Achievement of waapp 1 ghana kumasi 17 june 2013

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© West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP)-Ghana
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18/06/2013 MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

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ITEM Amount
USD ($)
Disbursement rate
(in %)
Total Request 8,424,014.40
Total Released 4,000,000.00
Disbursement target for April 2013 3,305,601.00 82.64
Actual disbursement 2,034,398.00 50.85
Commitments (until June 2013) 1,965,602.00 49.19
Total disbursement estimate (by June 30,
2013)
4,000,000.00 100.00
Total Disbursement for WAAPP 1 15,000,000 99.5%
Number of withdrawal applications since September 2012 Two (2)
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Program (WAAPP)-Ghana
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Done; 8
Not Done; 3
Partially Done ; 2 Not due yet; 0

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Status of Recommendations
Status of
Recommendations
Status of Achievement
Done
· Impact Evaluation Study /Implementation Completion reports (ICR)
submitted
· All Documentation prior to project closure in place
· Final audit conducted (ongoing).
· Expansion of planting material multiplication scheme (additional
52 acres after September)
· Results framework Updated
· 5 Prototypes of Mechanical Cassava Harvester Developed
· e-Extension program on pilot in 10 districts in 2 regions
· biotechnology laboratory completed and furnishing almost
complete
Not done
· Irrigation facility to cassava multiplication sites at NCoS yet to be done
· Development of capacity of Researchers to enable them access to
the Regional Competitive Grant
· value chain benchmarking studies not done
Partially done
· Preparation of a roadmap on Innovation Platform and sensitization,
training of trainers program
· Development of a web-based M&E information system to
introduce a multi-site, internet-based M&E system ongoing
Not due yet Non
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Status of the Developments of the Action
Plans (Gender, Communication, and Climate
Change)• Draft Climate change Action plan in place for
approval at the Wrap-up meeting
• Communication Action plan developed by CORAF
yet to be reviewed
• Gender – Gender and Agricultural Development
Strategy (GADS) is under review
Status of Website
WAAPP Ghana Website is functional and linked
to MoFA and CORAF refer (www.waapp.org.gh )

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mission of September 2012)
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• Release of 4 new varieties of sweet potato
• Release of 3 new varieties of Cocoyam
Crop
Variety (local
Name)
Exp.
Yield
(Mt/ha)
Avg. yield (Mt/ha)
GH
Meaning/Remarks
Sweet Potato
CSIR-‘Patron’ 20
13.7mt (2012)
Strong Leader
CSIR-‘Bohye’ 22 Promise
CSIR-‘Dzila
dadanynuie ’
18 Good Mother
CSIR-‘ligri’ 22 Cash
Cocoyam
CRI-Gye me di 8.2
6.3 (2011)
Believe me
CRI-Akyede 5.7 Gift
CRI-M’ aye yie. 7.6 I am well off

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CRI- Akyede CRI-Gye me di CRI-M’ aye yie-
CRI- ‘Ligri’CRI- ‘Patron CRI - ‘bohyeCRI- ‘dadanyuie’

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Academic Trainings (number of trainees in PhD, in MSc,
with breakdown male/female; periods, place/venues
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TYPE OF
TRAINING
NUMBER MALE FEMALE PERIOD VENUE REMARKS
PhD 1 1 - 5 years KNUST Cocoyam
Breeding
MSc 26 19 7 2 years KNUST (6)
UCC (8), UG (8)
GTUC (2)
Wisconsin Int.
(1) UCEW (1)
NARS (22) &
MOFA (4)
Ongoing – Before 2012
Fresh Sponsorship – 2013
TYPE OF
TRAINING
NUMBER MALE FEMALE PERIOD VENUE REMARKS
PhD 22 18 4 5 years KNUST (16)
UCC (2), UG (3)
Wageningen (1)
18 from CRI,
SARI (2), ARI (1)
MSc 34 20 13 2 years KNUST (18)
UCC (3), UG (10)
10 from CRI out
of which 7 are

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Infrastructures (status of rehabilitations of the NCoS;
number of contracts and amounts; any issues)
• Construction and furbishing of a Biotechnology
Laboratory at CRI, Fumesua, in Kumasi completed.
• Core facilities and equipment have also been upgraded
at NCOS
• CSIR-FRI, CSIR-SARI, CSIR-SRI and CSIR-PGRRI received
new equipment.
• Screen houses have been established for CSIR-CRI,
CSIR-PGRRI and CSIR-SARI.
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Current State of Biotechnology Laboratory at NCOS
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Insert: Screen house
(USAID/CORAF) sited close to the
Lab to facilitate seed

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Installation of furniture and equipment ongoing
Biotechnology Laboratory at CRI, Fumesua

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Competitive funds (number of projects selected/financed;
type of projects selected/financed; and results if any)
Seed production: (quantity of seed (foundation and
commercial seeds) produced per commodity; and estimated
area coverage (how many ha will be covered)
Dissemination of technologies (number and status)
Innovation platforms
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Report on the following

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Competitive funds projects
selected/financed
Objective Results Principal
Investigator
Integrated Management of Field,
Storage Pests and Post-Harvest
Handling to extend Shelf- life of
Yam
To identify
technologies that will
improve shelf life of
yam.
Locally Improved
Yam storage Barn
developed at the
with local materials
Mr. Francis
Kusi, CSIR –
SARI
Development, Demonstration
and Transfer of Improved Yam
storage Barn
To develop,
demonstrate and
transfer an improved
yam barn to farmers.
Improved Yam
storage Barn
developed wilh
cooling system at
the Wenchi Agric
Station
Mr. Fred
Djokoto, CSIR -
IIR
Screening of Cassava Genotypes
for the Management of Tuber Rot
of Cassava in the Greater Accra
Region
To control cassava
tuber rot to enhance
food security and
poverty alleviation.
Mr. Eric W.
Cornelius, Univ
ersity
of Ghana
, Legon
Determining Mineral Fertilizer To enhance stable Farmers aware Dr. B.D.K

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An improved mechanical yam storage barn
The Researcher inspecting tubers
stored in the locally improved barn

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Technology/Dissemination Impact Beneficiaries
Number % with respect
to target
Yam Fertilizer Response on Some
Benchmark Soils in the Interior Savanna
Zone of Ghana: Calibrating the QUEFTS
Model for Yam Fertilization in Ghana.
Beneficiary Farmers know the most efficient
use of fertilizer to maximized yam production
2,500 83
Demonstration and Popularization of
Mechanical Cassava Harvesting
Technology
Commercial Farmer processing Companies
such as CALTEK have expressed interest and
test run it. Other WAAPP Countries have
shown interest.
1,487 76
Integrated Pests Management
strategies of field and post harvest
practices to extend shelf life of yam
Farmers have seen the use of wood ash as
cost effective and highly efficient/effective
means of treating yams setts against pests
and diseases. They are also happy with the
high germination rate and robustness/vigour
of plants compared to the use of both
synthetic chemicals and warm water
treatment.
4,300 87
Promoting Efficient Uptake of Cassava
Processing Technologies for Enhanced
Market Access and Increased Productivity
for Cassava Farmers and Processors.
• Cassava flour prepared under solar drying
conditions has relatively higher
marketability compared to cassava flour
prepared under local conditions
• In the Volta region Mawuli and Awudome
secondary schools have fully incorporated
composite flour into their bread. This has
drastically reduced their cost of feeding by
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Technology/Dissemination Impact Beneficiaries
Number % with respect
to target
Use of Alternative Food Flours for Baking-
Capacity and Capability Building of Local
Bakers and Educational Institutions in
Coastal Communities
64 processors have so far been introduced to
the HQCF/composite flour technology and
1,132 70
Technology Dissemination
(Demonstrations & Field Days etc.
Most farmers have learnt that 4,000 cassava
cuttings could be used to plant an acre of land
compared to a little over 2,000 cuttings being
used in farmers’ practice. This eventually
increases plant population, controls weeds and
increases yield
28,750 69
Yam Improvement Technologies
/Programme
Yam farmers using ridge technology have
learnt that 4,000 yam setts could be planted on
an acre of land using ridges as against 2,700-
2,800 that were planted on mounds
Highly degraded land (fields that have been
overused and have lost its fertility) land could
be used to cultivate yam with yields as high as
that from virgin lands in the Ejura district
7,500 75
Cassava Improvement
Technologies/Programme
4 New varieties released and being
disseminated for adoption
10,260 82
Sweet Potato Improvement
1,117 43
Cocoyam improvement
780 48
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Beneficiaries Farmers
Recording Higher yields
• Interactions with beneficiary farmers:
– 4,000 cassava cuttings for an acre of land
compared to a little over 2,000 by farmers’
practice.
– This eventually increases plant population,
controls weeds and increases yield .
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A WAAPP Farmers’ Group at Nsuatre in the Brong Ahafo Region
With a physically challenged group leader

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Indicator Name Target Ach’vnt Achieved (%)
Indicator One:
Project beneficiaries direct/indirect,
breakdown Male – 67,185
Female – 44,977
125, 000
112,162
89.72%
(38.1%
female)
Indicator Two:
Released technologies by NCOS (at least three
per NCOS over five years, cumulative)
9 19 211.1%
Indicator Three:
Released technologies that show an
improvement in yield of at least 15% compared
to the control technology
100% 100% 100%
Indicator Four:
Area under improved technologies
disseminated under the project
30, 000 39,368.7 131.2%
Indicator Five:
Producers who have adopted improved
technologies made available under the project
75,000 72,905 97.20%

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2 social & environmental focal points
nominated
Resettlement policy framework (RPF) and/ or
resettlement action plan not triggered by
WAAPP GH.
Environmental and Social Screening Form (ESSF)
will be used for WAAPP 2
World Bank has organized one training. WAAPP 2
will also organize another training for scientists
and other stakeholders
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Status of exchange visits since Last ISM:
Collaborators
(in)
Type of
Exchange
Visit
Purpose/techno
logy
Achievement Remarks
Young Visiting
Scientist from
Mali (Salouma
Macalou)
Collaborativ
e research
Research into
Root and Tubers
and Cereals at
the CRI
On going Visited Ghana on
the 9th February
and will study for
3 months
Cote’ D’ivoire
Team
Study Tour To understudy
the cocoa
industry/
research and e-
extension
Lessons learnt from the
operations of
e-extension as a good
potential for technology
dissemination
January 2013
Sierra Leonean
Team
Study Tour To learn lessons
from WAAPP
Ghana
Achievements/e
xperiences
operations of
e-extension, mechanical
cassava harvester, released
varieties/technologies, M&E
system
The team spent
10 days in Ghana
in February 2013
Togolese Team Study Tour To learn lessons
from WAAPP
Ghana
operations of
e-extension, mechanical
The team spent
10 days in Ghana
March 2013

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Sorghum and cowpea varieties brought from Senegal
has been tested, harvested and distributed to farmers in
the Northern part of the Country for adoption.
The rice seeder brought from Mali in September 2012
is still undergoing trials for efficiency and effectiveness at
SARI.

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Release of 4 new varieties of sweet potato
Adoption of Sorghum and cowpea varieties from
Senegal
Piloting of e-extension Program in 10 districts
Developemnt of 5 prototypes of mechanical cassava
harvester
Biotech Laboratory completed and furnished

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Release of 4 New Sweet Potato Varieties
Crop
Variety (local
Name)
Exp. Yield
(Mt/ha)
Avg. yield
(Mt/ha) GH
Meaning/Remar
ks
Sweet Potato
CSIR-‘Patron’ 20
13.7mt (2012)
Strong Leader
CRI-‘Bohye’
22
Promise
CRI-‘Dzila
dadanyuie ’
18 Good Mother
CSIR-‘ligri’
22 Cash

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CRI- ‘Ligri’
CRI- ‘Patron
CRI - ‘bohye
CRI- ‘dadanyuie’

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• An e-extension portal – www.e-extension.gov.gh with an
audio conferencing interface has been built with content
translated into 6 major languages to be available to
farmers with the use of standard mobile phones when fully
operational
• Data connect equipment has been procured and internet
services/access also operational.
• 200 field staff have been trained in 10 pilot districts and
procurement of 200 smartphones for use done
• An e-lab has been established at the DAES
• So far 4 Countries have expressed deep interest to
replicate
• The program will be launched in June 2013

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The e-Extension Initiative
www.e-extension.gov.gh

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Training of AEAs by Prep-eez official
Samples of Smart Phones

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Computer proficiency Training for Field Officers by Prep-eez official

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• 5 prototypes of the Mechanical Cassava
Harvester were fabricated with local
mechanics at Tema with technical
Backstopping from the Developer.
• The machines will be handed over to MoFA
Agric Mechanization Service Centres (AMSEC)
latest by June 2013
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Field Images of Participants at JOSMA Processing factory

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• Result Based M&E workshop Organized for 40
Staff (Researchers, Program Leaders, Focal
persons, etc.)
• Workshop on Climate Change Action Plan
organized for 25 staff
• Financial management workshop organized for
45 project Accountant of Implementing
Agencies
•
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The Launching and an inception workshop of the 2nd Phase of
WAAPP was held from the the 19th – 20th of February 2013. It
attracted approximately 110 participants from Ghana and the
sub region comprising staff from MoFA, CSIR, CORAF/WECARD,
Private Sector, the World Bank etc.
Major Recommendations
• Promote tissue culture to facilitate rapid multiplication and
generation of adequate planting materials to farmers.
• Identify and equip incubation centres to promote processing
and other technologies.
• embark on vigorous environmental and safeguards
interventions in seed development.
• identify and support seed out growers generate adequate
certified seed for farmers
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