1. Africa RISING Mali team Achievements until 2013 Tom van Mourik & AR Mali team Africa RISING review & planning meeting Azalai Grand Hotel, 3-4 February, 2014

2.  Africa RISING partners and activities  Synergies with other ongoing projects  Africa RISING achievements and ongoing activities in 2013  Exchange visit conclusions and suggestions  Conclusions and remarks Presentation Outline

3. Focus on (1)Sustainable intensification (2)Farm household scale Interactions with other scales acknowledged and studied i.e community, landscape, watershed etc. Stepwise progress towards SI Farm typologies Platforms, co-learning Critical entry points Conceptual framework

4.  Improving vegetable production and processing (USAID, AVRDC)  FARMSEM seed enterprise project on dryland crops (USAID, ICRISAT)  Agro-ecological intensification project (McKnight Foundation, WUR, IER, ICRISAT, AMEDD)  Dryland Systems and WLE CGIAR research program (ICRISAT, ICRAF, ILRI, IWMI, Bioversity)  CORAF project on crop livestock integration (IER) Synergies with other initiatives

5. Four Research Outputs (RO’s): 1: Situation Analysis and Program-wide Synthesis (IFPRI, WUR and partners) 2: Integrated Systems Improvement (CGIAR, AVRDC, WUR, national partners) 3: Scaling and Delivery of Integrated Innovation (idem) 4: Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation (IFPRI with partners) Activities in 2013 workplan (may 2013, project started in June 2013) 1.1 Community mobilization & establishing platforms 2.7 Household nutrition 2.8 Sustainable NRM and fodder 2.9 Farm and field productivity Africa RISING outputs and activities

6.  Development domains & villages selected  Basic farm HH characteristics collected in 7 villages RO1 Achievements & activities 2013

7.  Diagnostic / planning meetings all AR villages  Platforms established in 4 villages Yorobougoula (NRM, local conventions) Nampossela (Farm & field productivity, McKnight) Sirakele & Mpessoba (nutrition) Exchange visit West Africa in Mali, 21-24 Nov. 2013) Community mobilisation & platforms (1)

8.  Fencing and wells constructed in 3 villages and existing sites identified in 2 villages (ICRISAT, ICRAF)  Physical platforms for experimentation  Fruit tree establishment trials  Off-season irrigated vegetable / seed production Community mobilisation & platforms (2)

9. Study on level of interaction and influence of different stakeholders in IP Yorobougoula Lead farmer generally interacts and informs 5 other farmers outside IP Analyses for mapping of networking and interaction among stakeholders on-going Community mobilisation & platforms (3) HIGH Ones that can make difference 5 3 2 1 12 4 5 HIGH Level of interest Level of influence LOW Guana n-ton Ass. Jeunes Chikolo- ton Coop eleveurs CP miel Jigiya -ton CMDT AV CP- coton Bio LOW Benkadi -ton Faso- Jguiya Sabali- ton CP volaille Association chasseurs Chikolo- ton

10.  Household nutrition survey completed (AVRDC)  Nutrition field schools implemented 2 villages (AVRDC, ICRISAT) 8 training modules developed in French & Bambara and tested with participants Nutrition field schools linked to nutritious vegetable and field crop trials and seed sales Training video produced on the preparation of enriched porridge Household nutrition (1)

11. Household nutrition (2) Nutrition statusBoysGirls6-23 months 24-59 months Severe / moderate malnutrition 6%10%15%1% Risk of malnutrition 17%21%37%11% Normal77%69%45%88% Nutritional status of ~1300 children between 6 months and 5 years assessed Girls and especially youngest group high rates of poor nutrition status

12.  Survey and analyses of feed resources, FEAST (ILRI, AMEDD), Sources of income Sustainable NRM & fodder (1) BougouniKoutiala

13. Sustainable NRM & fodder (2) Bougouni Koutiala Koutiala more availability of cereal residues and concentrates Bougouni, more availability of green forage and grazing

14.  Participatory land use mapping  Biomass assessment, cropped /non-cropped land (ICRISAT, AMEDD, MoBioM, WUR) RO2 Sustainable NRM & fodder (3)

15. Farm & field productivity (1) Field crop trials in Bougouni area Trial typePlannedPlantedHarvestedAnalysed Sorghum / cowpea intercrop 20181511 Cowpea31282521 Soybean20 1714 Groundnut12 Not yet analysed

16. Sorghum-Cowpea intercrop  Sorghum: No treatment effect (poor germination, brd damage)  Cowpea fodder yields: inter-row not significantly different from pure crop, in-row significantly lower. Dunanfana significantly higher fodder yield than local.

17. Cowpea  No significant effect of Neem insecticide  Farmers expressed preference for Wilibali, despite similar yields to local variety  white grain, early maturation much appreciated a a a a b b a a b b b b

18. Soybean intensification trials  Soybean yields showed no significant treatment effects.  Farmers interested in soybean  New crop, farmers don’t know what to do with soybean  Request for training on soybean processing/prepa ration Control + Compost + Innoculum + Compost + Innoculum

19. Farm & field productivity (2) Field crop trials Koutiala area 2013 (total ~200 trials) Trial typePlannedHarvestedFor analysis Sorghum mechan-microdos1088 Sorghum intensification312821 Maize intensification45 Cowpea intensification4138 Groundnut/roselle intercrop12 Soyabean intensification3930 Sorghum/cowpea intercrop555 Maize/cowpea intercrop32

20. Maize T1 : local variety, no fertilizer T2 : local variety, manure 9t/ha +150 kg urea, 100 kg complex 15-15-15 T3 : hybrid maize « Bondofa », no fertilizer T4 : hybrid maize « Bondofa », manure 9t/ha, 150 kg urea, 100 kg complex 15-15-15

21. T1 : local variety, no fertilizer ; T2 : local variety, manure 9t/ha +DAP 75 kg/ha T3 : hybrid sorghum « Pablo », no fertilizer T4 : hybrid sorghum « Pablo, manure 9t/ha, DAP 75 kg/ha Sorghum

22. Cowpea T1 : ‘wulibali’ cowpea, no fertilization T2 : ‘wulibali’ cowpea, P 20kg/ha T3 : ‘Dunanfana cowpea, no fertilization T4 : ‘Dunanfana cowpea, P 20 kg/ha T1T2 T3T4

23. Soybean T1 : no fertilizer, no inoculum ; T2 : manure 4t/ha, P 20 kg/ha, no inoculum T3 : no fertilizer, inoculum T4 : manure 4t/ha, P 20 kg/ha, inoculum

24.  Promising results, potential of 100 USD/ha more net profit than the local practice with about 20 USD /ha investment (hybrid seed, fertiliser, disk) Participatory agro-economical analyses of mechanised microdosing trials with sorghum

25. Strategic sheep feeding trials initiated with cowpea/groundnut hay and maize bran 3 feed treatments: 600g legume hay/day 900g legume hay/day 600g legume hay & 400 g maize bran /day Vaccinations and salt lick blocks standard treatment for all

26.  Distribution & viewings of videos related to sustainable intensification options performed in all AR villages (~100 DVDs distributed, > 10,000 farmers exposed)  Preliminary study performed on what information is retained and what farmers do with the information (unsupervised experimentation and innovation) RO3 Scaling approaches

27. Capacity building (1) Training titleMenWomentotal Nutrition field schools (8 modules, AVRDC, ICRISAT)14646660 Vegetable processing, conservation and storage (AVRDC) 233659 Mechanised microdosing technique & trial establishment (ICRISAT) 718 Use of media for large scale farmer training (ICRISAT)426 Grafting and planting practices for improved fruit trees (ICRAF) 144 Establishment of rural resource center (ICRAF)25 Introduction to monitoring and evaluation (IFPRI, ICRISAT) 15318

28.  Integration, integration & integration!!  Organisations, technologies, system components, Harmonizing data collection, sharing and reporting  Describe where activities fit into the farming system and describe links to other activities  Flexibility partnerships and consultations where necessary Exchange visit conclusions and suggestions from participants

29. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation africa-rising.net Thank you / merci!