Transcript 3rd CARD MEETING TANZANIA

CARD Group 2 Regional NRDS Workshop
AfricaRice Center – Cotonou, Benin
July 5-9, 2010
By
J.Q. Subah, M. Zinnah & S. Subah
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Liberia has a population of 3.5 million
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Total land area is about 43,000 square miles
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Rice is a strategic and food security crop in Liberia.
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It is the staple food for most Liberians.
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It is produced by 71% of the estimated 400,000 farm
families, using traditional slash and burn shifting
cultivation.
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“Policy Intent Statement” (2006): Outlined policy options for
consideration.
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Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy (2006): Laid foundation for
rehabilitation of agriculture sector.
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Comprehensive Assessment of the Agriculture Sector in
Liberia (CAAS-LIB) (2007): Comprehensive assessment of the
agricultural sector and identified priority programs for
development.
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Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) (2008): Acknowledges and
articulates the country’s aspiration for achieving the UN
Millennium Development Goal #1: Halving of hunger and
extreme poverty by 2015. Agriculture is the engine of growth.
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Food and Agriculture Policy Strategy (FAPS)
(2008): Developed within the context of the PRS, it
accentuates policies and associated strategies to
harness and utilize the potentials of the large number
of smallholder farmers in the agriculture sector.
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Draft Liberia National Rice Development Strategy
(NRDS) (March 2009): Outlines Government’s rice
development strategy up to 2018.
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Liberia Agriculture Sector Investment Project
(LASIP) (2009):
◦ Developed within the context CAADP), it identifies four
major pillars for investment in the sector: (1) Food and
nutrition security, (2) Competitive value chains and market
linkages, (3) Institutional Capacity Development, and (4)
Land and water development.
◦ Endorsed at ECOWAS/CAADP Business Meeting in Dakar,
Senegal in June 2010.
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Rice Production Map of Liberia
LEGEND
Leading Rice Producing
Medium Rice Producing
Unclassified
Guinea
Atlantic Ocean
Sierra Leone
LOFA
GBARPOLU
Cote d'Ivoire
GRAND CAPE MOUNT
BOMI
BONG
NIMBA
MONTSERRADO
MARGIBI
GRAND BASSA
RIVERCESS
GRAND GEDEH
SINOE
RIVER GEE
GRAND KRU
MARYLAND
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Upland ecology: Comprising about 400,000 smallholder farm families constitutes the major mode of
rice production.
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Lowland ecology: Mainly rain-fed; about 2%
utilization; with less than 1% irrigated.
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Year
Area
(ha)
Yield
(tons/ha)*
Production
(tons)
2009
190,000
0.9
170,000
2010
190,000
0.95
180,500
2011
190,000
0.95
180,500
2012
190,000
1
190,000
2013
190,000
1
190,000
2014
190,000
1
190,000
2015
190,000
1
190,000
2016
190,000
1.2
228,000
2017
190,000
1.2
228,000
2018
190,000
1.2
228,000
* Yields conservative, but expected to increase (probably double)
with introduction of improved varieties and management.
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Year
Area
(ha)
Yield
(tons/ha)
Production
(tons)
2009
20,000
1.2
24,000
2010
20,000
1.4
30,000
2011
24,000
1.5
36,000
2012
26,000
1.6
41,000
2013
27,000
1.6
43,000
2014
28,000
1.6
47,000
2015
29,000
1.7
49,000
2016
30,000
1.7
51,000
2017
41,000
1.7
52,000
2018
32,000
1.7
54,000
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Year
Area
(ha)
Yield
(tons/ha)
Production
(tons)
2009
2,000
2
8,000
2010
5,000
2.1
21,000
2011
6,000
2.3
27,600
2012
7,000
2.5
43,750
2013
8,000
2.75
44,000
2014
8,000
3
48,000
2015
9,000
3.5
63,000
2016
9,000
3.5
63,000
2017
10,000
3.5
70,000
2018
10,000
3.5
70,000
* Yields conservative, but expected to increase with introduction of
improved varieties and management.
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Year
Total Required
Ph.D.
(Rice Specialist)
M.Sc.
(Rice Water Specialist)
2008
2
0
2
2009
5
1
4
2010
5
1
4
2011
7
1
6
2012
7
1
6
2013
10
2
8
2014
10
2
8
2015
10
2
8
2016
10
2
8
2017
12
2
10
2018
12
2
10
TOTAL
90
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74
11
Year
Total
Required
Water Engineering Specialist
(B.Sc./Assoc. Degree)
Rice Specialist
(B.Sc./Assoc. Degree)
2008
0
0
0
2009
6
1
5
2010
6
1
5
2011
6
1
5
2012
6
1
5
2013
6
1
5
2014
6
1
5
2015
6
1
5
2016
6
1
5
2017
6
1
5
2018
6
1
5
Total
60
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50
12
Year
Total Required Lowland Dev./Water Mgnt.
Rice Specialists
2008
0
0
0
2009
10
5
5
2010
10
5
5
2011
10
5
5
2012
10
5
5
2013
15
5
10
2014
15
5
10
2015
15
5
10
2016
15
5
10
2017
15
5
10
2018
15
5
10
Total
130
50
80
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Human resource capacity development
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Seed & germplasm improvement
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Productivity & quality improvement
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Value addition/market access
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Land development, irrigation & water management
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Fertilizer & other agro inputs
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Other ministries/agencies, training & research institutions, NGOs, private
sector &civil society – broad-based consensus on priority setting for the agric
sector, especially rice sub-sector within the context of LASIP.
JICA - emergency rice initiative & rice data collection
USAID - seed improvement, value chain, private sector development,
infrastructure & institution capacity building
EU – agribusiness, private sector development, microfinance
FAO - seed sector development & seed multiplication
GTZ - irrigation infrastructure & seed lab development
IRRI - germplasm restoration
AfricaRice Center - germplasm restoration, varietal evaluation and emergency rice
initiative & capacity building
AfDB - rice value chain, seed sector development, irrigation infrastructure &
capacity building
IFAD - rice value chain & seed sector development
World Bank - development of MRU regional food security program & institution
capacity building
SIDA, DANIDA, UK, etc.
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No formal governance & M&E system is currently
in place for the NRDS. Efforts are being made to
put into place a formal system. Meanwhile, the
following interim governance structure is
currently in place:
MINISTER
National Seed Committee
Technical Task Force
Stakeholders
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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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