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THE SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM

STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR THE OPTIMIZING FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AFRICA (OFRA) PROJECT - CABI Nairobi, 18 – 22 November 2013. THE SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM. SHP Overall Objectives. Good Soil for a Good Seed. WHY THE M&E ?.

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THE SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM

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  1. STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR THE OPTIMIZING FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS IN AFRICA (OFRA) PROJECT - CABINairobi, 18 – 22 November 2013 THE SOIL HEALTH PROGRAM

  2. SHP Overall Objectives Good Soil for a Good Seed

  3. WHY THE M&E ? “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” “All too often project teams either collect no information or too much information because they do not define what is needed”

  4. SHP Overall Objectives Program medium-term objectives: • To create physical and financial access to appropriate fertilizers for about 4.1m smallholder farmers in an efficient, equitable and sustainable manner. • To improve access to locally appropriate ISFM knowledge, agronomic practices and technology packages, for around 4.1m smallholder farmers in an efficient, equitable and sustainable manner. • To influence a national policy environment for investment in fertilizer and ISFM.

  5. SHP Sub-Components and Objectives • SHP has four sub-programs: • 1. ISFM Technology Scale-out: • Objective: To facilitate adoption of improved technology and practices to achieve greater yields and output. • Focus on the extension of ISFM technology packages that promote • - use of inorganic and organic fertilizer, and lime; • - conservation agriculture and; • - agronomic practices e.g intercropping, crop rotation • etc. • - application of rhizobium Inoculum • - Innovative ways to enhance SHF access to input and output markets

  6. SHP Sub-Components and Objectives 2. Fertilizer supply and policy sub-program Objective: To mainstream and improve the production and distribution elements of the fertilizer supply chain Key Activities: • Expand and train 6,125 agro-dealers through the existing PASS agro-dealer network program; • Support local fertilizer blending, production, importing and wholesaling; • Assist governments to develop clear subsidy implementation strategies that engage the private sector; • support country initiatives to develop and implement fertilizer Key Outcomes: • Increased farmers’ access to quality and affordable organic fertilizer; Increased use of both organic and inorganic fertilizers

  7. SHP Sub-Components and Objectives (v) facilitate development and execution of fertilizer quality control measures, and fertilizer ; (vi) support local fertilizer companies to exploit local fertilizer deposits. Key Outcomes: • Increased farmers’ access to quality and affordable organic fertilizer; Increased use of both organic and inorganic fertilizers Target by 2015: • Facilitate movement of 150,000 – 200,000MT (147,500 MT -80% to-date) • Training of 6,780 Agro-dealers (1,500 to-date)

  8. ACTORS ACTORS ACTORS NRI/CSHC NRI/CSHC NRI/CSHC CABI NRI/CSHC NRI/CSHC OTHER ACTORS

  9. Program Key performance Indicators

  10. Program Key performance Indicators

  11. CABI Project Results Framework GOAL: To improve the capacity of National Research Institutions to develop and fine-tune Fertilizer Recommendations within ISFM framework to improve SHF productivity and profitability in 13 sub-Saharan African countries by 2016 Objective 1: To improve the use of research data for evidence based fertilizer recommendations. Outcomes – Increased linkages between fertilizer recommendations and cropping systems/ agro-ecological conditions Activities • Existing data collated from relevant fertilizer trials • Common database produced for trial data • Researchers and students trained in use of common protocols • Research managed on-station and on-farm trials completed • Capacity to use IRS to analyse soil samples increased

  12. CABI Project Results Framework Objective 2: To increase the use of spatial information for extrapolation of nutrient response functions and decision tools for optimizing use of fertilizer Outcome 2.1: Increased application of modelling and spatial information in generation of fertilizer recommendations Outcome 2.2: Increased use of fertilizer optimisation tools for economic and agronomic fertilizer use decisions Activities • Researchers trained in use of appropriate modelling approaches • Researchers using modelling to generate appropriate fertilizer recommendations • Researchers with linear programming expertise trained in developing fertilizer optimisation tool • Fertilizer optimisation tools developed

  13. Project Results Framework Cont’d

  14. Project Results Framework Cont’d

  15. Project Key Performance Indicators - KPI

  16. Project Key Performance Indicators - KPI

  17. KEY INTERVENTIONS

  18. Celebrate every little result!!!

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