Engineering Food and Cash from Cassava (EFCC):for sustainable rural development in Africa

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture – Institut international d’agriculture tropicale – www.iita.org

Engineering Food and Cash from Cassava (EFCC):

for sustainable rural development in Africa

A presentation to USAID, Washington

G. Tarawali, P. Ilona, C. Iyangbe, G. Asumugha, M. Subash,

G. Melaku, H. Bouwmeester, R. Yapo, R. Asare, A. Yusuf, D.

Annang


Significance of the Problem

• Food crisis and poverty are global concerns

• World Bank report (2008): food prices increased

by 83% over 3 years

• WFP: 100 million people short of food

• Over 50% in Africa

• Other factors

• Climate change: increased drought

• Low soil fertility

• Poor access to improved germplasm

• Post-harvest losses

• Poor access to market


The result!!

• Yield Gap

• Severe retardation of MDG targets

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Africa needs support to:

Revitalize economic growth and improve

livelihoods of citizens through Agriculture

with focus on Cassava


Why cassava?

Cassava is widely grown in

sub-sahara Africa

Suitable for food, feed and

industrial uses

Rich protein in leaves


Why cassava?

• Thrive in unstable environments

• Drought tolerant

• Grows both on rich and poor soils

• Long storage in ground

• IITA and NARS partners developed

improved varieties (>500) and agronomic

practices in Africa


Why cassava?Processing technologies for cassava have been identified

Local

Improved


Job creation

Income

Food Security

Capacity: 2 t/day-Entrepreneurs Widow’s Mite -

Nigeria

Integrated production, processing

and bread making

Demonstrated a wide range of expertise: Cassava

Enterprise Development Project

Why cassava?


Suggested countries:

Sierra Leone

Liberia

CAR

DRC

Rwanda

Tanzania

Angola

Mozambique

8 countries based on food security and poverty indices (2008)


Objectives

• Identify, multiply and distribute improved varieties

• Validate and promote sustainable soil fertility management

• Identify and promote efficient post harvest utilization technologies

• Strengthen market information system and linkages


• On-farm yield/ha increased by 50%

• New production skills accessed and used by at least 1m farmers

• Sustainable soil fertility management practices popularised

• Best-fit, multi-purpose processing equipment for gari, chips, flour

etc. identified and promoted

• 500 pilot processing centres established

• 500,000 rural processors trained and linked to markets

• At least 4 million jobs (youths and women) created

Expected Results


Time frame = 5 years

Budget = US$15 million


Thank you

I look forward to you

donors to make my sun

rise

Engineering Food and Cash from Cassava (EFCC):for sustainable rural development in Africa

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