CARD pilot seed initiative. Marco Wopereis

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1 CARD pilot seed initiative Marco Wopereis Deputy Director General International Rice Congress - CARD lunch time side event Bangkok, Thailand, 29 October Contents Will we reach the CARD objective by 2018? Rice breeding activities feeding into CARD CARD pilot seed initiative Conclusions 1

2 Average rice yields in SSA jump by 36% from 2005 to kg/ha per year 11 kg/ha per year Source of data: United States Department of Agriculture ( accessed October 12, 2014 Production increasing but consumption as well Growth rates for linear projection: consumption = 5.4% production = 5.7% Consumption with trend Production with trend Source of data: United States Department of Agriculture ( accessed October 12,

3 Million tons 03/11/2014 Recent yield growth analysis (Saito et al., accepted) From 92 to 347 kg ha 1 year 1 in 24 countries 74% of rice area in Africa with >35 kg ha 1 year 1 3 key determinants: Number of rice varieties released/adopted ( ) Share of irrigated rice area Consumption level Imports 14 Rice imports into sub Sahara Africa showed signs of stabilization at about 8 million tons in average before 2010; But resurgence of high rice imports since 2011; Year Source of data: United States Department of Agriculture ( accessed October 12,

4 Contents Will we reach the CARD objective by 2018? Rice breeding activities feeding into CARD CARD pilot seed initiative Conclusions Global Rice Science Partnership Each dot represents 5,000 ha of rice Irrigated Rainfed lowland Rainfed upland An evolving alliance of IRRI, AfricaRice & CIAT with Cirad, IRD, JIRCAS and hundreds of research and development partners worldwide 4

5 Abiotic stress Abiotic stress 03/11/2014 Collaboration under GRiSP Theme 1, 2 France -IRD - CIRAD Germany -University Belgium -University JAPAN -NIAS - NICS - JIRCAS Pathology Markers USA - Cornell U. - U. Arizona -Duke U. Genomics Markers Donor Pathology Germplasm Breeding lines Markers, etc IRRI CIAT Embrapa Breeding lines NARS - Shuttle Breeding - Breeding TF - Hub Breeding lines China 5

6 Breeding Task Force Breeding activities (AfricaRice, IRRI, CIAT, NARS) ARICA (Advanced RICe for Africa) Africa-wide Rice Breeding Task Force Multi-environment Trials MET PET PAT/FAT NARS intention to release Check all data All Trial Data ARICA Release (NARS) Release (NARS) In 2013 and 2014, 11 ARICAs were named 6

7 Source (%) 03/11/2014 Contents Will we reach the CARD objective by 2018? Rice breeding activities feeding into CARD CARD pilot seed initiative Conclusions Where are rice farmers in Africa getting their seeds? 7

8 03/11/2014 Informal seed system is predominant in Africa Informal seed system Source? Harvests Harvests Harvests Own use Source? Harvests Harvests Harvests Own use Other Rice Farmers Formal seed system Nucleus s Breeder s Foundation s Certified s Rice Farmer Other general observations planning at regional and country level lacking Lack of capacity to produce quality seed (breeder foundation certified) Equipment for seed inspection lacking Numbers and capacity of seed inspectors very low Lack of private sector involvement 8

9 CARD pilot seed initiative Background Development of the rice seed sector is a top priority in the national rice development strategies developed through CARD Approach Development of rice seed road maps in each country Development of country-specific investment plans to implement the seed road maps Burkina Faso Cameroon Cote d Ivoire Ghana Guinea Madagascar Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Target Countries Criteria 1. Notable existence of the private sector 2. Significant role in the food crop portfolio 3. Significant role as a cash crop in the economy 4. Existence of other seed initiatives 9

10 Working Group (Oct 2013) 1 st Working Week (Nov Jan 2014) Situation & Gap Analysis Vision, Goal Target Setting Strategic Approach Prioritization Drafting Rice Road Map NRDS and Taskforce Implementation Process Regional WS (Feb 2014) VC Seminar (Apr 2014) Updates 2 nd Working Week (May-July 2014) Validation of Road Map (July 2014 ~) 3rd Working Week (July 2014 ~) Finalization of Concept Notes Inputs from resource persons (private sec., seed users, experts, DPs) Revision of the draft seed road map Stocktaking in present rice seed sector, identifying gaps, and prioritization Drafting concept notes DPs Private Sector CAADP I/P Gov t Budget Fund Matching Process Lobbying for Funding Alignment with Sector Strategy Contents Will we reach the CARD objective by 2018? Rice breeding activities feeding into CARD CARD pilot seed initiative Conclusions 10

11 Development-oriented seed route: key to reach majority of farmers Inspection Production Breeder AfricaRice Inspection Production Foundation Producers trained by AfricaRice/NARS Inspection Production Quality Rice Farmers Producers trained by AfricaRice/NARS V Higher Yield, Cleaner paddy GAP: Land prep, fertilizer, harvesting AfricaRice Train farmers Value adding factor 11

12 Japan Emergency Initiative: seeds delivered to >100,000 vulnerable farmers in 2014 Commercially-oriented seed route: emerging Inspection Production Breeder AfricaRice/NARS Inspection Production Foundation Producers trained by AfricaRice/NARS Inspection Production Certified Producers trained by AfricaRice/NARS Uniform paddy Cleaner milled rice Cleaner milled rice Cleaner milled rice Paddy produced by contracted rice farmers V Milled rice V High quality V products Consumers V GAP: Land prep, fertilizer, harvesting Upgrading milling facilities Branding, Marketing AfricaRice Train farmers AfricaRice, Millers Value adding factor V Added value to product 12

13 Thank you 03/11/2014 Aromatic rice selling in Dakar 13