Pulse s in Syste ms: SI ML E SA Susta ina b le inte nsific a tio - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pulse s in Syste ms: SI ML E SA Susta ina b le inte nsific a tio n o f ma ize - le g ume syste ms fo r F o o d Se c urity in e a ste rn a nd so uthe rn Afric a A ma jo r fa rming syste ms pro je c t fo r Afric a funde d b y ACI AR
Bruc e Pe ng e lly
Pr e se ntation adapte d fr
available by Dr Muluge tta Me kur ia, CIMMYT , Har ar e
Whe r e ar e the tar ge t c ountr ie s ?
thio pia
e nya
a nza nia
Plus le an ac tivitie s in 3 spillove r c ountr ie s
Par tne r s inc lude the NARs and the CGIAR (CIMMYT , IL RI, CIAT ) QAAF I is the main Austr alian par tne r age nc y. Pr
dinate d by CIMMYT .
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re so urc e b a se (Godfr
ay e t al., 2010; Pr e tty e t al., 2011; T ilman e t al., 2011)
c o lo g ic a lly a nd te c hnic a lly so und e g so il q ua lity
de g ra da tio n thro ug h e ro sio n, fe rtility de c line
a c c e pta b le ( Do the te c hno lo g ie s
fit lo c a l fa rming syste ms? )
c o no mic a lly via b le (do e s it
ma ke e c o no mic se nse ? )
e ase d yie ld or
unit ar e a/ inputs (E nhanc e pr
sific ation fro m ma ize fo r
die t dive rsific a tio n a nd impro ve d inc o me s
ation o f c ro ps &
live sto c k
e silie nc e to ma rke t
sho c ks a nd c lima te risks
input e g wa te r, la b o ur, c a pita l, inputs
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Syste m inte g ra tion: Dive r
sific ation thr
e al (Maize )- L e gume and live stoc k inte gr ation
Increase soil fertility Improved nutrition Supply cash
Ce r e al (Maize )
– Ensured food security – Income security
F
feeding (residue management)
nutrition PULSES
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ation ac r
ation
e ate r foc us on inte r ac tions among var ie tie s and CA- base d te c hnologie s: inc l. inte r c r
dr
e ss tole r anc e ,
ar m sc ale studie s
Inc r e ase d foc us on sustainable inte nsific ation, inte gr ation and impac t.
Sc aling in final ye ar s is the major foc us
a ll c o untrie s se le c te d a nd the ir a c c e le ra te d
va rie tie s a c ro ss a ll c o untrie s se le c te d a nd a va ila b ility a c c e le ra te d:
Gr
Be ans Cowpe as Pige on pe as Soybe ans
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Mo de ling o f typo lo g ie s o f ho use ho lds to de te rmine who
mig ht b e a b le to a do pt te c hno lo g ie s, a nd le a d c ha ng e in pra c tic e
Cro p mo de ling e spe c ia lly implic a tio ns o f ne w fa rming
syste ms pra c tic e s a nd e ffic ie nt use o f nitro g e n a nd wa te r
Pro visio n o f the ke y mo de lling to o l (APSI
M a nd de riva tive s suc h a s APSF a rm)
QAAF
I re se a rc he rs b a se d in Ha ra re a nd Addis Ab a b a
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Ca pa c ity building : to inc re a se the e ffic ie nc y of a g ric ultura l re se a rc h toda y a nd in the future Ce ntra l to SIML E SA 1.Long term academic support of NARs young scientists
were supported
QAAFI,ARC and ASARECA – Seed systems, research management extension and scaling out and M&E 3 -Farmer trainings e.g. field days, exchange visits, field tours, field visits
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