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Badolo, F.

Kotu, Bekele Hundie

Zemadim, Birhanu

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Economic analysis of alternative systems for sorghum production in southern MaliF. Badolo1,  B. Kotu2, and B. Z. Birhanu11International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)2International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)Key messages• Manure and mineral fertilizer treatment provides highest grain yields and net returns compared to the farmer practice which doesn’t apply fertilizers in the fields.• The adoption of fertilizer options by the smallholder farmers should be accompanied by the development strategies of inputs market particularly manure and mineral fertilizers in order to make them available.This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. January 2017We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING sites for their contributions to this research. We also acknowledge the support of all donors which globally support the work of the CGIAR centers and their partners through their contributions to the CGIAR systemObjectives and approach• Objectives: aim to compare and contrast the four crop treatments with respects their economic advantages and production risks (control treatment, treatment with only manure, treatment with mineral fertilizer, and treatment with manure and mineral fertilizer).• Approach: Cost/benefit analysis and stochastic dominance are used to assess grain yields and cash income associated with each treatment.The study used on-farm trials data covering the periods 2014 and 2015. Key results• Control treatment (farmer practice) is to the left of the manure and fertilizer treatments illustrating the fact that it provides low yields compared to the three other cropping treatments (figure).• The control treatment has a 50% chance of generating grain yields up to 850 kg/ha, while the manure treatment, mineral fertilizer treatment, and manure and mineral fertilizer treatment have the same probability of generating respectively 1,050 kg/ha, 1,275 kg/ha, and 1500 kg/ha (figure).• The average net returns were estimated to USD 121.63 for manure and mineral fertilizer treatment, USD 87.20 for treatment with only mineral fertilizer, and USD 83.58 for treatment with only manure(table).Significance and scaling potential• The results show that the fertilizer options promoted by the Africa RISING in sorghum production systems contribute to increase sorghum yields and income of smallholder farmers in the intervention areas. • The second phase of the project should develop the strategies for a large diffusion of these fertilizer options for more impact in terms of reduction of hunger and poverty in Mali.  PartnersFigure: Cumulative distributions of sorghum yieldsyieldsTable: Effect of cropping treatments on net returns of sorghum2014 - 2015Treatments Gross margin Total cost Net return(USD/ha) (USD/ha) (USD/ha)Traditional system (control treatment)64.70a 8.45a 55.27aTreatment with only manure 99.37b 15.80b 83.58bTreatment with only fertilizer 123.58c 36.38c 87.20dTreatment with manure and fertilizer165.90d 44.28d 121.63d

Economic analysis of alternative systems for sorghum production in southern Mali

Economic analysis of alternative systems for sorghum production in Southern MaliF. Badoloa,  B. Kotub, and B. Z. BirhanuaaInternational Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)bInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)Key messages• Manure and mineral fertilizer treatment provides highest grainyields and net returns compared to the farmer practice whichdoesn’t apply fertilizers in the fields.• The adoption of fertilizer options by the smallholder farmersshould be accompanied by the development strategies of inputsmarket particularly manure and mineral fertilizers in order tomake them available.This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. January 2017We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING sites for their contributions to this research. We also acknowledge the support of all donors which globally support the work of the CGIAR centers and their partners through their contributions to the CGIAR systemObjectives and approach• Objectives: aim to compare and contrast the four crop treatmentswith respects their economic advantages and production risks(control treatment, treatment with only manure, treatment withmineral fertilizer, and treatment with manure and mineralfertilizer).• Approach: Cost/benefit analysis and stochastic dominance areused to assess grain yields and cash income associated with eachtreatment. The study used on-farm trials data covering the periods2014 and 2015.Key results• Control treatment (farmer practice) is to the left of the manureand fertilizer treatments illustrating the fact that it provides lowyields compared to the three other cropping treatments (figure).• The control treatment has a 50% chance of generating grain yieldsup to 850 kg/ha, while the manure treatment, mineral fertilizertreatment, and manure and mineral fertilizer treatment have thesame probability of generating respectively 1,050 kg/ha, 1,275kg/ha, and 1500 kg/ha (figure).• The average net returns were estimated to USD 121.63 formanure and mineral fertilizer treatment, USD 87.20 for treatmentwith only mineral fertilizer, and USD 83.58 for treatment with onlymanure (table)Significance and scaling potential• The results show that the fertilizer options promoted by the AfricaRISING in sorghum production systems contribute to increasesorghum yields and income of smallholder farmers in theintervention areas.• The second phase of the project should develop the strategies fora large diffusion of these fertilizer options for more impact interms of reduction of hunger and poverty in Mali.PartnersFigure: Cumulative distributions of sorghum yieldsyieldsTable: Effect of cropping treatments on net returns of sorghum2014 - 2015Treatments Gross margin Total cost Net return(USD/ha) (USD/ha) (USD/ha)Traditional system (control treatment)64.70a 8.45a 55.27aTreatment with only manure 99.37b 15.80b 83.58bTreatment with only fertilizer 123.58c 36.38c 87.20dTreatment with manure and fertilizer165.90d 44.28d 121.63d

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