Farmer Schools Approach, effects, opportunities Annemarie Matthess, Team leader Sustainable Cocoa Bonn, June 2012 02.08.2012 Seite 1 Seite 1
Context of FBS development 3.36 Mio EUR*) Goal One third of West African cocoa small holdings double their income from cocoa and other crops in 10 years. Objective 1 Increase marketing efficiency Objective 2 Increase production efficiency and quality Objective 3 Competitiveness of diversified cocoa smallholdings Activities 3.2 Deliver basic business skills training to 138.500 cocoa smallholders 3.3. Develop business services under private management 3.6 Mio EUR 1.9 Mio EUR Partners in kind 0.4 Mio EUR Partners in kind and funds *) Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation and Cocoa Industry 02.08.2012 Seite 2 Seite 2
FBS in a nutshell General principles Core contents Specific investment issues 5 subsequent mornings Adult & discovery learning 02.08.2012 Seite 3 Seite 3
Long term income opportunities Net Present Value over 25 yrs in USD/ha Côte d Ivoire Ghana Cameroon Nigeria Highest 48,748* Cassava Best cocoa GAP 20,333 +Plantain +Oil palm 61,530 Export mango GAP 27,531 +Plantain +Oil palm 55,332* Cocoa + avocado GAP 19,027 +Plantain +Oil palm 49,198 Maize hybrid 2 cycles GAP 23,265* +Plantain Best staple food See above 23,460* Plantain 27,761* Cassava See above Lowest No GAP 385 Cocoa no GAP 1,053 Maize no GAP 144 Maize no GAP -901 Cassava * market risk Source GIZ/SCB. 2012. 02.08.2012 Seite 4 Seite 4
30,748 11,400 17,356 22,547 Sustainable Cocoa FBS: Training performance since 03/2010 50.000 49.500 45.000 40.000 35.000 39.000 Trained Target 370 Trainers 74 Supervisors 30.000 25.000 25.000 25.000 82,051 Directly trained producers 20.000 15.000 96% Satisfied 10.000 25% Women 5.000 0 Ghana trained Ghana target Nigeria trained Nigeria target Côte d'ivoire trained Côte d'ivoire target Cameroon trained Cameroon target 60% of total target Source: GIZ/SCB. FBS Dashboard 02.08.2012 Seite 5 Seite 5
Impacts 31 to 76% have become member in Farmer organizations 40 to 70% have now bank savings 28 to 70% of FBS-farmers adopt at least 1 GAP for food crops 230$ per household (up to av. 414 $ in Nigeria) Average increase of non cocoa income over baseline 91% adopt at least 4 GAP for cocoa (FBS + FFS) cocoa prices decreased drastically 2011. Sources: WCF. 2012. Impact survey 884 Bauern GIZ. 2011. Evaluation mit147 Gruppen- 4511 Bauern 02.08.2012 Seite 6 Seite 6
Way forward (1) Innovative financial services FBS and GAP-training are loan components Profitability before and after financing @ farm level standard structure Strengthening of agricultural lending skills / standard procedures Cooperation with input suppliers Partners: Cameroon: MIFED, Village bank network A3C, BICEC, ADER (started) Cameroon: CamCCUL (proposal on request) Nigeria: Central Bank of Nigeria, NIRSAL-Project, Commercial banks + MFI, input suppliers (proposal on request) Côte d Ivoire: UNACOOPEC, input suppliers (proposal on request) 02.08.2012 Seite 7 Seite 7
Way forward (2) Financial Services Savings Loans** Input suppliers Demand for inputs Quality inputs Farmer Farmers School graduates Demand for GAP* Profess. qualification Research & Extension Partners management, delivery and networking capacities * Good Agricultural Practice ** Based on viable GAP & prof. qualification standard financial products 02.08.2012 Seite 8 Seite 8
Merci beaucoup! Vielen Dank! Thank you! 02.08.2012 Seite 9 Seite 9
Way forward (3) Rolling-out FBS beyond cocoa more emphasis on food security Ghana Cotton, maize, soy bean, Armajaro Cotton Ghana Ltd & CompACI* (started) Benin Cotton, maize & cow pea / groundnut; ProAGRI (GIZ) & CompACI (started) Côte d Ivoire Zambia & Malawi Cotton, maizeliteracy program IvoireCoton & CompACI (proposal) Cotton, maize & groundnut; DZL, Cargill & CompACI (agreed) Regional Cooperation with Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (proposal) * Competitive African Cotton Initiative 02.08.2012 Seite 16 Seite 16