Tropical Legumes III

Improving Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers:

Enhanced Grain Legume Productivity and Production in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Ethiopian Common Bean Seed Roadmap

By Temesgen W. and TLL- III Team members

3 – 4 March, 2016

Livingstone, Zambia

Introduction • Common beans are grown by over 3.3 million

HH on 2.6% grain crops production area (CSA,

2014)

• Current national productivity of Common bean is

1.5 t/ha which is lower than the potential yield

4.5 t ha-1

• During the implementation of the TL-II project

there were challenges and constraints observed

those need to take steps to rectify the situation,

such as:-

Introduction… • Seed Production Related Constraints

• Seed Marketing/Distribution Related

Constraints

• Institutional Linkage and Regulatory System

Related Constraints

• Follow-up Action and Reporting (M and E)

So TL- III will solve the difficulties encountered

by lesson learned

Target woredas and seed producer farmers by region

.

Region Number of target

woredas

No of target seed

producers

Expected

area

coverage (ha)

Oromiya 62 2,214 1107

Amhara 32 1,134 567

SNNP 33 1,176 588

Benishangul 21 748 374

Total 148 5,276 2,636

NB. In a woreda 36 seed producers will be targeted and 6 kebeles per woreda and 6 seed producers per kebele required

Area coverage and production of common bean across

regions in 2013/2014 cropping season

.

Source: CSA 2014

Source: CSA 2014

Region Number of

land holders

Area (ha) Production (t) Yield

(t/ha)

1 Oromiya 1,419,999 143,512.72 224,904.52 1.57

2 SNNP 1,171,480 77,828.54 92,127.99 1.18

3 Amhara 624,500 93,941.62 125,617.36 1.34

4 B/Gumiz 65,464 6,323.15 10,092.97 1.60

5 Others 61,557 4,858.97 4,668.76 0.96

Total 3,343,000 326,465 457,411.6

The TL- III project out comes

Regarding to the bean seed system, the project

will mobilize 5,276 seed producer farmers and

supply 14,940 tons of improved bean seed

varieties supply to grain producers over the

project periods

The major activities to be implemented in the

project period to enhance common bean

productivity and production are discussed

below

Farm land requirement to produce the target seed classes

(2015/16 t0 2018/19)

. Seed

classes

Actual

seed

required

(A) (t)

Different assumptions Area

required

(ha)

Due to

losses (L)

(20%) (t)

Reserve stock (R) Total

seed

amount(t)

Prodn.

Plan(t)

Seed yield

(t/ha) Percent Amount(t) A+ L + R

Breeder 10 2 100 10 22 11

Basic 800 160 5 40 1,000 588.24

Certified 9,000 1800 5 450 11,250 7,500

QDS 3,000 600 3 90 3,690 2,635.7

Total amount of seed required in the project period (t) 15,960 10,734.94

Total amount of seed required for one year(t) on average basis 3,990 2,683.74

Common bean seed production plan by year

. Seed class 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

Area

(ha)

Producti

on (t)

Area (ha) Productio

n (t)

Area

(ha)

Productio

n (t)

Breeder 3.6 7.2 3.7 7.4 3.6 7.4

Basic 196 392 196.1 392.2 196.1 392.2

Certified/QDS 3,378.5 50,677.5 3,378.6 50,679.0 3,378.5 50,677.5

Total 3,578.1 51,076.7 3,578.4 51,078.6 3,578.2 50677.5

Estimated amount of seed to be produced by

partners and NARS

. Stakeholde

rs List

Amount of seed to be

availed

Seed class

Produced (t) Distributed

(t)

Breeder Basic C1 – C3

Research

institutes

22 10 - -

FCUs - 4000

Private

farm

688 654

Farmer

groups/Indi

vidual

500 - - -

QDS

producers

3500 - - -

Seed

enterprises)

11,250 10,688 -

Varieties proposed for Seed Increase

. Varieties Under Production Year of release Suitability area

Awash-2 2013 All bean growing regions

Deme 2008 In all bean growing areas

Dursitu 2008 Eastern Part (Hararghe Highland)

H.Dume 2008 Southern region (Wolaita,

Sidama, Gamu Gofa)

Chercher 2006 Eastern Part (Hararghe Highland)

Chore 2006 CRV, Eastern Ethiopia

Anger 2005 Western

Tibe 2004 Western

Nasir 2003 Across all bean growing regions

Awash-1 1990 All bean growing regions

Activities executed that were part of TL-III mproject

in 2015/16 – full data not availablem

. Seed

producer

partners

Seed produced

by seed class (t)

Seed production

planed by seed class

(t)

(Tentative plan)

Varie

ty

Demo

.

cond

ucted

Number of

farmers

participate

d the field

day by

gender

Br Bc CS Br Bc CS (No.) F M

FG/Individual - - 153.5 - - 670 - - -

FCU - - 260 - - 600 - - -

Co-op. farmers - - 521.4 - - 630 - - -

Seed enterprise - - 1,260 - - 2,830 - - -

NARS/HLI 10.2 126.1 - 14.3 425 - 20 174 387

Total 10.2 147.4 2194.9 14.3 425 4,730 20 561

Future plan

• Facilitation of the Bean Innovation Platform for enhanced linkage and continuous seed production

• Work closely with EIAR management and MoA for revolving seed multiplication

Thank you !