Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Rice Self-sufficiency

1. Technologies for African Agricultural
Transformation (TAAT): Rice Self-Sufficiency
Sidi Sanyang, Josey Kamanda, Aminou Arouna, Kazuki Saito
and Sali Ndindeng
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
TAAT Inaugural and Work planning Workshop
21-24 January 2018, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria

2. Importance of rice in SSA
• One of the “Strategic Crops for Africa” under CAADP
• Demand growing at more than 6% per year - faster than
for any major food staple
• Pathway out of poverty: Employment opportunities for
young men and women entering job markets

3. SSA spends about
US$ 5 billion
dollars on rice
import annually
Rice consumption and production in
SSA over the period 1960-2015

4. Rice self-sufficiency ratio - selected countries

5. Multiple challenges to rice self-sufficiency
• Most rice in SSA grown in rainfed production systems -
relatively lower productivity than irrigated systems
• Climate change - yield losses of 10 to 15 % in rice
• Abiotic stresses - drought, salinity, flooding, iron toxicity,
extreme temperatures
• Vulnerability to a range of pest and diseases
• Traditional manual processing - post-harvest loss about 16%
• Weak links between value chain actors esp. private sector

6. AfricaRice operational tools in technology
generation and dissemination
• Rice Sector Development Hubs (rice hubs); 74 hubs in 25 countries
o Major rice growing areas in a country, selected by national rice value chain actors
o Has biophysical and institutional (e.g. market access) characteristics that can be
exploited to transform the rice VC into a viable enterprise.
• Africa-wide Rice Task Force (TFs); Breeding, Agronomy, Processing
and value addition, Mechanization, Policy, Gender
o Technology and innovations
o Capacity development of rice value chain stakeholders
• Innovation Platforms (IPs) in the rice hubs of the countries
o Diverse rice value chain stakeholders linked and facilitated through IPs in the rice
hubs to disseminate products and enhance market access

7. Rice technology delivery Infrastructure
Task Forces
Breeding;
Agronomy;
Processing &
Value Addition;
Mechanization;
Policy; Gender
Improved
Varieties
RiceAdvice
ASI
Thresher
GEM
Parboiler Rice Sector Development Hubs
Competence/ Skills
Enhancement;
IP Facilitation
AfricaRice
Member
States
Develop-
ment
Partners
RICE CRP
Strategic Level

8. TAAT-Rice: Target countries and technologies
• Target countries – Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon
• Enhanced deployment of impactful technologies and
innovations of the rice value chain:
o New and climate-smart rice varieties and hybrids
o Good Agricultural Practises (GAPs) and RiceAdvice
o GEM rice parboiling facility and ASI threshers
• Functional innovation platforms (IPs) in rice hubs
o Learning and linkages among rice value chain stakeholders
o Promotion of technologies and rice-based products
o Product promotion and market access

9. Objectives
• Increased adoption of rice technologies and innovations by
producers and entrepreneurs
• Increased quantity and quality of paddy for the women
processors and rice mills
• Enhanced quality and quantity of consumer preferred and
attractive locally produced rice in national and regional
markets
• Enhanced technical and entrepreneurial skills in rice
production and business development

10. Production and dissemination of breeder and foundation seed
of new and climate-smart rice varieties and hybrids
• High yielding pest & disease tolerant, & climate smart varieties
• Key Tasks:
o Production of breeder seed by AfricaRice
o Technical support to SME seed enterprises and farmer entrepreneurs
o To produce foundation and certify rice seed for commercialization

11. Out-scaling of proven productivity enhancement
technologies and innovations
• Good Agricultural Practises (GAPs)
o Lowland yields with GAPs => 4.8 - 5.6
t/ha compared to 2.8 - 4.1 t/ha with
farmer practises.
o Upland rice yields GAPs 4.7 t/ha
compared to 2.3 t/ha
• RiceAdvice – Android app.
o Provide field-specific recommendations
o Ex-ante impact assessment in Kano –
RiceAdvice increased yield by 0.5 t/ha
o Introduced in Benin, Burkina Faso,
Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania

12. Out-scaling of proven rice quality enhancement technologies
and innovations: GEM parboiler
Traditional stove: high fuel
consumption, smoke
exposure, high grain loss
and low product quality,
low profit margin for
women rice parboilers and
traders
GEM: low fuel consumption,
low smoke exposure, low
grain loss and high product
quality, high profit margin,
less drudgery for women.
Milling machine
• In Nigeria and Benin, over 2,500 rice parboiler households (14% men and 86%
women) using the GEM through the innovation platforms
• Within a little over one year, rice parboiler households in the Lafia innovation
platform (Nasarawa, Nigeria) generated over US$ 240,000 using GEM technologies.
• Local parboiled rice in the Lafia – Nasarawa market can now compete with
premium imported rice

13. Demonstration on use of ASI threshers to the
youths in the Kano IP
Group Photo – Youth training in Kano IP
• Capacity building of youths on ASI
thresher in Kano IP:
o 50 IP actors including extension (KNARDA)
trained on use of ASI thresher, maintenance and
business plan.
o 28 youths (3 women) received 6 threshers as
service providers to farmers in IPs from 5 LGAs
• Income for youths in Kano IP:
o Threshing 1 bag of 100 kg paddy costs 550 Naira
o Oct - Nov 2016, about 117 tonnes of rice paddy
threshed by youths in the Kano IP with an income
of ₦ 574,150.00
Out-scaling of proven rice quality enhancement technologies
and innovations: ASI Thresher

14. • Irrigation Services and Scheduling to Improve Field Level
Water Management
• Laser Land Leveling Improved Access and Lifting of Water
for Rice
• All irrigation related submission classified as one irrigation
technology
Technologies Submitted for Out-scaling:
Water management Technologies (IWMI)

15. TAAT Rice: Expected Outcomes and Targets
• Increase in paddy yield from 2t/ha to 2.5t/ha
• 40,000 ton of additional paddy produced
• Increase in income by 50%
• 1,000 jobs (50% of youth and women) are created
• Household dietary diversity by 2 value addition products

16. Interphase with country programs and additional
fundraising
• Continental Investment Plan on Rice Self-Sufficiency in
Africa (CIPRiSSA)
o Call to accelerated action led by AfricaRice COM and AfDB
o Empower value chain actors; Accelerate investments;
Targeted technology deployment
• Collaborative framework with AGRA
• Collaboration with CORAF and West African countries to
develop the World Bank – West Africa Agricultural
Transformation Program (WAATP)

17. Collaborators
Technologies/
Innovations
Country Partners
Seed of improved rice
varieties and hybrids
Nigeria
(Nasarawa &
Kano Rice Hubs)
Tecniseed, SEEDAN, Ideal Seed Venture, National
Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Bukan-Sidi Lafia
Innovation Platform, WASP/CORAF
Uganda
(Olweny and
Doho Rice Hubs)
ADAG-ANII Ltd., PEARL SEED LTD, NARO, National
Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI),
Olweny Innovation Platform
RiceAdvice
Good Agricultural
Practices (GAP)
Nigeria
(Nasarawa &
Kano Rice Hubs)
National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI),
Nasarawa Agricultural Development Programme
(NADP), Bukan-Sidi Lafia Innovation Platform,
Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI), KNARDA,
Ahmadu Bello University, Notore, AGRA
GEM parboiling
technology and ASI
Thresher
Nigeria
(Nasarawa &
Kano Rice Hubs)
NCRI, NADP, SMEs (FIYA Entreprises, HAMUCH
Services), AGRA, Bukan-Sidi Lafia Innovation
Platform, Hanigha Nigeria Ltd
Promotion of rice-
based products
through IPs
Cameroon
(Lagdo & Ndop
Rice Hubs)
IRAD, MINADER,..... Private Sector

18. Thank You