final meeting of the project "dissemination of riceadvice"

Final meeting of

the project

« Dissemination

of RiceAdvice »

Cotonou

le 21/02/2017

Goal/PurposesZone Syngenta Fundation:

Kouroumari/Office du Niger/Mali

• To increase rice yield in the Kouroumari areas in Office du Niger/Mali by 20% ;

• To increase the annual incomes of 600 farm households in the Kouroumari areas in ON/Mali;

• To create employment opportunities for 10 youth in the area.

3

CoordinateurLocal

Equipe de 2 agents

•4 villages par équipe•30 producteurs parvillage

ConsultantExperimenté

Implementation of the approach

Implementation of the approach

• Signature of agreement of partnership between FSAD and Office du Niger about RA proposal of 5 agents by ON (100% );

• Recruitment of 5 young <35 years (20% ) ;

• Proposal of 20 villages by ON;

• Constitution of pairs/TeamsPhoto: Field officers/prestataires RA

implementation of the approach• Training of 13 (/10

planned) persons whose 77% < 40 years: RA & Good Agri Practices ;.

• Choice of 600 farmers (2% )in 20 villages of the Kouroumari; for application ofRA;

• Monitoring and supervision mission (IER/ON/FSAD).Photo: Supervision visit

Woman as service provider

Low Level of Education

Less graduates than men

Little free time because of the reproductive activities (*a)

Women and production of rice

Low access to information

Not owner of land

Low level of training

Weight of traditions (not decision makers + *a)

Women strongly involved in production of legumes

Why few women

Information of public• Organization of field day

by village: 396 visitors;

• Organization of field day between villages: 80 people from 20 villages;

• Emission radio on the field day;

• publication Article in the national daily newspaper “Essor” about field day.

• Recommendations RiceAdvice applied by 600 farmers in 20 villages of the Kouroumari;

• Area under RA: 345 ha for 590 persons (0.58 ha/pers)

Results/impacts of RA

Figure 1 Yield by village

•Yield RA > yield

last years in 95 % of

villages;

•Targeted yield

achieved by 20% of

villages.

Results/impacts of RA

Results/impacts of RA

• Yield increase of 1 t/ha

among 590 farmers

thanks to RA & GAP

Yields (# Significant):

Bad year: 3.8 t/ha

Normal year: 5.5 t/ha

Good year: 6.6 t/ha.

• 99% of the producers of 2016 want to

reuse RA in 2017

• 44% of producers are ready to pay 250-

10 000 F CFA for RA-

recommendations;

• The tool is easy to use according to

90% of the field officers involving in

2016;

• According to 100% of the field

officers, organization of content is

good to very good and the tool is

useful to very useful for farmers.

Results/Appreciation of RA

• Improvement tool depending on service providers:

insert a question relating to the type of floor

translated RA in the local language.

• Future creation of an association by the 5 youth recruited:

Production of quality seeds,

Dissemination of good agricultural practices & RA for the

production of rice;

• Reflections on establishment of a pilot of paying service by

FSAD.

PERSPECTIVES

THANK

YOU