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Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage Project Activities
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Outline
• Background • Project Vision • Project Approach
– Trainings – Sensitization – Demonstrations – Open the bags ceremonies
• PICS project Activities – Nigeria as example
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Cowpeas are very susceptible to post harvest storage damage
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Price of Cowpea per Period
October/November May/June
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Price of Cowpea and Quality
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The Solution with PICS
• Hermetic storage has been proven to be very effective - PICS triple bags are currently an available and cost effective option
• Farmers will use the PICS storage bags for cowpea when: – They know how the technology works and
how to use the triple bags (demonstrations) – They can obtain the triple layer PICS bags
for storage (network for selling PICS bags)
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Specifications of the Bags (Polyethylene high density)
• Inside Bags – 2 bags PEHD 70 X 137
cm X 80 µ • Outside Bag
– Woven Bag 70 X 135 cm for 100 kg of cowpea printed on 2 sides with PICS logos and logos of partners
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PICS Project Vision
• To have 50% of cowpea in West and Central Africa stored with non-chemical hermetic methods by 2012
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PICS Approach
• PICS is a Purdue University (USA) and its partners project funded by BMGF
• It is a five years project (2007-2012) that will cover 10 African countries and 28000 villages
• Pilot phase started in 2007 in Niger and Burkina Faso (see maps)
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10 Countries 28,000 Villages
5 Years (2007 – 2012)
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PICS Approach
• Project has 3 main components: – The technology dissemination (inform about the
technology) – Bags Value chain development (ensure availability of
bags in communities) – Research on effectiveness of bags, diffusion methods
and impact (effectiveness of approach)
• In each country, 2 years of active interventions then follow up – Year 1: Trainings, Demonstrations and bags sourcing – Year 2: Focus on bags availability and surveys
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Picture of the bags
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Presenting the PICS bag to a village chief and other notables in Bunkure (Kano state)
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Posters in English, French, Hausa, More and Bambara (so far) for merchants shops and extension offices – technicians have also fiche technique and training manual
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Demonstrations in villages with men and women farmers In Kano, Nigeria
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PICS/IITA female technician during a demonstration in Kwa village (Kano state)
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Average Attendance per demonstration in each state
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Attendance at village Demonstrations in each state in 2008
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PICS Partners
• Lead partners per country: – IITA: Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon. – World Vision: Niger, Mali, Ghana and Senegal – INERA: Burkina Faso – Ministry of Agriculture: Chad? (details are still being
worked out)
• Many other partners in each country (extension services, NGOs, research institutions, Local governments etc…)
• In addition, each country has a business consultant in charge of bags value chain development
• Research is handled by NARS (INERA, INRAN, IER, BUK etc…, IITA and Purdue University).
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DISTRIBUTION OF BAGS in Nigeria in 2009/10
• PICS bags are produced in Kano by a company – Lela Agro that was already producing bags.
• 1 major dealer in each state (and Abuja) with his/her own network for distribution
• Each extension agent will also have some bags for sale
• Also Dealers are asked to attend demonstrations (through representatives) and their names and contacts are announced after the sessions.
• The producing company (Lela Agro) is doing radio advertisements for the bags with names of each delaer per state.
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Research Components
• Effectiveness of storage in farmers’ conditions
– Quality indicators (Germination rates, holes)
• Is PICS approach effective in disseminating technology (Role of radio messages and other information channels)
• Impact assessment in year 3 and 5 in all countries
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Activities for 2009/10 in Nigeria
• Explore and formalize partnerships (Progreen, ADPs, WDI, other IITA projects).
• Conduct field technicians training for 1000 EAs – Additional women technicians selected and trained to meet gender targets
• Awareness campaign (Radio and visits to communities) • Conduct demonstrations in 10000 villages in 20 states – Demonstrations have just started and will continue until January 2010
• Follow up visits • Open the bags ceremonies • Collect data according to forms for Monitoring and evaluation
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Lessons from pilot phase (2008) in Nigeria