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3.0 Training of DASIP stakeholdersThere was no any training conducted to DASIP staff on first quarter.However, the Project Officers, the District Agriculture and livestockDevelopment Officers, The District Planning Officers and the DistrictExecutive Directors from all 28 districts implementing DASIP had a workshopin Mwanza. The objective of the workshop was to review the performance ofDASIP in the project area for the past two years. They reviewed theperformance and find solution to those problems which seemed to becommon in the project area in hindering effective implementation of theproject. At the end strategies to improve and fasten the speed ofimplementation were put.On the second quarter training of farmers facilitators were conducted, 28 FF’sfrom 28 villages under DASIP project were involved.4.0 SupervisionSupervision activities carried were to monitor and to verify the implementation ofthe above-mentioned projects. Project beneficiaries were advised open bankaccounts, forming six more PFG`s and their respective selected farmingenterprises for each village under the DASIP project, handing over of theirbusiness/project plans attached with the minutes to the DASIP district headquarter for further action before disbursement this project financial year. TheTraining Project Coordinator from PCU recommended on these during his visit inthe district at the end of this first quarter.5.0 Out put results so far achieved5.1 Farmers capacity building• Farmers have shown greater interest in farmers’ field school, extensionmethodology. They have recognized that, training through FFS havemore impact than the previous approach. Learning by doing sticksmore, and is easier to practice the skills to their field. The Umoja PFG- 8 -
of Kichananga village under FFS succeeded to produce and yield 336Kgs of groundnuts alongside the 180 Kgs under prior farmerspractices. Tumaini PFG of Kigogo village under FFS also succeeded toproduce and yield 15 bags of maize grains alongside the 3 bags underprior farmers practices. Maendeleo PFG of Mugunzu village under FFSalso succeeded to produce and yield 14 bags of maize grainsalongside the 3 bags under prior farmers practices.5.2 Community planning investment• Completion of Rehabilitation of rural feeder road at Kibondo village.There after, accessibility to and from Twabagondozi-Kilalangona havebeen made easier to be accessible throughout a year by projectbeneficiaries and other stakeholders in agricultural sector.• Construction of box culverts for rural feeder road also completed. Thishas made the feeder road free from been damaged by randomlyrunning water across the feeder road.5.3 Lesson learned and experience gained• Village leaders show more commitment in project activities iffacilitated (trained in project management as well as monitoringand evaluation).• Farmers have appreciated FFS methodology as a means ofdisseminating knowledge to them. They said it is an enjoyable,funny methodology especially when referring to AESA6.0 Project to date6.1 Farmers capacity building• The total of 43 PFG’s formed last financial year (2007/2008) having atotal of 978 farmers of which 568 be males and 410 be females havebeen trained on the major principles of some different crops throughFFS’s accordingly.• PFG’s in each village under the DASIP project for 2008/2009 financialyear have been done, so far 135 out 180 FPG’s targeted have beenformed.• 28 FF’s out of 30 have been trained on the major principles of crop andlivestock production.- 9 -
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