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Title: International Food Security Dialogue 2014 Theme: Enhancing Food Production, Gender Equity and Nutritional Security in a Changing World Advancing indigenous vegetables from the wild to the field to foster livelihood resilience in Nigeria O. Clement Adebooye, PhD. et al. Osun State University, Osogbo, NIGERIA April, 2014
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Sustainable Food Production: Advancing indigenous vegetables from the wild to the field to foster livelihood resilience in Nigeria

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Page 1: Sustainable Food Production: Advancing indigenous vegetables from the wild to the field to foster livelihood resilience in Nigeria

Title: International Food Security Dialogue 2014Theme: Enhancing Food Production, Gender Equity and

Nutritional Security in a Changing World

Advancing indigenous vegetables from the wild to

the field to foster livelihood resilience in

Nigeria

O. Clement Adebooye, PhD. et al.Osun State University, Osogbo, NIGERIA

April, 2014April, 2014

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Collaborating UniversitiesOsun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada

The Project is tagged NiCanVeg (106511)

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Communication and Awareness Campaign:

Demand for underutilized indigenous vegetables (UIV’s) has increased considerably due to media promotion.

~4.0 million listen to our radio and TV jingles

Application of Science:

Innovative technologies on breaking of seed dormancy, optimum seeding rate and method, seeding bed preparation, seed treatment, optimum fertilizer

rate and botanical pest controlIncrease in land cultivated from 1.4ha to 25ha

35-50% increase in yield of UIVs

Application of Science:Innovative technologies on breaking of seed dormancy, optimum seeding

rate and method, seeding bed preparation, seed treatment, optimum fertilizer rate and botanical pest control

Increase in land cultivated from 1.4ha to 25ha35-50% increase in yield of UIVs

Value Addition New and innovative food processing andproducts especially UIV fortified cookies .

Value Addition New and innovative food processing andproducts especially UIV fortified cookies .

Women economic empowerment and household food security.Rigorous campaign on gender equity

Women economic empowerment and household food security.Rigorous campaign on gender equity

Improved livelihoodFarmers now realize US$3376/year

compared to US$1194/year pre-project. Saving culture is now built in our farmers

Improved livelihoodFarmers now realize US$3376/year

compared to US$1194/year pre-project. Saving culture is now built in our farmers

The Key Messages

SustainabilityFarmers have formed and registered 22 cooperative groups, with 1200 members (50% women). Already facilitating access to credit and farming resources. Federal Government is building vegetables for export market to help the women and unemployed youth.

SustainabilityFarmers have formed and registered 22 cooperative groups, with 1200 members (50% women). Already facilitating access to credit and farming resources. Federal Government is building vegetables for export market to help the women and unemployed youth.

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Urban population

{~35%}

Urban population

{~35%}

Rural women and men farmers.{~65%}

Rural women and men farmers.{~65%}

Indigenous vegetables in the wild

Indigenous vegetables in the wild

The Challenge

•Highly cherished and valued•Gathered from the wild•Gathered by women•Not researched

Researchand PolicyResearch

and Policy

•Stereotyped to some elite crops

•Budgetary allocation never for edible wild plants

•Resource poor•Mostly illiterate•Women sustain several homes•No link with science

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Where are we working?Four States in SW Nigeria: ~25m people

Ondo Osun

Ekiti Oyo

Experimental sites: 22 project sites across two ecologies (Rainforest and Savannah)

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Which indigenous Vegetables?

• We carried out baseline study to identify the indigenous vegetables

• We characterized the 22 identified species• We carried out first level selection of 10 species for

agronomic, marketing and economic studies• From the results, we used multi-dimensional

analyses to select only 6 species for domestication: amenability to agronomic practices, economic and marketing potential and acceptability across SW.

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a. Odu: Solanum nigrumb. Igbagba: S. macrocarponc. Woorowo: Senecio biafraed. Ugu: Telfairia occidentalise. Tete: Amaranthus viridisf. Odu: S. scabrum

All pictures by Project 106511

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Farmers are proud and have sense of belonging, perhaps

becoming scientists!

What is innovative?

Extensive and large-scale training of

farmers and public advocacy

Formation of farmers cooperative groups

for financial sustenance

Field research are done on farmers farms and managed

by FADAMA-FARMER-

RESEARCHER

Integration of NiCanVeg with the government FADAMA, resulting in Researcher-

Government linkage

Sustainable seed production

Canadian partners

Gender &Econs

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Igbagba, Ogunmo, Tete

atetedaye, Odu, Ugu, woorowo

Concluded Studies

Cutting length studies

Investigation of planting spacing

Optimum seeding density and seeding method

Ugu, Ogunmo, Tete, Odu, Woorowo

Woorowo

Breaking of seed dormancy

Igbagba

Training of 1200

farmers(50%Women

)

Food processin

g

Baselinesurvey

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Table 1: Impact of optimum seeding rate on cumulative yield returns of the UIVs.

Table 1: Impact of optimum seeding rate on cumulative yield returns of the UIVs.

++Woorowo and Odu were not deliberately planted (UK=Unknown) before the project intervention, therefore previous data are unknown.

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Area Planted (ha)

CumulativeLeaf Yield

(`000 kg/ha)+

Total Production(`000 kg)+

Price/Kg(Nigerian Naira)

Total sales (`000,000 Nigerian

Naira)

March 2011

Jan 2014

Known data March 2011

Jan 2014

March 2011

Jan 2014

March 2011

Jan 2014

Ugu ~0.30 7.56 55.5 16.5 420.0 120 200 1.98 84.0

Igbagba ~0.20 7.00 52.0 10.4 364.0 100 170 1.04 53.6

Tete atetedaye

~0.60 5.64 28.9 17.3 107.0 80 155 1.38 16.6

Woorowo 000 1.90 52.6 UK 99.9 90 140 UK 13.9

Ogunmo ~0.32 2.83 33.2 10.64 93.9 50 80 0.53 7.51

Odu 000 0.72 25.3 UK 18.21 40 90 UK 1.64

Table 3: Comparative areas of land in cultivation, cumulative leaf yields and total production, price change and total sales for the six UIVs since project March 2011commencement and the November 2013 - January 2014 period.

Table 3: Comparative areas of land in cultivation, cumulative leaf yields and total production, price change and total sales for the six UIVs since project March 2011commencement and the November 2013 - January 2014 period.

+Woorowo and Odu were not deliberately planted before the project intervention, therefore previous data are unknown(UK).

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Igbagba, ugu and tete atetedaye are the most popular and most cherished at majority of our 22 study sites. Igbagba, ugu and woorowo are the most expensive (price/unit) across SW Nigeria. Dry season vegetable farming is more profitable than rainy season’s.

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Fig 2: Mean fresh leaf yield of UIVs in response to the rates of Urea-N fertilizer application

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We successfully moved the UIVs from the wild into cultivation. This has fostered dietary diversity and put money in farmers pocket.

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TESTIMONIESOur farmers have reported increased and profitable production and sales of UIVsresulting in: *Prompt payment of children school fees *Quick response to family health needs *Purchase of new radio, television and

motorbike *Building of new houses

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Concluding Remarks

• Job creation in an economy that is filled with unemployed and idle youth

• Federal Government presently instituting policies to enhance vegetables export

• Sustainability of our efforts and the efforts of the Canadian Government

• Scaling up proposal already submitted and the project is being extended to Benin and Burkina Faso

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We have received awards and we are honoured because of the successful execution of this project:

1.UNIOSUN was awarded the Most Outstanding University Award in Southwest Nigeria2.Vice-Chancellor (UNIOSUN) was honoured as the Most Outstanding Vice-Chancellor in Southwest Nigeria for 20143.Prof Clement Adebooye was honoured as the Most Outstanding Man of Year in Southwest Nigeria for 2014

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Luxuriant igbagba Luxuriant woorowo

ugu Ogunmo

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Training of College of Agriculture students on Project 106511 Site

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Collaboration at work !!

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Communication and Awareness Campaign:

Demand for underutilized indigenous vegetables (UIV’s) has increased considerably due to media promotion.

~4.0 million listen to our radio and TV jingles

Application of Science:

Innovative technologies on breaking of seed dormancy, optimum seeding rate and method, seeding bed preparation, seed treatment, optimum fertilizer

rate and botanical pest controlIncrease in land cultivated from 1.4ha to 25ha

35-50% increase in yield of UIVs

Application of Science:Innovative technologies on breaking of seed dormancy, optimum seeding

rate and method, seeding bed preparation, seed treatment, optimum fertilizer rate and botanical pest control

Increase in land cultivated from 1.4ha to 25ha35-50% increase in yield of UIVs

Value Addition New and innovative food processing andproducts especially UIV fortified cookies .

Value Addition New and innovative food processing andproducts especially UIV fortified cookies .

Women economic empowerment and household food security.Rigorous campaign on gender equity

Women economic empowerment and household food security.Rigorous campaign on gender equity

Improved livelihoodFarmers now realize US$3376/year

compared to US$1194/year pre-project. Saving culture is now built in our farmers

Improved livelihoodFarmers now realize US$3376/year

compared to US$1194/year pre-project. Saving culture is now built in our farmers

The Key Messages

SustainabilityFarmers have formed and registered 22 cooperative groups, with 1200 members (50% women). Already facilitating access to credit and farming resources. Federal Government is building vegetables for export market to help the women and unemployed youth.

SustainabilityFarmers have formed and registered 22 cooperative groups, with 1200 members (50% women). Already facilitating access to credit and farming resources. Federal Government is building vegetables for export market to help the women and unemployed youth.

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