13 ousmane coulibaly objective1cowpea

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

O. Coulibaly, A. Alene, J. Chianu T. Abdoulaye, V. Manyong, C. Aitchedji, H. Tefera, C. Fatokun, A. Kamara, O. Boukar,

and S. Boahen / NARS Partners


General introduction


Pollution

Poverty

Low incomes

Low yield

Participatory Diagnostics

Misuse pesticides/Poor Policy

Poor Public health/toxicity

Poor quality

Low demand

Food Insecurity Environment problems

Polic

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Chain Performance:

Effectiveness (quality norms and standards, targets…)

Efficiency (Profitability, Policy impact…)

Equity (Distribution of benefits, pro-poor,

Gender (Access resources and markets)

Sustainability (PPP, NRM…)

Local Consumption

Input supply

Production

Processing

Marketing and trade

(Financial) support services

Infrastructure

Research

Extension

Other Chain Stakeholders Value Chain actors

Chain Governance

(Inter) national policies and regulations

Res

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Add

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Dis

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uted

Ben

efits

Potential Cowpea Value Chain: Constraints, opportunities and performances

Regional trade

Empowerment of stakeholders


General introduction


Proposed activities of Objective 1

The proposed activities are: (i) Baseline studies and situation and outlook analysis for targeted legumes (ii) Monitoring and evaluation including surveys to monitor adoption, (iii) Targeting innovations for up-scaling and for reaching vulnerable groups (iv) Capacity building for NARS partners (v) Coordination


Nigeria

Mozambique

Malawi Tanzania

Niger

Mali


Intended targets to be achieved

Activities carried-out

Target countries Level of achievement

Indicators of achievement

GAPS ANALYSIS Nigeria, Mali and Niger (WCA); Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique (ESA)

Surveys and report Report

PVS SURVEY Nigeria, Mali and Niger (WCA); Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique (ESA)

Surveys and report Report

BASELINE STUDY Nigeria, Mali and Niger (WCA); Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique (ESA)

Surveys and database

Database and Reports

IITA-BACKSTOPPING

Nigeria, Mali and Niger (WCA); Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique (ESA)

Surveys, database and report

Reports


Technical aspects


Partnerships

Activities (Completed and Current)

Target countries

Partners

1. Gap Analysis 2. Participatory Varietal

Selection(PVS) Surveys

• Seed Value Chain Analysis

• Ex–Ante and Ex-Post Impact Assessment Framework

• Backstopping NARS through short courses

Nigeria, Mali and Niger (WCA);

IER, INRAN, IAR, PROSAB, NGOs, CBOs, FOs

Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique (ESA)

IITA; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Department of Agricultural Research Services, Malawi, IIAM Mozambique


Ruling varieties


Baseline adoption


Farmers Preferred traits


Top Constraints


Gender


Backstopping of NARS by IITA Team


Countries Enumerators Technicians Total

Nigeria 60 6 66

Niger 20 2 22

Mali 20 2 22

Total 100 10 110


What were the outcomes?


Remaining work to be done


Major challenges


How do you intend to overcome them?


What would you do differently from your original plan?


Would you consider including more countries (or paring down the current ones)?


Vision for second phase

13 ousmane coulibaly objective1cowpea

Technology