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Africa RISING in West Africa: Some phase I achievementsAsamoah LarbiAfrica RISING Science for Impact WorkshopDar es Salaam, 17-19 Jan 2017Research Outputs1. Situation analysis (RO1)2. Integrated systems improvement (RO2)3. Technology delivery and scaling (RO3)Cross-cutting: Capacity buildingSituation analysisRO1.1 Functional partnershipsRO1.2 Baseline and situational analysis1. Farming systems were analyzed2. Integrated crop-livestock systems were reviewed3. Household nutrition and food safety issues were documented4. Ruminant feed resources and feed markets analyzed5. Rural poultry and pig production systems were characterized6. Cereal-legume-vegetable cropping systems were analyzed• Type 1: Female-headed households with low to medium endowments • Type 2: Young, medium-endowed households• Type 3: Medium to highly endowed households with cattle• Type 4: High yield households with high endowmentsDefining farm type -GhanaIntegrated systems improvement1. Improved varieties were identified and disseminated1. Cereals – maize, sorghum hybrids2. Legumes – groundnut, early and dual-purpose cowpea3. Vegetables – okra Roselle, tomato and pepper2. Cropping systems were tested and disseminated1. Cowpea – variety, planting date and spraying regimes2. Soybean – variety, inorganic fertilizer, Rhizobium3. Maize – extra-early, early, medium N fertilizer4. Maize-legume rotations and intercrops5. Hybrid maize-erect cowpea intercrops6. Integrated maize-sheep/goat croppingTesting cropping and management practices Integrated systems improvementRO2.1. Approaches and strategies for sustainable natural resources management1. Participatory approaches to document and validate local conventions in Mali2. Approaches to establish and characterize watersheds3. Soil and water conservation method were identified and testedRO2.2 Options to improve food storage and manage mycotoxin1. Storage methods to reduce post-harvest losses in cowpea and maize.2. Aflatoxin management – two aflasafe products (GH01 and GH02) were identified and evaluated in Ghana.Post-harvest storage and aflatoxin management Integrated systems improvementRO2.3 Improved livestock feeding, health and housing management systems were developed1. Improved housing for poultry – domestic chicken2. Artificial brooding of Guinea fowls3. Improved feeding and health management of village sheep and goat flocksLivestock  production systemsTechnology delivery and scalingRO3.1. Approaches to demonstrate, deliver and scale-out technologies and practices 1. ‘Community-based Technology Parks’2. ‘Mother-baby trials’3. Farmers’ Field Days4. Partnership with USAID mission funded projects in Mali5. Videos – Fighting Striaga video which was translated into 6 Northern Ghanaian languages and 5000 DVD produced and distributed.0 2 4 6 8 10 12U of GhanaU for Development StudiesKwame Nkrumah U S&TStudents fundedMScPhDCapacity building Publications1. Peer reviewed journals – 18*2. Workshop proceedings - 13. Booklets – 5 (Community analysis, child nutrition, nutrition guidelines, rural poultry, soils,).Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generationafrica-rising.netThis presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.Thank You

Africa RISING in West Africa: Some phase I achievements

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