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Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya

Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya. East Africa. Newest region to start GCAP activities (1 yr old) Collaborative Projects: SIMLESA - ACIAR Crop-Livestock: EC-IFAD Striga Management: BMGF (IITA led). 1. SIMLESA:

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Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya

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  1. Annual Meeting Global Conservation Agriculture Program March 28, 2011 CIMMYT-Kenya

  2. East Africa • Newest region to start GCAP activities (1 yr old) • Collaborative Projects: • SIMLESA - ACIAR • Crop-Livestock: EC-IFAD • Striga Management: BMGF (IITA led)

  3. 1. SIMLESA: Sustainable Intensification of Maize - Legume Cropping Systems for ESA

  4. Geographical focus • Ethiopia • Kenya • Malawi • Mozambique • South Africa • Tanzania

  5. Project partnership ICRISAT, ASARECA, EIAR, KARI, DRD, DARS, IIAM, ARC, QDEEDI and Murdoch University Program: SEP, GCAP, GMP Other collaboration: DTMA, TL-II, N2Africa

  6. Local Partnership • Researchers in different disciplines • Extension workers • NGOs • Farmers • Input suppliers • Farmer unions/cooperatives • Private and public seed companies • Traders and processors

  7. Why exploratory (on-farm) trials • Co-learning of CA technology by farmers, extension officers and researchers • Long term (4 years) commitment of host farmers to demonstrate effects of CA • Responsive to farmer assessment on CA components • Building capacity of local extension officers

  8. Why on-station trials? • To provide more controlled conditions to evaluate expanded number of CA treatment responses • Cross check on-farm results with on station results • More detailed crop, soil and climate data collection to help interpret observed responses and evaluate predictive performance of APSIM • Evaluate the longer-term effects of CA on soil properties, system productivity and weed, pest and disease dynamics

  9. HIGHLIGHTS IN 2010

  10. Options for systems intensification & diversification Potential, sustainable, productive technology options

  11. Discussions with stakeholders in each target communities

  12. Develop functional local innovation systems

  13. Evaluations of Exploratory trials • Minimum data set for field characterization

  14. Establishment of on-farm/exploratory trials by farmers

  15. Establishment of on-station long-term trials

  16. Participatory evaluation of exploratory trials

  17. Adjustments to the maize-legume systems

  18. Capacity Building

  19. Field days and experience sharing events

  20. 2. Crop-Livestock Activities Enhancing total farm productivity in smallholder CA based systems in EA Addressing some gaps in SIMLESA Program

  21. Competition for crop residues: CA Vs Livestock • Mostly used as fencing, fodder, firewood, fertilizer, • Valuable, low-cost feed resource for animal production • Major source of nutrients for livestock

  22. Competing uses for stover residues…!

  23. Focus: Ethiopia and Kenya Start: Jan 2011 Partners: ICRAF, KARI and EIAR Programs: GCAP & SEP

  24. Objectives Understand the interactions between crops and livestock ..... (SEP) Demonstrate efficient, ..... farming systems based on the principles of CA that combine increased grain production and the production of sufficient animal feed with improved quality (GCAP)

  25. Objectives • Explore, evaluate and demonstrate options for the incorporation of trees and shrubs into smallholder CA-based systems through participatory research in target communities (ICRAF/GCAP) • Evaluate the benefits of .... farming systems based on the principles of CA on farm family food security, income and livelihoods, and on family workload disaggregated by gender and wealth groups (SEP).

  26. Objectives Disseminate and scale out project results to farmers, extension agents and researchers through targeted activities and publications (GCAP/ICRAF) Maintain project efficiency and dynamism through capacity building and constant monitoring, evaluation, and reorientation of project activities and outputs (GCAP/SEP/ ICRAF)

  27. 3. Striga Management Project Focus: Kenya and Nigeria Start: May 2011 Program: GMP and GCAP Partnership: IITA, TSBF, AATF, NGOs, Seed companies, Farmers

  28. Challenges • Capacity strengthening as needed: we can’t train everybody • Residue management: Alternative feed sources for livestock • High expectation from partners • Many competing activities for NARS time • Balancing staff time

  29. Lessons Learned • Inclusion of stakeholders inputs in the trials is key to create ownership, guarantee the selection of more appropriate technologies and foster adoption • Close supervision and monitoring of field activities is essential • Termites not only CA problem in the region

  30. Feeding the cattle while starving the soil will eventually starve both!

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