Heifer International Progress Report

Monata Lucas

Maziwa Zaidi review & planning meeting

31 March – 1 April 2015 at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Outline

• Introduction• Achievements• Key challenges• Key lessons • Next steps

Introduction The overall objective of the project is to develop scalable

value chain approaches with improved organizations and institutions serving small holder male and female households.

Heifer International has an objective of facilitating vibrant well organized and sustainable dairy marketing hubs delivering demand led inputs developed through;

Introduction Cont.

Facilitate group formation and dynamic (governance, constitution and registration)

Capacity Building on dairy cattle husbandry (breeds and breeding, feeding, Pasture/fodder establishment and preservation, disease and disease control, milking techniques, cow shed construction/Housing and calf rearing).

Introduction Cont.

Follow up activities on pasture/fodder establishment and preservation demo plots initiated by MilkIT project.

Identify AI service providers available within the project area and link with Faida MaLi.

Facilitate purchase of improved bulls/ Heifers and or link farmers to multiplication farms.

Achievements Trainings on group development and animal Husbandry.

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Group Development. 30 2,336 29 847 940 1787 549Breeds and Breeding. 25 1591 15 291 315 606 985Feeding. 19 1380 9 213 233 446 934

Pasture establishment and preservation.

19 1193 8 137 214351 842

Disease and disease control.

20 1578 7 207 186393 1,185

Milking techniques. 13 913 5 146 142 288 625Cow shed construction. 12 697 4 76 79 155 542Calf rearing. 6 342 1 24 31 55 287

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Participants during training at Ubiri in Lushoto.

Achievements Cont….12 key modal farmers(6M &6F) were identified from 6 groups with respect of their gender.(Twatwatwa, Madoto, Ulaya Kibaoni, Ihombwe/Mfilisi, Parakuyo and Mbwade).

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24 Artificial Inseminators service providers within the project area were identified, however 9 are functioning and 15 are not functioning due to insufficient seeds money to run the business.

Achievements Cont…6 pasture/fodder demo plots established by MilkIT project were visited;

3 demo plots were successful grown (Mbuzii, Ubiri & Kibaya)

2 demo plots in Sindeni and Mbwade were not grown well due to late seasoning.

Individual plots in Twatwatwa was not grown due to long drought.

Achievements Cont…..Some of the demo plots initiated by MilkIT project

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Challenges

High demand for pasture seeds from livestock Keepers on the appropriate pasture grown to specific locality with limited resources.

Low participation of farmers during trainings resulted by most of participants were away from their homestead searching/seeking for grazing land and water for their livestock. (transhumance)

Key lessons More women are involved in the project activities

compared to men due to the nature of this project.(More milk by and for the poor).

In village/ site trainings has encouraged more women participation in training compared to men.

Prior and clear communications to beneficiaries on the project do’s and don’ts will minimize misconception during implementation of project activities.

Next steps Conduct trainings on Animal Husbandry on.

S/N Activities Village1 Breeds and Breeding.

KWAMBE MABWEGERE,MSOMERA,MWANGOI,NGULWI,VITI,WENA KAMBALA AND KWEMASHAI

2 Training on feeds and feeding

KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,NGULWI,VITI,WENA,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE AND MABWEGERE

3 Training on Pasture/ fodder establishment and preservation

KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,KWEDIYAMBA,MWANGOI,VITI,WENA,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE, MWABWEGERA AND KWEMASHAI

4 Training on diseases and disease control

KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,VITI,MWANGOI,NGULWI,WENA,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE ,MABWEGERE, AND WEMASHAI

5 Training on Housing/cow shed construction.

KWAMBE,MSOMERA, MABWEGERE,KAMBALA, NGULWI, MELA AND VITI

6 Milking technique.

KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,MWANGOI,VITI,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE , MABWEGERE, KWEMASHAI

7 Calf rearing.

KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,VITI,MELA AND MABWEGERE

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