Presentation by Arsäne Savadogo at the 2016 annual meeting of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD).

1. BIOPROTECT-B CONSORTIUM
EFFECTS OF
Trichoderma sp IMPROVED COMPOSTS
ON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
IN SUB-SAHARAN AREA

2. Trichoderma sp. is a cosmopolitan and abundant fungi in soil with various
capacities & benefits for plants
ØTrichoderma : as biofertilizer :
• Enhances degradation of organic matter, allowing the release of nutrients
(N, P, K, etc)
• Solubilizes the rock phosphate and micronutrients making them available
for plant
• Produces phytohormones that significantly increased the total root
length leading to promoting of plant growth
ØTrichoderma : as effective biological control agent for a number of soil-
borne pathogens
• Capability of utilizing diverse substrates and competition for nutrients
• Inhibition of plant pathogenic fungi (mycoparasitism antagonistic
activity) producers of antibiotics and cell wall
Trichoderma ?

3. History
Biophytech ( Montpellier, France)
Biotechology platform of living
microorganisms and biological extracts
to fertilize and to protect the plants
Arfa (Fada N’gourma - Burkina)
Capacity building and extension on soil
fertilization and plant protection
(Ouagadougou, Burkina)
To facilitate the transfer of biofertilization and
biopesticides technologies

4. CHRONOLOGY
2011
Legal
establishing
2012
Consortium foundation
Start of fields trials
experimentation
2013
Field trials
Experimentations
and consolidation of
company
2014
Enlargement
Consortium,
PAEPARD Funding
2017…
Enlargment ?
+
2 farmers unions
Financed by
Financed by
2016
ARAA , AFD
Funding, LFSE
Funding
Financed by

5. Role of each stakeholder
IRD,
Ouagadougou Unniversity
Academic research
Scientific detection,
characterization, and quantization
Farmers Unions
End user, applicant
BIOPROTECT
Maker and distributor
Role of each stakeholders
INERA
Agronomic research
Experimental field trials
with statistical validation
BIOPHYTECH,
Technological research
End product development
Intellectual property
ARFA
Popularization and training
IRD,
Ouagadougou Unniversity
Academic research
Scientific detection,
characterization, and quantization
Farmers Unions
End user, applicant
BIOPROTECT
Maker and distributor
Role of each stakeholders
INERA
Agronomic research
Experimental field trials
with statistical validation
BIOPHYTECH,
Technological research
End product development
Intellectual property
ARFA
Popularization and training

6. Project Goals
Improve the agronomic potential of
different organic amendments by
developing and disseminating
technique and practices that promote
the organic amendment enriched with
Trichoderma sp. enrichment.
Target group:
Vegetable farmers :1600
Famers Organisation: 10
NGO :10
Seller compagny of farm inputs : 5
Seller of farm inputs
Seller of farm inputs

7. Expected impacts
30% increase of tomatoes, onions and
Irish potatoes yields
25% increase of farmers incomes
Promoting capacity of 4 rural unities
to produce and sale compost enriched
with Trichoderma

8. Project results
• Result 1: Participatory statement of soil fertility
management in market gardenning systems
• Result 2: Production of different formulas and packaging of
Trichoderma enriched organic amendments
• Result 3: Agronomic tests of Trichoderma- enriched organic
amendments
• Result 4: Capacity building of producers master the
application of Trichoderma-enriched organic amendments

9. Some results achieved

10. Some results achieved
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Rdt T/ha
Oignon rendement T/ha T0 Oignon rendement T/ha T1
43.25
54.25
T0 T1
15,22% increase in yield and 22,45%
increase incomes farmers for onions
25,43% increase in yield and 27,8%
increase incomes farmers for tomatoes
30.17
34.115
T0 T1
13,1% increase in yield and 18,3%
increase incomes farmers for potatoes

11. Some results achieved
4 guided field tours of Farmers’ Fie
Schools
3 exchanges visits to other
producers
31 Farmers’ Field Schools
Nearly 200 farmers trained directly and indirectly 4000
5 rurals unities to produce and sale
compost enriched with Trichoderma
Videos on farmer innovation

12. Rural composting unit: an opportunity to increase soil fertility,
to create employment and others incomes for rural people
• Rural composting units are village composting platforms. These
platforms are 90% managed by women who are dedicated to
the production of compost as an income generating activity.
Each unit has about 30 composers, more or less active.
• The half of the compost produced is mainly sold locally (75%) to
market gardeners. The rest is marketed via BIOPROTECT. For
exemple for the year 2016, 70 tonnes of compost was produced
by the Niessega pilot unit, 40 tonnes of which were sold
• The rural composting units implemented by the project are the
object of several study visits and visits of several NGOs which
replicate the model in other localities of Burkina.

14. Succes factor
• The consortium is constituted as an Interest Economic
Group. Members of the IEG meet regularly and persue the
same objectives. There are sufficiently strong personal
relations between the founding members (ARFA,
BIOPHYTECH, BIOPROTECT), allowing welding of the
peripheral actors.
• The consortium is coordinated by the private biocontrol
sector. The transferred technology is consistent with the
company's priorities and allows it greater sustainability
through improved credibility.
• The basic actors of the consortium already working together
before this PAEPARD program, the assistance provided
enabled more vigorous support (seed invetment) for the
achievement of the objectives of the EIG.
• The products proposed by the consortium meet the needs
of the farmers (fertilization, conservation of soil fertility, pest
control and crop diseases)

15. Lessons to learn
• For the consortium to work, it is necessary that all
actors pursue the same interests, if not some will
always lag behind.
• Grouping actors by sector
• Integrate public research structures through a
results-based contracting process (even service
delivery).
• Conduct regulary and frequently meetings with all
members of the consortium.

16. Thank you for your attention
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