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By Oswin Madzonga International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

PN 1: Increased food security and income in the Limpopo Basin through integrated crop, water and soil fertility enhancing options and public private partnerships. By Oswin Madzonga International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Presentation during PN 17 Workshop

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By Oswin Madzonga International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

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  1. PN 1: Increased food security and income in the Limpopo Basin through integrated crop, water and soil fertility enhancing options and public private partnerships By Oswin Madzonga International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Presentation during PN 17 Workshop Johannesburg- South Africa. 14 – 18 June, 2008

  2. INTRODUCTION • The Limpopo basin of Southern Africa is characterized by • Poor and unreliable rainfall • Frequent droughts and periodic flooding in some parts of the basin • These have resulted in smallholder farmers un able to to produce enough food and therefore suffer perennial food insecurity • The basin also faces challenges posed by HIV and AIDS pandemic and these impacts negatively on household labour and well being • In years of adequate rainfall, smallholder farmers produce surplus but cannot sell due to lack of markets and unattractive prices for their produce

  3. Objectives of the CPWF - PN1 • Delineate agro-ecological recommendation domains based on biophysical and socio-economic factors • Validate and adapt integrated cereal and legume crop variety and soil management practices suitable for resource poor smallholders • Use innovative research and extension methodologies and link public-private partnerships, to facilitate promotion and uptake of crop management options and strengthen linkages to input and product markets • Strengthen capacity of farmer and partner institutions to develop and implement innovative research and extension approaches that strengthen public-private partnerships

  4. Outputs • Output 1 – Agro-ecological zonation, crop water productivity in the basin, socio-economic and institutional characterization of target population established • Output 2 – Improved drought –tolerant crops and varieties integrated with improved soil, water and crop management technologies verified and promoted • Output 3 – Alternative farmer market linkage models that provides incentives to adopt improved crop, soil and water management options evaluated, promoted in two countries.

  5. Outputs • Output 4- training and information needs of technical collaborators and farming communities identified and addressed • Output 5- Impact assessment of drought – tolerant crops, new high –value crops, and soil, water and crop productivity enhancing technologies; policy recommendations developed. • Output 6- Impact monitoring scheme and project management established

  6. Participating Institutions • ICRISAT • CIMMYT • CIAT – for 2005-2006 only • IWMI – Pretoria • National Agricultural Research institutes • Zimbabwe - Agricultural research Council of Zimbabwe; Agricultural Research and Extension (AREX) • South Africa – Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, Pretoria; Limpopo Department of Agriculture, Progress Milling Company • Mozambique – IIAM (Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique)

  7. Project implementation • Implementation started in 2005/06 season using mother-baby on-farm trials • Improved crop varieties of maize, sorghum, millet & g/nuts were distributed to farmers • Soil & water management technologies and fertilizers were incorporated in the project • Project streamlined beneficiaries after 2 years of on-farm trials

  8. Trials for 2008 09 season • Crop Species Trials • Maize variety • Groundnut variety • Sorghum variety • Water harvesting x Variety x Fertilizer • Water harvesting x Weed control x Fertilizer Water harvesting x Crop species

  9. Progress in 2009 Maize variety trial in Sekhukhune-South Africa Field day partipants viewing water harvesting x Mze variety x fertilizer trial in Capricorn Maize variety trial in Capricorn Water harvesting by tied ridges x Maize variety x fertilizer in Capricorn-South Africa

  10. Progress in 2009 cont’d.. Field day pariticpants discuss after viewing technologies in Capricorn A high yielding groundnut variety in Capricorn

  11. A better season in CPWF –PN1 Project target areas Zimbabwe A river flow between Gwanda and Matobo in Zimbabawe during the 2008-09 rain season

  12. Progress in 2009 cont’d.. Field day participants viewing a sorghum x fertilizer trial in Matobo -Zimbabwe Groundnut seed production field day participants in Matobo-Zimbabwe

  13. Survey results:Farmers who started adopting the technologies brought by the Challenge Program in Zimbabwe

  14. Mze (172%), G/nut(128%), Sor (57%) & Pmt (6%) Survey results:Change in seed quantity used

  15. Thank you

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