The programme for Tanzania is a poverty reduction and food security-oriented package of integrated project activities. Rehabilitation of small-scale irrigation schemes and promotion of CA have been the main activities. Provision of agricultural inputs through input trade fairs (ITFs) and promotion of crop diversification have been done through practical demonstrations at school garden and community levels, in collaboration with XXXX. Support is also being given at the small-holder level to promote the local production of food commodities, such as cassava, including their processing, in order to counter soaring food prices. Disaster risk reduction activities are also being promoted to improve the resilience of producer households to natural disasters.
The proposed project activities to assist in sustainable and diversified agricultural production include:
- identification of stakeholders and beneficiaries
- participatory procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs, to include:
- drought-tolerant varieties of maize, sorghum, pearl-millet, finger-millet, cowpeas, mung-bean and sweet-potato during the rainy and dry seasons; and
- 5 000 jab planters, 200 oxen-drawn seed planters, fertilizer, 1 000 knapsack sprayers for the use of botanical pesticides, 1 000 knife rollers to promote labor-saving
- conservation technology covering 25 000 vulnerable households
- preparing and disseminating training materials on CA techniques
- conducting training on various technical packages and practices on CA and crop management to cover 25 000 vulnerable households and 250 extension officers of XXXX
- establishing 500 Training and Demonstration Units (TDUs) on CA techniques to provide visual evidence and facilitate learning, including:
- establishing water harvestings and moisture conservation techniques, such as water tanks and wells for small-scale irrigation, construction of contours and use of organic sources of nutrients (e.g., manure and plant biomass)
- conducting field activities by farmers with extension support from XXXX and other stakeholders´ extension staff, including:
- crop production;
- producing organic manure using local materials and technologies; and
- Promoting post-harvest technologies and value addition of produce for local markets.
- conducting monitoring and evaluation of the activities (e.g. surveys at pre-and post-planting phases, as well as during the crop growth period, to monitor progress and assign impacts)
Small livestock initiatives:
- introduction/strengthen of small-livestock (poultry and goats) re-stocking activities
- training and capacity building of stakeholders and farmers in small-livestock production and management
- provision of essential veterinary drugs, vaccines and supplies
- coordination with other livestock projects
OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT
- Diversified and intensified food production leading to improved food and nutrition supply, as well as income generation by 25,000 households currently facing transitory or chronic food insecurity
- Environmentally sustainable, cost-effective and technically productive agronomic, water and plant pest/disease management techniques are being practiced in the arid and semi-arid areas of Tanzania for increased resilience to the negative impacts of soaring food prices
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
| Budget Items | USD |
| Staff costs | XXX |
| Input costs | XXX |
| Administration costs | XXX |
| Total | XXX |
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