Presentation at the Side event of PAEPARD the 7th African Agriculture Science Week 14 June 2016, Kigali

1. BIOPROTECT-B
CONSORTIUM
EFFECTS OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ENRICHED
WITH TRICHODERMA SP ON VEGETABLE
PRODUCTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AREA

2. Trichoderma spp. is a cosmopolitan and abundant fungi in soil with various
capacities & benefits for plants
Trichoderma : as biofertilizer :
• Enhances degradation of organic matter, allowing the release of
nutrients (N, P, K, etc)
• Solubilizes the insoluble phosphate and micronutrients making them
available for plant
• Produces phytohormones that significantly increased the total root
length leading to promoting of plant growth
Trichoderma : as effective biological control agent for a number of soil-
borne pathogens
• Capability of utilizing diverse substrates and competition for nutrients
• Inhibition of plant pathogenic fungi (mycoparasitism antagonistic
activity) producers of antibiotics and cell wall-
Trichoderma ?

3. History
Biophytech ( Montpellier France)
Biotechology platform of living
Microorganisms and biological extracts
to fertilize and to protect the plants.
Arfa (Fada N’gourma - Burkina)
Capacity building and extension on soil
fertilization and plant protection
(Burkina)
To facilitate the transfer of biofertilization and biopesticides
technologies

4. CHRONOLOGY
2011
Legal
establishing
2012
Consortium foundation
Start of fields trials
experimentation
2013
Field trials
Experimentations and
consolidation of
company
2014
Enlargement
Consortium,
PAEPARD Funding
2017…
Enlargment ?
+
2 farmers unions
Financed by
Financed by
2016
ARAA Funding
Financed by
UA call proposal

5. Role of each stakeholder in BIOPROTECT
consortium
IRD,
Ouagadougou Unniversity
Academic research
Scientific detection,
characterization, and quantization
Farmers Unions
End user, applicant
BIOPROTECT
Maker and distributor
Role of each stakeholders
INERA
Agronomic research
Experimental field trials
with statistical validation
BIOPHYTECH,
Technological research
End product development
Intellectual property
ARFA
Popularization and training
IRD,
Ouagadougou Unniversity
Academic research
Scientific detection,
characterization, and quantization
Farmers Unions
End user, applicant
BIOPROTECT
Maker and distributor
Role of each stakeholders
INERA
Agronomic research
Experimental field trials
with statistical validation
BIOPHYTECH,
Technological research
End product development
Intellectual property
ARFA
Popularization and training

6. Project Goals
Improve the agronomic potential
of different organic amendments
by developing and disseminating
technique and practices that
promote the organic amendment
enriched with Trichoderma sp.
enrichment.
Target group:
Vegetable farmers :1600
Famers Organisation: 10
NGO :10
Seller compagny of farm inputs : 5
Seller of farm inputs

7. Expected impacts
30% increase of tomatoes, onions and
Irish potatoes yields
25% increase of farmers incomes
Promoting capacity of 4 rural unities
to produce and sale compost enriched
with Trichoderma

8. Project results
• Result 1: Participatory statement of soil fertility
management in market gardenning systems
• Result 2: Production of different formulas and
packaging of Trichoderma enriched organic
amendments
• Result 3: Agronomic tests of Trichoderma-
enriched organic amendments
• Result 4: Capacity building of producers
master the application of Trichoderma -
enriched organic amendments

9. Some results achieved
17.5
18
18.5
19
19.5
20
20.5
21
21.5
22
22.5
Rdt T/ha
Oignon rendement T/ha T0 Oignon rendement T/ha T1
43.25
54.25
T0 T1
15,22% increase in yield and 22,45%
increase incomes farmers for onions
25,43% increase in yield and 27,8%
increase incomes farmers for tomatoes
30.17
34.115
T0 T1
13,1% increase in yield and 18,3%
increase incomes farmers for potatoes

10. Some results achieved
 10 strains of local Trichoderma
identified and one strain selected
(T.viride 2)
 Testing different substrates
for Trichoderma growing

11. Some results achieved
2 guided field tours of
Farmers’ Field Schools
3 exchange visits to other
producers
31 Farmers’ Field
Schools
Nearly 200 farmers
trained directly and
indirectly 4000
5 rural unities to produce
and sale compost enriched
with Trichoderma

12. Compost enriched with
Trichoderma is better than
chemical fertilizer only
CONSORTIUM BIOPROTECT-B
S/C ARFA BP 15 Fada N’Gourma Burkina
Faso
Tel: 00226 24 77 06 70
00226 70 22 48 41
Email:bioprotect.b@gmail.com
Web:www.labo-bioprotect.com
www.bioprotect-b.com