Improve the resilience of communities in the north Karamoja
Project No. 036 / P
Location: Uganda, Karamoja Region - Kaabong District
Duration: August 11, 2011 for 10 months - July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013
The project closed in June and saw a refinancing by FAO, through the KALIP program, for the upgrading of agro-pastoral schools; The project was then reopened in July for a further year.
Goals
General: improving production capacities and self-sufficiency in farming and sheep farming in rural communities in the Kaabong district
Specific:
• Enhance agri-pastoral schools and develop them as a production unit
• Increasing the production levels of schools
• Improve the health of livestock
• Increase community management activities by communities
• Facilitate income generation projects
• Increase access to market information
Description of activities
• Enhance the productive capacities of existing agro-pastoral schools
• Establish savings and loan systems in agri-pastoral schools
• Facilitate communication and exchange networks between different schools
• Help communities to open new plots for multiplication of cultivated species
• Training on breeding techniques for ruminants
• Training on hay collection and storage
• Training on honey production
• Awareness of drought mitigation measures
• Help communities in identifying water conservation and land erosion reduction
Results obtained in 2013
• Enhance the 40 agro-astronomical schools (APFS)
- Monthly meetings with all facilitators (reporting on activities carried out, successes and difficulties encountered, orientation and indication of cultivation and breeding, monthly planning of activities)
- Continuous monitoring of APFS activities (verified increased crop area, greater familiarity with disease control, increased qualitative and quantitative participation of farmers at discussion meetings on issues related to cultivation and breeding)
- Selection, creation and fence of soil for the multiplication of plant species
- Plant transplantation from seedlings to production grounds
- Training on APFS on bio-intensive cultivation, bee breeding and honey production, control of animal health status, disease detection and possible interventions
- improving the nutritional status of animals
- production and storage of hay.
• Meeting with communities to identify environmental issues
• Training of APFS on savings and loan systems within schools to increase the production capacity of individual
• Training of the APFS networks on roles and competences and the creation of committees.
Effects
• 75% of APFs have been strengthened and can operate on their own with minimal support
• 90% of APFs are applying savings techniques
• Farmers have adopted good agronomic practices that can produce high yields.
• Growth of the cultivated area from 1 to 5, hence increased production
• The presence of seeds obtained from the seeds multiplication scheme allows farmers to plant at the right time, since they already have seeds with them
• Farm attitudes are changing from traditional sorghum cultivation to other crops such as manioc, beans, peanuts, vegetables, etc., resulting in lower risk and good market response
• APF approach has been adopted not only by members of APF, but also from the general community when a team came from Kaabong district to monitor our activities, communities have appreciated the approach, saying "this is the way to go; it is Better than other approaches, we must adopt this approach. "
• More than 112 hectares cultivated with different types of crops
• Strong link between stakeholders.
Direct beneficiaries 1,191 people.
Year 2012
Description of activities
• Enhance the productive capacities of existing agro-pastoral schools
• Establish savings and loan systems in agri-pastoral schools
• Facilitate communication and exchange networks between different schools
• Help communities to open new plots for multiplication of cultivated species
• Training on breeding techniques for ruminants
• Training on hay collection and storage
• Training on honey production
• Awareness of drought mitigation measures
• Helping communities in the identification of water conservation and soil erosion reduction
Results 2012
• 40 enhanced agro-pastoral schools
• training on agricultural techniques
• livestock training
• creation of demonstration fields for cultivation
• 40 training courses for the creation of community savings and credit facilities
• 20 new plots for multiplication of cultivated species
• 40 training on breeding techniques for ruminants
• 40 training on hay collection and storage
• 40 honey production training
• 1 awareness raising campaign on drought mitigation measures
• Creating plans for water conservation and soil erosion reduction
Direct beneficiaries 1,293 people.
Indirect beneficiaries 7,800 people.
Year 2011
Activity Description
• Carry out a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of manioc and sweet potato for family food safety and productivity threats to the benefit of various stakeholders and agro-pastoral communities in the Kaabong district;
• support and supervise the establishment and maintenance of sites for manure production, ensuring that the plant is obtained through sowing, filling and that the fields are safe from fires, stray animals, swine flu and other hazards;
• conduct a one-season training course for groups of pastoral agri-food schools following a course on integrated production of manioc / sweet potatoes, pest management and diseases, including agronomy, aspects of rapid multiplication, riding And preservation of plant material, premature discovery of diseases, control of weeds and diseases in multiplication plots, strengthen VSLA - savings and loan associations - existing and generating income activities;
• Hold in conjunction with the FAO office and district manufacturing office to hold monthly review meetings;
• organizing day trips in the field as part of community awareness; Monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the 91 acres of Cassava and 25 acres of sweet potato multiplication plants to be established;
• carry out project visibility activities;
• preparation of progressive and final accounts.
Results 2011
• Established 46 groups of Pastoral Care Schools;
- a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of manioc and sweet potato;
• created and maintained 91 acres of cassava, 25 acres of sweet potatoes;
• Regular field monitoring and training;
• conducted four monthly review meetings with the facilitators, the project leader, the project coordinator and the FAO representatives;
• conduct training for facilitators (approach agro-astronomical schools, conservation farming);
• realized activities of a season's duration in each agro-astronomical school group.
Direct beneficiaries 1,380 people.