Responding to Immediate Needs and Building a Foundation Responding to Immediate Needs and Building a Foundation for for

Long-Term Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction Long-Term Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction

Seyfu Ketema –Executive Director ASARECASeyfu Ketema –Executive Director ASARECASOUTHERN SUDAN AGRICULTURE CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCESOUTHERN SUDAN AGRICULTURE CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE

Windsor Hotel and Country Club; Nairobi, KenyaWindsor Hotel and Country Club; Nairobi, KenyaAugust 24-25, 2010 August 24-25, 2010

MissionMission

Enhance regional collective action in Enhance regional collective action in agricultural agricultural research for developmentresearch for development, , extensionextension and and agricultural training and educationagricultural training and education to promote to promote economic growth, fight poverty, eradicate hunger economic growth, fight poverty, eradicate hunger and enhance sustainable use of resources in and enhance sustainable use of resources in Eastern and Central Africa.Eastern and Central Africa.

Farmer empowerment for innovation in smallholder agriculture

• Enterprises for the Enterprises for the value chain value chain innovation selectedinnovation selected• Rice Rice • PotatoesPotatoes• Maize Maize • Bananas Bananas

• Training on Training on organizational self organizational self assessment toolassessment tool

Enhancing utilisation of quality seed potato Enhancing utilisation of quality seed potato by small-scale farmersby small-scale farmers

The positive selection and The positive selection and crop rotation technologies crop rotation technologies for management of for management of bacterial wilt is being testedbacterial wilt is being tested

Information materials Information materials developed on clean potato developed on clean potato seed production and the seed production and the management of bacterial management of bacterial wilt.wilt.

Quality Protein Maize Agro-Enterprises for Improved Quality Protein Maize Agro-Enterprises for Improved Household Income Household Income

Value chain analysis Value chain analysis undertaken for QPM undertaken for QPM

Innovation Platforms for Innovation Platforms for Technology Adoption Technology Adoption (IPTAs) are formed(IPTAs) are formed

Breeders seed of QPM Breeders seed of QPM availed to seed availed to seed companiescompanies

Recipes for QPM products Recipes for QPM products developeddeveloped

Private Company Partnership Work Private Company Partnership Work PromotionPromotion

Tanseed international Tanseed international company-training seed company-training seed growers & buying seed growers & buying seed through contractual through contractual arrangements ( Tanzania)arrangements ( Tanzania)

Tanfeed company – Tanfeed company – contracting QPM growers contracting QPM growers (substitute fishmeal & (substitute fishmeal & artificial lysine with QPM artificial lysine with QPM in poultry feedin poultry feedQPM flour in

supermarkets Tanzania

Increasing sorghum utilization and marketability Increasing sorghum utilization and marketability through food diversificationthrough food diversification

Recipes for using sorghum Recipes for using sorghum flour for confectionary have flour for confectionary have been developed . Bread, been developed . Bread, biscuits, cakes, pops from biscuits, cakes, pops from sorghum sorghum

In Tanzania these products In Tanzania these products are produced by are produced by small scale small scale processors as cottage processors as cottage industriesindustries and marketed with and marketed with premium prices in premium prices in supermarketssupermarkets

In Uganda varieties are In Uganda varieties are being evaluated for the being evaluated for the brewing industry.brewing industry.

Climate ChangeClimate Change Africa is projected to be most affected by the negative Africa is projected to be most affected by the negative

impacts of Climate Change.impacts of Climate Change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected that by 2020projected that by 2020

Agricultural yields in some African Countries are Agricultural yields in some African Countries are likely to decline by 50%likely to decline by 50%

Protests on high food pricesProtests on high food prices• Urban poor particularly hit hard, but Urban poor particularly hit hard, but farmers farmers

are net food buyers are net food buyers

Examples of adverse effects of Examples of adverse effects of climate changeclimate change

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Dissapearing snow onMt Kilimanjaro – May 2010

Drought in Dodoma region - Drought in Dodoma region - 20082008

**Poor Animal HealthPoor Animal Health **Tree Tree FellingFelling

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Soil degradation, Kinyasungwi river, Tanzania

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Floods disrupt human settlements February 2010

Droughts in dry lands

Integrated technologies for drought mitigation and Integrated technologies for drought mitigation and increasing smallholder sorghum productivityincreasing smallholder sorghum productivity

Sorghum variety Sorghum variety WAHI WAHI received only one shower of received only one shower of rain but still managed to rain but still managed to produce big heads , at Mgori, produce big heads , at Mgori, Singida, TanzaniaSingida, Tanzania

Variety Variety HakikaHakika in kamoda, in kamoda, singida rural, Tanzaniasingida rural, Tanzania

The two varieties are some of The two varieties are some of the most drought and striga the most drought and striga resistant varieties available.resistant varieties available.

The ASARECA Development Partners The ASARECA Development Partners African Development Bank (AfDB)African Development Bank (AfDB) Department for International Development (DFID)Department for International Development (DFID) Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA-Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA-

Canada)Canada) European Union (EU)European Union (EU) International Development Research Centre (IDRC)International Development Research Centre (IDRC) International Fund for Agricultural Development International Fund for Agricultural Development

(IFAD)(IFAD) Swedish International Development Cooperation Swedish International Development Cooperation

Agency (Sida-Sweden)Agency (Sida-Sweden) US Agency for International Development (USAID) US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Southern SudanCurrent Projects Implemented

by ASARECA

Up-scaling NERICA RICE adoption in Southern

Sudan

Up-scaling NERICA RICE adoption in Southern Sudan

1. Establish innovation platforms that will promote information flow between different actors

2. Establish NERICA Rice seed supply systems. This objective will be to support commercial supply

and distribution systems in which farmers are contracted to produce the seeds.

3. Facilitate and promote the NERICA value chain.

Seed Activities in Southern Sudan

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Seed Activities on Southern Sudan Variety list for Southern Sudan

All imported from Kenya and Uganda Farmers keeping own seeds in most cases

Seed Quality Control Department of Research in the Ministry of

Agriculture and Forestry – Juba Variety Release Procedures

Variety release mechanism is at the formation stage Draft seeds Act and Policy for South Sudan is before the

Minister for forwarding to Parliament of Southern Sudan

Exploiting Market Opportunities for Value Added Dairy and Meat Products in Eastern and Central

Africa Region

Market Opportunities for Value Added Dairy and Meat Products: objectives

1.Facilitate the generation and uptake of demand driven dairy and meat value chain technologies and innovations

2.Promote enabling policies for enhancing value addition in the dairy & meat sub-sectors

3.Facilitate policy options for enhancing the performance of the agricultural sector

4.Strengthen capacity of smallholders

Dr. Otika Lawrence Director General

State Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Eastern Equatorial State

Capacity Building, Training and Education

Strengthen capacity of agricultural research & development 2 MSc students from Southern Sudan are currently placed at

Makerere University Kampala. These are expected to return and re-activate research

activities in southern Sudan

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