Cassava Transformation Plan for Africa in the A member of the CGIAR consortium Cassava Transformation Plan for Africa in the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program 1Adebayo Abass and 2Paul Amaza International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Regional Hub for Eastern Africa, Tanzania University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria Workshop on Integrated System for an Effective Cassava Production in Africa IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, October 27 -28, 2016

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program What TAAT is… A bold plan to achieve rapid agricultural transformation across Africa by raising agricultural productivity in eight (8) Priority Intervention Areas (PIAs) Scaling proven technologies & innovations Moving - Concept to Investment Operations Modernizing farming in Africa by focusing on the priority intervention areas Fine-tuning of promising research findings A member of the CGIAR consortium

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program 23 Value chains; 19 commodity & 4 livestock 35 National Programs across Africa A member of the CGIAR consortium

Cassava Intensification and Agro-Industrial Development: Impact Targets Reduce household poverty Improve Food Security Increase national GDP (%) Promote Sustainable land use (SLU) 3 1 2 4 IMPACT 49% of Africans or 420 million live under the poverty line of $1.25 per day (2014); 33% of African children live in chronic hunger; Many African hou-seholds face food deficiency of 147.0 KCAL per capita/day. Net food import bill of $35.4 billion per annum (2015); Contribution of cassava to agricultural GDP of TAAT countries is 12.70% Only 3% of cassava farmers are using inorganic fertilizer Status Today Increase percent of cassava farmers using inorganic fertilizer to at least 30 Increase cassava contribution to national agriculture GDP by at least 7.3% Target by 2025 Contribute to redu-cing poverty to max. of 40% from 49% though job creation Improve food security by reducing food deficiency to 127.0 KCAL per capital A member of the CGIAR consortium

Cassava Intensification and Agro-Industrial Development: Outcome Targets Increased cassava productivity Increased farm-level & national production outputs Increased job created in agriculture sector Increased income 1 3 2 4 4 OUTCOMES Average cassava production = 9.1 million tons/country/yr Average cassava production = 12.3 million tons/country/yr 382.9 million youth & women employed 390.5 million Per capita income of $1700/yr Per capita income of $1966.9/yr Average national yield = 10.5 tons/ha Average yield of at least 14 (tons/ha) Current Target by 2022 A member of the CGIAR consortium

Priority Intervention Zones by Geography Priority Intervention Countries Selected based on national development strategies and other country specific success factors. Tier 1 Cameroon T1 Cote D’Ivoire DR Congo Ghana Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone Tanzania Tier 2 Angola T2 Benin Burundi Rwanda Uganda Zambia A member of the CGIAR consortium

Agripole: Example of HQCF project in Nigeria The Agripole Approach: Ensuring that each actor gets equitable benefits Agripole: Example of HQCF project in Nigeria Agripole: Opportunity to vertically integrate and link all the actors involved in input supply, production, processing, marketing and other activities along the value chain. A member of the CGIAR consortium

Approved Technology Packages for Scaling Agripole: Example of HQCF project in Nigeria Seven Technology Packages: Improved Mineral Fertilizer Application Schemes Adjusted to Local & Weather Conditions (ISFM) + Weed Management; Delivery of improved Varieties; Cassava Pests and Disease Management; Mechanization of Cassava Production; Cassava Processing (Village-Scale Mechanical Processing, Mechanical Peeling. Mechanical Drying Using Dryers); Improved Quality Cassava Products (High Quality Cassava Chips, High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF), Starch and Cassava-based Foods); Cassava waste2Wealth. A member of the CGIAR consortium

Approved Technologies for Scaling (some examples) Targeted Research to Strengthen Production /Processing Efficiency and Create Opportunities for Investment by the Private sector Approved Technologies for Scaling (some examples) Improved Varieties Delivery of Improved Varieties including Nutritious bio-fortified varieties Cassava Multiplication Planting Material Production Business-efficient pest and disease management Integrated pest management Pest and disease diagnostic services for cassava commercialization Biological control of cassava diseases Improved Mineral Fertilizer Appli-cation Schemes Improved mineral fertilizer application schemes, Staggered planting practices Use of pre and post emergence herbicides Machinery for Cassava Production Machinery for cassava production (planter, cutter, harvester, etc) Motorized weed control A member of the CGIAR consortium

Non-toxin producing Aspergillus coated Peel granules Targeted Research to Strengthen Production /Processing Efficiency and Create Opportunities for Investment by the Private sector Approved Technologies for Scaling Machinery for cassava processing Medium-to-large scale mechanized dryers Mechanical cassava peelers Machinery for mechanized processing of gari, starch, fufu, etc. High Quality Cassava Products High quality cassava chips, flour and starch processing technologies Novel food products (baked & confectionary products: bread, cake, etc.) Improved Traditional Food products Ethanol and adhesives from cassava starch and flour Glucose production- 1 ton/day Cassava Waste Utilization Cassava peels as ingredients for animal feed, Production of mushrooms from cassava peels Cassava peels as substrates for aflasafe production Non-toxin producing Aspergillus coated Peel granules A member of the CGIAR consortium

Value Chain Innovations to Promote Commercialization Targeted Research to Strengthen Production /Processing Efficiency and Create Opportunities for Investment by the Private sector Value Chain Innovations to Promote Commercialization Market intelligence and information systems Innovative packaging, branding & positioning strategy for African cassava Agribusiness service delivery Provide real time information on demand and supply volumes, values, prices of produce(ts) required within a target market Packaging, product brand differentiation and pricing. Build the capacity of value chain experts to provide agri-business support services to value chain actors Expert

Value Chain Innovations to promote Commercialization Facilitate investment in processing mac- hinery & fact-ories to produce diverse value-added products: Improve access to financial credit and insurance products: Improve quality management syst-ems to secure the quality and safety of cassava products for increased competitiveness Link actors to Agriculture intervention loans, Commercial Agriculture Credit and Insurance Schemes. Promoting adoption of sanitary and phytosanitary certification systems for plating materials. Technologies and tools for assuring quality of differentiated products at field and factory levels in response to priority market opportunity (HACCP , Codex Alimentarius procedures , GAP, GMP, GHP, etc). Establish collaboration for technology transfer and investment (e.g. machinery fabrication, starch modification, etc.) CASSAVA CREDIT

TAAT Helping African Countries to shift to the next Cassava commercialization stage Stage I (Subsistence) Stage II (Learning/Transition phase) Stage III (Commercializing) Stage IV (Mature industry/ Industrialized) Subsistence production Mixture of smallholders & large-scale farmers Mixture of out-growers; mechanized large-scale production Manual on-farm processing Processing with small- scale machines (mostly by farmers’ associations) Limited liability companies; partially mechanized processing plants Automated or mechanized processing; biochemical processes for starch modification Traditional foods (boiled or roasted cassava, traditional chips & flour, etc.) Upgraded traditional products (gari, improved flour, etc.) Upgraded traditional products; intermediate cassava products as inputs in other industries (HQCF for baking, chips for ethanol or animal feed, industrial starch, etc.) High quality branded traditional food products; export grade industrial or biochemical products (Ethanol, modified starch, glucose, maltose, adhesives, etc.). Rural market Urban market or supermarket Growing urban market & Industry Urban market, industry & export market orientation Burundi, Angola, Malawi DR Congo, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Uganda Nigeria Ghana Thailand 

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