Evaluation of Africa RISING technologies per farm type and per

region in GhanaMirja Michalscheck, Wageningen University

AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March–1 April 2016

Africa RISING – Ghana: Intervention Communities

Task: Evaluate AR technologies /type and /region

IFPRI types: HHs Participatory types

LRE MRE MRE HRE

Comparing the different farm typologies

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM So

ybea

n

M.Leg.R

otation

M.Leg.S

trip

010203040506070

Comparison of Scores

HHHWifeSon

Cum

ulati

ve sc

ores

giv

en b

y th

e di

ffere

nt H

H

mem

bers

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM So

ybea

n

M.Leg.R

otation

M.Leg.S

trip

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

Evaluation by Household Head

Product QualitySoil FertilityAcceptabilityLabourAffordability

Scor

es g

iven

by

the

hous

ehol

d he

ad

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM So

ybea

n

M.Leg.R

otation

M.Leg.S

trip

0

20

40

60

80

Evaluation by Wife

AcceptabilityLabourAffordability

Scor

es g

iven

by

the

wife

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM So

ybea

n

M.Leg.R

otation

M.Leg.S

trip

-20

0

20

40

60

80

Evaluation by SonProduct Quality

Soil Fertility

Acceptability

Labour

Affordability

Scor

es g

iven

by

the

son

LRE- NR

Duko (NR)

NPK/SA on Maize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM Soybean

M.Leg.Rotati

on

M.Leg.St

rip0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

LREMREHRE

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray o

n Cowpea

ISFM So

ybean

M.Leg.Rotation

M.Leg.St

rip0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

LREMREHRE

NPK/SA on M

aize

Spray o

n Cowpea

ISFM So

ybean

M.Leg.Rotation

M.Leg.St

rip

-20.0

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

LREMREHRE

Nyangua (UE) Zanko (UW)

HHH Wife Son

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

P3: ISFM on Soybean

Product Quality

Soil Fertility

Acceptability

Labour

Affordability

Comparison of NR, UE, UW

NPK/SA on Maize

Spray

on Cowpea

ISFM Soybean

M.Leg.Rotati

on

M.Leg.St

rip0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

NRUEUW

Modelling – using Farm DESIGN

BASE

LIN

E

Mai

ze

Cow

pea

Soy

Rota

tion

Strip

Com

bine

d

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

Profit (GHS/yr)SOM balance (kg/ha)Labour (h/ha)

Rela

tive

Chan

ge

LRE - NR

LRE - NRHRE - NR

Technologies vs. Techniques

Learning from others...

Rainfall Index Insurance:ꜛFertilizer: 25 %ꜛLabour: 13 %ꜛCult. Area: 8 %

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