Cassava: Adding Value for Africa

(C:AVA) Nigeria

Year Three Annual Report Presentation

Professor Lateef Oladimeji Sanni

Country Manager, C: AVA Nigeria

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), Ogun State, Nigeria

Email: lateef_2@yahoo.com

Objective of this Presentation

To showcase the C:AVA Nigeria Year 3 activities vis-

à-vis the overall Project objectives

Understanding the challenges faced in the C: AVA

project implementation

Identify possible areas of amendment to the Project

Refresh strategies (if need be)

Vision – Strategy - Approach

• Vision: Value chains for cassava-based products (HQCF, starch, instant fufu) have the potential to improve incomes of rural farmers

• Strategy: Support for development and rehabilitation of existing value chains for cassava-based products

• Approach: Enhance the business case for cassava-based products, improve linkages within the value chain

Revised milestones (volume of product/beneficiaries (farmers/processors)/levels of benefits

Year-end Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13

Flash drying

No of Dryers upgraded 2 23 19

HQCF (t/year) 750 10,000 15,000

Fresh cassava (t/year) 3,000 40,000 60,000

# factory employees 147 813 1,110

# FCR suppliers 1,500 20,000 30,000

# wet cake suppliers 26 510 1,020

Direct beneficiaries 1,673 21,323 32,130

Average annual return / direct beneficiary

$163 $129 $127

Achievements against milestones S/N Milestones Achievements Remark

1. At least 83 farmers

groups (2500 individual

farmers; 40% of them

women)

100 Farmers Group

(3,021 individuals)

2. At least 75 VPUs/ CPGs

(1,500 individuals of

which 75% are women)

85 VPU/CPGs

(1,753 individuals)

Fufu paste traded: 9936t

Gari traded: 6048t

Total sales: 15,984t

3. Retrofit 2 Existing Flash

Dryers

4-Cyclone FD upgraded

successfully in 2010

UNAAB IPU FD SME

Retrofit is being

upgraded

3-FD companies signed

up for retrofit.

4. 750 Tonnes of

HQCF/Year

5296 tonnes:

HQCF: 4,396 t

Starch: 780 t

Fufu flour: 120 t

Our direct SMEs and

others that benefitted

from our market drive

known to us.

Highlights of activities (market, intermediary, community levels)

Market Intermediary Community

Levels

Activities

Flour Millers SMEs Bulking Agent &

VPUs/ CPGs

National Stakeholders’

Forum

Biscuit

Manufacturers

SMEs Bulking Agent &

VPUs/ CPGs

Practical Demonstration

of HQCF inclusion

Paperboard Adhesive Makers

& SMEs

Bulking Agent &

VPUs/ CPGs

Practical Demonstration

of HQCF inclusion

Adhesive

Makers

SMEs Bulking Agent &

VPUs/ CPGs

Practical Demonstration

of HQCF inclusion

Farmer and Village Level Processor Groups

Service

Providers

Number of

Farmers’

Group

Number of

Individual

Farmers

Number of

Processors’

Group

Number of

Individual

Processors

JDPM 17 643 12 309

AMREC 22 440 20 323

OGADEP 22 715 22 504

FECA 4 116 4 72

COWAN 15 520 12 240

ODSADEP 20 587 15 305

Total 100 3021 85 1753

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C:AVA Nigeria

The Journey so far! Contd• 20,394 bundles of the

improved cassava varieties have been distributed in 2010 planting season to farmers.

Production

Figures

S/N Service Provider Stem supply

(Bundles)

Estab. Farm Size

(ha)

Farm Expansion

from 2009 stem

supply (ha)1:4

Estimate of CAVA

Stems in farmer’s

field (ha)

2009 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010

1. OGADEP 1150 2525 23 50.5 92 142.2

2. AMREC 2192 3050 26.4 61 105.6 166.6

3. JDPM 1450 804 29 16.06 116 132.06

4. ODSADEP 1643 I600 32.8 32 131.2 153.2

5. COWAN 700 1359 14 27.18 56 83.18

6. FECA

Others

Cassava Growers

(Ondo)

Cassava Growers

(Ogun)

Agbelere Group

(Ondo)

610

800

1560

2,500

4,000

3000

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TOTAL 8775 20,394 157.4 329.4 565.6 713.4

Training on common errors in cassava production in Ondo state

Training on common errors in cassava production in Ogun state

Farmers/Processors Trainings Activity Location Attendance Date

1. Training of Trainer’s workshop on wet

fufu cake production

OGADEP 25 participants (25 Females, 10

Males).

1. Step-down training workshop on wet

fufu cake production

UNAAB IPU (Fufu

factory)

72 participants (47 Females, 25

Males).

1. Training of Trainer’s workshop on wet

fufu cake production

JDPM Ilaro 46 participants (41 Females, 5

Females)

1. Training of Trainer’s workshop on wet

fufu cake production

Sunshine Foods Ondo 105 registered participants (45

Females, 60 Males)

1. Step down training on wet fufu cake

production

Blopamed Foods at

Imuwen, Ijebu

48 registered participants (33 Females, 15 Males)

1. Step down training on wet fufu cake

production

JDPM at Iwoye 53 registered participants (48 Females, 5 Males)

1. Step down training on wet fufu cake

production

AMREC at Agbetu 99 registered participants; 41 Males; 58 Females

Field Days & Cassava YieldsS/N Location Date Number of

Participants

Average

Yield

(Tonnes)

1. (Ewekoro LGA) 74 44.4

2. Oke-okan Community (Yewa

South LGA)

22 – 6 – 2010 45 35

3. Coker Farm Settlement (Ifo

LGA)

10 – 6 – 2010 92 40.4

4. 50 25

5. Adofure (Akure South LGA) 30 – 6 – 2010

14 – 9 – 2010

65 37

6. – Odo 5 – 8 – 2010 56 31.5

7. of Agriculture (FECA) 23 – 7 – 2010 72 32

8. Isarun (Ifedore LGA) 23 – 9 – 2010 40 44.3

9. Ilaro 21 – 12 – 2010 22 36

10. Farm Settlement 22 – 12 – 2010 48 39

HQCF Utilisation in Biscuits &

Adhesive

• Practical

Demonstration of

the use of HQCF

in biscuits and

Adhesive was

done FIIRO,

Lagos State.

Practical Demonstration of the Use of

Cassava Peels in Mushroom Production

FIIRO at Sunshine Cassava & Agro Processing Limited,

Ondo State on 3rd – 5th November 2010.

Strengthening of the

Processors Groups• The Women Village Processors

at Awowo, (Agbeloba

Processing group) were aligned

with the needs of an identified

exporter, interested in

marketing of dried powdered

fufu in the U.S. with a

contractual agreement to

produce one metric ton of fufu.

The first batch was delivered to

RONUGA Enterprises on July

2010 while the second batch

was delivered on November

2010.

Significant improvements

to flash drying

• Old dryers used 199 l diesel per t HQCF

• Newly designed Nobex 4 uses 86 l/t (49% efficient). Cost

reduction ca. $130/t- 50% fuel cost reduction

• Changes (fans/heat exchangers) to commercially-produced

equipment consequence of C:AVA assessments.

• Modifications to design a result of C:AVA intervention

Working with Flash Dryer

Manufacturers and SMEs• Fabricators:

• Niji Lukas Limited; NOBEX

Limited; Peak Precision Ltd ready

to retrofit.

• The team also visited Thai Farm

International Limited

• National Executives of Nigeria

Cassava Processors and

Marketers Association

(NICAPMA).

1

3

6

63

25

1

5

11

3

1

1

1

2

4

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24

22

2

103 Operators

124 Flash-Dryers

Cap: 66,420 t/yrOperatos

1

13

2

1

1

1Status March 2011

10 Operators

14 Flash-Dryers

Cap: 18,460 t/yr

Are the flash dryers cost-efficient?

Industry standard: 50%

Name of

flash dryer

Output kg dry

product /hr

Diesel per

ton dry

product

Efficiency

%

Nobex 96kg 132 litres 32%

Peak 103kg 374 litres 11%

Niji-Lukas ? ? ?

Nobex Imp 202kg 86 litres 49%

National Stakeholders

Forum• 30th November 2010

• Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja.

• Members of the National Assembly;

Equipment fabricators; Cassava

Processing SMEs from different parts of

the country; NGOs; Standards

Organisation of Nigeria (SON); Research

Organisations (FIIRO; Raw Materials

Research and Development Council –

RMRDC; National Root Crop Research

Institute – NRCRI; National Stored

Produce Research Institute – NSPRI;

International Institute of Tropical

Agriculture – IITA; etc); Ogun State

Cassava Revolution Programme; etc.

• Participants: 194 registered participants

comprised of 59 female and 135 male.

Collaboration and partnerships

• Cassava Revolution

Programme

• USAID Market

• Emmanuel Simantov

of HORUS

Enterprises, Paris on

Cameroon cassava

project

• HarvestPlus Project

• Mass Media campaign

• www.punchontheweb.com

• http://www.nifst.org/Events/Trainin

g-Workshops

• Compass Newspaper of 25th June

2010 with the full story on page 44.

• www.punchontheweb.com

• Hope Newspaper of 24th June, 2010.

• The Punch 28th, June, page 29 and

2nd July 2010

• Nigerian Compass of 25th June 2010,

page 44.

• Nation newspaper of 30th July 2010

• Bumper harvest for CAVA farmers –

The Nation Newspaper, Monday

March 21, 2011

Success stories• Flour Millers Buys HQCF Again

• Fufu Flour From Awowo Village Processing Unit Hits U.S.A Market

• More female farmers demands for new cassava stem distributed by C:AVA Nigeria in Year 2010

• Increased Yield Excites Farmers (25 – 35T/ Ha)

• Product Diversification by SMEs (Cassalina, Cassavita, Cassamina, etc)

• Female Involvement in Group Leadership & Group Formation in Some Communities

• Additional Income to Beneficiaries (Making of pastries products using HQCF in Ondo State)

• Agbetunmise Farmers’Group (Yewa South LGA) is registered with Ogun State Ministry for Cooperatives and community Development

The Challenges

• The sudden cancellation of the contracts of six service

providers

• The inconsistent nature of government policies in the

country.

• The increasing cost of labour and transportation for the

farmers.

• The price of HQCF within the reporting period ranged

between (N65,000 and N80, 000 per tonne), which is

discouraging to the farmers and processors when

compared to the market prices of other cassava based

staples – garri, starch, instant fufu, etc. (N120,000 –

N250,000/ Tonne)

• Flour Millers stopped the procurement of HQCF from

major SMEs some months within the reporting period.

Key lessons learned

The HQCF inclusion Policy has been

so much politicised and might not be

passed immediately

Flour Millers are including HQCF but

do not want to disclose to the public

More activities should be organised to

attract Political Office Holders

attention to HQCF and Cassava

sector

Adopt new SMEs in other States for the C:AVA Project in Nigeria

On-site demonstration of HQCF inclusion in Biscuit production with Biscuit Manufacturers Association (BMAN)

On-site demonstration of HQCF inclusion in Paperboard production with a Paperboard Company

Market linkages for farmers, processors & SMEs

Organise a stakeholders forum for advocacy purpose

Market development for HQCF, Starch and other Cassava based products

Plans for the Future & Possible

Amendment

C:AVA NIGERIA ACTIVITIES AFTER

STRATEGIC REFRESH

Apr-

11 May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan-12 Feb Mar

Conduct a detailed market assessment of cassava products in Nigeria (TFI link)

Support market linkages within value chains for SMEs

Practical Demonstration of the use of HQCF

in Paperboard & Biscuit Manufacture

Develop Business case for 3 FDs before &

after retrofit

Signing an MOU between company and the C:AVA project

Assessment of current operations of flash

dryers before retrofit

Upgrading of three Flash Dryer

Hold open days at the premises of the fabricators or at processing sites where a dryer has been upgraded.

Assessment of post upgrade efficiency of the 3 FDs

Disseminate information to potential SME

FDs for retrofits and backstop to retrofits

such

To assess performance of retrofitted FDs

Impact Assessment of Farmers and Processors Groups at Household level

To support farmers that supply Retrofitted

FDs with TME 419

To conduct simple GAPs to C:AVA beneficiaries

Issues to Note

• The contract of the Country Manager, BDA and support staff ends by 31st March 2011

• Some SMEs (especially new ones) not willing to disclose the volume of production and sales

• Overhead cost of communication is relatively high compared to previous budget

• Present expansion of the number of States in Nigeria would involve a lot of travels and so will increase the cost for travels & Per diems

• Difficulty in securing money through the University Domiciliary Account for C:AVA Activities

Thank youfor your attention!