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Cereal Systems Initiative for

South Asia in Bangladesh (CSISA B)

USAID Bangladesh MissionMarch 15, 2011

Senior Scientist

IRRI ([email protected])

William Collis

Regional Director for South AsiaWorldFish ([email protected])

Andrew McDonald

Regional Cropping Systems Agronomist

CIMMYT ([email protected])


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CSISA: Bangladesh

1.What is CSISA?

3.CSISA Technologies, Activities

5.CGIAR Change


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What is CSISA?

regional food security initiative launched in 2009

Project Goal: To increase food, nutrition, and

income security in S. Asia through sustainableintensification of cereal-based systems

Four countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan

Supported by: USAID, Gates Foundation, & World Bank Collaboratively implemented with many public and

private partners


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Development, dissemination of sustainable, productive,

and economical agricultural management practices &technologies

Strategic partnerships (public + private sectors) to increase

Key CSISA activities

the scale and longevity of interventions

Strengthen market linkages and business development

improved technologies alone are not sufficient

Development of high-yielding and stress-tolerant varieties

Capacity building

Policy analysis (IFRPI)


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Pakistan

Nepal

Central Soil SalinityResearch Institute,Karnal

ICAR Complex forEastern Region,Patna

Faisalabad , Pakistan

Ludhiana,

Punjab

Begusarai, Bihar

Chitwan, Nepal

Kushinagar, EUP Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Karnal, Haryana

CSISA Delivery Hubs & Res. Platforms

India

Tamil Nadu Rice ResearchInstitute

Research Platform

BARI/BRRI

Thanjavur, TN

Gazipur, Bangladesh

CSISA Hubs


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5-year investment from USAID Bangladesh (FTF- $24.4 m)

Enterprise-based diversified strategy :includes WorldFish as a core

partner

Key features

CSISA expansion in Bangladesh

Emphasis on technology delivery, capacity building, and adaptiveresearch (no upstream research, breeding, or policy)

Formation of four new hubs in the South

Strengthening of existing hubs in Central and Northwest (3X more

resources at hubs)


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CSISA Hubs in Bangladesh

Existing hubs : Dinajpur (Rajshahi satellite) Central BD

(Gazipur Mymensingh)

New hubs for 2011 : Jessore Khulna Barisal

New hubs for 2012 : Noakhali


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Vision of success for CSISA - B

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

60,000 HH (directly benefited) 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


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Why Invest in CSISA?


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CSISA axioms for success

Farmers manage systems, notcommodities.

There is no universal template foragricultural development

(Bangladesh is a long way from Punjab)

Blending scientific rigor withparticipatory demand lead approaches is a must(neither approach is transformative in isolation)

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Why CSISA?Importance of Small Holder Agriculture

Food Security: >40% Bangladesh malnourished. ~20% 30-60 M people) safety

nets cannot reach all of these people.

Poverty: sustainable reduction in food insecurity requiresincreasing incomes of small commercial farmers. (40% of

farmers= 80% production). Agriculture remains the mainemployer and high value ag. the best opportunity for reducing

rural poverty. (Mellor, 2010)

Nutrition: Urbanization and changing urban dietsprovides opportunities for commercial smallholders.Also the need for health and ag professionals to work together

to identify and use food to solve nutrition issues.


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Why CSISA?

Challenges to agricultural development

Land, Water, labor and energy shortages competition with other sectors

Increasing costs of production

Stagnating or low productivity growth declining cropping intensity

Resource loss / degradation (land, water,

soil)

Coping with risk, salinity increases, climate

variability,- extremes, and change


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Main impacts will be onagriculture

Drought + Overuse of groundwater

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Why CSISA?: Potential Climate &Environmental Impacts

surge, coastal and inland

Salinity increases throughout

the coastal belt


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Why CSISA ?Why farmers are not taking advantage

of improved technologies?

CAPITAL

KNOWLEDGE

RISK

Are key messages reaching farmers?

Are technologies matched to needs of smallholders?

LABOR


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It can be done.The rice revolution in South America

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Variety revolution(semi-dwarfs 2 t / ha)

350 new varieties released

Agronomic Revolution(management gain 2 t / ha, )

2002......................

Peter Jennings, FLAR, 2005

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Creation of FLAR

.......................1968 1995


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CSISA Approaches: the Hub

Hubs are central to CSISA-

Represents the various agro-ecologicalzones

Provide a focus for collaborative innovation

learning and impact.

Bring together regional partners privatesector, GOs & NGOs, Universities, farmer

groups

Provide a basis for local identification andparticipatory testing of improved seed and

appropriate management technologies.


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Why CSISA ? : the hub approachB5


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Slide 18

B5 want to change words -Bill, 3/12/2011


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CSISA B priorities

Strategic Partnerships for Delivery

Public and Private Sector Partnerships with complementary

strengths - essential for to achieve durable impact at scale.

GOs Line Agencies: DAE / DoF/DLS have extensive networks oftrainers

National and International NGOs: BRAC, RDRS and others offer credit and

business services at scale. MYAP im lementers e. . CARE and SAVE have close

interactions with communities and individual households.

Private sector actors principally focused on seed, machinery and some processing

manufacturers.

The CGIAR specializes in developing science-based solutions with its NARs and

University partners .


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CSISA B priorities

Seeking Synergies

CSISA will seek synergies with other programs with

complementary strengths

PRICE (USAID): CSISA will provide technologies to PRICE associations.

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ensuring coordination.

Katalyst (DFID, CIDA, SCD, GTZ): CSISA will utilize Value Chainprogramming in seed (cereal, fish, veg), contract growout in maize and

prawn,

Challenge Program for Water and Food (CGIAR): CSISA use technologiesand information developed by the CPWF. The CPWF is focused on salineaffected areas of the Ganges Basin: Khulna/Barisal and Kolkata.


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CSISA B priorities

Technology Targeting (e.g. elite seed)

Gift Tilapia

Crops. Over 75 varieties of rice, wheat and maizedeveloped. Varieties not sufficiently targeted to

locations. Once released it takes 5-6 years fornew varieties to become available.

Saline Tolerant Rice

Salt Tolerant Maize

s : as a en years o sprea ap a.Improved carp seed are not widely available.

CSISA B will promote systems and technologies-private sector, Government and NGOs- to speedthe process of seed replication and delivery.


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CSISA B priorities

Coping with reduced water and labor

Minimum or zero tillage Resilience to climate risks

Reduced

costs

Residue retention

Crop RotationHigher, more stable yields

Increased profitability

Water useefficient

Improvedsoil quality

Conservation Agriculture (CA)

as a catalyst for sustainable intensification


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CSISA B priorities

Developing entrepreneurship

Small-scale commercialization of inputs

and service provision offer strong

possibilities for achieving impact at scaleby overcoming bottlenecks (e.g. cost of

machinery, training, etc.)

CSISA-B will offer:

Improved seed linkages (crops,vegetable and fish)

technical training, market and marketing linkages, Example of viable business models for

new entrepreneurs


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CSISA B prioritiesCoping with salinity increases-

matching environmental conditions to opportunities

Salt Tolerant Rice-Maize : In saline

prone areas introduction and spread

of salt tolerant varieties.

Short duration rabi crops (mung,

Reducing Risk

Increasing Income

Increasing CroppingIntensity

and other techniques.

In water rich areas spread cropping

systems that include fish/shrimp as

part of the crop rotation.


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CSISA B priorities

Gender Mainstreaming

Women manage many facets of

agricultural production in Bangladesh and

are central to HH nutrition decisions.

Gender will be central to CSISA-B

act v t es w e con ucte t ru a gen er

lens. CISA looks for ways through which

women farmers and entrepreneurs can

increase productivity and income.

CSISA-B household activities in fish,

vegetables and livestock will be focused

on women.


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CSISA B priorities

Training and continuing education

Education is the foundation for national Food Security

Linkages between educators and delivery are weak.

Continuing e ucation is ac ing or GO an NGO staas well as for private sector dealers and service providers.

CISISA-B will partner with research institutions,

universities, and professional societies to create

continuing education programs. Many players,insufficientstrategy


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CSISA B prioritiesStrengthening and Using Regional Linkages

Linking national

research systems &private sector

Rohu

The CGIAR/CSISA has close ties with agriculture research in India. CSISA will use its

ICAR-CGIAR linkages to facilitate exchange of genetic resources, particularly the

introduction of improved Indian rohu and technologies in fish cryopreservation.

Through CSISA we will link Indian and Bangladesh machine manufactorers that will

include new seeders for our two-wheel power tillers

Promoting exchange of Genetic Resources and Technologies


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CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research

CGIAR ChangeCGIAR donors (US is the largest) have required changes

the 15 CG Centers (includes IRRI, CIMMYT and WorldFish).

A new CGIARow ocuse on e very o researc resu s n a rap y

changing external environment.

The reforms include the way the CGIAR is funded and

operated giving rise to a more results-oriented researchagenda, to clearer accountability across the CGIAR and tostreamlined governance and programs.


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Thank You

CSISA B i i i


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CSISA B priorities

Strengthening regional linkages

Linking national

systems with eachother and with the

private sector.

CSISA has a close working relationship with machinery manufacturersin India. These ties are being leverage to identify new market

opportunities for scale- appropriate mechanization in Bangladesh,

including new seeders for the Chinese two wheel tractor.

Bangladesh to India and back again..

CSISA B priorities


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CSISA B priorities

Precision agriculture

General recommendations

for fertilizers and otherinputs are often not optimal,

but improved site-specific

management approaches mustbe modified for the conditions

of smallholders.

CSISA-B is collaborating withIPNI to develop a Nutrient

Manager tool which can easily

and economically be used in BD.

CSISA B priorities


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CSISA B priorities

Enterprise development

Farmers manage enterprises, not single commodities. CSISA-B focuses

on integrated approaches to agricultural development.

AWD to reducerice water

requirements

Canal management

(increase water supply)

Intensified rabi croppingImproved feeding and

income generation


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CSISA B priorities


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CSISA B priorities

People and markets


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CSISA Rice Technologies

Seed

Short-duration varieties (e.g., Parija, BRRI dhan 33, BINA dhan 7,

etc.) to mitigate mongain NW and to increase cropping intensity in allhubs

Submergence-tolerant varieties (e.g., BRRI dhan 51, 52)

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Rice Technologies DSR varieties

AWD/UDP/FDP

IRRI Super bags for storage of rice seed/grain (and other crops), etc.

Nutrient Manager for Rice (and other crops) -> Mobile phoneapplications


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CSISA Climate Change Adaption

Flood: Rice

Delivery of varieties (BRRI 51, 52) that can withstandsubmergence, new cropping patterns

Long term: development of maize tolerant to water logging.

After 14 days of submergence (left) and the same field after 3 months (right).

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CSISA B priorities

Increasing resource use efficiency

Declining water tables and higher pumping costs for irrigationnegatively affect yield and profitability of winter crops.

CSISA-B will evaluate, refine, and disseminate managementapproaches which can increase the efficiency of water utilizationsuch as AWD for rice and bed planting for wheat.


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CSISA Fish/ShrimpTechnologies

1. Fish Seed: Improving Quality- Speeding Introductions

1. Cryopreservation of milt w/ DOF-BFRI, Private Hatchery Associations

2. Working with ICAR Importation of Jayanti Rohu and improved prawnlines.

2. Household Ponds: Small Micro- Nutrient Dense Fish

1. Adding to carp polyculture

2. Intensification, shorter duration of culture systems.

3. Commercial Fish

1. Pangas Culture in south

2. Mono-sex Tilapia (cages+ ponds)

3. Improved carp poly-culture systems4. Fish/shrimp in cereal cropping systems

1. With shrimp in south

2. With fish/freshwater prawns in water rich areas of south

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