CURRENT PATHWAYS OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE IN GHANA: CASE OF RICE INDUSTRY

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1 CURRENT PATHWAYS OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE IN GHANA: CASE OF RICE INDUSTRY PRESENTED BY : EVANS SACKEY TEYE (EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF GHANA RICE INTER-PROFESSIONAL BODY, GRIB )

2 INTRODUCING GRIB Ø The Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB) is a national umbrella organization of rice stakeholders duly incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in accordance with the Companies Code (1963) Act 179 in October 2004 in Ghana. Ø Membership of GRIB consists of the private stakeholders in the rice sector comprises over 200 registered groups and individuals representing over 15,000 individual stakeholders in the following categories; Rice farmer Based Organizations (FBOs), Rice Millers, Women Rice Processor groups, Rice Brokers/Marketers organizations, Input dealers and Machinery Service Providers. Ø Our VISION is to build a competitive Local Rice Industry with the MISSION to be the recognized stakeholder organization driving the growth of the local rice Industry.

3 INTRODUCING GRIB SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF GRIB Ø Created and supported a strong Rice Value Chain organization with about 200 groups as members across the country over 15,000 individual members. Ø Built the capacity of members on Good Agronomic practices, processing, marketing, group formation and dynamics with various development partners. Ø Facilitated the acuisition of euipment for members (tractors, rice mills, rice combined harvester, power tillers and upgrade of some members rice mills). Ø Collaboration with SDF/COTVET and USAID ADVANCE to disseminate the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methodology on pilot bases in six (6) regions in Ghana which increases the average production of 2.4 metric tonnes per hectare to 6.5 metric tonnes per hectare. Currently up scaling the SRI approach with the West Africa Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP) and Savanna Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) in all regions with demonstration plots.

4 INTRODUCING GRIB SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF GRIB Ø GRIB in Collaboration with GIZ, JAK Foundation,Ghana Grains Council, Ghana Standards Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, Ministry of Food & Agriculture has reviewed the national rice standards and also developed a new Paddy Rice Standards with over 300 Rice Value Chain Actors trained (TOT) to implement the national rice standards to improve the uality of rice produced to meet competition on the market with certification. Etc etc etc Ø Currently setting up a Rice Production Skills Training School in Asutsuare which is one of largest irrigation site for rice production in Ghana. To train both skilled and unskilled techniues in Rice Production and business opportunities in the industry Ø Currently also setting up Rice Business Centres across the country to provide all services reuired in the Rice Value Chain. Ø Currently working with development partners such as GIZ, USAID-ADVANCE, WORLD BANK/WAAPP, TECHNOSERVE, JAK FOUNDATION, GCX etc.

5 OVERVIEW OF RICE PRODUCTION IN GHANA Rice is produced in all regions of Ghana. This covers all the major ecological zones which includes the Interior Savannah zone, the High Rain Forest zone, the Semideciduous Rain Forest zone and the Coastal Savannah zone. Within each agro-ecological zone there are different rice ecosystems such as the Rainfed drylands, Rainfed lowlands, Inland swamps and valley bottoms and Irrigated lands. The rainfed zones (i.e. drylands and lowlands) accounts for 75 percent of the production area. the irrigated ecology 10 percent and the inland swamps and valley bottoms covers 15 percent.

6 ECOLOGICAL MAP OF GHANA WHERE RICE IS PRODUCED INTERIOR SAVANNA, TRANSITIONAL, COASTAL SAVANNAH, SEMI DECIDOUS RAIN FOREST AND HIGH RAIN FOREST

7 O OVERVIEW OF RICE PRODUCTION IN GHANA Rice has become one of the major staple cereals in Ghana. It is the second largest cereal consumed after maize. This has been attributed to increasing urbanization and the ease with which it is prepared. About 70 percent of total rice consumed in Ghana is in urban areas, mainly Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi (SRID-MoFA, 2010). The per capita consumption of rice in Ghana now is about 58.0 kg per annum. There is going to be continuous increase in consumption levels due to rapid population growth and urbanization (Potential!!! high production MEANS more waste for energy generation.) Over the past decade and a half, Ghana s rice sector has attracted the attention of stakeholders and policy makers largely due to the increase in consumption and the effect of its rising import bill on the economy.

8 O OVERVIEW OF RICE PRODUCTION IN GHANA Ghana has the right agronomic conditions to produce rice throughout the year. However, structural constraints namely, poor agronomic practices, low usage of agrochemicals, lack of homogenous seeds of demanded varieties and low farm mechanisation have resulted in a lot of inefficiencies in the rice sub-sector. These inefficiencies have stifled the rice production opportunities that the right agronomic conditions offers. The inefficiencies, low yields coupled with high consumption has resulted in Ghana been a net importer of rice.

9 PADDY RICE PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM (SOURCE: SRID, MOFA) RICE PRODUCTION FIGURES - ( ) Area ('000 Year Ha) DomesAc ProducAon RICE HUSK/WASTE Paddy ('000 MT) Milled ('000 MT) HUSK/ WASTE('000MT) ESTIMA TED

10 PADDY RICE PRODUCTION REGIONAL YIELD FIGURES 2013/14 Key point - The three top regions for rice production are Volta, Northern and Upper East REGION PADDY PRODUCTIO CROPPED AREA AVERAGE YIELD PADDY PRODUCTION N HECTARES METRIC TONNE PER HECTARE METRIC TONNES METRIC TONNES PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM 2013 TO 2014 PADDY PRODUCTION WESTERN 25, ,080 28,604 16% CENTRAL 1, ,846 2,648 7% GREATER ACCRA 3, ,528 19,808 9% VOLTA 42, , ,467 18% EASTERN 9, ,205 29,939 11% ASHANTI 11, ,614 38,399-10% BRONG AHAFO 4, ,435 6,713 11% NORTHERN 77, , ,297 2% UPPER EAST 41, , ,523-4% UPPER WEST 5, ,008 7,127 12%

11 CURRENT TRENDS IN THE RICE INDUSTRY

12 CURRENT USE OF RICE HUSK/ WASTE IN GHANA About 30% of Rice Bran produced is used for animal feeding The rest of the waste which includes, rice husk, rice bran and rice straw is burnt or left to rot where milling takes place Some farmers also use the straw as mulch but that is done only by few rice farmers.

13 CURRENT USE OF RICE HUSK/ WASTE IN GHANA

14 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY GENERATION Ghana is currently producing just about half of what is reuired to be self sufficient in rice The country has all the resources reuired to produce rice to meet its demand and also export. With the current production of about 600,000(2014) metric tons, the country needs to produce double (1.2 million mt) what we are producing now to meet demand hence more waste will be generated for power generation With lot of areas where rice is produced reuiring energy(electricity), the opportunity to process waste from paddy rice to generate energy for rural electrification is very strong.

15 CONCLUSION GRIB as a value chain organization that drives the growth of the rice industry is open to collaborate with investors who wants to take advantage of this potential in the rice industry to generate energy with the waste generated from rice production in Ghana. GRIB will like to assure all investors that are interested in this industry that both raw materials reuired and other support reuired to setup this projects will be readily available

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17 CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB) No. 666/14, Nii Noi Kwame Street, Dzorwulu-Accra. P.O.Box KA 9566, Airport. Website: Contact numbers: / /

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