Healthy And Sustainable Agriculture of Cassava in Nigeria (HASAC)

尼日利亚健康和可持续的木薯农业 (HASAC)

• 批准号: 134042
• 金额: $ 34.54万
• 依托单位: AB5 CONSULTING LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=134042
• 关键词: Healthy; Sustainable; Agriculture; Cassava; Nigeria

"The HASAC (Healthy And Sustainable Agriculture of Cassava) in Nigeria project improves the agriculture and food system of cassava for smallholder farmers. The 15-month feasibility project will be tested in 21 farms of 5 acres each in Oyo state (total is 40 hectares).Cassava is one the six most important staple foods in the world and Nigeria is its first producer in Africa. However, quantity and quality of crops is not adequately managed or monitored in the country, its price is very volatile resulting in poor profits for farmers and lack of adequate exploitation, both in the processing and use of crops and in farmers' involvement in the value chain and ultimately, in the sale to external markets.The consortium composed of academic partner UCL, Amolexis of Nigeria, and AB5 of the UK will concentrate their efforts on better management and route to market of cassava culture, integrating test field and technology with a ""Making Market Work for the Poor"" (M4P) approach and a strategy to adapt and transform food for sale and marketing effectiveness. We are pleased to be able to collaborate of the local development agency OYSADEP, through which farmers and land for the demonstration phase of our project will be provided. The project will also permit to efficiently use resources (e.g. water, fertilisers and pesticides), reducing the impact of climate change. We are also grateful of a collaboration with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project. This project funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, aims at supporting the farmers' decision process through macro data.The aim is to develop a profitable model for smallholders, which can then be reproduced in a self-sustainable manner, and contribute to combat hunger and poverty in Nigeria. The project will actively contribute to fighting poverty, by providing farmers tools and information to develop their farms, and sell their harvest at the best price. Export and urban markets will be particularly targeted. We aim towards a zero-waste farm, and will make sure that wastes produced by the farms can eventually be recycled"

“尼日利亚的木薯健康和可持续农业项目改善了小农的木薯农业和粮食系统。这项为期15个月的可行性项目将在奥约州的21个农场进行测试，每个农场占地5英亩（总计40公顷）。木薯是世界上最重要的六大主食之一，尼日利亚是非洲第一个木薯生产国。然而，在该国，作物的数量和质量没有得到充分的管理或监测，其价格非常不稳定，导致农民利润微薄，在作物的加工和使用以及农民参与价值链并最终向外部市场销售方面缺乏充分的开发。该联盟由学术合作伙伴伦敦大学学院、尼日利亚的Amolexis和英国的AB5组成，将集中精力改进木薯文化的管理和进入市场的途径，将试验田和技术与“让市场为穷人服务”（M4P）方法以及调整和改造食品以提高销售和营销效率的战略相结合。我们很高兴能够与当地发展机构OYSADEP合作，通过该机构将为我们项目的示范阶段提供农民和土地。该项目还将允许有效利用资源（如水、化肥和农药），减少气候变化的影响。我们还感谢与国际热带农业研究所（IITA）就非洲木薯农学倡议（ACAI）项目进行的合作。该项目由比尔盖茨基金会资助，旨在通过宏观数据支持农民的决策过程。其目的是为小农开发一种盈利模式，然后可以以自我可持续的方式再生产，并为尼日利亚的饥饿和贫困作贡献。该项目将通过向农民提供工具和信息来发展他们的农场，并以最优惠的价格出售他们的收成，积极促进消除贫困。出口和城市市场将成为特别的目标。我们的目标是建立一个零废物农场，并确保农场产生的废物最终可以回收利用。”