Outreach Tanzania Achieving Local Food Security through Establishment of an Integrated

Agricultural Model with Sisal (Agave sisalensis), Food Crops & Livestock in Tanzania

▪ Climate stress and limited access to extension services form

barriers to Tanzanian smallholder farmers accomplishing food security and value added livelihoods

▪ Through a livelihoods approach communities can reduce food insecurity and improve economic stability through the incorporation of sustainable sisal production into current smallholder agricultural models

▪ Sisal intercropped with local food crops and incorporated into smallholder integrated crop-livestock operations provides ▪ Sustainable Systems (ruminant feed , organic fertilizer, biogas production)

▪ Increased Productivity of Food Crops & Livestock

▪ Opens Market Opportunities

Outreach Tanzania Action Plan

Initial Goal: Develop a model for incorporating sisal production into small holder agricultural systems Objectives:

▪ Increase capacity of small-holder farmers to enhance yields and improve soil quality

▪ Provide collaborative research based training on crop management to smallholder farmers

Outputs:

▪ Enhanced food security and agricultural resilience to climate stress

▪ Trained local smallholder farmers in incorporation of sisal production into agricultural models

Outreach Tanzania Action Plan

Long-term Goal: Increase opportunities for economic development and improve food security for rural communities

Objectives:

Develop a model for value-added post harvest production at the community level

Create a protocol for best practices for integrated sisal management and post-harvest utilization of fiber and residues

Outputs: Community owned sisal processing facilities

Empowered women with access to training and market opportunities

Outreach Tanzania Activities

▪ Phase 1 (June-September 2014 dry season) ▪ Situational analysis & needs assessment with local farmers &

pertinent stakeholders ▪ Establish partnerships with local community and women’s

groups ▪ Start development of sisal residue protocol with active

participation of farmers

▪ Phase 2 (October 2014-May 2015-wet season)

▪ Protocol development through pilot projects and local farm trials

▪ Initiate data collection on impacts of sisal intercropping system on soil quality and plant productivity

▪ Set up micro-financing and training workshops for smallholder farmers and community stakeholders

Outreach Tanzania Business Model

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Cost Structure •Operation of demonstrations

•Operation of training program

• Salaries for extension staff

Revenue Streams

Key Resources •Donor base

•Demonstration farm

Channels • Shallom

demonstration farm

• Telecommunication services and mobile training programs

Key Activities • Training programs

•Demonstration farms

and pilot projects

•Networking with community groups

Key Partners •Outreach Inc. •Sokoine University •Shallom Farm •Tanzanian Sisal Industry/Processors •UNIDO & Common Fund for Commodities

Value Proposition

Customer Relationships

•Outreach Tanzania extension

Customer Segments •Business partners • Smallholder farmers

in tropical semi-arid environments

Improve food security of smallholder farmers

Sisal Fiber Grants

Increase climate resilience of tropical semi-arid

agriculture

Pilot new methods for integrating sisal into agricultural models

Public and Private

Partnerships

Developing Resilience in Semi-arid Tropical Agricultural Systems: Transitioning Sisal Production From Plantation to Smallholder Integrated Crop &

Livestock Systems

▪ Sisal is a tropical drought tolerant plant traditionally used for fiber production and valuable for smallholder integrated crop-livestock production ▪ Fiber from leaves is used in many emerging global markets

▪ Sisal can act as an “insurance crop” when other crops fail in droughts

▪ Residue left from fiber removal can be used as a supplement feed during periods of drought

▪ Large, dense root systems potentially increase soil structure and increase soil water availability

▪ Compared to monocultures intercropping sisal rows may improve plant yield by 40% (Mucheru-Munu 2010)

Regional Markets Sisal

Fiber

International Fiber Buyers

Local markets Sisal

Residue

Smallholder Sisal Producers

Local Skilled Artisans

Smallholder sisal value chain

Production Markets Processing & Products

Consumption

Local Sisal Processors

Local Markets

Livestock & Biogas Producers

Crop production (Fertilizer)

Sisal Production on Integrated Crop-livestock Smallholder Farms

Sisal Residue

Sale of Sisal Fiber in Local

and Global Markets

Sisal fiber Local Sisal

processors

Intercropped sisal production by

smallholder farmers

Livestock feed during drought

Biogas production

Crop Fertilizer

Sisal

One hectare scale model for smallholder integrated crop-livestock system with intercropped sisal

Utilization of Sisal Plant

Key Activities • Planting and harvesting • Processing sisal leaves •Drying and storing sisal

residue • Selling or feeding

livestock sisal residue

Business Model for Sisal Production in Smallholder Integrated Crop-livestock Semi-arid Agricultural Systems

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Cost Structure • Sisal decortication • Labor • Sisal bulbils

Revenue Streams Key Resources • Sisal cultivars • Labor • Processing equipment •Residue storage capacity • Intercrop inputs

Channels • Community sisal co-

ops and private buyers

•Regional fiber markets

Key Partners • Outreach Tanzania

extension staff

• Community sisal processers

• Sisal fiber and residue market

• Tanzanian Planters and Agriculture Workers Association

Value Proposition

Customer Relationships

• Local and global fiber markets

•Residue processers

Customer Segments • Community skilled

artisans • Sisal processers •Ruminant livestock

producers

Sustainably produced fiber

Marketing sisal fiber &

products

Stored ruminant feed

Sisal residue sales

Livestock production

Increased crop yields

Log Frame Analysis for Outreach Tanzania Incorporating Sisal into Tropical Semi-Arid Agricultural Models

Objectives Indicators Means of verification Goal: Reduce food insecurity by improving economic stability through the incorporation of sustainable sisal production into current small-holder operations

Increase in food secure communities and regional economic development & diversified farm production

Surveys, Interviews, Impact Assessments

Objective 1: Increase the capacity of small-holder farmers to enhance yields and improve soil quality

Improved soil quality, fertility and production

Soil Tests, Yield Analysis

Output Multiple Intercropping Systems Improved soil quality Trained local small holder farmers in intercropping production.

Yield of sisal and intercrop plants Change in soil quality parameters trained small-holder farmers in the

Data will be collected by partners from Sokoine University Surveys and impact assessments

Activities Divide farm into one hectare test plots and establish crops. Run soil quality tests, collect data, and analyze Develop methodology and training program.

Inputs/resources Sisal bulbils, seeds for maize, sorghum, chickpeas, and peanuts Soil probes, access to soil testing facility Computers, printers, awareness-raising materials, translators

Costs & Sources Use plots at Shallom Farm. Researchers from University will conduct soil testing and data collection.

Objective 2: To establish a sisal residue feeding program for ruminant production.

Healthy ruminant production and nutrient access

Animal Health Assessment, Forage Quality & Residue Compositional Analysis

Output Appropriate sisal residue feeding protocols determined Determine the digestibility and nutrient content of sisal residue

Change in average daily gain Kg gain/ kg feed Available nutrients in sisal residue

Data collected by staff from Outreach Tanzania and Sokoine University

Activities Conduct pilot on 30 yearling cattle and determine growth rate, weight gain, etc Conduct compositional analysis on sisal residue

Inputs/ Resources 30 yearling cattle and scales Laboratory, feed specialists & researchers

Costs & sources Purchase local cattle Purchase/ borrow scales Researchers and laboratory from Sokoine University.

Objective 3: Develop a model for value added post harvest production at the community level

Capability of community based women’s and farmer’s groups to process sisal leaves

Surveys, Field Visits, Market Data

Output Community owned and operated sisal processing and sisal residue drying and storage facilities Local market analysis to assess opportunities for local producers. Established women’s groups for rope making and handicraft production

Use of the sisal processing and residue drying and storage facilities Sisal marketing opportunities available in the local market Enhanced local capacity utilization Women’s groups trained in value added sisal production (handcrafts) etc.

Data collected by surveys and field visits Cost-benefit analysis

Activities Purchase equipment and train community members to construct residue processing facilities Conduct market analysis and promote market access through policy Establish and train local community women’s groups in value added production

Inputs/Resources Acquire equipment construct drying and storage facilities Partner with local groups to allow access to market information Work with partners and local artisans to train and empower women’s groups

Costs & sources Resource Inputs will be acquired through public and private partnerships.

Objective 4: Develop a global sustainable sisal model applicable for small-holder farmers & communities in agricultural systems

Access to training programs, facilitators, and versatility of sisal model

Surveys, Livelihood Assessments, Successful Public-Private Partnerships, and Field Visits

Outputs Provide scenario methodology & innovation platforms concerning incorporation of sisal production into agricultural models for organizations

Effectiveness of training programs Growth of integrated sisal production Utilization and availability of summarized sisal production and management data

Impact assessments, case studies, and pilot projects will be used to create manuals

Activities Promote R&D in processing technologies Create manuals with production, sustainability, and market information

Inputs/Resources Materials needed for manuals, literature, research collaborators

Costs/Sources Partners from US Agricultural Universities (Nebraska, Iowa State) and in country partners will provide researchers, literature, etc.

Objectives Indicators Means of verification