REVIEW of ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY PARK OF FLOLA UNDER AFRICA RISING PROGRAM BY ICRISAT AND

PARTNERS

Period: 1 June - July 23rdPresenter: Dicko Mahamadou

Land and Water Management

OUTLINE• Introduction• Activities Implemented by ICRISAT• Activities Implemented by ICRAF• Activities Implemented by AVRDC• Activities Implemented by GRAADCOM• Constraints and Potential Solutions

Introduction

• Brief presentation of activities implemented by ICRISAT and its partners (ICRAF, AVRDC,AMEDD, GRAADCOM, MOBIOM)

• Location: Bougouni in the 4 target villages (Flola, Madina, Sibirila and Dieba).

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT

Final reception of TP in Flola

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

Clearing the TP, Building and equipping the training hut in the TP

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

First meeting session organized to inform the 30 trainers of trainers’ from the 4 villages on their roles and the conditions, the selection of crop varieties, the periodicity of the trainings in the TP.

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

VillageTrainers of Trainers

Farmers Trained by ToT Total

TOTAL

M FSub-Total

M FSub-Total

Flola 10 2 12 134 26 160 172Madina 5 2 7 24 20 44 51Sibirila 5 0 5 33 11 44 49Dièba 4 2 6 45 15 60 66

Sub-total 30 Sub-total 308 338

- 4 Training sessions organized in the Technology Park of Flola (CBT, Sowing, Compost preparation)

• Installation of runoff, moisture measure devices, monitoring of groundwater in the TP and the villages of Flola and Madina

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

• Installation of trials in the TP and in farmers fields (CBT, maize, sorghum, cowpea, soya bean, roselle, etc)

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

• Participative survey on livestock feeding in Flola, selection of volunteer for trials on double purpose crops

Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

• Installation of the nursery in the TP, Training of farmers and installation of trials in the 4 target villages

Activities Implemented by AVRDC

Activities Implemented by ICRAF

Installation of a germplasm in the Technology Park

Training of the farmers selected in Flola, Sibirila, Madina and Dièba

• Selection of 20 farmers (4 in each village) and 1 group per village for trials on groundnut. Installation of the trials in Sibirila, in Flola and in the TP

Activities Implemented by GRAADCOM

• Facilitation of the trainings• Preparation of the village level IP• Monitoring of ICRAF’s Activities

Activities Implemented by MoBioM

Challenges and Potential Solutions

Challenges Potential Solution• Challenges in the transportation

of the materials, the inputs, the samples and the storage of the materials

• Providing a car for the team and constructing a warehouse in the TP

• Numerous protocols and data collection sheets

• Harmonizing the data collection sheet on a single tool to simplify the task of the technicians

• Time planned for the survey on livestock feeding too short (5 days/Village)

• Extend the length of the survey (9-10 days/village)

• Communication deficit • Improving Communication

WAY FORWARD

• Finishing the installation of the trials (sorghum, groundnut cowpea and soya bean) in the target villages.

• Continuing the survey on gender preferences in livestock feeding in the remaining villages (Sibirila, Dièba).

• Continuing the training (FFS) in the TP and farmers training by ToT

• Data collection and Monitoring of field activities

Thank You for Your Attention