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Piloting Soil Productivity Improvement activities in Farmer Field Schools in Kagera Region, north-western Tanzania

This pilot programme started early 2002 and builds on the IPPM-FFS Programme - IFAD/FAO, for which support was requested to improve the curriculum and technical capacity in the area of soil productivity improvement. A start-up Letter of Agreement (LoA) with FAO ($25.000 for activities in 2002) was launched in December 2001 by FAO, KAEMP, IFAD/FAO IPPM-FFS Project, the Bukoba District Department of Agriculture and other partners to pilot Soil Productivity Improvement through Farmer Field Schools in Bukoba District.

The objective of the pilot programme is to strengthen and equip farming communities, farmer and service providers (extensionists, facilitators and NGOs) with better rain-fed land management skills, and decision-making capacity to overcome soil productivity limitations, and to enhance sustainable and economically viable land management practices, through the use of Farmer Field Schools. The funds from FAO through the LoA will get the programme launched, with the focus to develop training materials and human resources capacity building. This needs to be continued and expanded through the development of a follow-up programme with potential donors.

More information: contact Julianus Thomas (FAO-Tanzania, Bukoba, URT).

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