1. REVIEW of ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY PARK OF FLOLA UNDER AFRICA RISING PROGRAM BY ICRISAT AND PARTNERS Period: 1 June - July 23rd Presenter: Dicko Mahamadou Land and Water Management

2. OUTLINE Introduction Activities Implemented by ICRISAT Activities Implemented by ICRAF Activities Implemented by AVRDC Activities Implemented by GRAADCOM Constraints and Potential Solutions

3. Introduction Brief presentation of activities implemented by ICRISAT and its partners (ICRAF, AVRDC,AMEDD, GRAADCOM, MOBIOM) Location: Bougouni in the 4 target villages (Flola, Madina, Sibirila and Dieba).

4. Activities Implemented by ICRISAT Final reception of TP in Flola

5. Activities Implemented by ICRISAT… Clearing the TP, Building and equipping the training hut in the TP

6. Activities Implemented by ICRISAT… First meeting session organized to inform the 30 trainers of trainers’ from the 4 villages on their roles and the conditions, the selection of crop varieties, the periodicity of the trainings in the TP.

7. Activities Implemented by ICRISAT… Village Trainers of Trainers Farmers Trained by ToTTotal TOTAL MF Sub- Total MF Flola1021213426160172 Madina52724204451 Sibirila50533114449 Dièba42645156066 Sub-total30Sub-total308338 - 4 Training sessions organized in the Technology Park of Flola (CBT, Sowing, Compost preparation)

8. Installation of runoff, moisture measure devices, monitoring of groundwater in the TP and the villages of Flola and Madina Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

9. Installation of trials in the TP and in farmers fields (CBT, maize, sorghum, cowpea, soya bean, roselle, etc) Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

10. Participative survey on livestock feeding in Flola, selection of volunteer for trials on double purpose crops Activities Implemented by ICRISAT…

11. Installation of the nursery in the TP, Training of farmers and installation of trials in the 4 target villages Activities Implemented by AVRDC

12. Activities Implemented by ICRAF Installation of a germplasm in the Technology Park Training of the farmers selected in Flola, Sibirila, Madina and Dièba

13. Selection of 20 farmers (4 in each village) and 1 group per village for trials on groundnut. Installation of the trials in Sibirila, in Flola and in the TP Activities Implemented by GRAADCOM

14. Facilitation of the trainings Preparation of the village level IP Monitoring of ICRAF’s Activities Activities Implemented by MoBioM

15. Challenges and Potential Solutions ChallengesPotential Solution Challenges in the transportation of the materials, the inputs, the samples and the storage of the materials Providing a car for the team and constructing a warehouse in the TP Numerous protocols and data collection sheets Harmonizing the data collection sheet on a single tool to simplify the task of the technicians Time planned for the survey on livestock feeding too short (5 days/Village) Extend the length of the survey (9-10 days/village) Communication deficit Improving Communication

16. WAY FORWARD Finishing the installation of the trials (sorghum, groundnut cowpea and soya bean) in the target villages. Continuing the survey on gender preferences in livestock feeding in the remaining villages (Sibirila, Dièba). Continuing the training (FFS) in the TP and farmers training by ToT Data collection and Monitoring of field activities

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