Presentation by Charles Chuwa about progress with dissemination of improved rice production technologies. This presentation was made at the the annual review and planning meeting for the Africa RISING - NAFAKA project on 26 - 27 June 2018.

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IMPROVED RICE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES : ACTIVITIES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2017/18
SOPHIA KASHENGE, CHARLES CHUWA, NDIMUBANDI MVUKIYE, DIDAS KIMARO,
JOEL ZAKAYO AND RAJABU KANGILE
TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
AFRICA RISING - NAFAKA PROJECT ANNUAL REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING
26 – 27 JUNE 2018, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

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TECHNOLOGIES
DEMONSTRATED
• Use of improved rice varieties in combination with proper use of fertilizer
• Use of salt-tolerant rice varieties in salt-affected rice growing areas in
combination with management options for salt affected soils
• Use of safe alternate wetting and drying irrigation method
• Soil fertility and human nutrition improvement, and economic use of
paddy fields by use of legumes in paddy fields
• Reduction of drudgery during rice planting by Introducing and promoting
locally fabricated rice seeders, and
• Reduction of health hazards associated with spraying herbicides by
introducing and promoting locally fabricated herbicides applicators.

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ACTIVITIES
1. Visiting target districts and villages to reconfirm previous and new sites
2. Collecting soil samples and soil analysis for site characterization
3. Training of farmers on QDS production
4. Procurement and distribution of basic seeds, gypsum and fertilizers
5. Demonstration of the improved rice varieties (Komboka, TXD 306,
SATO1 & SATO6) and fertilizers (both basal and top dressing)
6. Demonstration of management options for SAS (use of gypsum, FYM)
7. Introduction of direct-paddy planters
8. Capacity building on training of trainers (extension officers and lead
farmers) and VAEOs training farmers in mother & baby demos
9. Conduct field days on established demonstration plots

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ACTIVITIES
10.Conducting training workshop for
• Validating /interpreting soil analysis results
• Importance of soil analysis for fertilizer recommendation
• Characterization and identification of rice varieties
• Availability and sustainability of good quality seeds
• Availability and sustainability of gypsum
11.Harvesting and yield data collection
12.Establishing rice - legume relay cropping demonstrations
13.Demonstration of proper water management practice (AWD)
14.Preparing radio program and documentary to create awareness on
disseminated technologies
15.Conducting feedback meetings with stakeholders

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ACHIEVEMENTS
o Was conducted in order to
• identify and familiarize with various stakeholders involved in rice
production
• present and share the protocols for the planned technologies to be
demonstrated this season.
o A total of 98 stakeholders attended the meetings and trained.
Activity 1: Training and Inception meeting
CATEGORY OF STAKEHOLDERS
DISTRICT
Kilombero Mbarali Iringa Rural Momba
DAICO’s & TAICO’S office 2 1 1 1
District Extension officers 2 1 1 1
Village Extension Officers (VAEOs) 8 18 8 4
Lead farmers 10 20 10 4
NAFAKA Staff 1 1 3 1
FIPS 0 1 0 0
Subtotal 23 42 23 11
Total 98
Table 1: Stakeholders who participated in the training and inception meetings per district

6. Stakeholders in
Mbarali District
being trained
during the
inception
meeting
Training and
inception meeting
in Kilombero
District

7. Classroom training for farmer groups
o A total of 4378 participants were trained making 172 % of all the
expected participants.
o On gender basis, there were more male than female trainees.
o Overall, 47.3% of trainees were women and 52.7% were men.
o The majority (87%) were the youth and middle aged (below 56 years
old).
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8. 8
18-35 36-55 56-70
MEN 142 180 51
WOMEN 100 177 42
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Numberfarmerstrained Stakeholders who got classroom training

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Percentages of trained farmers by age groups
35%
52%
13%
18-35
36-55
56-70
Age group years

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Table 2: Summary of stakeholders who got classroom and field training in
the respective districts
District Number of stakeholders trained
Male Female Total Expected
Iringa Rural 87 54 141 221
Kilombero 105 99 204 245
Momba 25 32 57 75
Mbarali 2091 1885 3976 2000
Total 2308 2070 4378 2541

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Farmers training at Mofu Kilombero

12. Field training for farmer groups
o Farmers trained on
• Soil sampling
• Nursery management
• Land preparation
• Planting
• Fertilizer, gypsum and FYM application
• Management of weeds, insect pests, diseases
• Harvesting and yield data collection
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Farmers trained on how to collect
soil samples for soil analysis
Transplanting

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Nursery
management
Fertilizer
application
(USG)

14. Activity 2: Selected and confirmed sites for mother demo plots
District Number of villages
Momba 5
Kilombero 10
Iringa 10
Mbarali 20
Total 45

15. Activity 3: Types of mother demonstration established
Types of demo Number of demo established
VARFER 43
SAS 2 (Mtamba & Ruiwa)
Legumes 8 (Mwaluma, Mhwela, Igalako,
Majengo, Nyamahana, Idodi,
Kinyika & Tunagamalenga)
AWD 4 (Nyamahana, Mwaluma,
Igalako & Mhwela)
Total 57

16. Number of expected and actually established rice demonstration plots
in each district
District
Mother demonstration
plots
Baby demonstration
plots
Expected
Established Expecte
d
Established
Total % Total %
Iringa 10 10 100
250 119
47.6
Kilombero 10 10 100
250 184
73.6
Mbarali 20 20 100
437 300
68.6
Momba 5 5 100 125 102 81.6
Total 45 45 100 1062 705 66.4

17. Activity 4: Procurement and distribution of basic rice, legume seeds (for
QDS production) and fertilizers
• A total of 4,099 kg of basic rice seeds distributed
• Total of 428 kg of improved (basic) seed of three types of legumes
• chick pea,
• green gram and
• cow pea.
Quantity and types of rice seed distributed per district
District
Types of seeds
SARO5
(TXD 306)
(kg)
Komboka
(kg)
SATO1
(kg)
SATO6
(kg)
TOTAL
(kg)
Kilombero 1,620 60 0 0 1,680
Mbarali 1,420 120 16 16 1,572
Iringa Rural 420 60 16 16 512
Momba 305 30 0 0 335
Total (kg) 3,765 270 32 32 4,099

18. Types and amount of improved seeds of legumes for QDS production in each
district
District
Chick peas Green gram Cow peas
Amount
(kg)
Amount
(kg)
Amount
(kg)
Iringa 50 0 8
Kilombero 125 10 24
Mbarali 125 10 8
Momba 50 10 8
Total 350 30 48

19. Distribution of rice seeds in Momba

20. Number of farmers who received rice seed small packs
LOCATION MEN WOMEN TOTAL
KILOMBERO 2477 2086 4563
IRINGA RURAL 558 269 827
MOMBA 8 2 10
MBARALI 1297 915 2212
TOTAL 4340 3272 7612

21. Amount and types of fertilizers supplied to each district for mother
demonstration plots
District
Type and Amount of fertilizer
Normal (prilled) urea
(PU) (kg)
Urea super granules
(USG) (kg)
Iringa 150 120
Kilombero 300 0
Mbarali 300 240
Momba 150 0
Total 900 360

22. Activity 5: Conducting training workshop for validation and interpretation of s
Number and categories of attending stakeholders
CATEGORY OF STAKEHOLDERS NUMBER WORK STATION/SITE
DAICO’s & TAICO’S 5 Ifakara Town Council, Momba district council, Iringa
district council, Kilombero district council, Mbarali
district council
Village Extension Officers
(VAEOs)/Irrigation technicians
8 Mbarali, IringaUrban, Iringa Rural districts,
Kilombero district
Lead farmers 8 Mbarali, Iringa, Momba, Kilombero districts
NAFAKA Staff 4 Mbarali, Momba, Iringa Rural districts
Project district Focal persons 4 Iringa, Kilombero, Mbarali, Momba district offices
FIPS staff 1 Mbarali district
Rice researchers (Breeders,
pathologists, agronomists,
socio-economists, soil
scientists)
4 ARI-Dakawa, ARI-KATRIN, ARI-Mlingano, ARI-Uyole
Agricultural input providers/
companies
5 YARA (T), GYPSUM-Makanya, ASA, Chimala Apex,
Raphael group Ltd
Seed certifiers 1 TOSCI-Njombe
Subtotal 40

23. • Training on;-
– importance of soil analysis for fertilizer recommendation,
– overview on how to analyze soils and to validate/interpret soil analysis
results (including the pertinent cost),
– overview on how to characterize and identify rice varieties,
– availability and sustainability of good quality seeds,
– availability and sustainability of gypsum, fertilizers for rice and their
utilization and Seed certification process.

24. Activity 6. Farmer field days
* 7 Mbarali, 2 Momba, 5 Iringa rural & 3 Kilombero
LOCATION MENWOMEN TOTAL TARGETED %
KILOMBERO 180 114 294 500 58.8
IRINGA RURAL 154 53 207 500 41.6
MOMBA 73 24 97 500 19.4
MBARALI 200 106 306 500 61.2
TOTAL 607 297 904 2000 45.2
• About 67.1 % men and 32.9 % women participated in the field day
• Farmer field day events were broadcasted in media (TVs & radio) in order
to reach more people
• Field days activities are in progress (AWD & legumes)

25. Farmer field day at Mofu Village in Kilombero District

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CHALLENGES, CONSTRAINTS AND LESSONS
LEARNED
• Rainfall:
– Delayed onset of rainfall in some of the sites
– Shortage of rainfall or dry spell (reduced number of baby demos)
– Destroyed road networks (Kilombero and Momba)
– Floods (some demos were washed out (Kilombero, Mbarali)
• Wild animals (Kilombero & Iringa rural)
• Poor road network

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Poor road network at Mlomba Village in Momba
District

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LESSONS LEARNED
• Participation of farmer groups is necessary for wider dissemination of
the technologies
• Training of trainers make training more sustainable
• Involving Local government and other stakeholders in technology
dissemination strengthen research – extension linkages
• Farmers learn more when classroom training is combined with field
training
• Farmers could improve rice productivity even more by analyzing soils
of their particular fields for their fertility status prior to planting (Soil
analysis will enable them understand properties of their fields and
consequently use fertilizers judiciously).

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SCALING STRATEGIES
• To sustain availability of improved seeds by training more farmers on
QDS production
• To extend the technologies to more farmers by increasing the number
of VBAAs and provide necessary facilitation for their work
• To strengthen linkages of farmers with agro-dealers and other
agricultural extension service providers