CSISA BD-CIMMYT

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CSISA - CIMMYT Activities

TP Tiwari and TeamGBDC Reflection meeting, 11.04.2013

Hotel Lake Castle, Gulshan 2, Dhaka





• 5-year investment from USAID –

Bangladesh (FtF- $24.4 m)• 3 CG centers (CIMMYT, IRRI, WorldFish)• National Research and Development

partners including CBOs • Emphasis on technology delivery, capacitybuilding, and adaptive research

CSISA expansion in Bangladesh



By the end of Year 5 (across six hubs):

●60,000 HH (direct beneficieries) with

net annual income increase of $350 per

HH

●300,000 HH (indirectly) through

dissemination-related activities●>1 M HH (indirectly) through linkages,

synergies and innovative partnerships

Vision of Success for CSISA - BD



CIMMYT Activity● Technology Verification

Adaptive variety trials (PVS)

CA based crop management PPP to promote CA based farm machineries

Tillage x residue

Soil fertility management

Sowing dates x nitrogen interaction

● Dissemination of improved Technologies

Community based demonstration

Capacity and awareness buildingImproved market linkages and livelihood systems

Seed systems,

M4HC

Public Private Partnership



Technology verification

● Adaptive varietal

trials (PVS onhybrid maize)

Fig. Performance (yield t/ha) of hybrids maize inmulti-locations adaptive trials in 2011-12. Locallypopular hybrids means, Faridpur = Pacific; Khulna= DMH852; Mymensingh = Miracle;Jessore=Sunshine; Barisal=827K



1. Contd. Technology verification (n=146)● On-farm nutrient

omission and

sufficiency trials todevelop site specificnutrientrecommendations for

rabi season maize

● CIMMYT/IRRI/IPNI



1. Contd. Technology verification● Adaptive trials on new

wheat genotypes under different sowing dates andnitrogen rates in SouthernBangladesh.48 adaptive trials were

conducted to compare theperformance of BARI Gom

27 (Ug99 and heattolerant) & BARI Gom-25(heat & salinity tolerant)with local variety No variety x salinity

interaction, but time of

planting had significanteffect



1. Contd. Technology verification●Comparison of CA and

Conventional Tillage inMaize-Rice rotation inlow land of SouthernBangladesh.

40 adaptive trials wereconducted on tillagemethods.strip till (≈ 8 t/ha)

compared toconventional till maize(6 t/ha)



1. Contd. Public-private partnership to commercialize and scale up machinery

for conservation agriculture in Bangladesh

• Partnered with International DevelopmentEnterprises (iDE) in 2012 to develop aninnovative business model

• 54 Chinese seeder-fertilizer drills imported anddistributed (Solar-vision)• 7,500 ha of wheat and mungbean crops to be

sown by conservation agriculture strip tillmachines in 2013



2. Dissemination of improvedtechnologies



2. Community based Demonstrations (n=539)

• Short/Medium duration rainy season rice

• Quick harvest-planting turnaround

Optimizing the dry season crop window is key



Emphasizing Diversified and Economical CropRotation Options for Farmers

Mung Bean

Strip Till Wheat

DSR Rice



● Profitable inter-croppingPoor farmers can earn additional

income of US$978 ha-1 with

additional investment of US$151 ha-

1 when intercropping red amaranthwith maize.



2. contd. Capacity building (Training support – Farmer,Researcher, Extension Worker, Service providers)

Event Name Achievement

(Number of farmers)Total Male Female

Farmers training (Maize,

wheat, CA based Crop

Management)

6010 4695 1315

Field days (Farmer#) 3331 1928 1403

Exchange visits & meeting 202 198 12

Training for service

provider/operator/partner

217 212 5

Staff training 36 35 1



2. contd. Awareness building - Video

• A DVD entitled “Grow More, Save More and Earn More”

• 48,396 (78% Male; 22% Female) watched the videos• 5,000 copies have been distributed and requests are

coming for more• 500 copies will be distributed to Upazilla level Agri.

Dev. Offices through BARC

2. contd. Improving Market Linkages

• Collaborated with local NGOs to organize 2,000 small-scale

farmers into 76 maize producer groups• Linked with feed mills – no marketing issue now• Similar sorts of effort has been made in other locations such

as; Mymensingh



Seed Summit

• Jointly organized by the MoA and CIMMYT-CSISA-BD on 26th April, 2012

• To develop a strategic roadmap for sustainable seed systems,

emphasizing wheat and maize in Bangladesh.• 30 participants representing the MoA, BARC, BADC, BARI, and

several private seed companies operating in Bangladesh, andCIMMYT, IRRI, IFPRI and the USAID attended the summit

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3. Maize use diversification• Maize for human consumption

• Orientation program for research anddevelopment leaders

• Orientation for local restaurant peopleand other stakeholders (PRAN, Square,etc.)

• BARC Priority Research (2011) – maizefor human food





CSISA-CIMMYT Future plan●Develop and deliver germpalsm (Maize and

Wheat) tolerant to Biotic and abiotic stresses●CA based agronomic studies Agronomic studies (sowing dates, seed rates, etc.).

Cropping system studies

Soil fertility managementProfitable inter-cropping

Tillage methods/planting systems

Residue and weed management

Water managementFarm machineries, and so on

● Improve seed systems

●

Policy intervention

CA b d S d f U b S ll S l



CA-based Seeders for Use by Small ScaleFarmers in Bangladesh

Permanent Raised Bed Seeder Strip Till Seeder

Axial Flow Pump



Intervention in Charland areas -

Mymensingh

Documents

CSISA BD-CIMMYT