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Annual Technical Report 2012-13 Sawah, Market Access and Rice Technologies for Inland Valleys (SMART-IV) project Annual technical project report 2012-2013 Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Cotonou, Benin Cellule Bas-Fonds (CBF) Porto-Novo, Benin Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA) Lomé, Togo Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) SMART-IV - annual technical report 2012-13 ii SMART-IV - annual technical report 2012-13 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Regional characterization and assessment of the potential for SSD .................................................... 3 2.1 Mapping the potential for development for SSD.......................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Activities ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.1.2 Study areas ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.1.3 Construction of a spatial data base....................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 Major achievements remote sensing year 3 (2012-13) ........................................................ 7 2.1.5 Prospects remote sensing for year 4 (2013-14) .................................................................... 7 2.2 Impact of SSD on natural resources and national food security .................................................. 8 2.2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Component objectives: ......................................................................................................... 8 2.2.3 Approach ............................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.4 Achievements to date ......................................................................................................... 10 2.2.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.6 Major achievements 2012-13 (WP1) .................................................................................. 14 2.2.7 Planned Activities 2013-14 ................................................................................................. 14 3 Rice productivity enhancement through soil and water management in SSD ................................... 15 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2 Nutrient Omission Trials (NOTs) ................................................................................................. 16 3.3 On-site evaluation of mechanical weeders................................................................................. 17 3.3.1 Major achievements Agronomy and soil research year 3 (2012-13) .................................. 18 3.3.2 Prospects agronomic and soil Research for year 4 (2013-14) ............................................ 18 3.4 Field experiment in Bamé: preliminary results and outlook ...................................................... 19 3.4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 19 3.4.2 Soil spatial variability within the experiment ..................................................................... 19 3.4.3 Spatio-temporal variation in water availability and water productivity ............................. 19 3.4.4 Spatial analysis on variability of soil properties, water balance and rice productivity ....... 19 3.4.5 Preliminary results .............................................................................................................. 20 4 Socio-economic determinants for SSD and impact assessment ......................................................... 23 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 23 4.2 Activities during the period 2012-2013 ...................................................................................... 24 4.2.1 Baseline survey ................................................................................................................... 24 4.2.2 Preliminary results of baseline survey ................................................................................ 27 4.2.3 Proposal on contract farming for market access ................................................................ 28 4.3 Major achievements socio-economics year 3 (2012-13) ............................................................ 30 4.4 Prospects socio-economics for year 4 (2013-14) ........................................................................ 30 iii SMART-IV - annual technical report 2012-13 5 SSD demonstration and development ................................................................................................ 31 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 31 5.2 Preliminary results of SSD ........................................................................................................... 31 5.2.1 Benin ................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2.2 Togo .................................................................................................................................... 32 5.2.3 Climatic anomalies and impact on the project ................................................................... 33 5.3 Analysis of the progress .............................................................................................................. 34 5.3.1 Benin ................................................................................................................................... 34 5.3.2 Togo .................................................................................................................................... 38 5.4 Impact of trainings on the project development ........................................................................ 42 5.5 Preliminary General Conclusion .................................................................................................. 43 6 Training and capacity building ............................................................................................................ 45 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 45 6.2 Capacity building of field technicians ......................................................................................... 45 6.2.1 Trainings organized in year 4 (2012-13) ............................................................................. 45 6.2.2 Planned trainings 2013 ....................................................................................................... 47 6.3 SSD Training of farmers ............................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Preparation of a technical training manual ................................................................................ 48 6.4.1 Production of a technical manual on the approach............................................................ 48 6.4.2 Production of an instruction and discussion video ............................................................. 48 6.5 Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 48 7 Project management........................................................................................................................... 51 7.1 Coordination ............................................................................................................................... 51 7.2 Project staff ................................................................................................................................. 51 7.3 Internships and thesis research .................................................................................................. 52 Annex 1: List of participants in SSD trainings in Togo and Benin ................................................................ 53 Annex 2: Oral and poster presentation at Africa Rice Congress 2013 in Yaoundé ..................................... 55 iv SMART-IV - annual technical report 2012-13 Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is a leading pan-African research organization working to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa through research, development and partnership activities. AfricaRice is member of the consortium of 15 international agricultural research centers known as the CGIAR. It is also an autonomous intergovernmental research association of African member countries. The Center was created in 1971 by 11 African countries. Today (November 2013) its membership comprises 25 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions, namely, Benin,
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