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PICS Lessons Learned Workshop
Charge to Participants
Objectives
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Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) goals
Update on PICS activities
Charge to workshop participants
Notes on workshop organization
PICS History
• Hermetic grain storage is an ancient technique.
• The triple layer plastic bag grew out a collaboration between
Purdue and IRAD in Maroua, Cameroon, starting in 1987.
• In the 1990s there were sporadic attempts by NGOs to extend
the technology for farmers.
• Adoption studies in 2003 and 2004 showed:
– Farmers wanted to use hermetic techniques, but lacked the
knowledge to do it correctly.
– Businesses in West & Central Africa were not aware of the
potential demand for triple bags
PICS Vision Shared with BMGF
• Our vision is that within five years 50% of the
cowpea stored at the farm-level in West and Central
Africa will be appropriately stored with nonchemical, hermetic storage.
• The benefits from improved storage will promote
cowpea trade in the region.
• Better storage and increased trade will increase the
incomes of small-holder farmers in West and Central
Africa and the food supply of consumers in the
region.
PICS Specific Objectives
1) determine the best design for a one-piece commercially
available triple-layer plastic cowpea storage bag;
2) disseminate information on non-chemical cowpea storage
methods to extension services, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and farmers;
3) demonstrate the most effective cowpea storage methods in
each village in the major cowpea production areas of West
and Central Africa; and
4) develop and foster local businesses that provide one piece
triple-layer plastic storage bags.
Cowpeas are
one crop that
can be
produced in
harsh arid
conditions
Cowpeas
are an
important
cash crop
in West
Africa
Extensive Cowpea Trade in West & Central Africa
In 1990s over 300,000 Tons Traded Annually
Making the Technology Available
PICS in over 30,000 Villages in 10 Countries
Village Cowpea Storage Demonstrations
Niger
Burkina Faso
Anticipated 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
5,209
100
5,630
2,761
454
103
11,131
400
11,634
2,111
0
2,111
943
469
495
964
Togo
1,000
906
85
991
Senegal
1,951
617
Ghana
2,000
2,000
2,000
Cameroon
1,451
1,465
1,465
Tchad
1,500
200
704
904
Totals
28,778
5,262
1,872
30,899
Nigeria
Mali
Benin
2,724
100
Actual
Totals
5,730
10,000
2,000
200
8,494
15,071
PICS activities had not begun
PICS village activities completed
3,315
1,168
1,785
Approach to PICS Bag Supply Chain
-Media efforts with Radio and
TV
- PICS consultant
Manufacturers
Work with local
manufacturers and
entrepreneurs
Distributors/
wholesalers
Semi-wholesalers
Vendors
Retailers and
roaming vendors
Over 1000
PICS vendors
in West and
Central Africa
Six Local Factories Manufacturing
PICS Bags in West and Central Africa
COFISAC
EmbalMali
Fasoplast
Kontiala
Lela Agro
Polytank
Current market for a manufacturer
Potential future market
Past market
PICS Bag Supply Chain Developed
from Project to Private Sector
July 2007- Jan 2012
1,820,000
PICS bags sold
Charge to PICSLL Participants:
1) Outline lessons learned from each of the ten
countries where PICS was implemented.
2) Identify the potential for using hermetic technology
for storage of crops beyond cowpea which should
incorporate the entomological, mycological and
socio-economic issues.
3) Make recommendations regarding the future of PICS
technology.
Keep PICSLL On Time!
Other than a few overview presentations, most
talks are:
• Limited to 12 minutes
• 3 minutes for questions of clarification
• Total time is 15 minutes
Keep PICSLL On Time!
Techniques to keep us on time:
– Moderators will use flash time cards (i.e. 5 minutes, 2
minutes, 1 minute, time is up) to help speakers pace their
presentations.
– At 11 minutes into the talk the Moderator will stand up.
– At 12 minutes the Moderators will walk toward the podium
and stand next to the speaker.
– At 15 minutes the Moderators will thank the speaker and
announce the following speaker.
Expected Workshop Outputs:
• Recommendations on:
– Scalable extension methods for widespread
technology adoption,
– Ag input supply chain development approaches for
Africa, and
– Use of hermetic technology for crops other than
cowpea.
• A Journal of Stored Products Research (JSPR)
special issue with Murdock, Baributsa and
Lowenberg-DeBoer as guest editors
A Moment of Silence for:
• Moffi Ta’ama – played a key role in the invention
of hermetic storage in triple layer bags.
• Aminu Malamfashi – Bayero University Kano
lecturer who was instrumental in development of
PICS in Nigeria
• Clément Faye – PICS coordinator for Senegal in
2010 and 2011
• Other PICS partners not mentioned here.