Biocontrol in Africa

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Aflatoxin Biocontrol in

Africa

Ranajit Bandyopadhyay IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria

APPEAR Meeting

Kampala, 13-15 October 2014

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• IITA

• USDA

• AATF

• BMGF/USAID

• Doreo Partners

• National institutions

Strong Partnership



Biocontrol Timeline


Product Development in Africa

Products ready for registration

Products under testing in farmers’ fields Strain development in progress

Senegal

Burkina

Faso Ghana

Nigeria

Kenya

Tanzania

Mozambique

Zambia

Product fully registered

Rwanda

Malawi

Burundi

Uganda

The

Gambia


Biopesticides Registration

USDA-FAS support

• KEPHIS, Kenya: 2010 (regional)

• Ibadan, Nigeria: 2010 (regional)

• Addis Ababa: 2011 (regional)

• PCPB, Kenya: 2012 (national)

• Zanzibar, Tanzania: 2012 (regional)

• Dakar, Senegal: 2012 (national)

• Lilongwe, Malawi: 2013 (regional)

USDA-FAS also supports work on sampling protocols


Challenges

• Aflatoxin is a hidden problem

• Chemical analysis required

• Awareness is low

• Long incubation for expression of liver cancer

• Regulations either non-existent or poorly enforced

• Market does not usually discriminate

• Demonstration of product value

• Lack of biopesticide manufacturers

The value of a technology on the shelf is as much as the cost of the space it occupies on the shelf.

Must translate knowledge into usable products and practices to benefit people

But……


Key Elements • Farmer-centric: Farmers’ interest

as the foundation of the action. Value chain and home-grown food

• Action-oriented: Using practical methods which involve doing things to deal with problems, not just talking about ideas, plans, or theories

• Innovation platform: An approach to problem solving through which actors with a stake in a common issue or set of issues get together regularly to address their common challenges.

Mycored Europe, 28 May, 2013


Scaling-Out

• Nigeria: AgResults (260,000 t) • Senegal: Area-wide treatment in

2013; about 8 tons used • Kenya: Government buy-in;

excellent support • Zambia: Large-scale efficacy tests

and demonstration of product value with private sector (12 t)

• Need for business plan, manufacturing capacity, marketing and distribution strategies

• Critical role of PACA and RECs


Aflasafe Manufacturing Facility

Large-scale: capacity 5 tons/hour Cost: ~US$1.6 million; Price: $14 - $18/ha Purpose: Scaling up

Building: Approximately 10 m tall; about 20 m wide; 30 m long.

Silos hold about 20 tons each. Hoppers also in coater and packing lines.

Raw Grain

Spore Culture Room

End

Pro

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ct Storage

Packing Room

Toilet

End Product Silos

Roasted Grain

Final Cleaners

Roasters

Bagger

Modular Manufacturing Facility

Capacity: 5 tons/day Cost: ~US$400,000 Purpose: Introduction Cost: $12 – 15/ha Labour intensive

Current and future biocontrol efforts

• Create a sustainable system (commercialization/public good)

where small holder farmers have access to Aflasafe and are

incentivized to utilize Aflasafe to control aflatoxin levels in

their maize

• Value chain and innovation platforms

• Develop cheaper manufacturing method

• Financing and implementation of manufacturing facility

• Advocacy, awareness, demonstration of product value

• Full registration, licensing and stewardship

• Training and technical back-stopping

• Develop second generation product

• Develop regional strains – fill country gaps in strain collection

IITA

Tucson

USDA/ARS IITA, USDA, & Doreo have Teamed up to Bring

Aflatoxin Prevention to Africa

Made Possible by Many National Partners in Ministries, Industry, and on the Farm

Nigeria

For more information about aflatoxin biocontrol for Africa, check out: www.aflasafe.com

http://www.entwicklung.at/en/

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