FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FEED THE FUTURE SENEGAL NAATAL MBAY CONTRACT AID-685-C-15-00001 FY18 ANNUAL REPORT FEED THE FUTURE SENEGAL NAATAL MBAY CONTRACT AID-685-C-15-00001 October 2018 Prepared for: Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Feed the Future Senegal Naatal Mbay Project Economic Growth Office, USAID/Senegal Prepared by RTI International 3040 East Cornwallis Rd. Post Office Box 121294 Research Triangle Park, NC 277009-2194 USA +1 (919) 541-6000 1 Cover photograph KOLDA – SENEGAL. A farmer examines his rice crop. Photo by /RTI International. DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 2 FEED THE FUTURE SENEGAL – NAATAL MBAY – FY18 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................... 8 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 10 2. NAATAL MBAY COMPONENTS, VALUE CHAINS, AND ZONE OF INFLUENCE ....... 11 2.1 ZONES OF INFLUENCE AND CROP AREAS ............................................................................................................ 11 3. FY18 ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS .......................................................................................... 13 3.1 AGRICULTURAL INPUT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 13 3.1.1 Farmer-Led Extension Model ................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.2 Farmer Productivity Training and Monitoring ..................................................................................... 15 3.1.3 Seed System Strengthening ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.1.4 Contract Linkage Development ............................................................................................................. 23 3.1.5 Promoting Access to Agricultural Insurance ....................................................................................... 24 3.1.6 Climate Information Services ................................................................................................................. 27 3.2 AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IMPROVED .................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.1 Integrated Credit Systems ...................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.2 Agricultural Insurance .............................................................................................................................. 33 3.2.3 Capital Investment .................................................................................................................................... 36 3.2.4 Information Technology for Finance and Trade .................................................................................. 38 3.2.5 Market Development ............................................................................................................................... 39 3.3 POLICY AND LEARNING ............................................................................................................................................... 40 3.3.1 Technical Assistance and Advising ......................................................................................................... 40 3.3.2 Computerized Data-Sharing Platform for DRDRs ............................................................................. 41 3.3.3 Sharing of the Cereal Consumption Study Results ............................................................................. 41 3.4 LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................. 42 3.4.1 Value Chain Partners ............................................................................................................................... 42 3.4.2 USAID Local Solutions Candidates ....................................................................................................... 43 3.4.3 Partner Capacity Building ........................................................................................................................ 44 4. CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 45 4.1 GENDER INTEGRATION ............................................................................................................................................... 45 4.2 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ............................................................................................................................... 46 4.2.1 Improving Resilience to Economic and Environmental Shocks ........................................................ 46 4.2.2 Climate Information Services ................................................................................................................. 47 4.2.3 Continued Expansion of Rainfall-Tracking Program With Farmer Networks ............................... 49 4.2.4 Improved Natural Resource and Soil Management ............................................................................ 49 4.2.5 Training on Climate Change ................................................................................................................... 49 5. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ........................................................................................ 49 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE IN POST-HARVEST PROCESSING ACTIVITIES ........................................ 49 5.2 FALL ARMY WORM COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM ................................................................................................. 49 5.3 AFLATOXINS IN CEREALS ............................................................................................................................................ 50 6. OUTREACH AND INCLUSION .............................................................................................. 50 7. IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERSHIPS ................................................................................... 52 7.1 SYNERGY ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER USAID PROJECTS ...................................................................................... 52 8. MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ............................................................... 53 8.1 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................................................... 53 8.1.1 Scaling of the CommAgri Application ................................................................................................... 53 8.1.2 Study on ICT in Rural Senegal ................................................................................................................ 54 8.2 SUPPORT TO CNCAS IN GEO-REFERENCING FINANCED AREAS .................................................................... 54 8.3 UPDATING OF MONITORING TOOLS ...................................................................................................................... 55 FEED THE FUTURE SENEGAL – NAATAL MBAY – FY18 ANNUAL REPORT i 8.3.1 Network Season Debriefings ................................................................................................................. 55 8.4 TRACEABILITY OF CERTIFIED SEEDS FOR RAIN-FED RICE ................................................................................ 55 8.5 EXTENSION OF THE NETWORK DATABASE-DRIVEN MONITORING SYSTEM.......................................... 55 8.6 STUDIES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 56 8.6.1 Midline Study ............................................................................................................................................. 56 8.6.2 Capitalization Study .................................................................................................................................. 56 8.7 FIELD LEARNING VISITS ............................................................................................................................................... 57 9. PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................. 57 9.1 PRODUCTION OF TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT MATERIALS ........................................... 57 9.2 TV PANEL DEBATES ....................................................................................................................................................... 58 9.3 MASS AWARENESS RAISING ON GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES VIA COMMUNITY RADIOS ....... 58 10. FY19 PRIORITIES .................................................................................................................. 58 11. IMPLEMENTATION TRACKING TABLES ........................................................................ 60 COMPONENT 1 – AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVED .....................................................................................