditions.




Project contribution to COMCEC strategy

Building the productive capacities of the poor is one of the expected outcomes from the

Cooperation agreement related to the fight against poverty, that falls within the COMCEC

Strategy.

Therefore, the implementation of the project will effectively Strengthen the relations of :

1. Solidarity : through the sharing of experience and the saying ‘’ to common problems,

common solution’’ ;

2. Mobility : as the experts will collect data in the partner countries ;

3. Governance : for the implementation of the developed recommendations.

At the end of this training, the findings will also include some recommendations for common

policy applicable to several other COMCEC Member States, thus fulfilling once again the

relation of solidarity targeted through this project.




PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT

Activities carried out

Project approval:

The project was formally approved March 30, 2015 in Ankara during the collective signing ceremony of financing contracts;

On the sidelines of the session, the Coordinator also participated in training on project cycle management by the COMCEC. This training enabled to acquire the methodological tools related to the physical and financial project management.




Project launch :

The launch of the project took place April 7, 2015 during a meeting

chaired by the Director General of Cooperation and Regional

Integration. It was on that occasion instructed the establishment of an

interdepartmental working group and a technical secretariat for the

monitoring of quality in the execution of this project;




Development of terms of reference and the operational plan

The Coordinator, supported by two (02) project experts elaborated

the terms of reference (TOR) of the general project. These TOR were

validated by the COMCEC;

Creating an interdepartmental working group

Decision No. 000250 / MINEPAT / SG / DGCOOP of 21 May 2015 on

the establishment, organization and functioning of a working group for

the implementation of the Project No. 2014 CAMPOVER 043 has

established the Interdepartmental Working Group.






Insérer photos:

1) Photo experts

Insérer photos:

1) Photo point focal

Key persons of the Project


Key Project activities

ACTIVITIES

Progress Results

ACTVITY I Preparation

of Terms of Reference of

the Project

Detailed project planning Implementation plan developed

and available

Terms of reference of the various activities Terms of reference available

ACTIVITY2 : Contact

with the focal points of

the involved countries;

Sending outreach letters Letters

Permanent contact with the Focal Points

(fight against poverty in Nigeria and Benin)

Email and other exchanges

ACTIVITY 3 :

Identification/targe

ting of beneficiaries

groups

Experts have compiled a fairly extensive list

of potential prospects for data collecting

mission

List of prospects

The criteria for selecting participants in the

training session were also developed

Selection criteria available for

the different categories of

participants




ACTIVITIES

Progress Results

ACTIVITY 4 : Data

collection and

analyses in

Cameroon

Based on desk research, benchmarking has been done to

produce a draft of good plant protection practice guide

structure for small coffee and cocoa operators.

Draft canvas available

Information collection tools for field missions have also

been developed and submitted for approval to the

project coordinator

Questionnaires developed;

ToR for focus group

Study visits were carried out in Cameroon:

From August 12 to 15 in the Central Region,

From August 24 to 27 in the Littoral Region

Field Mission Report




ACTIVITES

Progress Results

Activité 5 : Study visit to

Nigeria and Bénin

(04 to 11 October 2015)

Working session with the various administrative

authorities in connection with the project

Contacts of authorities

data collected

Development of the list of beneficiaries of the

seminar

List of beneficiaries available




ACTIVITES

Etat d’exécution Résultat obtenu

objectivement

vérifiable

Activité 6 : Data

analyses and

Preparation of the

training manuals

The collected data were synthesized data collected

Development of training manuel by project

personel and présentation to the working

group

Draft of the manuel

available




ACTIVITIES Progress Results

ACTIVITY 6 : Data

analyses and

Preparation of the

training manuals

Validation of the good practice guide and finalize

the training manual

Training manual on

good practice

guide available

ACTIVITY 7 :

Organization of the

training seminar and

awareness on good

plant protection for

the chain

stakeholders

Invitation letters were prepared and sent to

participants Cameroonian, Nigerian and Beninese

Invitation letters

Other administrative, logistics and educational

preparation of the seminar

Everything was

ready for the

seminar

Proceedings of the two days seminar itself.

The seminar has trained 14 people from the three

countries involved in the project on good plant

protection practice

02 Nigerian

04 Beninese

08 Cameroonian




ACTIVITIES Progress Results

ACTIVITY 8:

Preparation and

distribution of the

final report

The final report presents a summary of all the

activities and other activity reports are annexed

Final report available

Sending of the report to Nigeria, Benin and other

local stakeholders in Cameroon.

50 Copies of the

report are

distributed







The need of more time to meet more small producers in the view to collect more information's;

The need to get more Collaboration/involvement of Focal Point in the Partners countries to facilitate implementation of activities in these countries;

The set up of an Interministerial working group like a steering Committee was a good experience to involve different stakeholders;

The mechanism of post-payement of activities is difficult to implement.

The need of a second phase of the project to make benefit of outcome to a larger number of small producers in COMCEC Region./-

Lessons learned in the implementation of project activities




Action Plan Person

Responsible

Partners Target

Propositions from Nigerian participants

Identify producers

groups

Buyers

Exporters

traders

Buyers , Exporters

Producers

Producers

Develop

administrative skills

and identify lead

producers

Buyers

Exporters

Producers

Buyers , Exporters

Producers

Producers

Training of producers

and monitoring

Buyers

Producers

Buyers

Producers

Producers

Link the groups with

service providers

Buyers

Service providers

Producers

Buyers

producers

Recommendation for the dissemination of project results





Action Plan Person

Responsible

Partners Target

Propositions from Nigerian participants

Restitution of the

seminar

Participants Members and leaders of

cooperatives;

Ministry of agriculture and

development rural

development

CAMPOVER,

Cooperatives

Various

demonstration

Participants

CAMPOVER

Farmer field school

Small scale producer

Ministry of agriculture

and development rural

development;

agro industrial companies

Follow up of

impact mesures

Participants

CAMPOVER

Farmer field school

Small scale producer

Ministry of agriculture

and development rural

development;

agro industrial companies





Action Plan Person Responsible Partners Target

Propositions from Beninese participants

Participation to the

Council of Ministers for

Communication

reporting and decision to

be made at the state

level

Participants to the training Government

Training of producers Ministry of agriculture,

livestock and fishery

CTB,

CONAFIL/MDGLAAAT

Farmers

organizations

Dissemination of the

training manual Ministry of agriculture,


UNP Producers

Follow up of actions Ministry of agriculture,


Prime minister Producers

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