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PUBLIC‐PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTING WOMEN‐DRIVEN
POTATO SEED MULTIPLICATION IN THE LUMWANA CATCHMENT AREA NORTH‐WESTERN ZAMBIA
Chalwe A., S. Bwembya, and D. Subakanya
Background
• Potato is a high value crop largely grown by commercial farmers
• Interest is increasing among small‐scale farmers
• Increasing consumption demands in mine areas
• The market demands year‐round production
Problem
• Farmers are incapacitated due to non‐availability of seed of improved varieties
• There is only one seed supplier in Zambia • Seed is imported from RSA• The primary targets are member commercial farmers.
Strategic intervention• Public‐Private Partnership:
• To introduce to farmer groups a most preferred and highly marketed improved varieties of potato
• Provision of necessary skills on production
Seed multiplication and distribution
BUYA BAMBA
ZARI
Matebo Mumena Mukumbi
Muyashi Shilenda Lunsala Kankuwa Lumwana Manyama ZARI plot
①②③… ①②③… ①②③... INDIVIDUAL FARMERS
Women Can Do It
Tuber yield, gross income, and returns on labour of farmer
groups, 2011/12Group Total
tuber yield(t ha‐1)
Marketable tuber yield(t ha‐1)
Gross income(ZMK)
Cost of purchased inputs(ZMK)
Net returns on farmer’s
labour(ZMK)
Monthly return on farmer’s labour(US$)
Bukwasho 18.18 13.64 81,840.00 20,430.00 61,410.00 2,952.40Lukusa nkund 15.15 11.36 68,160.00 20,430.00 47,730.00 2,294.71Manyama 1.52 1.22 7,320.00 20,430.00 ‐13,110.00 ‐630.29Lumwana 3.03 2.42 14,520.00 20,430.00 ‐5,910.00 ‐284.13Kankuwa 6.06 4.54 27,240.00 20,430.00 6,810.00 ‐327.40Lunsala 9.09 7.73 46,380.00 20,430.00 25,950.00 1,247.60ZARI 21.21 14.81 88,860.00 20,430.00 68,430.00 3,289.90Total 74.24 55.72 334.320 143,010.00 191,310.00 9,197.60Mean 10.61 7.96 47,760.00 20,430.00 27,330.00 1,313.94
Incidence of bacterial wilt and late blight in potato seed
multiplication plots
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20
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80Muyashi
Shilend
a
Manyama
Mutanda
Lunsala
Lumwana East
ZARI
Disease incide
nce (%
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Multiplication sites
Late Blight (%)
Bacterial Wilt (%)
Tuber yield, gross income, and returns on individual farmer’s labour at Muyashi, 2012/13
Farmer
Total tuber yield (t ha‐1)
Marketable tuber yield(t ha‐1)
Gross income(ZMK)
Cost of purchased inputs(ZMK)
Net returns on farmer’s labour(ZMK)
Monthly return on farmer’s labour(US$)
Farmer 1 12.12 10.05 60,300.00 20,430.00 39,870.00 1,916.83Farmer 2 10.61 8.15 48,900.00 20,430.00 28,470.00 1,368.75Farmer 3 13.64 12.12 72,720.00 20,430.00 52,250.00 2,513.94Farmer 4 11.21 9.15 54,900.00 20,430.00 34,470.00 1,657.21Farmer 5 11.67 8.75 52,500.00 20,430.00 32,070.00 1,541.83Bukwasho 15.00 12.00 72,000.00 20,430.00 51,570.00 2,479.33
ZARI 16.67 14.17 85,020.00 20,430.00 64,590.00 3,105.29Total 90.92 14.39 446,340.00 143,010.00 303,303.00 14,583.17Mean 12.99 10.63 63,762.86 20,430.00 43,332.86 2,083.31
Tuber yield, gross income, and returns on individual farmer’s labour at Shilenda 2012/13
Farmer/GroupTotal tuber yield
Marketable tuber yield
Gross income
Cost of purchased inputs
Net returns on farmer’s
labour
Net returns on farmer’s
labour
(t ha‐1) (t ha‐1) (ZMK) (ZMK) (ZMK) (US$)
Farmer 1 10.11 8.15 48,900.00 20,430.00 28,470.00 1,368.75
Farmer 2 14.39 12.23 73,380.00 20,430.00 52,950.00 2,545.67
Farmer 3 7.56 5.21 31,260.00 20,430.00 10,830.00 520.67
Farmer 4 18.18 14.65 87,900.00 20,430.00 67,470.00 3,243.75
Farmer 5 7.56 5.28 31,680.00 20,430.00 11,250.00 540.87
Lukusa nkunde 14.5 11.65 69,900.00 20,430.00 49,470.00 2,378.37
ZARI 18.03 14.42 86,520.00 20,430.00 66,090.00 3,177.40
Total 90.33 71.59 429,540.00 143,010.00 286,530.00 13,775.48
Mean 12.90 10.23 61,362.86 20,430.00 40,932.86 1,967.93
Implication
• Small‐scale production of potatoes in Lumwana catchment area is a feasible and highly profitable venture which has the potential to reduce poverty among women.
• The returns on farmers’ labour, US$ 24.60 (ZMK 127.92) and US$ 19.12 (ZMK 99.45) day‐1 obtained from growing 0.25 ha of potatoes by Lukusa nkunde and Bukwasho women groups, respectively, can enable women to live far much above daily poverty datum line
Challenges
• Watering by hand is a labour‐tasking activity• Long distance to streams and uncontrolled quality of water
• Diseases due to uncontrolled movement of planting materials
• Lack of locally adapted high yielding varieties suitable for different end uses
• Storage of locally produced seed is difficult
Recommendations
• ZARI should start a breeding programme• Establish improved labour‐saving irrigation scheme.
• The few promising individual farmers should be supported to take up potato seed production as a serious business.
• There is need to introduce the low‐cost Diffused Light Stores (DLS) for seed potato tubers