CALLIVOIRE - Monitoring the yields of Banzaï™ demonstration plots on cocoa

Start
June 2016
End
June 2017
Project cost
11 000 €
Role in the project
Expertise cocoa sector
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Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

Fields

Agriculture Organic Agriculture

Sectors

Cocoa

Partners

Callivoire

Main goals

Monitor in real conditions the effectiveness of the biostimulant BANZAÏ™ on the production of beans (35 parcels distributed throughout the cocoa zone, in 2016).

Specific objectives

  • Encrypt the effect of BANZAÏ™ on the production of cocoa pods and beans
  • Show customers the effects of BANZAI (increase of pod production, increase of yield).
  • Collect data (performance variables) to help refine communication with clients.

Beneficiaries

CALLIVOIRE

Results

R1. Study report containing an operating account by technical modality, details of farmers' practices, raw data collected
R2.: Summary report after each field mission

Activities

A1. Follow-up of 6 parcels to attest to the results obtained when using Banzaï™
A2. Follow-up of the harvest of plots in November and January to obtain the final yield of the 6 parcels
A3. Counting of flowers / cherries / pods of 6 parcels in June and September

Related people

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Project Manager / France

Noémie Rullier

Holder of an Engineering diploma in Agronomy, specializing in Sustainable agricultural & Agri-Food systems for the South, from Montpellier SupAgro- Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC), she brings her expertise to support technical changes and development processes in rural area; to support farm advisory, training engineering and plant biology research

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Co-Director

Cédric Rabany

Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets

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