CIWED entered into partnership with International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC) in 2017under the Agriculture Technology Transfer (ATT) project with funding from USAID Feed the Future Programme rolled out the agriculture intervention to build the capacity of Farmer-based Organisations (FBOs) where predominantly on best agronomic practices to increase their yields and for them to contribute in feeding the future.
The following are the achievements under the ATT project:
· The project reached out to 5,780 members of (FBOs) in Mion and Bole districts sensitize them on good agronomic practices such as Soil Fertility Management, Soil Testing, planting in Rows, Right Fertilisation Application, weed control, best time of harvesting to prevent pre-harvest and post-harvest losses among others through video screening and community sensitisations.
· The project has also distributed 418 starter packs to 418 farmers in Bole district to set up a demonstration fields in the 2017/2018 farming season to test the new technology and a doubt it.
· Under the ATT project, CIWED cultivated 20 acres of soybean and 20 acres of maize certified seeds, in Mion district, which produced good yield and use to support government flagship Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) programme in 2018.
· CIWED distributed over 3 tonnes of certified soybeans seeds and 2.1 tonnes of certified maize seeds to over 2,650 smallholder farmers in Bole and Mion districts where majority of them were women.
Agriculture Technology Transfer (ATT) Project
CIWED entered into partnership with International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC) in 2017under the Agriculture Technology Transfer (ATT) project with funding from USAID Feed the Future Programme rolled out the agriculture intervention to build the capacity of Farmer-based Organisations (FBOs) where predominantly on best agronomic practices to increase their yields and for them to contribute in feeding the future.
The following are the achievements under the ATT project:
· The project reached out to 5,780 members of (FBOs) in Mion and Bole districts sensitize them on good agronomic practices such as Soil Fertility Management, Soil Testing, planting in Rows, Right Fertilisation Application, weed control, best time of harvesting to prevent pre-harvest and post-harvest losses among others through video screening and community sensitisations.
· The project has also distributed 418 starter packs to 418 farmers in Bole district to set up a demonstration fields in the 2017/2018 farming season to test the new technology and a doubt it.
· Under the ATT project, CIWED cultivated 20 acres of soybean and 20 acres of maize certified seeds, in Mion district, which produced good yield and use to support government flagship Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) programme in 2018.
· CIWED distributed over 3 tonnes of certified soybeans seeds and 2.1 tonnes of certified maize seeds to over 2,650 smallholder farmers in Bole and Mion districts where majority of them were women.