Final meeting of the project "Dissemination of RiceAdvice", Cotonou, April 21, 2017

1. Final meeting of
the project
« Dissemination
of RiceAdvice »
Cotonou
le 21/02/2017

2. Goal/Purposes
Zone Syngenta Fundation:
Kouroumari/Office du Niger/Mali
• To increase rice yield in the Kouroumari areas in
Office du Niger/Mali by 20% ;
• To increase the annual incomes of 600 farm
households in the Kouroumari areas in ON/Mali;
• To create employment opportunities for 10 youth in
the area.

3. 3
Coordinateur
Local
Equipe de
2 agents
•4 villages par équipe
•30 producteurs par
village
Consultant
Experimenté
Implementation of the approach

4. Implementation of the approach
• Signature of agreement
of partnership between
FSAD and Office du
Niger about RA
proposal of 5 agents
by ON (100% );
• Recruitment of 5 young
<35 years (20% ) ;
• Proposal of 20 villages
by ON;
• Constitution of
pairs/TeamsPhoto: Field officers/prestataires RA

5. implementation of the approach
• Training of 13 (/10
planned) persons whose
77% < 40 years: RA &
Good Agri Practices ;.
• Choice of 600 farmers
(2% )in 20 villages of
the Kouroumari; for
application ofRA;
• Monitoring and
supervision mission
(IER/ON/FSAD).Photo: Supervision visit

6. Woman as service provider
Low Level of Education
Less graduates than men
Little free time because of the reproductive activities (*a)
Women and production of rice
Low access to information
Not owner of land
Low level of training
Weight of traditions (not decision makers + *a)
Women strongly involved in production of legumes
Why few women

7. Information of public
• Organization of field day
by village: 396 visitors;
• Organization of field day
between villages: 80
people from 20 villages;
• Emission radio on the
field day;
• publication Article in the
national daily
newspaper “Essor”
about field day.

8. • Recommendations
RiceAdvice applied
by 600 farmers in 20
villages of the
Kouroumari;
• Area under RA: 345
ha for 590 persons
(0.58 ha/pers)
Results/impacts of RA

9. Figure 1 Yield by village
•Yield RA > yield
last years in 95 % of
villages;
•Targeted yield
achieved by 20% of
villages.
Results/impacts of RA

10. Results/impacts of RA
• Yield increase of 1 t/ha
among 590 farmers
thanks to RA & GAP
Yields (# Significant):
Bad year: 3.8 t/ha
Normal year: 5.5 t/ha
Good year: 6.6 t/ha.

11. • 99% of the producers of 2016 want to
reuse RA in 2017
• 44% of producers are ready to pay 250-
10 000 F CFA for RA-
recommendations;
• The tool is easy to use according to
90% of the field officers involving in
2016;
• According to 100% of the field
officers, organization of content is
good to very good and the tool is
useful to very useful for farmers.
Results/Appreciation of RA

12. • Improvement tool depending on service providers:
 insert a question relating to the type of floor
 translated RA in the local language.
• Future creation of an association by the 5 youth recruited:
 Production of quality seeds,
 Dissemination of good agricultural practices & RA for the
production of rice;
• Reflections on establishment of a pilot of paying service by
FSAD.
PERSPECTIVES

13. THANK
YOU