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6 Casimiraitchedji Pics
1. Purdue Improved
Cowpea Storage
Project Activities
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2. Outline
• Background
• Project Vision
• Project Approach
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• PICSproject Activities
– Nigeria as example
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3. Cowpeas are very
susceptible to post
harvest storage
damage
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4. Price of Cowpea per Period
October/November May/June
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5. Price of Cowpea and Quality
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6. The Solution with PICS
• Hermetic storage has been proven to be
very effective - PICS triple bags are
currently an available and cost effective
option
• Farmers will use the PICS storage bags
for cowpea when:
– They know how the technology works and
how to use the triple bags (demonstrations)
– They can obtain the triple layer PICS bags
for storage (network for selling PICS bags)
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7. Specifications of the Bags
(Polyethylene high density)
• Inside Bags
– 2 bags PEHD 70 X 137
cm X 80 µ
• Outside Bag
– Woven Bag 70 X 135
cm for 100 kg of
cowpea printed on 2
sides with PICS logos
and logos of partners
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8. PICS Project Vision
• To have 50% of cowpea in West
and Central Africa stored with non-
chemical hermetic methods by 2012
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9. PICS Approach
• PICS is a Purdue University (USA) and its
partners project funded by BMGF
• It is a five years project (2007-2012) that
will cover 10 African countries and 28000
villages
• Pilot phase started in 2007 in Niger and
Burkina Faso (see maps)
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10. 2007
100
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11. 2008
5109
3000 100
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12. 2009
2000
10,000
943
1000
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13. 10 Countries
28,000 Villages
5 Years (2007 – 2012)
2000 5209
1951
1500
2724
10,000
2000 943
1000
1451
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14. PICS Approach
• Project has 3 main components:
– The technology dissemination (inform about the
technology)
– Bags Value chain development (ensure availability of
bags in communities)
– Research on effectiveness of bags, diffusion methods
and impact (effectiveness of approach)
• In each country, 2 years of active
interventions then follow up
– Year 1: Trainings, Demonstrations and bags sourcing
– Year 2: Focus on bags availability and surveys
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15. Picture of the
bags
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16. Presenting the PICS bag to a village chief
and other notables in Bunkure (Kano state)
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18. Posters in English, French, Hausa, More and
Bambara (so far) for merchants shops and extension
offices – technicians have also fiche technique and
training manual
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19. Demonstrations in villages with men and women
farmers In Kano, Nigeria
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25. PICS/IITA female technician during a
demonstration in Kwa village (Kano state)
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29. Average Attendance per demonstration
in each state
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30. Attendance at village Demonstrations in
each state in 2008
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31. PICS Partners
• Lead partners per country:
– IITA: Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon.
– World Vision: Niger, Mali, Ghana and Senegal
– INERA: Burkina Faso
– Ministry of Agriculture: Chad? (details are still being
worked out)
• Many other partners in each country (extension services,
NGOs, research institutions, Local governments etc…)
• In addition, each country has a business consultant in
charge of bags value chain development
• Research is handled by NARS (INERA, INRAN, IER, BUK
etc…, IITA and Purdue University).
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32. • PICS bags are produced in Kano by a
company – Lela Agro that was already
producing bags.
• 1 major dealer in each state (and Abuja)
with his/her own network for distribution
DISTRIBUTION
OF BAGS • Each extension agent will also have some
in Nigeria in bags for sale
2009/10 • Also Dealers are asked to attend
demonstrations (through representatives)
and their names and contacts are
announced after the sessions.
• The producing company (Lela Agro) is
doing radio advertisements for the bags
with names of each delaer per state.
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34. Research Components
• Effectiveness of storage in farmers’
conditions
– Quality indicators (Germination rates, holes)
• Is PICS approach effective in
disseminating technology (Role of radio
messages and other information
channels)
• Impact assessment in year 3 and 5 in all
countries
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35. Activities for 2009/10 in Nigeria
• Explore and formalize partnerships (Progreen, ADPs, WDI, other
IITA projects).
• Conduct field technicians training for 1000 EAs
– dditional women technicians selected and trained to
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meet gender targets
• Awareness campaign (Radio and visits to communities)
• Conduct demonstrations in 10000 villages in 20 states –
Demonstrations have just started and will continue until January 2010
• Follow up visits
• Open the bags ceremonies
• Collect data according to forms for Monitoring and
evaluation
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36. Lessons from pilot phase (2008)
in Nigeria
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