Evaluation of Africa RISING technologies per farm type and per
region in GhanaMirja Michalscheck, Wageningen University
AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March–1 April 2016
Africa RISING – Ghana: Intervention Communities
Task: Evaluate AR technologies /type and /region
IFPRI types: HHs Participatory types
LRE MRE MRE HRE
Comparing the different farm typologies
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM So
ybea
n
M.Leg.R
otation
M.Leg.S
trip
010203040506070
Comparison of Scores
HHHWifeSon
Cum
ulati
ve sc
ores
giv
en b
y th
e di
ffere
nt H
H
mem
bers
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM So
ybea
n
M.Leg.R
otation
M.Leg.S
trip
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
Evaluation by Household Head
Product QualitySoil FertilityAcceptabilityLabourAffordability
Scor
es g
iven
by
the
hous
ehol
d he
ad
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM So
ybea
n
M.Leg.R
otation
M.Leg.S
trip
0
20
40
60
80
Evaluation by Wife
AcceptabilityLabourAffordability
Scor
es g
iven
by
the
wife
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM So
ybea
n
M.Leg.R
otation
M.Leg.S
trip
-20
0
20
40
60
80
Evaluation by SonProduct Quality
Soil Fertility
Acceptability
Labour
Affordability
Scor
es g
iven
by
the
son
LRE- NR
Duko (NR)
NPK/SA on Maize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM Soybean
M.Leg.Rotati
on
M.Leg.St
rip0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
LREMREHRE
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray o
n Cowpea
ISFM So
ybean
M.Leg.Rotation
M.Leg.St
rip0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
LREMREHRE
NPK/SA on M
aize
Spray o
n Cowpea
ISFM So
ybean
M.Leg.Rotation
M.Leg.St
rip
-20.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
LREMREHRE
Nyangua (UE) Zanko (UW)
HHH Wife Son
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
P3: ISFM on Soybean
Product Quality
Soil Fertility
Acceptability
Labour
Affordability
Comparison of NR, UE, UW
NPK/SA on Maize
Spray
on Cowpea
ISFM Soybean
M.Leg.Rotati
on
M.Leg.St
rip0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
NRUEUW
Modelling – using Farm DESIGN
BASE
LIN
E
Mai
ze
Cow
pea
Soy
Rota
tion
Strip
Com
bine
d
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Profit (GHS/yr)SOM balance (kg/ha)Labour (h/ha)
Rela
tive
Chan
ge
LRE - NR
LRE - NRHRE - NR
Technologies vs. Techniques
Learning from others...
Rainfall Index Insurance:ꜛFertilizer: 25 %ꜛLabour: 13 %ꜛCult. Area: 8 %
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