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Purdue Improved
Cowpea Storage
Project Activities

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture – Institut international d’agriculture tropicale – www.iita.org

Outline
• Background
• Project Vision
• Project Approach
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– ensitization
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– emonstrations
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– pen the bags ceremonies
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• PICSproject Activities
– Nigeria as example

Cowpeas are very
susceptible to post
harvest storage
damage


Price of Cowpea per Period

October/November May/June


Price of Cowpea and Quality


The Solution with PICS

• Hermetic storage has been proven to be
very effective - PICS triple bags are
currently an available and cost effective
option

• Farmers will use the PICS storage bags
for cowpea when:
– They know how the technology works and
how to use the triple bags (demonstrations)
– They can obtain the triple layer PICS bags
for storage (network for selling PICS bags)


Specifications of the Bags
(Polyethylene high density)

• Inside Bags
– 2 bags PEHD 70 X 137
cm X 80 µ
• Outside Bag
– Woven Bag 70 X 135
cm for 100 kg of
cowpea printed on 2
sides with PICS logos
and logos of partners

PICS Project Vision

• To have 50% of cowpea in West
and Central Africa stored with non-
chemical hermetic methods by 2012


PICS Approach

• PICS is a Purdue University (USA) and its
partners project funded by BMGF

• It is a five years project (2007-2012) that
will cover 10 African countries and 28000
villages

• Pilot phase started in 2007 in Niger and
Burkina Faso (see maps)

2007

100

100


2008

5109

3000 100


2009

2000

10,000
943

1000


10 Countries
28,000 Villages
5 Years (2007 – 2012)

2000 5209

1951
1500
2724

10,000
2000 943

1000
1451


PICS Approach
• Project has 3 main components:
– The technology dissemination (inform about the
technology)
– Bags Value chain development (ensure availability of
bags in communities)
– Research on effectiveness of bags, diffusion methods
and impact (effectiveness of approach)
• In each country, 2 years of active
interventions then follow up
– Year 1: Trainings, Demonstrations and bags sourcing
– Year 2: Focus on bags availability and surveys


Picture of the
bags


Presenting the PICS bag to a village chief
and other notables in Bunkure (Kano state)

Posters in English, French, Hausa, More and
Bambara (so far) for merchants shops and extension
offices – technicians have also fiche technique and
training manual


Demonstrations in villages with men and women
farmers In Kano, Nigeria


PICS/IITA female technician during a
demonstration in Kwa village (Kano state)

Average Attendance per demonstration
in each state


Attendance at village Demonstrations in
each state in 2008


PICS Partners
• Lead partners per country:
– IITA: Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon.
– World Vision: Niger, Mali, Ghana and Senegal
– INERA: Burkina Faso
– Ministry of Agriculture: Chad? (details are still being
worked out)
• Many other partners in each country (extension services,
NGOs, research institutions, Local governments etc…)

• In addition, each country has a business consultant in
charge of bags value chain development

• Research is handled by NARS (INERA, INRAN, IER, BUK
etc…, IITA and Purdue University).

• PICS bags are produced in Kano by a
company – Lela Agro that was already
producing bags.
• 1 major dealer in each state (and Abuja)
with his/her own network for distribution
DISTRIBUTION
OF BAGS • Each extension agent will also have some
in Nigeria in bags for sale
2009/10 • Also Dealers are asked to attend
demonstrations (through representatives)
and their names and contacts are
announced after the sessions.
• The producing company (Lela Agro) is
doing radio advertisements for the bags
with names of each delaer per state.

Research Components

• Effectiveness of storage in farmers’
conditions
– Quality indicators (Germination rates, holes)
• Is PICS approach effective in
disseminating technology (Role of radio
messages and other information
channels)
• Impact assessment in year 3 and 5 in all
countries

Activities for 2009/10 in Nigeria
• Explore and formalize partnerships (Progreen, ADPs, WDI, other
IITA projects).

• Conduct field technicians training for 1000 EAs
– dditional women technicians selected and trained to
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meet gender targets
• Awareness campaign (Radio and visits to communities)
• Conduct demonstrations in 10000 villages in 20 states –
Demonstrations have just started and will continue until January 2010
• Follow up visits
• Open the bags ceremonies
• Collect data according to forms for Monitoring and
evaluation

Lessons from pilot phase (2008)
in Nigeria


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