A climate smart value chain

approach to improve maize and soya bean productivity

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Austin Ngwira"Director of Agriculture"

Clinton Development Initiative (Malawi)"""

Learning Event 6: What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa?"

Agriculture and Rural Development Day"COP 17"

Durban, South Africa"3 December 2011"

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CDI Anchor Farm Business Model"•  Farmer club:"

–  Typically 10 to 20 members (at least 40% women)"–  Elects leaders democratically"–  Appoints lead (progressive) farmer to be their coach"–  Creates local employment (450 people at peak season)"

Project Summary"

q Goal: increase rural household incomes and food security by increasing soya beans production"

q Farmer targets: Increase from 2500 farmers in 2010/11 to 21,000 in 2012/13"

q Elements of climate smart agriculture:"q Soil cover with crop residues"q Fertiliser trees in farming systems"q Zero/minimum tillage supported by use of

herbicides"

Support services to farmers"q Extend agronomic best practices by working with:!q Develop and strengthen market linkages"q Develop farmer organisations"q Support community infrastructure development

through anchor farm profit plough back"

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ISFM farmer demonstrations"q  Jointly designed with:"

v AGRA Soil Health Programme"v Department of Agricultural Research Services" (Chitedze Research Station)" "

q  Treatments (4):"v  T1: "Intercrop Maize with Gliricidia sepium under CA with

full fertiliser recommendation"v  T2: "Same as T2; replace Gs with Tephrosia vogelli!v  T3: "Soya-Maize Rotation under CA with full " "fertiliser

recommendation "v  T4: "Farmer practice (control) for maize cultivation"

CDI–AGRA/AECF partnership"

•  Expanded outreach to smallholder farmers from 200 in 2008 to 10,400 in 2011/12"

•  Expanded geographical coverage from 1 to 6agruclutral extension planning areas"

•  Capacity building"•  Networking"•  New marketing linkages: financial institutions, input

suppliers"

Achievements"•  Evidence from farmers & demo plots: "

–  Saves labour, time, money "–  Avails manure on farm"–  Reduced Striga incidence"–  Vigorous crop performance"

•  Effective market linkages:"–  Bank approvals for farmer loans 2011/12"–  Secured seed grower contracts"–  Secured pre-season soya seed contract 2011/12"

Market linkages model"

 

• Best  prac*ce  soya  agronomy   • Farm  i nput  distribu*on   • Soya   collec*on ,   bulking   &  shipping  to  buyer   • Pre -­‐ season  c ontract   with  soya   buyer   • Monitor  produc*on  &  marke*ng   • Loan   payments   deduc*ons  from  soya  sales   Input    

• Financial  analysis   • Far mer  service   MOU /Agreement  

• Soya  supply  contract   (pre -­‐ season  signing)   • Soya  shipping  &     *mely  payment  (zero   tolerance  on  delays)    

• Guarantee  market   (Price   &  Volume)   • Market  campaign  (radio   messages,  farmer   mee*ngs,  monitoring   visits)   • Cost  share  in  coll ec*on   &  bulking  centers  

• Farm  input  loan   agreement   • Club  and   individual   accounts  opening   • Loan  recovery   • Scheduled  v an  system     (  payments  &  deposits)     •      

THE  CDI/AGRA  PROJECT  FARM  INPUT   &  OUTPUT   RELATIONAL  MODEL  

 

THANK YOU ALL!!!"

CDI Country Executive, Walker Morris (Right)"

Joyful kids at Nsilombe Village, TA Mavwere, Mchinji District, 4 March 2011"