biocontrol in africa
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Aflatoxin Biocontrol in
Africa
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
APPEAR Meeting
Kampala, 13-15 October 2014
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• IITA
• USDA
• AATF
• BMGF/USAID
• Doreo Partners
• National institutions
Strong Partnership
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Product Development in Africa
Products ready for registration
Products under testing in farmers’ fields Strain development in progress
Senegal
Burkina
Faso Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Zambia
Product fully registered
Rwanda
Malawi
Burundi
Uganda
The
Gambia
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Biopesticides Registration
USDA-FAS support
• KEPHIS, Kenya: 2010 (regional)
• Ibadan, Nigeria: 2010 (regional)
• Addis Ababa: 2011 (regional)
• PCPB, Kenya: 2012 (national)
• Zanzibar, Tanzania: 2012 (regional)
• Dakar, Senegal: 2012 (national)
• Lilongwe, Malawi: 2013 (regional)
USDA-FAS also supports work on sampling protocols
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Challenges
• Aflatoxin is a hidden problem
• Chemical analysis required
• Awareness is low
• Long incubation for expression of liver cancer
• Regulations either non-existent or poorly enforced
• Market does not usually discriminate
• Demonstration of product value
• Lack of biopesticide manufacturers
The value of a technology on the shelf is as much as the cost of the space it occupies on the shelf.
Must translate knowledge into usable products and practices to benefit people
But……
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Key Elements • Farmer-centric: Farmers’ interest
as the foundation of the action. Value chain and home-grown food
• Action-oriented: Using practical methods which involve doing things to deal with problems, not just talking about ideas, plans, or theories
• Innovation platform: An approach to problem solving through which actors with a stake in a common issue or set of issues get together regularly to address their common challenges.
Mycored Europe, 28 May, 2013
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Scaling-Out
• Nigeria: AgResults (260,000 t) • Senegal: Area-wide treatment in
2013; about 8 tons used • Kenya: Government buy-in;
excellent support • Zambia: Large-scale efficacy tests
and demonstration of product value with private sector (12 t)
• Need for business plan, manufacturing capacity, marketing and distribution strategies
• Critical role of PACA and RECs
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Aflasafe Manufacturing Facility
Large-scale: capacity 5 tons/hour Cost: ~US$1.6 million; Price: $14 - $18/ha Purpose: Scaling up
Building: Approximately 10 m tall; about 20 m wide; 30 m long.
Silos hold about 20 tons each. Hoppers also in coater and packing lines.
Raw Grain
Spore Culture Room
End
Pro
du
ct Storage
Packing Room
Toilet
End Product Silos
Roasted Grain
Final Cleaners
Roasters
Bagger
Modular Manufacturing Facility
Capacity: 5 tons/day Cost: ~US$400,000 Purpose: Introduction Cost: $12 – 15/ha Labour intensive
Current and future biocontrol efforts
• Create a sustainable system (commercialization/public good)
where small holder farmers have access to Aflasafe and are
incentivized to utilize Aflasafe to control aflatoxin levels in
their maize
• Value chain and innovation platforms
• Develop cheaper manufacturing method
• Financing and implementation of manufacturing facility
• Advocacy, awareness, demonstration of product value
• Full registration, licensing and stewardship
• Training and technical back-stopping
• Develop second generation product
• Develop regional strains – fill country gaps in strain collection
IITA
Tucson
USDA/ARS IITA, USDA, & Doreo have Teamed up to Bring
Aflatoxin Prevention to Africa
Made Possible by Many National Partners in Ministries, Industry, and on the Farm
Nigeria
For more information about aflatoxin biocontrol for Africa, check out: www.aflasafe.com