Emerging models to drive rice intensification in West Africa
Robert BerlinSyngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
3rd Africa Rice Congress, 22.10.1013
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Reasons to go «Rice» in West Africa
Source: MSUIncreasing Rice Demand in West Africa
Drivers for rice intensification in West Africa
•Rice demand explosion
•Smallholder openness towards new agrosystems
•Growing public and private interest
•«Maintaning food security»
Current smallholder systems lack efficiency
Domestic input
suppliers Domestic farmers
Collectors & wholesalers
Retailers Consumers in end-markets
ImportersForeign farmers Foreign exporters
Problems to overcome
Poor access to input (equipment, seeds, CP, fertilizer)
Poor infrastructure and logistics
No adequate output market access
Current smallholder systems lack efficiency
Domestic input
suppliers Domestic farmers
Collectors & wholesalers
Retailers Consumers in end-markets
ImportersForeign farmers Foreign exporters
Domestic input suppliers Domestic farmers Collectors &
wholesalers
Retailers Consumers in end-markets
ImportersForeign farmers Foreign exporters
The Mission: Integrating smallholdersinto functioning rice value-chains
The main Syngenta Foundation intervention areas
•Construction of reliable certified seed systems
•Provision of support at farmer level
•Development of service delivery systems
•Creation of sustainable cross-value chain partnerships
•Leveraging of cloud-based ICT for smallholder support
The Mission: Integrating smallholdersinto functioning rice value-chains
Project targets
•Provision of appropriate harvest equipment
•Improvements to milling and handling processes
•Reduction of the number of intermediary traders
•Improvement of supply chain reliability and quality
•Increased product quality and yield
Reducing post harvest losses by 50%
Increasing smallholder income by 50%
The outlined projects
Project Key Features Smallholders involved
Copa Connect(Ghana)
• Contract farming with quality premium• Infrastructure-driven production• Farmers’ service center
5’000
Yaanovel(Côte d’Ivoire)
• Contract farming with quality premium• Public and private based service
provision
5’000
Sahel Farming(Burkina Faso)
• Contract farming• Private based service provision• Production protocols
3’000
Office du Niger(Mali)
• Warrantage with credit system• Public service provision
1’000
Sénégal River Valley(Senegal)
• Warrantage and contract farming• Public service provision• Contracts with large-scale mills
1’400
GADCO – Copa Connect
Emerging models for rice value chain intensification
Conclusions and implications
• High diversity of rice production systems
• Climatological and socio-economical differences
• Aggregation mechanisms important to increase smallholder market power
• Logistics and infrastructure are issues
Producer-driven models very efficient in providing:
•Inputs
•Mechanization
•Know-how
•Finance
•Planning security