The document summarizes the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab). The lab works in 5 countries to improve peanut production and reduce mycotoxins. For Haiti specifically, it describes the current peanut value chain model which involves small scale, low input, and manual production, processing, and markets. It then outlines challenges at each stage from production such as low yields to post-harvest handling, and proposes solutions investigated by the lab such as new varieties, drying methods, and education.

1. Feed the Future Innovation Lab
for Collaborative Research on
Peanut Productivity and
Mycotoxin Control
(Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab)

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• Global importance (39 million tons,
95% in developing countries)
• Highly nutritious (protein, fiber,
unsaturated fats, RUTF/RUSF)
• Valuable as a legume in cereal
systems (fixes nitrogen)
• Often a women’s (and cash) crop
(food security)
• Drought Tolerant (Climate Smart)
Why peanuts?

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• Contaminate numerous crops, and livestock products
• Reduce quality and marketability
• Carcinogenic with serious health effects
• Linked with childhood stunting
Why mycotoxins?

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 Peanut value chains in 5 countries
USA
Hait
i
Ghan
a
Zambia
Mozambiqu
e
Malawi
 Mycotoxin mitigation across crops
PMIL’s Focus

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PMIL Research Portfolio
•Breeding (Deom)
•Genomics (Ozias-Akins)
•RNAi (Arias)
•Aflagoggles (Yao)
•Blood samples (Wang)
•Detection (Mallikarjunan)
•Haiti VC (MacDonald)
•Ghana VC (Jordan)
•Intervention Study (Magnan)
•Malawi/Zambia/Mozambique
VC (Brandenburg)
•Economic Assessments (Bravo-
Ureto)
•Nutrition Study (Manary)

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Haiti Peanut Production

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Filbert, Meghan and Brown, Dan, September, 2012. Aflatoxin Contamination in Haitian
and Kenyan Peanut Butter and Two Solutions for Reducing Such Contamination.
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 7:321-332.
Aflatoxin Contamination in Haitian Peanut Butter

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ConsumptionConsumptionProcessingProcessingMarketMarketProductionProduction
o Small Scale
o Low input
o Low yield
o Rainfed
o Manual
o Informal
o Local
o Individual
o Seasonal
o Speculative
o Household
Scale
o Local
o Manual
o Limited QC
o Peanut Butter
o Roasted Peanuts
o Local
Haitian Peanut Value Chain Model

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High Production Costs
– Land holding (0.5ha/1.2ac)
– Low tech, manual labor (cash & collective)
– High cost of inputs (seed & labor)
– Limited access to credit for agriculture
Low Yields (~400kg/ha)
– Rainfed
– Disease
– Low soil fertility
– Low quality seed (genetically & physically)
– Lack of technical expertise
– Limited input availability
ConsumptionConsumptionProcessingProcessingMarketMarketProduction

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o Drought Stress
o Disease Stress
o Spacing/Germination
o Rotation
o Soil fertility

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o Peanut grown on sloping land
o Limited potential for improvement

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o Labor costs
o Security
o Drying tarp improvement

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Post-Harvest Handling
– Incomplete drying
– Insecure, unventilated storage
High Prices (~60-100HTG/kg = $1250-2k/ton)
$430/ton in US
– Seasonal Volatility
– Fragmented market chain
– Exploitative speculation by middlemen
Low Quality
– High levels of aflatoxin
– Immature peanuts
ConsumptionConsumptionProcessingProcessingMarketProductionProduction

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o Small traders = high
transaction costs, negative
feedback to producer
o Volumetric trading = no
quality valuation
o Transportation
o Bag improvement

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ConsumptionProcessingMarketMarketProductionProduction
Peanut Butter at household/community scale
Roasted peanuts at local market
No Economies of Scale
 95% goes to informal sector
 Manual processing
 Limited quality control
No alternative/waste stream uses (oil, feed, fuel, etc.)
 Sorted peanuts are used in mamba, tablette
Higher Cost/Lower Quality Product for Consumer

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USAID Peanut CRSP Research (2008-2012)
• Reduce production costs
– Livelihood Survey
– Mechanization
– Seed systems
• Improve yields
– Training farmers, students &
agronomists
– Creole language production guide
– Variety evaluation
– Input trials (fungicide, fertility)
• Aflatoxin Control
– Detection
– Alternative uses

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Variety/Fungicide Trials
Randomized replicated
plots with 3rd
year
agronomy students in
Limbe, Northern Haiti

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Variety Trials

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• Improve plant health (varieties, agronomy)
• Improved drying
• New storage options
• Better processing technologies
• Find alternative uses for the waste stream
• Educate consumers and policy makers
• Research exposure levels to focus resources
Best Bets and Next Steps for
Mycotoxin Control in Haiti

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