Northern Region

Cunthia Koraul, Siise Aliyu, Abdou Fall, Mary Glower-Amengor, Konlan S. Pigangsoa, Franklin Avoryo, Cosmos Nyar, Zakaria S.

Iddrisu, Kazuki Saito, Kenneth Opare-Oboubi, Alexendra N. Wiredu and Fred Kizito

West Africa Review & Planning workshop

Towards Achieving an Integrated Systems Approach

What available technologies and institutional arrangements do we have that can be integrated to improve productivity and NRM? Small scale mechanization for;

• Cropping, Transport, Processing

Soil conservation techniques • Zai, Ridging, contours etc.

Integrated soil fertility mgt.• Combination of organic and inorganic• Crop rotation• Rhizobia inoculation• Nutrient manager( AfricaRice)

Understanding Intensification approach that enhances crop and livestock systems

Improved availability of quality biomass• Irrigation• Fodder/ multi-purpose trees• Cover crops• Food-feed crops• Medicinal plants • Bio-conservation (no bush burning)• Straw management

Promotion of improved genotypes of cereals and legumes High quality seeds

Farmer sensitization on production of quality products (Eg. Rice) Markets Nutrition

Available technologies/socio-economic tools for Integration - Need sensitization of farmers to eat quality products: HH

nutritional sensitization- Food preparation could reduce mineral content- Animal source foods are an entry point for improving quality- Training on handling and processing at the processing level is critical: adding value to soybean ; and food preservation- Conducting baseline studies where nutritional content of food taken up is assessed thru lab analysesInterventions: - Introduce fruit trees for each household to improve

nutrition- Eating patterns, traditions socio-cultural constructs and

settings

What specific activities will leverage the power of integrated research? Crop livestock intensification

• Crop-poultry• Crop-small ruminants• Cereal-legume-multipurpose trees

Develop functional MSPs for value chain promotion• Information access• E-learning (extension materials)

Water harvesting structures • On-farm for livestock and supplementary irrigation

Identify specific dev. domain- Approaches that assess systems and identify entry points leading to FtF outcomes.

- Conveyance of manure: Introduce means of transport to facilitate manure movement for crop soil livestock integration: trailer mounted on bicycle, donkey transport

- Txt msgs to inform farmers when to plough sow get inputs, market info

- Construct solar driers to dry poultry manure, pkg them to sale them

- Linkage of manure abundant areas to manure scarce areas

Conceptual Integration Framework

Soil/Water

Live-stock

Crops

Int. S & W Mgt

CLSI

Nutrition /food security

Value chain development

Land and water right system

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Natural Resource Base Research ideals

Small scale mechanization. (processing)

Soil and water conservation techniques

Water harvest Irrigation Red. erosion

Improved biomass Improved access to

market & inputs

Tools/strategies

Institutional arrangements

Tech-InterventionsProcess-oriented interventions:

Cross-cutting

Writing team? Specific individuals? Key project partners

Research team? Generic functions required? Yes; outcome driven Specific institutions and individuals?

CG Centres National Partners Public partners e.g MoFA CBOs, NGOs, Private Sector

Who should be part of the research team?

Development partners Other ‘knowledge’ partners Specific institutions (and individuals)?

CSIR: ARI, WRI, SARI KNUST IPA Women dev. groups

Who could we partner with?

Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation

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