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Report on activities 3.2 and 3.6 in Nigeria for the 2015 growing season IITA, February 2016 Nora McNamara MSHR, Nigeria and Ireland Stephen Morse University of Surrey, UK Adamu Shuaibu FCT MDGs Project Support Unit, Abuja, Nigeria Clement Agada, MSHR, Idah, Kogi State, Nigeria Gabriel Adah, Development and Biodiversity Group, Amoke, Benue State Nigeria 1

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Report on activities 3.2 and 3.6 in Nigeria for the 2015 growing season IITA, February 2016

Nora McNamara MSHR, Nigeria and Ireland Stephen MorseUniversity of Surrey, UK

Adamu ShuaibuFCT MDGs Project Support Unit, Abuja, Nigeria

Clement Agada, MSHR, Idah, Kogi State, Nigeria

Gabriel Adah, Development and Biodiversity Group, Amoke, Benue State Nigeria

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Abuja

AgagbeIdah

Ilushi

River Niger River Benue

Amoke

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Number of demonstration plots (2015)Core demonstrations of AYMT

No plotsIdah 30 (30)Amoke 50 (50)Tiv Land 8 (8)Illushi 15 (18)FCT 40 (40)

Entrepreneur sitesIdah 22 (20)Amoke 12 (12)Tiv Lamd 3 (3)

Seed to ware yam plotsIdah 30 (30)

Sett sizeIdah 10 (10)Amoke 10 (10)

Targeted number of plots = 200Number of plots established = 230

Target number of plots in brackets

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(a) Idah Type of plot Numbers trained/demos Females Males

Entrepreneur 1553 648 905Core demo 1593 805 788Seed to ware yam 329 143 186Sett size 289 138 151

(b) Illushi Type of plot Numbers trained/demos

Core demo 1246 700 546

(c) Idoma + Tiv (Benue State)

Type of plot Numbers trained/demos

Entrepreneur 1486 651 835Core demo 5414 2415 2999Sett size 697 423 274

FCT Type of plots Numbers trained/demos

Core demo 4172 1476 2696Totals 16,779 7,399 9,380

Participants trained for Objectives 3.2 and 3.6 in 2015

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Set targets in 2011/2012 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Number of demonstrations/year 15 15 15 15 15 75Total number of farmers trained/year 3,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 27,000

     Achievements 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Number of demonstrations/year 27 125 159 230 541Total number of farmers trained/year 4,736 11,799 13,442 16,779 46,756

MSHR targets and achievements (Objectives 3.2 and 3.6)

Note: some of the participants may have attended a number of sessions, often returning for clarification and making suggestions

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Flooding in Idah (2015)

A number of plots were lost to flooding in the Idah/Illushi areas in 2015 – but not as drastic as first feared!

7 of the sett size demonstrations 9 of the entrepreneur sites 5 of the core demos

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Differences are probably a reflection of various factors:

1. Variety (Ameh in Benue West and Ugah in Idah/Illushi). Ameh seems to be in decline while Ugah is on the rise.

2. Local environment. Idah/Illushi next to river while the Benue West areas are more inland.

3. Idah staff/farmers have deeper experience with the AYMT

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The dynamics of yam varietiesA tale of two yams

2 varieties have been dominant in Benue: Ameh and Amola (Imola)

Ameh planting material is cheaper than Amola

BUT Ameh is beginning to diminish in popularity because of poorer storability and taste.

One is on the decline!

Planting Ameh in Amoke, Benue State

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The dynamics of yam varietiesA tale of two yams

Everyone in Idah/Illushi now seems to want Ugah. HENCE it dominated in the core demos of 2015

Ugah has good flavour, cooks faster, stores well, smooth skin, fast germination, robust tubers and drought resistant.

Traders coming from the East and West to buy

One is on the rise!

Harvesting of Ugah in Illushi, Edo State

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Focus groups with Illushi and Onyedega yam growers and traders (2015)

6 focus groups held in 2015 One size does not fit allIllushi very different to yam growing areas in Kogi and Benue States Illushi farmers traditionally do not work through groups In Illuishi, men engage in both ware and seed yam while women only engage in seed yam Women would like to produce a specific number of seeds rather than employ a notional plot size

Focus Group, February 2016

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Other activities

Visit of the Irish Trade Mission to Nigeria

Sr Nora and Steve visited our CRS colleagues in Ghana to see how they were managing the YIIFSWA and CAY-SEED activities and what lessons could be learned for Nigeria

Began work on a YIIFSWA working paper on seed yam entrepreneurship, covering the first 4 years of the project. This will be the basis for a journal paper to be submitted in late 2016.

AYMT manual completed. Written in conjunction with Dr Beatrice.

Publication of a second paper in the journal ‘Experimental Agriculture’, this time on the sett-seed-ware yam agronomic results

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Visit of MSHR to Ghana (November 2015)

Irish Minister for Agriculture and the Marine – Mr. Simon Coveney

Nora, Steve and Daniel Amokachi (ex-footballer now acts as an ambassador promoting food security)

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Thank youNora McNamaraMissionary Sisters of the Holy RosaryIdah and DublinEmail: [email protected]

Stephen MorseCentre for Environmental StrategyUniversity of SurreyGuildford, Surrey, UKEmail: [email protected]

Adamu ShuaibuFCT MDGs Project Support Unit,Abuja, NigeriaEmail: [email protected]

Clement Agada, MSHR, Idah, Kogi State, Nigeria

Gabriel Adah, Development and Biodiversity Group, Amoke, Benue State Nigeria

AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for their support. We also wish to acknowledge the support and encouragement of the Director of the FCT-MDGs, Alhaji Ari Isa Muhammad; the Focal person at the FCT-MDGs Alhaji Abubakar Sani Pai; the Task Manager, Madam Nancy S. Nathan; the Extension Workers in all six of Area councils of the FCT.