WEST AFRICA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM (WAAPP) (Government of Ghana/World Bank Programme) ANNUAL REPORT-2014 JULY 2009 Prepared By: Project Coordination Unit Ministry of Food and Agriculture P. O. Box Mb37 Accra, Ghana th 30 January 2015 1 TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS /ACRONYMS .................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 10 PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................... 11 KEY RESULTS/OUTPUTS BY COMPONENTS ...................................................................................... 13 COMPONENT 1: ENABLING CONDITIONS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION IN ...................................... 13 TECHNOLOGY GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION ............................................................................ 13 1.1 Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) .............................................................. 13 1.2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ................................................................................................................. 15 1.3 Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) ...................................................................................................................... 17 1.4 National Variety Release and Registration Committee (NVRRC) and Climate Change ...................... 19 1.5 Climate Change (CC) Activities ...................................................................................................................................... 21 1.6 Women in Agricultural Development Directorate (WIAD) .............................................................................. 22 1.7 CSIR- Intellectual Property Right ................................................................................................................................. 23 1.8 CSIR WAAPP Website..................................................................................................................................................... 24 COMPONENT 2: NATIONAL CENTER OF SPECIALIZATION (NCOS) ........................ 25 2.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 25 2.2 ROOT & TUBER PROGRAMMES ......................................................................................................... 26 2.2.1 Cassava Programme ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 2.2.2 Cocoyam Programme ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 2.2.3 Sweetpotato Programme ............................................................................................................................................. 35 2.2.4 Yam Improvement and Seed Systems ..................................................................................................................... 40 2.2.5 Biotechnology Activities ............................................................................................................................................... 44 2.3 Visiting Scientists and Cross-Border Technology Transfer .............................................................................. 52 2.4 Centre of Specialization Management Committee (COSMAC) ........................................................................ 53 2.5 ISO Certification for NCoS.............................................................................................................................................. 54 2.6 . IAR4D/ Innovation Platform ........................................................................................................................................ 54 3.1 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR Head Office) ............................................................... 57 3.2 GENERATION AND ADOPTION OF DEMAND -DRIVEN ADAPTIVE RESEARCH..................... 75 3.2.1 Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES) ................................................................................. 75 3.2.2 Directorate of Crop Services (DCS) .......................................................................................................................... 79 3.2.3 Animal Production Directorate (APD) ................................................................................................................... 82 3.2.4 Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) ............................................................................................. 85 3.3 ACCESS TO IMPROVED GENETIC MATERIALS .............................................................................. 88 COMPONENT 4: PROJECT COORDINATION UNIT (PCU) .......................................................... 92 4.1 Implementation Support Mission, Wrap–up and Regional Steering Committee Meetings ............... 92 4.2. National Steering Committee Meeting ..................................................................................................................... 93 4.3 Programme Management Committee (PMC) Meeting ....................................................................................... 93 4.4 Technology Dissemination Strategy Workshop..................................................................................................... 93 4.5 e-Agriculture Sensitization Workshop ...................................................................................................................... 94 4.6 Study Tours ............................................................................................................................................................................. 95 4.7 Exhibition ................................................................................................................................................................................ 96 4.8 Monitoring and Evaluation Activities ........................................................................................................................ 96 4.9 Financial Management Issues ................................................................................................................................ 102 4.10 Procurement Activities............................................................................................................................................... 103 5.0 KEY LESSONS AND SUCCESS STORIES ............................................................................................... 105 2 ANNUAL REPORT -2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Country in the past five years has been food secured in most of its major food staples. To sustain this achievement, efforts have been directed at improving production levels of these staple crops especially root and tubers. Additional effort is being made to increase production capacity of crops for which there is a production deficit such as rice. The Medium Term Agricultural Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) by the government sets out clear strategies to accomplish the objective of food security through improved levels in productivity, food storage, distribution and nutrition. During the year under review, government created an enabling environment for key interventions such as the WAAPP to forward its agenda through the introduction and dissemination of improved technologies to actors along the WAAPP commodity chain thereby contributing to food security. During the year under review, the programme collaborated with the following institutions to execute its planned activities . Under WAAPP 2A, five (5) CSIR institutions performed critical roles to ensure smooth implementation of research activities under the program. They include, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Head Office, Crop Research Institute (CRI), Animal Research Institute (ARI), Food Research Institute (FRI) and Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI). Furthermore, Institutions under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) which is the lead agency implemented its activities through the Directorates of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES), Directorate of Crops Services (DCS), Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD), Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD), Animal Production Directorate (APD), Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) and Women in Agricultural Development (WIAD). Other Implementation Agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also played vital role to ensure environmental stewardship. The PCU pursued its mandate through effective coordination and monitoring. Ghana’s agriculture is mainly rain-fed, making rainfall volumes and distribution critical to crop and animal production. Although rainfall volume in 2013 was higher than 2012, the distribution was better for crop production in 2012 than 2013. The dry weather conditions during the early parts of 2014 coupled with late rains delayed farming activities especially in the three regions in the north. However, conditions improved with adequate rainfall especially in the forest, coastal and transitional