"NEPAD Cassava Initiative- lessons learned and way forward".

Boma Simeon AngaChairman

NEPAD PAN AFRICAN CASSAVA INITIATIVE(NPACI)

Unlocking Cassava Potential In Africa

The NEPAD vision for CASSAVA:“A cassava led agriculture development

that eliminates hunger, reduce poverty, enhance food security, opens the way to

industrialization and the expansion of exports and puts the continent on a

higher economic growth path”.

Established in January 2005 NEPAD Pan African Cassava Initiative “NPACI”Is a leading initiative and Agricultural Program

promoted by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD.

As a means to UNLOCK the enormous potential of cassava in Africa for:

• Food security• Employment generation • Income generation • Rural development• Import substitution• Transport & Household energy production.

NEPAD PAN AFRICA CASSAVA INITIATIVE (NPACI)

• Find profitable growth market opportunities• Link cassava producing countries to this

opportunities• Facilitate the emergence of a formidable

stakeholders platform to exploit this opportunities such as the Presidential initiatives.

• Increase yields-better crop mgt.-enhanced access to improved planting material & inputs.

• Develop high-value products and processing technologies targeting identified markets

• Reduce costs at all levels

Suitable Areas For Cassava In Africa

Cassava Harvested Area

THE NIGERIAN E10 BIO FUEL PROGRAMME

Nigeria has set a vision to launch a new fuel ethanol industry nationally within the next five years. NNPC is to spearhead the

creation of this new industry.

Maximize Carbon Credit opportunities

Thriving Homegrown

Industry

Sustainable Development

Rural wealth & Job Creation

Environmentally Friendly

Energy Self-Sufficiency

Integrate Oil & Gas with

Agriculture

•Nigeria’s land is ideally suited for sugarcane, cassava and palm oil production

•Estimated land availability for large scale bio-fuel operations is above 2 million hectares

•Nigeria has the potential to create a sustainable bio-fuel industry capable of generating between 500,000 and one million jobs.

RationaleThis program should lead to:

S/No. Ethanol markets in Nigeria Market Demand per Year

1 Gasoline (E10 Blend) 1.30 Billion Liters

2

Paraffin (Replacement WithEthanol Based cooking Fuel)

3.75 Billion Litres

3Raw Material for PortableEthanol(Re-distillation market)

0.12 Billion Litters

Total Market Size 5.22 Billion Liters

Market Value:3.08 Billion dollarsAnnual Projected growth rate: 5%

• Accelerate cassava contribution to ethanol production especially targeting household & transport fuels for income security

• Expand local, domestic regional and international markets for ethanol in Africa:

• Germplasm development and evaluation for ethanol production– High root starch content, - Sugary cassava variety

• Multiplication of high ethanol cassava producing varieties• Aggressively Promote contract out-grower schemes as way

of integrating Africa's small holders with Ethanol industry and into the emerging Bio-fuel economy:

The Clean Household fuel Program:“an initiative to both prove and develop ethanol

fuels for use in the household for cooking, heating, lighting, refrigeration and small-scale power

generation. The Project seeks to Profitably bring Clean ethanol based fuel & the best appliances and make them Available, Accessible and Affordable to low income African Households moving them out of

the of energy poverty trap”.

Our Strategic Objective

An Integrated Fuel Ethanol & NucleusFarm Complex

A new initiative to produce crude Ethanol 90% strengthAt Village level for Final Distillation  to 95% 99.9 % at larger PlantsProducing Portable & Industrial  & Fuel Ethanol Grades of Ethanol.

Ethanol powered Shower with heater

The shower head

1. Energy security & diversification

2. Higher convertible currency exports

3. New revenue stream for agro-industries & farmers

4. Carbon finance

Private sector

Commercial Banks

NGOs Civil

Society

Gov Development

Banks Development

Partners Sub-regional, Regional. & International Institutions Research

CASSAVAFARMERS

CassavaCassavarootsroots

HQCF Factories

HQ CassavaHQ Cassavaflourflour

Domestic imported wheatwheat grains wheat grains

Wheat flourmills(Blending)

Wheat flour, Wheat flour,

Wheat/cassava flour

mixes

Breadbakers

Biscuitfactories

NoodlesProducer-

Home

caterers

WHEATFARMERS

HIGH QUALITY AND LOW COST CONSUMER PRODUCTS

FRAMEWORK FOR NATOINAL COMPOSITE FLOUR SYSTEM

By Abass Adebayo IITA

The Cassava flour production process1

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5

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Promoting Contract Cassava Flour/Starch Dying & Packaging Factories in Africa:

6. Dewatered cake being delivered to drying factory

7.The drying factory 8.Final products readyfor the markets

7.Drying factory

The Multi- Billion Dollar Cassava Starch Refinery Industry

New Biopolymers

Biofuels

New Cassava starch plant Being built in Nigeria.

Cassava Starch Production In Africa.

1. There are over 3,000 micro to small scale producers.

2. Their is 1 large scale Glucose plant 4t/hr in Nigeria.

3. Over 20 new large scale plants around being planned.

4. Their are 6 large scale 3t/hr Cassava starch factories in Africa. 3 in Nigeria,1 in Ghana & 2 in South Africa :

Starch factory in South Africa (CSM)Own production of

cassava using sprinkler irrigation and fertilizers

Average yield: >50 MT/Ha (15 month) Cost price > 20 USD/ton

A MICRO/SMALL SCALE CASSAVA CHIPS PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA (1TON/DAY)

TOTAL INVESTMENT $100 - $ 1,600.

Bulking Dried Cassava Chips For Supplies to industries and For Export.

Confronting the Major Cassava Diseases and Pests In Africa.

Viruses (Information courtesy by Dr. James Legg/IITA Tanzania)

• Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease (CBVD) • Cassava Mosaic Virus (CMM)Pests• Cassava Green Mite• Cassava Mealy Bug• Bacterial Blight• Termites• Rodents/wild pigs/monkeys

Solution; ‘Bitter cultivars’

Increasing Prominence of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CDSD)

Leaves: chlorosis– bottom leaves

Stems: brown streaks

Roots: dry necrotic rot –most damaging

Investing in the provision of feedstock production support services

Private Extension services

Production & supplies of Improved planting materials & other inputs …

Contract Farm mechanization services

We must mechanize!!!Don’t use heavy machinery in fragile soils

Promote use of light machinery such the rugged power tiller and accessories

Cost Reduction Effects

Manual planting: 1ha/day (12 persons)

1 ha/hour /3 persons26

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Mechanizedplanting

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US$/ton

100% 13.6% 11.6% 27.9% 40.5%

Replicate Good Examples of Optimized Cassava Growing Conditions i.e. in Ivory Coast

60 t/Ha for some cultivars!

No virusesNo bacteriaHealthy cuttingsHigh densityNo weedsOptimal managment

NPACI ACHIEVEMENTS• Cassava market studies• Promotion of cassava bio-ethanol• Cassava inventory in Africa• Studies on Presidential Initiatives on Cassava• Promote National Cassava Task Forces (NTF)• Promotion of Pan African Cassava Market

Information system• Resource mobilization on national, regional and

continental initiatives• Promotion of national and regional networking• Strategic public-private partnerships to promote

collective action among stakeholders

THE NPACI DELEGATION TO SOUTH EAST ASIA ON CASSAVA AGRO

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTNovember 12th – 23rd 2007.

LESSONS LEARNT• The right policy enviroment is critical to

attracting investment and stimulating growth in Africa.

• Without legislated policy support ,gains in cassava development will not be sustained.

• Access to long term investment finance at low interest rates continue to be a major bottleneck that hamper African private sector ability to respond to new market opportuniities.

• There is glaring Donor fatique and African Governments have not kept their promise to invest in removing the constrainsts that hamper cassava development.

Way Forward– Organize a high level Presidential summit for

“Unlockig the Potential of Cassava in Africa”Uganda November 2009.

– Articulate the market opportunties and potential for the cassava sub sector in Africa.

– Pioriotise the policy initiatives and enviroment required to unlock the African cassava potential

– Pioriotized the investments at all levels required– Concentrate on investment analysis and preparation

of “bankable” investment proposals– Encourage national, regional and international

exchange of experience, skills and technologies.

W. African CountriesNEPAD/ECOWAS

CassavaNational

Task Force

CassavaNational

Task Force

NPACI SCNPACI Coordinator

[IITA]

NationalCoordinator

NationalCoordinator

E. African CountriesNEPAD/EAEC

Regional Program

Coordinator[CEWARRNET]

Regional Program

Coordinator[ASARECA]

S. African CountriesNEPAD/SADC

Regional Program

Coordinator[SARRNET]

CassavaNational

Task Force NationalCoordinator

Arab Union CountriesNEPAD/MAHREB/ EN-SAD

Central AfricaCongo –KinshasaBurundiRwandaCameroon

Southern AfricanSouth AfricaZambiaAngolaMalawiMozambiqueSwaziland

West AfricaNigeriaGhanaTogoBenin RepublicIvory CoastSenegalSierra LeoneLiberia

East Africa TanzaniaKenyaUganda

Participating Countries In the NPACI Cassava Program

Tradhol International S.A

DOMETIC A.B SWEDEN

SOME OF NPACI PARTNERS NARSSROsPRIVATE SECTORUNIVERSITIES FARMERASSOCIATIONSCG CENTERSNEPADFARANGOs(Local & Int’l)

Promoting NPACI Initiative Amongst KeyAfrican Leaders & Stakeholders

NPACI Chairman with Sierra Leonean President Kabah

NPACI Chair with Ugandan President Musoveni

AFRICA CAN NOT SPELL “S CCESS” WITHOUT “U”

By

BOMA S ANGA, CHAIRMAN, NEPAD PAN AFRICAN CASSAVA INITIATIVE