Capacity Development services for Cowpea

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Capacity Development services for Cowpea

Zoumana Bamba

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Scaling-out and Capacity Development

•Establishment of community based producers•Linkages with private sector, NGOs and

support services – research and extension

Triggers

•Concept of quality seed production, processing, marketing and value addition integrated

•Effective demand of quality seeds among smallholder farmers

Drivers and spaces

•Quality seed production and marketing•Storage, processing and value-addition•Mainstreaming gender and youth

Knowledge

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTSCAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

•Demonstration plots - protocols•Production and marketing•Awareness creation•Business skills and management•Group enhancing and dynamics

Objective 1: Cowpea Seed

Systems

•IPM technologies•Awareness creation•Chemicals and insecticidesImproved

agricultural practices and pest

management

•Storage pests•Storage technologies•Processing technologies•Nutrition awarenessImproved

storage and increased home

consumption

Knowledge sharing services

• Production of protocols guidelines

• Best agronomic practices manuals• Seed production and marketing• Farmer-led seed enterprise model• Business management • Communication products • IPM manuals• Communication products on

pests identification• Guidelines on use of chemicals

• Communication products on storage pests identification

• Guides on storage technologies• Guides on processing• Recipes and communication

products on nutrition • Publication of lessons, best

practices• Economic studies, particularly on

youth and women • Adoption rate, household farm

economics and food security

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Implementation • In-country and between countries Knowledge sharing

services • Assessment of existing resources in respective

countries: manuals, guides, trainers• Work sessions between national coordination,

research, extension and communication to:– Work plan for the provision of services: field visits,

development of manuals, messages, etc.– Production of guides/manuals– Dissemination strategy– Evaluation of impacts.

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