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IFDC
Realizing Agriculture Productivity Increase in Africa
Intensification through Technical and Agribusiness Innovations
Agribusiness Forum 2011
October 16-19, 2011
Johannesburg, South Africa
André de Jager
Acting Director
IFDC - North and West Africa Division
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Content
Challenges IFDC Technical Production Innovations Agribusiness Innovations Conclusions
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FOOD DEMAND = 11.5 BILLION
By 2050 dietary shifts will result in the consumption equivalent By 2050 dietary shifts will result in the consumption equivalent of about 11.5 of about 11.5 billion people billion people at 2009 diet levels. at 2009 diet levels.
Population and Food Demand
Source: United Nations Estimates
POPULATION = 9 BILLIONPOPULATION = 9 BILLION
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To meet demand, global food production must
increase by at least 70% by 2050 using less land and water resources without polluting the environment while coping with the climate change
The Challenge
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Poverty reduction and agriculture
Contribution of income sources to poverty reduction in developing countries with reducing poverty rates (OECD, 2011)
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Productivity and production
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Developed Countries
Asia Developing
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agro Input Markets Constraints
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Access to Markets
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IFDC-Mission
Increase sustainable agricultural productivity
Through improved plant nutrient technologies or practices
Through increased access to input markets and product markets
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IFDC intervention areas Input Markets: last mile delivery, quality and information Integrated Soil Fertility Management: environment and
productivity Agribusiness Clusters: output markets and value chains Capacity and institutions: practical skills, organization
and management Policy environment: regulations and regional integration
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Technical Productivity Innovations
Seeds: improved varieties and GMO major contribution to productivity increase
Disease and pest management: new products, IPM, biological control
Mechanization: limited innovations
Fertilizers: no R&D, no product innovations, limited implementation innovations
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2 out of 3 bags of urea go unused in wetland rice
production
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UDP technology Urea is compacted into small
briquettes—urea supergranules
Applied well below soil surface near plants’ roots
Use efficiency greatly improved because nitrogen is trapped where it is needed
Reduction in nitrogen gases lost to atmosphere
Inhibition of nitrification
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New developments
Virtual Fertilizer Research Center
Fertilizer Recommendations
Organic-inorganic optimization
Urban-human nutrients recycling
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Profiled and mapped over 4,000 dealers and created an electronic database
Provided technical and business training to 2,300 agro-dealers, all certified by Government of Ghana
Published a first-ever national directory of dealers
Linked trained dealers to US $1.6 m through a credit guarantee scheme
Agro-Input Dealer Development in Ghana
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2004:Assisted about 2,000 dealers to serve 20,000 farmers in rural areas
Emergence and growth of agro-dealers in Ghana: Summary of IFDC’s direct interventions and achievements
(2002 – 2011)
2008 : IFDC trained 569 input dealers and certified by GOG
2009-11: Dealers set up 219 demos2002-
04:USAID “GAIMS” Dealer Training Project
2005 : AssistedGAIDA to become a founding member of
2003: IFDC facilitatedGAIDA formation with core group of 500 members
2004: Facilitatedopening of 390 new input shops
2008-2011: New 3-yrfunding to support GAIDA + SEEDPAG
2009: IFDC mapped3,500 agro –dealer shoplocations
2010: Published& distributed 5,000 agro –dealer directories to farmers & other s
2010-11103 GAIDA members accessed $1.5m credit from 2 banks
2011: GAIDA assisted GOG to develop regulations to implement the Plant & Fertilizer Law passed in June 2010
2011: GAIDA members trained to deploy ICT to improve operational efficiencies
Pre-subsidy period || Private – Public Partnership to implement fertilizer subsidy since 2008/09
2011: GAIDA membership increased to 1,200
2009IFPRI/IFDCDealer Survey
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Voucher Program Nigeria
Benefits Develops the Private Sector
by providing guaranteed sales in rural areas
Increases efficiency of delivering subsidies to smallholder farmers
Reduces government costs and reaches more farmers
Timely availability of fertilizers
Steps Identify target smallholder
farmers Distribute vouchers to these
farmers Farmers use vouchers to
purchase fertilizers Government honors
vouchers by payment to fertilizer suppliers
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Results Voucher Program
Reached 400,000 targeted rural smallholder farmers 94% of targeted farmers reached (11% old program) Provided $13.5 million in government purchasing-
power support Sold more than 50,000 MT through the private
sector Sold a market value of $32.7 million of mineral
fertilizer
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ICT and Mobile Phone applications
Access Market Information (RESIMAO, Esoko, Mfarm)
Commercialization and tracability Financial services, insurance (M-pesa, Mobile
Money, Kilimo Salama Extension (Kencall)
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Agribusiness Innovations Fertilizers
Facilitate investments in local blending Increased financing options in supply chain Agro-input dealers: last-mile-delivery,
intensification package, product and message Pooling demand of smallholders ICT application for market transparancy E-vouchers
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Conclusions
Agricultural Intensification necessary and requires targeted technical and business innovations
Public-private partnership approaches Well-functioning input and output markets Financing and risks require more attention
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