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3.3.2 TRAINING AND FACILITATION OF PRODUCERS IN THE
USE OF INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND PARTICIPATORY
GUARANTEE SYSTEM FOR MARKET ACCESS
Executed jointly by:
Biodiversity International
Participatory Guarantee System Certification Committee of NOAN
May, 2015
Introduction
The sensitization of producers on organic agriculture and value chain development was conducted in
the following communities: Ejioku, Eruwa, Ona-Ara, Oluyole, Akinale, Akure, Igbo ora, Imafon,
Alapere, Eyin-osun and Olorunsogo. Trips were made to these communities as scheduled by the Oyo
state Agricultural Development Programme, Biodiversity International and Association of Organic
practitioners in Nigeria (NOAN). To achieve the main objective of the activity, further training was
conducted to the Proposed ICS officers nominated per group visit. Already existing organic farmers
group were also participated in the training.
Minutes of training and facilitation of producers in the use of internal control system (ICS) and
participatory guarantee system (PGS) for market access held at OYSADEP Zonal Office on 29th
April, 2015 commenced with registration of farmers’ representatives from different local
government within Oyo, Ondo and Ogun states. A total of twenty-five farmers were in
attendance during the one day training.
Opening
The opening prayer was said by Mr. Aboderin Kolawole from Ido Local Government in Oyo
State.
Welcome address was presented by Zonal Manager of Oyo State Agricultural Developement
Programme (OYSADEP) Alhaji Oladapo where he enjoined the farmers to start the practice of
organic farming in small scale particularly on vegetables. According to him this forum provide
enlightenment to farmers to ensure the spread of the organic innovation system. In addition,
zonal manager encouraged the farmers’ representative from Ibadan zone in the forum to provide
ten farmers names from their locations in which they would serve as the contact farmer. The
same was repeated for farmers’ representatives from Akure and Ogun state. The local
government from Ibadan zone were Oluyole, Ona-Ara, Lagelu, Ido, Akinyele, Ibarapa East,
Ibarapa Central, Egbeda,
Section 1
Training on Organic crop production
The training of farmers on organic crop production was facilitated by the project manager on
ecological organic agriculture Mr. Oyewole Gbadamosi. The farmers present at forum were
asked to indicate there interest in organic crop production based on fallowed land available in
their location. Ten farmers provided their information during the forum including the crops
intended to cultivate. He further mentioned that the standard for organic crop production which
includes the detailed and appropriate training on organic crop production, land allocation such as
fallowed land on which organic crop production can be commenced immediately. For the
conventional land such land must go through conversion period and as such until the completion
of conversion phase produce from such land will not be regarded as organic produce or sold
organically. For the produce to be sold as organic the production system must meet organic
standards and such farm must be certified.
Pest and disease management in organic agriculture
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS MODE OF APPLICATION
USES
TARGET
PLANTS/
ANIMALS
PEST/
DISEASE
LOCAL
NAME
SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT
Moringa
Application of Moringa leaves
into a barren Land
Soil
fertility
Ewe
igbale/Zogale
FIELD PEST MANAGEMENT
Goat feaces
Goat feaces are sun-dried, burnt
into ashes & sprinkled over Okra
& Vegetables
Insectici
des/Pesti
cides
Okra
&Vegetables Igbe Ewure
Neem
Leave extracts are sprayed over
Crops
Insectici
des/Pesti
cides
Crops
&Vegetables Dongoyaro
Lemon grass
Leave extracts of lemon grass
are used to spray seeds of Maize
before planting, so as to prevent
attacks from birds & insect-pest.
Insectici
des/Pesti
cides Maize Birds Ewe Tea
Baobab Leaves or back extracts of
Baobab are used to spray
Insectici
des/Pesti
Crops
&Vegetables
farmland cides
Local black soap and water
Sprinkling the mixture of black
soap and water on crops on the
farmland
Pests and
insects
control
All types of
crops
All insects
and pests
Ose dudu anti
omi
Cocoa yam corms
Application of cocoa yam corms
extracts on the farmland
Pests and
insects
control
All types of
crops
All insects
and pests Gbogiran koko
Small spicy pepper
Sprinkling of small spicy pepper
over the crops on the farmland
Pests and
insects
control Maize
All insects
and pests Ata ijosi
Scarecrow
Establishment of scarecrow on
farmland, which must be
relocated on daily basis
Birds and
rodents
control
Rice and
Maize
Birds and
rodents
Net traps
Setting of net traps on farmland
and keeping the trapped birds in
the net to scare other birds away Birds
Rice and
Maize Birds
STORAGE PEST MANAGEMENT
Ficus esalspirata
The leaves of Ficus esalspirata
are used to barricade the seeds
stored in barns
Pests and
Insects
control All grains
All pests
and
insects Ewe epin
Dried pepper(not powdered
pepper)
Application of dried pepper
inside stored seeds
Seeds
storage All grains
All insects
and pests Ata gbigbe
STORAGE TECHNIQUES
Air tight bags and wooden
stands
Storing powdered farm produces
inside Air tight bags and placed
on wooden stands
Storage
manage
ment
Powdered
plantains
Section II
Training on participatory guarantee system
The section on participatory guarantee system and third party certification was facilitated by a
key member of association of organic practitioner of Nigeria Mr. AyanfeOluwa. According to
him, third party system afford the farmers the opportunities to export their organic produce
outside country but due to financial outlay of the process it may be difficult for small scale
farmers to afford the cost of registration. Therefore PGS was introduced, PGS deals with small
scale farmer enterprise, allowed farmers within organic production system to form co-operatives
and full of guidelines. The guidelines include standard, buffer zone, inspection by pair group or
local group. PGS operates based on trust. It has pledge, seals and also provides room to
prosecute individual who faulted the process.
Recording Keeping in Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA)
The information on record keeping in organic agriculture was facilitated by personnel of cocoa
biodiversity Mr. Sokefun and Mrs. Olokodana. Accoding to Mr. Sokefun, a record book
comprises of seed verification form, input use record, buffer crop usage, crop harvest record,
crop harvest and storage record, clean transport affidavit. Each record has information on
producers and year of production. He enjoined the farmers that this record book provides the
farmers opportunity for certification. Mrs. Olokodana encouraged the farmers to have a file to
document the receipt of their incoming product, outgoing and production. In considering
whether organic certification is right for your farm, record keeping requirements are often one of
the major obstacles for farmers who are already strapped for time. Many of those that actually
seek certification, however, can testify to the positive results of consistent documentation of farm
inputs, field activities, pest problems, harvest yields, market sales and other pertinent
information. Each growing season brings new challenges and is riddled with unpredictable
issues. With an extensive history of past decisions and their results, a farmer is better equipped to
avoid unnecessary risks and repeated failures in the field and in the market place. Your records
are an important tool that can help you understand what parts of your operation are the most
profitable.
At the peak of the growing season when every minute of daylight is precious, it can be
overwhelming to keep up with the office work and recordkeeping that comes with running a
farming business. For this reason, it is essential to spend some time during the slower part of the
year developing a recordkeeping plan so that the necessary tools are in place to streamline your
efforts.
Organic farmers are required to maintain records “ concerning the production, harvesting and
handling of agricultural products that are or that are intended to be sold, labeled, or represented
as “100 percent organic,’ ‘organic,’ or ‘made with organic.’”
1. Incoming Products
The first thing you need is a file folder (or box, or envelope etc) in a handy spot. In it you put
every receipt and every tag for everything you buy to use on the farm, including seeds, animals,
soil amendments, feed, vaccines, animal health care product, foliar feeds, everything. Every time
you buy an input that comes in a bag or a box, tear off the ingredient list, staple it to the receipt
and make sure there is a date on it before putting it in a file, if you do not have a receipt, write it
down on a sheet of paper with the date and amount spent.
2. Outgoing Products
You will need a second file, right next to the first, for receipts or records of every product that
leaves the farm, whether its organic or not. Your sales receipts need to show that eight were sold.
Crops grown in buffer zones have to be harvested, stored and sold separately from crops sold on
an organic or certified land and you will need the records to show that this was done.
3. Production Records
If you are selling both organic and non-organic corn, you’ll need records showing that the
organic crop wasn’t stored in bins that had been used for the non-organic crop. Which leads us to
another point: to make your records worth the paper they are written on, you need to put;
Numbers on storage bins
Have identification on each individual animal
And make a map for each field, including a marked buffer zone.
The only exception is poultry, which can be identified by flock, if every bird in it is being
managed the same. Sheep, goats, cattle and any other livestock to be used for meat or dairy need
individual identification, whether by ear tag, collar or photos for those animals with distinctive
enough markings.
Then you’ll need a paper record for each animal, flock, field, and storage bin that is to be
certified organic. A three ring binder with dividers will be handy for this.
A. Animal Records
Animal records should cover;
Parents,
Date of birth,
When organic management began,
Vaccinations, production records
Any health events like mastitis
And what treatment was used.
Individual animal identification and good records are standard for reputable livestock operations,
so this part really shouldn’t be an additional burden for the organic producer. Including growth
rates, information on how quickly breed back, and milk production records is not required for
organic certification but is an excellent idea. Those sources of records are essential to a good
breeding program, when selecting animals to cull, keep and buy. All these records also help you
track the economic viability of the different areas of your farm business, making it clear where
your profit is coming from, where you are losing money and so where to change, contract or
expand.
B. Field Records
Field records, like animal records, should record everything that happens to that field. This
includes;
The amounts,
Dates and types of soil amendments applied;
Planting dates and plow-down dates for green manures;
what crops were planted at what rates on what dates
And how much was harvested and when.
If you also record rainfall, jot notes on the weather, what pests were problematic this year,
what parts of the field are poor and so on, you’ll build an invaluable record of what works
and what doesn’t under what conditions on your farm.
4. The Daily Diary
Keeping a daily diary of farm activities is one of the simplest methods for keeping track of
everything. If you jot just a few lines each evening about what you did that day, a daily dairy
also gives precision to your record keeping and is a valuable resource when planning for the next
season.
Good to Know Tips
Here are a few helpful tips drawn from organic farmers, inspectors and certifying agents:
1. Write down what you do each day on the farm.
Block off 5-10 minutes each evening to recount the specific tasks you and your staff
accomplished - either in a journal, planner or large desk calendar. You don’t have to make long
or excessively detailed entries; just enough so that you can look back and understand your
observations and tasks.
Some things you should consider noting:
field preparations,
planting,
cultivating,
irrigating,
pest/weed scouting and damage,
pesticide application,
harvesting,
equipment/vehicle cleaning,
weather conditions and
rainfall.
This is easy to do when the day is fresh in your mind. Putting it off for several days or weeks
means that you will inevitably forget many important details.
2. Develop record keeping sheets that are specific to your farm.
In addition or in place of a journal of your daily general notes, some find it useful to have
separate Excel spreadsheets (or printed sheets) with various record keeping objectives. Many
good templates already exist and can be tweaked to make them even more relevant to your
farm’s systems.
If you prefer printed copies, place these sheets on clipboards in protected areas around the farm
where you need them the most. Hang one by your produce scale to record yields as well as
quantities of products that go to and return from market. If you make your own compost, keep
one with your pile thermometer. Write in pencil in case of water damage.
3. Compile your daily notes and sheets into a master file regularly.
Your master file can be organized in many ways, for example: by field; crop or growing season.
I find it most helpful to keep all information for a given field together. Having soil test results,
application of inputs, crop maps and yields, and locally problematic pest and weed information
all in one place can be useful in making management decision for the coming season.
4. Save all invoices, product labels, seed packets and other farm-related documents.
Dedicate a file folder to each of these categories to have on hand for your annual inspection and
for your reference. Get in the habit of putting these items away each time you finish using them -
before they get consumed by your desk.
Appendix
Attendance for EOA Pillar 3, Activities 3.2.2
Seminar at Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme Zonal Office,
Moor Plantation, Apata Ibadan
S/N
NAME
ORGANIZATION/FARMERS GROUP
1
ABODERIN KOLAWOLE
OMI-ADIO MULTIPURPOSE
2
R. A AYO
AGBELOBA MULTIPURPOSE FARMERS
3
TAJUDEEN SALAMI
OLOUNJE LAGBA MULTIPURPOSE FARMERS
4
SHOLOLA ADEYEMI
EGBEDA
5
ATILADE AJIBADE
ONA ARA
6
MUTIAT AKINLEYE
AKINALE FARMERS GROUP
7
ODUKOYA OLUYINKA
DASYOOH LTD
8
PASTOR F.O ADEBIYI
EHIN OSUN FARMERS GROUP
9
DEACON O. M OGUNDIJO
ALASELA FARMERS GROUP
10
ABDULSALAM RASAQ
AKINYELE AJUMOSE VEGETABLE FARMERS
11
AMOO OLATUNJI
IDERE IGBOORA
12
AGBOOLA GABRIEL
AJUMOSE MODEL VEGETABLE VILLAGE
AJEJAN AKINYELE
13
OPADOJA SAMSON
ERUWA FARM SETTLEMENT
14
ALH. S. A IMAM
OYSADEP FARMERS
15
R. A ADEGBOLA ERE- AGBE
GBOLA AGRO ALLIED MEDIA
16
ADEPOJU DAMILARE
GBOLA AGRO ALLIED MEDIA
17
AYANFEOLUWA OLUFEMI E
NOAN/FCA
18
DR (MRS.) ADEWOYIN O. B
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE,
AKURE
19
RICH ADEYEMI
ORGANIC PLANE/ FEDERAL COLLEGE OF
AGRIC, AKURE
20
ADEWOLE JAMIU
AKINYELE LOCAL GOVT
21
AGBEJULE AYODEJI
U.I ORGANIC FARM
22
AKIYOSOYE EUNICE OLAYEMI
LAGELU
23
ALABI AFOLAKEMI
GARDEN ARISE
24
DOROTHY OLOKODANA
BIODIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL
25
ARIWOOLA SEMIYU
ASEJERE AYETE
26
AKIN SOKEFUN
BIODIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL