Tanga+Village+IPs

Village Innovation Platforms (IPs) in Tanga Region (Details for village IPs in Morogoro Region)

Summary of progress

 * Participatory variety assessments were conducted in Ubiri and Mbuzii villages (28-31 Oct. 2014); a total of 20 men and 9 women participated; [[file:2014PVA_BriefSummary_final.pdf|brief summary]] by Fred Wassena.
 * Farmer exchange visits between Kibaya and Sindeni villages as well as visit to TALIRI-Tanga, Tanga Fresh Ltd. (milk processing factory), and input suppliers in Tanga town (19-20 Sep. 2014); a total of 17 men and 15 women participated in the exchange; [[file:2014HANDENI_FARMERS EXCHANGE VISIT_REPORT_final.pdf|report]] by Walter Mangesho.
 * Farmer exchange visits between Ubiri and Mbuzii villages as well as visit to TALIRI-Tanga and Tanga Fresh Ltd. (milk processing factory) (26-27 Aug. 2014); a total of 18 men and 14 women participated in the exchange; [[file:2014LUSHOTO_FARMERS EXCHANGE VISIT_REPORT_final.pdf|report]] by Walter Mangesho.
 * Visiting all Tanga villages as well as demonstration and some farmer's plots by Alan Duncan (ILRI) and An Notenbaert (CIAT Tropical Forages Program) (27-28 June 2014); notes [coming soon].
 * Monitoring field visit by Walter Mangesho (20-21 May 2014); [[file:Mangesho_FIELD REPORT_LUSHOTO&HANDENI May 2014.pdf|report]]. Highlights are that some farmers from Mbuzii have applied manure to the grasses by themselves. Moreover, two farmers from Mbuzii have **prepared silage on their own** - in plastic bags as they were instructed during the previous technical training. Farmers from Lushoto appreciated new Napier grass cultivars (a hybrid and Kakamega II) as compared to their traditional variety; they liked the new ones better because of faster growth, higher tiller number, more leafiness as well as broader and softer leaves when ready to harvest.
 * Training on cattle husbandry, emphasizing feeds and feeding, and feed conservation (10-11 Apr. 2014); a total of 56 men and 34 women participated; [[file:REPORT_TRAINING_IPs_LUSHOTO AND HANDENI_APRIL 2014_fin.pdf|report]].
 * Visiting all Tanga village IPs by B.L. Maass and J. Bwire (20-21 March 2014) - [[file:milkit/2014 Field trip to Tanzania BLM April final.pdf|trip report]].
 * A [[file:2014_03BRIEF SUMMARY OF MILKIT INTERVENTIONS_blm.pdf|brief summary]] of the status of MilkiT interventions in Tanga and Morogoro (as of 14 March 2014).
 * Training on functioning of IPs by G. Bwana (27-28 Feb. 2014); a total of 48 men and 35 women participated; reports from [[file:Bwana_2014_Proceedings Lushoto 140728.pdf|Lushoto]] and [[file:Bwana_2014_Proceedings Handeni 140728.pdf|Handeni]] districts as well as specific village IP workplans (download from the table below) and general [[file:milkit/Guidelines_MWONGOZO WA UENDESHAJI WA JUKWAA LA UBUNIFU 140612.pdf|guidelines]] about the functioning of an innovation platform or '//Jukwaa//' (all in Swahili).
 * A [[file:milkit/2013Tanga_Summary Village IP establishment_final.pdf|summary]] of the process of Village IP establishment - during 2013.
 * Capacity building report for Tanga innovation platform leaders

Overview of interventions
> planting materials handed out to individual farmers || * Training on IPs (Feb.'14) || > planting materials handed out to individual farmers || * Training on IPs (Feb.'14) ||
 * ~ District ||~ Village ||~ Workplan (in Swahili) ||~ Technical interventions ||~ Organizational interventions ||
 * Lushoto || Ubiri || [[file:Workplans_IP_UBIRI NA MBUZII.pdf|PDF]] || * Participatory variety assessment (28-31 Oct. 2014)
 * Manure application and forage harvesting
 * Training on feeds and feeding, processing and general husbandry (10 Apr. 2014)
 * Forage demo plots planted and farmers trained (12-13 Feb. 2014);
 * Lushoto || Mbuzii || [[file:Workplans_IP_UBIRI NA MBUZII.pdf|PDF]] || * Participatory variety assessment (28-31 Oct. 2014)
 * Two farmers have prepared silage on their own - as they were instructed in previous training
 * Manure application and forage harvesting
 * Training on feeds and feeding, processing and general husbandry (10 Apr. 2014)
 * Forage demo plots planted and farmers trained (12-13 Feb. 2014);
 * Handeni || Kibaya || [[file:Workplans_IP_Kibaya&Sindeni_MISIMA.pdf|PDF]] || *
 * Manure application and forage harvesting
 * Training on feeds and feeding, processing and general husbandry (11 Apr. 2014)
 * Forage demo plots planted and farmers trained (17-19 Feb. 2014)
 * Water source rehabilitated ([[file:KIBAYA VILLAGE INNOVATION PLATFORM IN TANGA REGION-1.pdf|Report]]) || * Training on IPs (Feb.'14) ||
 * Handeni || Sindeni || [[file:Workplans_IP_Kibaya&Sindeni_MISIMA.pdf|PDF]] || *
 * Forage harvesting
 * Training on feeds and feeding, processing and general husbandry (11 Apr. 2014)
 * Forage demo plots planted and farmers trained (17-19 Feb. 2014) || * Training on IPs (Feb.'14) ||

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