Cassava Breeding Research: meeting the needs of Nigerian farmers

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How is Africa RISING in Ghana?
Asamoah Larbi
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tamale, Ghana
Contract Review Presentation
11 May, 2015

Outline
• Africa RISING Program
• Achievements: 2012-2015
• Contribution to rural development
• Future plans for IITA

Purpose of Africa RISING:
Provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for small holder families, especially for
women and children, through sustainably intensified farming systems that sufficiently
improve productivity, nutrition, and income security and conserve or enhance the
natural resource base
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification
for the Next Generation (Africa RISING)

Africa RISING - West Africa
Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-based Farming
Systems in the Guinea-Savanna of West Africa

1. Situation analysis
2. Integrated systems improvement
3. Scaling and delivery of integrated
innovations
4. Monitoring and evaluation
Strengthenedcapacity
Africa RISING – Program Outputs

Africa RISING’s - Niche

Africa RISING - Ghana

Africa RISING - Cereals

Africa RISING – legumes and vegetables

Africa RISING – livestock

Africa RISING – nutrition

• Assist Coordinator manage partnership/project in Ghana
• Identify partners and establish partnerships
• Set up demonstration plots – cereals and legume
• Provide guidance, direction and supervise staff
• Contribute to technical progress reports
• Collaborate with institutions – graduate training
• Monitor partner’s preparation of manuscripts.
• Act as a Country Representative – Ghana
• Represent IITA in Ghana as requested by Directors
• Assist IITA projects in Ghana – Government & partners
• Oversight for support staff as requested by Directors
Terms of reference

• Chief Scientist – West Africa
• Representation – program level
• Prepared annual reports
• Built partnerships
• Drafted project document
• Interacted with donors
• Assisted with mid-term review
• Systems Agronomist – Ghana
• Managed the project
• Conceptualized and implemented research
• Recruited staff
• Negotiated lease and movement from
• Set-up and staffed Wa and Navrongo offices
Achievements – Africa RISING

Selected communities

Mobilized communities

ARI Animal Research Institute
CBOs Community-based Organizations
CRI Crops Research Institute
FRI Food Research Institute
GLDB Grains and Legumes Development Board
INSTI Institute for Scientific and Technological Information
KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture
SARI Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
SEEDPAG Seed Producers Association of Ghana
SRI Soil Research Institute
UDS University for Development Studies
UG University of Ghana
USAID ADVANCE, ATT
CGIAR ILRI, IWMI, CIAT, AVRDC
Established partnerships

Organized workshops

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
CRI
SRI
INSTI
ARI
FRI
MoH
MoFA
ICRISAT
KNUST
AVRDC
CIAT
IWMI
ILRI
SARI
IITA
Budget allocation (x 1000 U$)
Prepared workplans and budgets

Established CBOs and R4Ds

Community CBOs and district R4Ds

Conducted on-farm research

Region
Trials Northern Upper
East
Upper
West
Total
Baby trials 326 307 187 817
Demonstration plots 170 200 189 559
Total 496 507 376 1376
Farmer-managed trials established, 2014

Cereal-legume-livestock systems

Maize responses to N fertilizer
y = -91.2x2 + 780.9x - 106.4
R² = 0.92
0
600
1200
1800
0 40 80 120 160
Grainyield(kg/ha)
Nitrogen fertilizer (kg/ha)
a. Extra-early maize: Wa
y = -202.2x2 + 1891.9x - 664.9
R² = 0.95
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
0 40 80 120 160
b. Extra-early maize:
Nyankpala
y = -110.5x2 + 1135.4x + 313.8
R² = 0.89
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
0 40 80 120 160
Grainyield(kg/ha)
e. Medium maize: Wa
y = -290.6x2 + 2424.9x - 411.2
R² = 0.97
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
0 40 80 120 160
f. Medium maize: Nyankpala

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Erect cowpea-Mamaba
Speading cowpea-Mamaba
Erect cowpea-Obatanpa
Mamba
Erect cowpea-Etubi
Spreading cowpea-Etubi
Spreading cowpea-Obatanpa
Etubi
Obatampa
Erect cowpea-Pan 53
Spreading cowpea-Pan 53
Pan 53
Spreading cowpea
Erect cowpea
Grain yield (kg/ha)
Cowpea Maize
0 500 1000 1500 2000
Mamba
Spreading cowpea
Etubi
Erect cowpea
Erect cowpea-Mamaba
Obatampa
Speading cowpea-Mamaba
Erect cowpea-Etubi
Erect copea-Obatanpa
Spreading cowpea-Etubi
Spreading cowpea-Obatanpa
Pan 53
Erect cowpea-Pan 53
Spreading cowpea-Pan 53
Net returns (Ghana Cedis)
Hybrid maize-cowpea – net returns

Genetic intensification - cowpea lines
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
IT07K-274-2-9
IT09K-456
IT08K-126-19
IT09K-269-1
IT04K-332-1
ITO7K-297-13
IT08K-180-11
IT08K-193-15
IT04K-339-1
IT08K-180-5
IT09K-321-1
Local check
Grain yield (kg/ha)
b. dual-purpose
Upper West Upper East Northern

Integrated pest management- cowpea
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
IT 99K-573-1-1
IT99K-573-2-1
Songotra
Padi Tuya
Bawutawuta
Farm Variety
Grain yield (kg/ha)
a. no insecticide spray
Late-August
Mid-August
Late-July
Mid-July
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
IT 99K-573-1-1
IT99K-573-2-1
Songotra
Padi Tuya
Bawutawuta
Farm Variety
Grain yield (kg/ha)
b. insecticide spray

Maize-soya strip cropping

Soybean production

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
TGX 1987-10F
TGX 1989-19F
TGX 1989-40F
TGX 1990-21F
TGX 1990-37F
TGX 1990-38F
TGX 1990-3F
TGX 1990-40F
TGX 1990-46F
TGX 1990-52F
TGX 1990-55F
TGX 1990-57F
TGX 1987-10F Check
TGX 1987-62F Check
TGX 1835-10E Check
Local Check
Grain yield (kg/ha)
Upper East Northern Upper West
Early-maturing soybean lines, 2013

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Farmer's practice
Triple super phosphate at 60 kg/ha (TSP)
Fertisol applied at 4 t/ha (F)
TSP + F
TSP + F + Boostxtra
Grain yield (kg/ha)
Upper West region Northern region
Soil fertility management effects on soya

Stocking (Sheep/ha) 0 60 90
0 1.13 1.56 1.65
200 1.67 2.15 2.48
400 1.78 2.71 2.54
s.e. 0.088
P-value 0.009
Sheep & N effects maize grain yield (t/ha)

Item
Phosphorus (kg P2O5/ha)
Cowpea variety 30 90
Haulm crude protein (g/kgDM) Zaayura 153 149
Hewale 146 143
s.e.d 6.3
Haulm neutral detergent fibre (g/kg DM) Zaayura 478 462
Hewale 503 460
s.e.d 20.3
Voluntry intake (g DM/kg BW) Zaayura 2.59 2.31
Hewale 2.24 2.66
s.e.d 0.016
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/l) Zaayura 10.88 10.3
Hewale 9.03 12.16
s.e.d 0.032
Crop-livestock: P affects haulm quality

9
12
15
18
21
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28
Soilmoisturecontent(%)
Days from start of measurement
Contour Farming Half-Moon
Farmers Practice
0 2 4 6
Contour farming
Contour ridges
Half-moon
Farmers'
practice
Maize grain yield (t/ha)
Soil conservation effects on maize grain

Capacity building: Short-course, 2013

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Experimental design and data analysis
Integrated crop-livestock systems
Number of participants
Short-courses participants, 2012-15

Name Gender Degree University
1Mary Awuni F MSc UDS
2Peter Agalam M MSc UDS
3Daniel Apalibe M MSc UDS
4Martha Agyri F MSc KNUST
5Daniel Apalibe M MSc KNUST
6Haruna Abdulai M MSc KNUST
7Richard Amponsah M MSc KNUST
8Jonathan Naaba M MSc KNUST
9Eliasu Salifu M MSc KNUST
10Mohammed Abdul-Kadir M MSc KNUST
11Theodore Avukpor M MSc KNUST
12Raphael Azayiga M PhD KNUST
13Abdul R Nurudeen M PhD KNUST
14Safo-Kantanka Goodman M PhD KNUST
UDS=University for Development Studies
KNUST=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Capacity building: Graduate supervision

Scaling-out: Farmers’ field day, 2014

Participants Composition (%)
Region Male Female Total Male Female
Upper East 211 293 504 42 58
Northern 176 248 424 42 58
Upper West 277 258 535 52 48
Total 664 799 1463 - -
Scaling-out: Farmers’ field day, 2014

Publications - 2013

• Peer reviewed journals – 4 (1 accepted, 3 review)
• Booklets – 2 (one published, other in press)
• Conference proceedings – 3
• Project reports – 6
• Leaflets – 9
Publications

US Congressional Staff Visit - 2012

• Negotiated office space at INSTI-CSIR
• Managed Accra/Tamale offices and staff
• Negotiated IRS resident and working permit
• Negotiated for Country agreement
• Facilitated the Extended Management Meeting
• Facilitated implementation of other projects
• SARD-SC
• N2 Africa
• Cowpea
• Maize CRP review
• Represented Hub Director
• Met Government Officials
Achievements – Country Representative

Organized Management Meeting, 2014

Country Agreement - Approved, 2015

• Achievements presented contribute to following
determinants of African Rural Development
• Increase agricultural production
• Food security – quantity and quality
• Incomes – job creation
• Sustaining the natural resource base - soil
• Capacity building – empowering women
Contribution - Rural Development

• Africa RISING
• Chief Scientist - scientific leadership/mentoring
• Project management – Ghana
• Preparation for Phase II
• IITA in Ghana – increase visibility
• Finalize Country Agreement
• Build strategic partnerships
• Streamline project management
• Explore possibility of acquiring land – Tamale
• Manage Tamale and Accra offices
• Contribute to Science Quality – publication
• Integrated Crop-Livestock research
• Capacity building
Future plans with IITA

Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
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