Presented by Agnes Assenga at the Maziwa Zaidi and Steering Committee Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 8-10 October 2014

1. Heifer International Progress Report
Agnes Assenga,
Maziwa Zaidi & Steering Committee workshop 8-10 October
2014, at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2. Progress Report (April - October
2014)
• Introduction
• Achievements
• Key challenges
• Key lessons
• Next steps

3. Introduction
• Heifer International Tanzania is one of the Development
partners who are implementing More Milk by and for the
poor project with ILRI.
• The other partners are ILRI, SUA, CGIAR, Faida MaLi, TDB
and LGAs.
• The project targets to reach 4800 resource poor cattle
keepers in Kilosa and Mvomero districts - Morogoro
region and Handeni, Lushoto and Bumbuli - Tanga region.

4. Introduction Cont..
Planned activities:
 Site specific plans to 30 groups.
 Review and revise the previous planned activities and
budgets.
 Train 2,336 beneficiaries on group dynamics.
 Train 2,336 on dairy cattle management skills in thematic
topics on breeds and breeding, Pastures/ fodders,
diseases and control, cow shed construction, milking
techniques.
 Follow up on activities on pasture/fodder in 8 IP villages.
 Facilitate linkage to purchase of improved bulls/Heifers to
30 groups.

5. Achievements
 Participatory site specific assessment was conducted
to all 30 groups within the project area and specific
needs and plans to each group were identified.
 Participated in the workshop to harmonize site
specific plan findings in Morogoro.
 Participated in the workshop to review and revise
activity plans with budgets to suit the group specific
needs identified for the project intervention conducted
in Dar.

6. Achievements Cont…
Conducted validation of prioritized needs of farmers for
implementation.
Conducted training on group dynamics 670 (240 M and 430F) in
Kilosa and Mvomero.
Training on breeds and breeding 166 (93M&73F), Feeding
47(32M &15F) Pasture/fodder establishment 166(46M&120) project
participants in Kilosa and Mvomero districts.
Made a follow up on pasture/ fodder establishment to Innovation
Platform (IP) villages in Twatwatwa, Mbwade and Manyinga.
 Linked five groups to AI service provider and bulls source centers
in Kilosa and Mvomero. (Mbwade, Wami Luhindo, Wami Dakawa, Manyinga and Mangae).

7. Challenges
 Some group members demanding for pocket money during training,
ultimately lead to cancelation of the training because the project did not
budget funds for training allowances for participants. Eg. Wami
Sokoine.
 Unexpected increase number of participants during training in some
groups led to budget constraints.
Eg. Wami Dakawa group (41 participants against 71 adults and 25 children)
Mangae group (50 participants against 48 adults and 10 children).

8. Key lessons
Participatory site specific needs identification
exercise provides potential for project
sustainability and ownership.
In village training attracted more women to
participate.

9. Next steps
S/N ACTIVITIES TARGET
1 Training on Group dynamics in Handeni and Lushoto 713
2 Training on breeds and breeding 230
3 Training on Pasture/ fodder establishment and
preservation
90
4 Training on disease and disease control 226
5 Training on Housing/cow shed construction 60
6 Training on feeds and feeding 285
7 Milking technique 126
8 Follow up on activities on pasture/fodder to IP villages. 4 groups
9 Linkage to AI Service provider 9 groups

10. Thank you for
Listening