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Enhancing Partnership for Agricultural Technologies in Tanzania

Summary of key activities, reaching targets, preliminary achievements, key stakeholders, challenges, and lessons learned in the Africa RISING, NAFAKA, and TUBORESHE CHAKULA programs in Tanzania.

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Enhancing Partnership for Agricultural Technologies in Tanzania

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  1. AFRICA RISING – Enhancing partnership among Africa RISING, NAFAKA and TUBORESHE CHAKULA Programs for fast tracking delivery and scaling of agricultural technologies in Tanzania 3rd Annual Review & Planning Meeting July 03-04, 2017 Andreas Gramzow – World Vegetable Center-ESA Cornel Massawe– HORTI-Tengeru Hassan Mdiga- World Vegetable Center-ESA Tilya Mansuet - HORTI-Tengeru Philipo Joseph Lukumay- World Vegetable Center-ESA Alaik Laizer - World Vegetable Center-ESA HORTI

  2. Outline • Summary of key activities • Reaching the targets • Key results – preliminary achievements • Partners/ key stakeholders • Challenges and constraints • Lessons learned

  3. I. Summary of key activities / training approach Improved varieties Project introduction / Need assessment/ Production for markets and consumption Healthy seedlings GAP Soil improvement / seed bed preparation / nursery management/ Farmer trainers (baby trials) Establishment of demonstration plots / spacing / manuring & fertilizer application Farmer – to – farmer training Good agricultural practices / IPM / harvesting techniques Secondary knowledge recipients (Grandbaby trials) Postharvest techniques / food hygiene / organoleptic tests / field day Seed multiplication training

  4. I. Summary of key activities

  5. II. Reaching targets Include 5 net houses in 5 AR mother project villages in Babati Includes number of partnerships, villages, groups etc Equivalent to Number of seed kits distributed

  6. III. Key results – preliminary achievements Started with 9 villages, now reached 67 villages We trained 2,705 farmers in 2016/17 (538 in 2015/16) using the season long vegetable production training Trained96 farmers on screen house establishment Distributed 2,705 seed kits in 2016/17 (1,096 in 2015/16) First results from impact analysis in first 9 villages in Manyara and Dodoma Regions

  7. III. Key results – impact survey overview 9 pilot villages from 2014/15 located in Babati, Kiteto and Kongwa districts Survey of 200 beneficiaries and 203 non-beneficiaries located in the nine pilot villages conducted in 2017 Farmers stated that weather conditions in 2014/15 were almost similar to 2016/17

  8. III. Key results – preliminary achievements Figure 1: Comparison of the yields produced by beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries (control) located in the nine pilot villages (yield data from 2016)

  9. III. Key results – preliminary achievements Figure 2: Comparison of beneficiaries’ yields for specific crops in 2014 and 2016

  10. III. Key results – preliminary achievements Figure 3: Comparison of total production costs, total revenues and gross margin of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in TSH per ha (last 12 months recall)

  11. VI. Partners Most important partners in all pilot villages: public extension service (trained 50 village extension officers) Conducted training in 24 CRS project villages in Kilombero, Mbeya rural and Mbarali districts A to Z: Test small-scale net house and shade nets for future scaling out Africare: Collaborate in 10 villages in Kilolo District Provided training in public schools

  12. V. Challenges and constraints Slow growth of jute mallow and African eggplant in higher altitudes (Mbeya rural and Kilolo districts) Problems to access villages due to poor infrastructure (Kilolo District) Male farmers in Kilolo had often limited interest in vegetable production Farmers in some villages expected to be paid for training participations since other projects pay for attendance Extremely poor performance of TAHEA as project partner

  13. VI. Lessons learned Partnership with CRS and Africare contributed significantly to the success of the interventions Close collaboration with VAEO to enable them to follow up and further disseminate knowledge Inviting progressive farmers from other villages to set up demonstration plots and train farmers from their villages  promising scaling model for a second phase Focus on nutrition and leafy vegetables encouraged female farmers to participate the training sessions Good combination of well-known crops (e.g. tomato, amaranth) and new ones (e.g. Ethiopian mustard, V. Soybean in Iringa and Mbeya)

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  15. III. Key results – preliminary achievements Figure 4: Comparison of production cost components in TSH per ha

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