IPM IL Approaches to scaling

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1 Annual Innovation Lab Council Partners Workshop IPM IL Approaches to scaling Luke A. Colavito, IPM IL Nepal TL and ide Country Dir March 10, 2014

2 IPM IL - Nepal IPM IL Core program Nepal ( ) Verifingy IPM packages / technologies IPM IL Nepal Mission Associate Award ( ) Provide models, training, and technical support for the FTF initiative to utilize IPM for the vegetable subsector Partners: Virginia Tech (Prime) and consortium of Universities including Penn State and Ohio State Nepal led by ide with CEAPRED, NARC, working with DOA, Agricare (private producer of bio products), other private partners

3 NEPAL IPM IL DISTRICTS

4 IPM Innovation Lab (IL) has developed IPM packages for major vegetable crops and component recommendations for Feed the Future. Most profitable crops include monsoon tomatoes grown in a high tunnel and cucumbers grown in the spring.

5 Context Weak Market Nepal agriculture highly subsistence oriented, only 14% of agricultural produce is marketed Private sector present mostly just in district capitals With a few exceptions most private companies in agriculture are small, lack technical capacity, and function as distributers of imported inputs There is a basic market failure constraining private investment in smallholder agriculture Free rider problem: if company A organizes and trains smallholders, companies B,C,D reap the benefits

6 Commercial Agriculture Strategy Over the last 10 years USAID Nepal has developed an approach for smallholder commercial agriculture Key features are creating sufficient volume of production in a rural community to establish: A community managed collection center for market access Local service providers selling inputs, equipment, and services Recent USAID projects (SIMI, Ujaylo, BDS MAPS, EIG, others) have directly brought over 200,000 smallholder HHs into commercial agriculture. The ongoing FTF Kisan project will reach 160,000 HHs The gov and other donors are building on USAID work

7 Collection Centers Range from around 100 to 1,000 HHs organized in farmer groups of about 20 HHs Farmers select a Marketing and Planning Committee (MPC) to establish and manage a collection center The MPC selects an entrepreneur(s) to manage the collection center, overtime some collection centers become cooperatives: Key services provided by collection centers include: marketing production, recommending crops thru crop calendars, technical support, inputs, credit, linkage to government services, advocacy

8 Collection Centers!

9 IPM IL - Scale up Linkages Partnership with companies producing bio products to develop supply chains. Key partner is Agricare producing a range of bio products. Facilitate demonstrations of IPM packages/technologies targeted to MPCs to include in crop calendars Facilitate Agricare/partners to establish local service providers marketing bio products, embedded services, and to estimate demand Note a key service provider are nursery operators MPCs play a role to select farmers for pest/disease monitoring and to access government services Work with MPCs to market healthy produce for a premium

10 IPM IL - Scale up Strategy IPM IL reach mainly thru the FTF Kisan Project and some smaller USAID and other donor projects (DFID, EU) IPM IL has established sites in two districts associated with collection centers in the hills and terai of FTF districts to provide training to FTF Kisan and demos. Most profitable/proven IPM components are also being directly included FTF Kisan trainings Co-location with the CSISA (CIMMYT) supporting FTF for rice, maize, and lentils to facilitate training and demos and to develop integrated crop calendars Partnership with NARC for research outreach demos and DOA for extension thru farmer field schools

11 USAID Administrator Dr. Shah meeting one of 10 local service providers trained by IPM IL marketing Agricare bio products. The main FTF Kisan project will facilitate many more local service providers.

12 Estimate of Direct USAID Impacts for Major Projects Over 200,000 HHs (benefiting 1 million+ people) increase annual income by over $250 thru adoption of commercial production using improved seeds and technologies Large indirect adoption and secondary jobs created Nearly 50,000 HHs purchased drip manufactured in Nepal About 100,000 HHs purchase treadle pumps Over 20,000 HHs use plastic houses and the hybrid Srijana tomato variety for monsoon tomato production IPM IL: About 1,000 HHs at research sites have adopted IPM products/practices including trichoderma, pheromone traps, grafting resistant root stock, and other 2,500 HHs us soil solarization and bio pesticides

13 Challenges Scaling is taking place within commercial pockets but replication of pockets is limited outside projects. Disease/pests/agricultural technologies are complex and evolving and require stronger public sector capacity and support Many collection centers lack capacity, business plans, and volume Lack of systems to certify healthy produce and lack of food quality standards/testing

14 Scaling Public Private Partnerships with private sector engaging government to develop commercial pockets (providing initial costs to establish commercial pockets). Private companies recognizing the benefits of extending supply chains to rural communities and investing to replicate Strengthen public and private sector technical capacity to support commercial agriculture (area where the IL program universities are making important contributions)

15 IPM IL Team visiting the field. IPM IL University team provides support to national teams for package development and a variety of higher level training.

16 Thank You USAID Administrator at an IPM IL Nepal site meeting with business leaders including the CEO of Agricare IPM IL Partner Rabindra Adhikhari Photos by Bimala Rai Colavito, ide Volunteer (see related materials and videos on ide website: