ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF HIGH QUALITY CASSAVA FLOUR IN NIGERIA:

PROGRESS/ACTIVITY REPORTSByLuke O. Olarinde

Background

The overall goals is to increase cassava yield from the current per hectare production levels estimated at 12.5ton/ha to 20ton/ha, increase cassava-based household incomes of involved stakeholders by at least 20%, contribute to employment creation and reduction in wheat import expenditure by NGN.

Programme (specific) objectives: Analyze and synthesize the structure and performance of the

Nigerian cassava sector to identify appropriate interventions to improve sector performance and vertically integrate the sector agents to internal and international market opportunities

Raise productivity through scaling-up and scaling-out of the most successful market-oriented cassava production innovations to a new generation of business-oriented cassava farmers, engaged in commercial cassava production, with sustainable link to reliable demand

Advance the application and adaptation of proofed commercially successful market-oriented cassava processing and quality management innovations to make Nigerian cassava products competitive in local and international markets

Programme (specific) objectives (Contd):

Develop effective marketing strategy and strong institutional mechanisms for a durable cassava marketing and appropriate policy framework to transform the Nigerian cassava sector; and

Identify, characterize and measure impact of the evolving scale-based modes of intensified production, processing, marketing and institutional innovations which underpin the most durable and equitable market integration of cassava producers, processors and traders.

Programme Studies• 2 Studies: 1 and 2• Study 1: Terms of reference and duties• The terms of reference (ToR) are as follows: A.Plan and carry out surveys using at least ten

questionnaires to: Analyze the cassava-based industry and general value chain   Quantify the latent demand for cassava products and the

required quality characteristic; including market performance for cassava products

Identify, characterize, and document the changes in knowledge and attitudes of the value chain actors,

The terms of reference (Contd)

B. Contribute to data analysis

C. Prepare detailed scientific reports of the findings (three reports). The reports are on: Value chain and Industry analysis Quantification of the latent demand for HQCF and other products, the required quality characteristic; including market performance for the cassava productsDocumentation of the changes in knowledge and attitudes of cassava value chain actors

The terms of reference (Contd)

D. Produce at least ten Cassava Value Chain research report series and policy briefs for internal publication.

E. Publish eight journal articles, from the findings, in Thomson-indexed international journals of high impact factor.

The Actor type questionnaires 1. Household (producers’) 2. Village (community level) 3. Processors 4. Equipment fabricators 5. Input-suppliers 6. End-users 7. Marketers 8. Transporters 9. Extension 10. SWOT (for all (group) of actors, except Community)

For Team 1: Household and village level surveysSampling procedure: Stratification→Pimary sampling→secondary sampling→Final sampling

Table 1: Sample selection for LGAs, EAs (Villages/Communities) and Households

States LGAs Eas LGA samples EA samples HH samples

Oyo 33 35,534 6 18 233

Ogun 20 18,518 3 9 116

Enugu 16 13,997 3 9 116

Rivers 22 24,871 4 12 155

Abia 18 11570 3 9 116

FCT 06 3787 1 3 39

Total 115 20 60 776

For team 2: Processors, equipment fabricators, marketers, input suppliers

• Sampling procedure: • Processors (Between 153 and 157-Select ≥150);• Equipment fabricators: select-by snowball or all if list is available

(fabricators may not be many);• Marketers: select-by snowball (≥50 per state) or random selection

-proportionately if list (of association members) available;

• Input suppliers: select-by snowball (≥50 per state) or random selection if list (of association members) available;

• Consumers: select 400-500 (overall) shared proportionally by the 6 survey states.

For Team 3: End-users, consumers, extension

• Sampling: • End-users: Select all from Tables 3 and 4, then

select ≤50 food factories, between 30 and 50 home caterers per state, 10-20 restaurants per state, 5-10 Industrial (non-food) users per state.

• Consumers: select 400-500 (overall) shared proportionally by the 6 survey states

• Extension: Select one each from the ADP, LGA and NGO

Target groups1. Smallholder farmers and farmers’ associations;2. Contract growers; 3. Youth involved at any level along the cassava value chain; 4. Farmers-cum-processors; 5. Fabricators; 6. Farm Input Suppliers; 7. Selected Cassava Flour Millers; 8. Bakeries; 9. Transporters; 10. Food regulatory agencies; 11. Researchers; 12. Extension agents; and13. Consumers.

Key Indicators and Method

A. Milestones:

MILESTONES

Expected 1 Realized 1 Expected 2 Realized 2

Field survey completed: 1January 2014- 31 January 2015 (4 weeks).

Design of actor type questionnaires completed: mid-January 2015.

Field survey completed: March 2015

Data entry completed: Feb 2015 – 1st week March 2015 (7 weeks)

Data entry completed: May-2nd week June 2015

Data analysis and report writing completed: 2nd week March-April 2015 (6 weeks)

Data cleaning Completed: end of June, 2015.

Data management/ processing and analysis Completed: End of July, 2015.

Report writing completed: End of October, 2015.

Ten handbooks of HQCF research finding series and policy briefs for internal publication: January 2016.

Ten handbooks of HQCF research finding series and policy briefs for internal publication: January 2016.

At least eight articles submitted/accepted: January 2016.

At least eight articles submitted/accepted: January 2016.