Post on 07-May-2018
Shallom Farm and Plantation LTD
United Republic of Tanzania
8,000 Acres for Research Based Eco-
nomic, Environmental, Educational Programs
Engaging Private/Public Partnerships
Outreach, Inc. 301 Center Street
Union, IA 50258
USA
Phone: 641-486-2550
Fax: 641-486-2570
Email: floyd@outreachprogram.org
Outreach International Tanzania Arusha, Tanzania East Africa
Phone: 255-784-285-756
www.outreachprogram.org
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Shallom Farm Coalition Map
Outreach, Inc.
Union, Iowa, USA ((NPO)
Outreach International Tanzania (NGO)
www.outreachprogram.org
Collaborative Research
and
Public/Private Initiatives
Government
•USAID
•USDA FAS
•WEMA
United Nations
•World Food Programme
•FAO
•Millenium DevelopmentGoals
Universities
•Sokoine U of Ag- TZ
•Kansas State Univ.
•Iowa State Univ.
•Univ. of Missouri
•Univ. of Nebraska
•iAGRI (Morogoro)
Corporations
•AGCO
•Monsanto
•Pioneer
•Grainpro
Foundations
•Farm Journal
•Rotary International
NGO's
•FFA
•4-H
•National AlliancePartnership Program
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Shallom Farm Executive Summary
Floyd Hammer, President of Outreach Int’l, recently ac-quired the 8,000 acre Shallom Farm in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. They are developing a research-based demonstration farm that will serve as a nucleus to benefit smallholders in the region with
economic, environmental, and educa-tional opportunities through private and public partnerships.
Shallom Farm is creating a business plan to include research projects, establish infrastructure,
drill boreholes, build catchments, purchase mechanical equipment, build grain drying and storage
facilities, construct housing for international staff and youth development programs, and the Shal-
lom Farm Vocational Training Center.
Preliminary work accomplished on Shallom Farm includes building water catchments, planting
sisal as property borders and erosion control, drilling a borehole and installing a livestock
watering system. Currently, 750+ cattle graze on the property.
Land management and livestock production on Shallom Farm will focus on the use of sisal as a
keystone resource. This low tech traditional crop is well known to local farmers in the arid and
semi-arid areas of Africa, where it has been used as a hedge plant and source of local string and
ropes. The crop offers little invasive threat and is not disease prone. Be-yond its use as a practical
living perimeter and pasture border, sisal is a plant of particular interest to the Outreach operation.
Sisal will be an income stream, environmental im-prover, animal dietary supplement, and provide
other value-added products.
The Shallom Farm Vocational Center will utilize programs and business models that will allow
future smallholders, particularly women, to effectively develop small, medium, and large scale
market-driven businesses. Shallom will provide training in land-management, pasture rotation,
land development, business management, market development, artificial insemination, herd
synchronization, improved breeding, modern butchering techniques, feed production, and
livestock nutrition health care. There will be intensive focus on in-corporating science-based
technology compatible with local capabilities of implementa-tion.
Furthermore, Shallom will work in cooperation with existing programs and government
ministries to identify and develop profitable markets for improved quality products. Through this
concept, Shallom and Outreach can accelerate the training of Tanzanians in sustainable and
modern livestock and agricultural practices. Partnerships with multi-national companies, UN
agencies, and NGOs are also forming.
Floyd Hammer &
Kathy Hamilton
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Livestock
Production
The Mission To transform the 8,000 acre Shallom Farm in Tanzania into a demonstration farm:
Facilitate research-based programs
Establish a nucleus farm
Build capacity for local smallholders
Establish educational, economic, and environmental strategies
Build public/private partnerships
Develop youth as agricultural industry leaders, entrepreneurs, representatives,
and professionals
Sisal as a
Keystone Crop
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Scientists Begin Research on Shallom Farm July 2014
Agricultural Production
Experts agree that agricultural production has to increase
70% in the next 35 years in order to feed the growing popula-
tion on the planet. While technological advances in developed
countries have significantly increased production, it is im-
perative that areas of Africa like Shallom Farm be fully devel-
oped in a way that benefits local, regional, national, and in-
ternational communities. Increased agricultural outputs in
Africa are required to meet the demands of a burgeoning
population.
P.L.U.S. (Production Livestock Using Sisal)
Dr. Ellen Dierenfeld began the preliminary work for the first series of tests on using sisal as
a dry season feed supplement. The Tanga Region is known for it’s sisal production, but
only 4% of the sisal leaf– the fiber– is used; the rest is discarded as waste creating negative
environmental impact. Dr.Dierenfeld worked with a Sokoine University of Agriculture
Master’s Degree student on the project. The positive findings are still in process of docu-
mentation.
Dr. Gene Stevens
U of Missouri Dr. Ellen Dierenfeld
Lead Scientist
Outreach Int’l
Sisal drying
Putting dried Sisal into bags
Dr. Dierenfeld with wet Sisal
Calf feeding trials
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Soil Testing and Water Conservation
Dr. Gene Stevens initiated a soil quality survey as a first step in im-
proved crop production on Shallom. A comprehensive soil survey was
needed to determine the best locations for crop and pasture production.
Terraces with rows of sisal are being made which will be developed to
slow down rainfall runoff and increase soil infiltration that will extend
forages into the dry season. Information on soil texture, available water
holding capacity, and fertility were needed to decide on new locations
for maize, sorghum,
and pasture plots for rotational grazing systems.
Stored rainfall in reservoirs is the best water source for irrigation in Tanzania
because wells from groundwater aquifers usually do not have enough capacity
for sprinkler or furrow irrigation. Shallom Farm has three seasonal rivers that
run through it and flow into one main channel exiting the farm on the northeast
corner.
Dr. Stevens carried equipment for soil testing and soil samples
were collected in a grid pattern on a selected section of the farm
with a Garmin® GPS receiver. Portable soil pH, EC, and color-
imeters were used to assess acidity, salinity, and phosphorus. A
hydrometer was used for determining sand, silt, and clay content.
Soil nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and organic matter
were tested with a LaMotte® soil analysis kit. Six inch diameter
rings and Draeger CO2 tubes were taken to measure respiration
for soil health. Chemicals were also used for measuring active
soil carbon.
For further explanation of Dr. Stevens research, visit his website; http://
www.genestevens.org/
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Short Term Goals
Develop Private/Public Partnerships Local Government/Village Collaboration National Government & Corporations International Government & Corporations University Research Partners
Agricultural Improvements on the Farm Clear first 640 acres and implement contour terracing
Grain Production & Post-Harvest Technology Build maize storage facility Maize drying systems Plant sisal, maize, and popcorn
Sisal Decorticators
Livestock Production Improve breed quality by artificial insemination Establish herd synchronization and two birthing seasons per year Develop dairy goat programs for milk processing and cheese production Provide micro-financing opportunities for villagers
Beef/poultry/goats
Infrastructure Needs Secure tractor and implements Repair road to village
Research Based Initiatives WEAI Survey for Mzeri Village (Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index)
Sisal Livestock Grain
Market Research and Development High end customer base for high quality beef products Markets for sisal, maize, and other manufactured products
Building Projects Housing quarters for management and researchers Vocational Training Center Youth quarters for local and international youth development
Youth Development International youth development programs Training Tanzania youth to become agricultural entrepreneurs
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Shallom Farm Vocational Training Center
Drawings Courtesy of Ryan Richey, Anthro / Tecture, Des Moines, IA
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Mainga
Village
Bore hole
Catchment
N
HQ
Bore hole
Farm Layout
(Not to Scale)
8,000 acres
Shallom Farm Sustainable
Intensification Project
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5,0
00’
Bore Hole
Shallom Future Farm
Concept Drawing
Soil Types
Soil type 1– black cotton
Soil type 2—transition
Soil type 3—red clay
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Irrigation
Market
Traditional
Traditional
Informal
Training Cntr.
1
4
15 16
500’ 500’
Goat
Chicken
1 2
3
6 5
8 7
9
10
11 12
13 14
17 18
19 20
21 22
Rainwater
Collection
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Scale: 1” = 100’
5 Acre Plots
520’ 4
16
’
1 acre
grazing
104’
Inorganic
fertilizer
No
fertilizer
organic
fertilizer
Foot path 46 rows of
sisal a 3 m
3 m sisal row
crops
Maize legume 3 layer 2 layer
104’ x 128’ fertilizer treatments
Want to grow crops for children's feeding centers?
Crops: A—Mazie/sorghum—4 varieties
B– legumes/beans/cowpeas
C –3 layers w/ground cover
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Intensification Project
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Fam
ily S
ham
ba
Grazing
Paddocks 1 1/4 acre
1 1/4 acre
1 1/4 acre
1 1/4 acre
Field Crop
(maize/sunflower)
25’ = 625 sq/ft (8) 3,750 sq/ft = Intensified Rotational Grazing paddocks
(1) 7,500 sq/ft = Family Garden
400’ x 500’ = 50,000
Sisal =
4,3560 = 4.59 acres
(170) x 625 4,3560 = 2.55 acres
500’
H B
Shallom Farm Sustainable
Intensification Project
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10’
10’
20’
20’
9’ 12’ 9’
10’
10’
10’
10’
Total= 1,200 sq/ft
600 Living
600 Farm Dirt Floor
BRM
BRM BRM
KIT Dining
Sitting/living
Goats
Chickens
Work/
Tools
30’
Storage
7’
Small Holder Farm House
Open or gated
areas
10’
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Shallom Farm Sustainable
Intensification Projects
Project Cost
Sisal
Maize
Sorghum
Sunflower
Horticulture
Drip Irrigation
Land Preparation
Elec. Power
Communications
Training/Extension
Goats
Cattle
Inform. Training Ctr
Formal Training Ctr
Research Facility
Ranch HQ
Equipment Storage
Post Harvest System
Farming Equipment
Transportation
Infrastructure
Dairy Goats Project $12,000
WEAI Survey $11,000
Note: Each project’s
cost has a budget that
consists of all things
needed in the complete
value chain of research-
for-development.
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About Outreach, Inc.Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton
After retirement from successful business careers, the Ham-
mers were invited to the village of Nkungi, in Tanzania,
East Africa to assist a colleague with the renovation of a
leprosy hospital by adding an AID’s hospice. It was there
they first witnessed children dying of starvation. Kathy
said, “Floyd we have to do something. We cannot allow
these children die like this!” They purchased two truckloads
of maize and traded maize for the beautiful grass baskets
made by the Mamas in the village.
The Outreach mission became and remains the fulfillment of those
Four Promises: to provide safe water, food, medicine and education.
Since 2004, Outreach has facilitated the packaging of over 263 mil-
lion meals by volunteers across the U.S. and Canada, and all those meals have all been given away. They have
repaired existing (well) bore hole pumps, drilled new wells, and created water purification systems both for village
and individual use. They have built Children Centers and schools in Tanzania which provide mid-day meals to
nearly 2,000 children each school day. They are developing an 8,000 acre farm in Tanzania for research and dem-
onstration purposes; to help train local smallholder farmers to produce better livestock and crops. They have taken
over 1,100 medical professionals and support staff to Tanzania on medical missions.
Their business knowledge grew the organization from its roots in Union, Iowa, into an international nonprofit.
Recipients of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Artist and Athletes Award in 2013.
Recipients of the prestigious 2013, 5000th Point of Light Award jointly presented by President Obama and
former President H. W. Bush at a White House ceremony.
Recipients of Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame award, 2014
Outreach, Inc.
Union, Iowa, USA ((NPO)
Outreach International Tanzania (NGO)
www.outreachprogram.org
Presidents H.W. Bush and Barak Obama
Award Floyd and Kathy
5,000th Points of Light at White House