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 [[:File:Project indicators-Haroon.ppt| Presentation by Haroon Sseguya on the project indicators]]
-'''<span style="color: #ff0000;">Emerging issue from the presentation: How do we measure the spill-over adoption? </span>'''
+'''Emerging issue from the presentation: How do we measure the spill-over adoption? '''
 '''Comment (Victor Manyong):''' Develop a working group to look at how the project teams can report on the spill over adoptions.

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 <u>'''Discussion of expansion and operational issues - Silvanus Mruma'''</u><br/>
-<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[:File:Expansion to The Southern Highland Regions-SilvanusMruma.pptx| Presentation by Silvanus Mruma on expansion and implications ]]</span>
+[[:File:Expansion to The Southern Highland Regions-SilvanusMruma.pptx| Presentation by Silvanus Mruma on expansion and implications ]]<br/>
 * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">NAFAKA objectives are poverty reduction, income increase, women and youth inclusion in value chains in rice and maize. NAFAKA is all about staple value chain – key activities demo plots, ToTs for extension agents, lead farmers and agro-dealers</span>
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-<u>'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Presentations by TAMASA and Meru Agro-Tours</span>'''</u>
+<u>'''Presentations by TAMASA and Meru Agro-Tours'''</u><br/>
 * <span style="color: #0f0101;">TAMASA is a new project working in (Tanzania, Ethiopia and NigeriaI key partners are CIMMYT, IITA (Nigeria). its aim is to close attainable yield gap. Use modern large data to get to attainable yield. Collect all available information and identify what is missing. Project is looking forward to generating open access database increasing capacity.it seeks to add value to what partners are doing. There many tools that will be used for nutrients, yield etc. We will work in Northern and southern highlands .</span><br/>
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 Answer (Chacha): Yes working in Patient Purchasing Program (PPP) and will use farmers groups established by WFP. <br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Question (Victor Manyong): This is an information sharing session on what are doing but no one is sharing their budget?</span>
+Question (Victor Manyong): This is an information sharing session on what are doing but no one is sharing their budget?<br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Answer (Imgard): AR/IITA has received grant of 2.2 million for year one. Shared through subcontracts to CIMMYT, Africa Rice, IITA etc. are not putting additional money.</span>
+Answer (Imgard): AR/IITA has received grant of 2.2 million for year one. Shared through subcontracts to CIMMYT, Africa Rice, IITA etc. are not putting additional money.<br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Answer (Silvanus): NAFAKA – Is a 30 million USD for 5 years. Our contribution is in kind we are working same areas and same target groups. Unless it’s an added activity we have incorporated new technologies. </span>
+Answer (Silvanus): NAFAKA – Is a 30 million USD for 5 years. Our contribution is in kind we are working same areas and same target groups. Unless it’s an added activity we have incorporated new technologies.<br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Comment (Bright): This project would like take opportunities to work with Private Companies. We worked with Chacha in the QPM varieties released and also with AMINATA on another one. Release process is tedious so the opportunity is good.</span>
+Comment (Bright): This project would like take opportunities to work with Private Companies. We worked with Chacha in the QPM varieties released and also with AMINATA on another one. Release process is tedious so the opportunity is good.<br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Question (Fred Kizito): I see clearly linkages with TAMASA in terms of timelines when is it kicking off? Potential collaboration and sharing of resources</span>
+<br/>
-<span style="color: #0f0101;">Answer (Chacha): 6 months inception ended in April. Current activity is yield baseline in southern highlands TAMASA budget to Tanzania is 3.4 million for five years. </span>
+Question (Fred Kizito): I see clearly linkages with TAMASA in terms of timelines when is it kicking off? Potential collaboration and sharing of resources<br/>
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 <u>'''Questions & Comments for the Maize Team'''</u>
-'''<span style="color: #ed122c;">Comment (Fred): This is a question for all the four teams. We need to decide what happens to the mother trials in year 2. We need to come with narrative to justify resources for supporting mother trials.</span>'''
+Comment (Fred): This is a question for all the four teams. We need to decide what happens to the mother trials in year 2. We need to come with narrative to justify resources for supporting mother trials.<br/>
 Answer (Gramzow): For the vegetables team, we are visiting the old farmers or call them and see what they did.
-'''<span style="color: #ed122c;">Comment (Mateete): This is one way of measuring adoptions by looking what mother demos are doing. As a project how do see if there are uptakes? What types of technologies will be adopted.one would like to go back and check. For maize team conduct post-season assessment with farmers when farmers are selecting varieties. Also, after farmers field day farmers have made selections we need to follow them up. For mother trials we can have many innovations but as we go down farmers will select what they want and technologies will reduce to even one.</span>'''
+Comment (Mateete): This is one way of measuring adoptions by looking what mother demos are doing. As a project how do see if there are uptakes? What types of technologies will be adopted.one would like to go back and check. For maize team conduct post-season assessment with farmers when farmers are selecting varieties. Also, after farmers field day farmers have made selections we need to follow them up. For mother trials we can have many innovations but as we go down farmers will select what they want and technologies will reduce to even one.<br/>
 <u>'''Question & Comments for the Post-harvest Team'''</u>
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 Answer (Abass): We decided not to go into rice for now. We should not ignore this new soybean variety it’s important for under 5 due to difficult of nutrition. So test it under AR and by year 3 maybe we can be ready for registration and to ensure we do not loose these material.
-'''<span style="color: #ed122c;">Comment (Irmgard): I have seen some project activities are starting in August and September. However, this project closes at the end of September. I do not, yet have information - from USAID about second year funding so we may get this information by end of Sept. But we cannot renew contracts if we do not have the go ahead from the USAID mission. So if we submit our proposals by end of July, we can hope they will make up their mind by end of August.</span>'''
+Comment (Irmgard): I have seen some project activities are starting in August and September. However, this project closes at the end of September. I do not, yet have information - from USAID about second year funding so we may get this information by end of Sept. But we cannot renew contracts if we do not have the go ahead from the USAID mission. So if we submit our proposals by end of July, we can hope they will make up their mind by end of August.<br/>
 Question (Kizito): Do we have to write a proposal every year?
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 (Silvanus): It took us a while to get all the indicators from the USAID mission after the activities had started. We started last year but got indicators this year. We have done all these activities but we had not captured all information needed.
-'''<span style="color: #ed122c;">Way forward: NAFAKA will submit all the forms to Haroon to forward to teams to collect information. Every person is an M&E person. All target groups have to be registered and where we have individual farmers –we have to register them. Also Alvin Massawe to conduct a three day training on data quality and data collection and audit and analysis. The training will include demonstrations for filling in the DCF for participants at demos and for home gardens. Each team to nominate someone for the training and Haroon and Silvanus to follow up on the organization of the training. </span>'''
+Way forward: NAFAKA will submit all the forms to Haroon to forward to teams to collect information. Every person is an M&E person. All target groups have to be registered and where we have individual farmers –we have to register them. Also Alvin Massawe to conduct a three day training on data quality and data collection and audit and analysis. The training will include demonstrations for filling in the DCF for participants at demos and for home gardens. Each team to nominate someone for the training and Haroon and Silvanus to follow up on the organization of the training.<br/>
 '''<u>Review of all Parking Lot Issues</u>'''
 # Seed distribution networks and availability
-<span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>Comment (Freddy): We request Project management to link with other initiatives working on seeds as this is a small grant. E.g. AGRA ISST are giving grants. Can we <span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>convince them to give money in the areas we are working?
+Comment (Freddy): We request Project management to link with other initiatives working on seeds as this is a small grant. E.g. AGRA ISST are giving grants. Can we convince them to give money in the areas we are working?<br/>
-<span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>Question (Mateete): Do we have adequate seeds for this season especially legumes?
+<br/>
-<span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>Answer: Yes, at AMINATA we will have one ton of beans and soybean, ground nuts. (Jumbo) Maize is not a problem as it will be supplied by seed companies. Rice and <span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>vegetables are also not a problem.
+Question (Mateete): Do we have adequate seeds for this season especially legumes?<br/>
-<span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>Question (Swai): Will we be able access fertilizers on time?
+<br/>
-<span style="color: #fffbfb;">>>>>></span>Answer (Chacha): I have visited YARA in Mbeya and they had a lot of fertilizers. It’s a question of contacting their agronomists in the field on time.
+Question (Swai): Will we be able access fertilizers on time?<br/>
 Answer (Victor Mgoo): At NAFAKA there’s no problem we assign agro-dealers to supply fertilizers in the in areas we are working.<br/>
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 '''Closing remarks by Mateete:'''
-* '''<span style="color: #ed122c; line-height: 1.5;">Latest deadline for receiving proposals developed at workshop (rice, post-harvest and maize) deadline is Friday (17 July, 2015) next week.</span>'''
+* Latest deadline for receiving proposals developed at workshop (rice, post-harvest and maize) deadline is Friday (17 July, 2015) next week
 * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Teams with field days during this election years to be careful to avoid politics. We do not want to be accused of giving politicians money.</span>
 * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Last quarter report – get some of you to help in writing a final year report.</span>

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 '''Targets vs. Achievements:'''
-{|
+{|class="wikitable"
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">INDICATOR</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">FY TARGET</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">FY ACHIEVEMENT</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">% FY ACHIEVEMENT</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">% FEMALE</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">% MALE</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Babati</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Kiteto</span>''' || '''<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Kongwa</span>'''
+|+
 |-
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of farmers and others who have applied new technologies or management practices</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">625</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Not yet available</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> -</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">- </span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">- </span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">-</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">-</span>''' || '''<span style="font-size: 9pt;">-</span>'''
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of farmers and others who have applied new technologies or management practices</span>'''
 |-
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">725</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">149</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">21.0%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">36.2%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">63.6%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">40</span>'''<br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> (15: 85)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">64</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> 50 : 50)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">45</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 9pt;"> (35.6 : 64.4)</span>'''
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training</span>'''
 |-
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of community-based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance </span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">71</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">9 (informal farmer groups)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">12.7%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">-</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">-</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">3</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">3</span>''' || '''<span style="font-size: 9pt;">3</span>'''
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of community-based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance </span>'''
 |-
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">775</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">666</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">85.9%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">44.0%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">56.0%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">118</span>'''<br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> (21.1 : 78.8)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">217</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> 65.9 : 34.1)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">331</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 9pt;"> (37.8 : 62.2)</span>'''
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of rural households benefiting directly from USG interventions</span>'''
-|-
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">775</span>'''
-| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">Number of beneficiaries with home gardens or alternate crops as a proxy for access to nutritious foods and income</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">149</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">149</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">100%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">36.2%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">63.6%</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">40</span>'''<br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> (15: 85)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">64</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> 50 : 50)</span>''' || '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">45</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;"> f/m (%)</span>'''<br><br>'''<span style="font-size: 9pt;"> (35.6 : 64.4)</span>'''
+| '''<span style'''"font-size: 9pt;">666</span>'''
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 Comment (Kenneth): Be cautious in use of the term “adoption”
-<span style="color: #fcf9f9;">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></span>What strategies do you put in place to cushion farmers from disease attacks? E.g. ''Tuta absoluta''?
+What strategies do you put in place to cushion farmers from disease attacks? E.g. ''Tuta absoluta''?
-<span style="color: #ffffff;">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></span>What is your next plan to ensure farmers get more control on markets?
+What is your next plan to ensure farmers get more control on markets?
 Answer (Ndunguru): We initially linked up with the Ministry of Agric to work against diseases like ''Tuta absoluta''. Now we have trained our farmers on this and equipped them
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 <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Comment (Swai): The Africa RISING has got the Innovation Platforms as a means of involving important stakeholders (District Agricultural Officers) in the work of project. However sometimes it is impossible to achieve that there is better information flow within the government officials who attend the platform meetings.</span>
-<u>'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Post-harvest Team Presentation - Ibrahim Shabani</span>'''</u>
+<u>'''Post-harvest Team Presentation - Ibrahim Shabani'''</u>
 [[:File:Post-Harvest team update.ppt| Presentation by Ibrahim Shabani for the post-harvest team]]

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-'''Africa RISING, NAFAKA and TUBORESHE CHAKULA (TUBOCHA) Scaling Project'''
+==Africa RISING, NAFAKA and TUBORESHE CHAKULA (TUBOCHA) Scaling Project<br/>First Annual Review and Planning Meeting<br/>July 8 – 10, 2015<br/>'''White Sands Hotel and Resort, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania'''==
-'''First Annual Review and Planning Meeting'''
-'''July 8 – 10, 2015'''
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-'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Objectives:</span>'''
+'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Objectives:</span>'''<br/>
 # <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Share updates on project activities implemented and results since inception of the project</span>
 # <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Discuss lessons learnt and reflect on these for year 2</span>
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 # <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Develop team work plans and budgets for year 2 of the project</span>
 # Discuss operational issues affecting project implementation
-'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Agenda:</span>'''
+<br/>
-<u><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Day 1 (8July)</span></u>
+'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Agenda:</span>'''<br/>
-<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''8:30''' Registration - Devotha Mawole</span>
+<u><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Day 1 (8July)</span></u><br/>
-'''9:00''' Participants Introduction
+:30 Registration - Devotha Mawole<br/>
-'''9:15''' Overview of Agenda for the day - Jonathan Odhong'
+:00 Participants Introduction<br/>
-'''9:20''' Welcome
+:15 Overview of Agenda for the day - Jonathan Odhong<br/>
 * Victor Manyong (Regional Director IITA, Chair Africa RISING Steering Committee ESA)
 * Thomas Carr (Chief of Party, NAFAKA)
 * Hoeschle-Zeledon (Coordinator, Africa RISING ESA and WA)
 > Representing Betty Maeda (Research and Production Advisor USAID)
+:30 [[:File:Overview of year 1 of project activities - Haroon.ppt| Overview of year 1 of project activities]] - Haroon Sseguya<br/>
-'''9:30''' [[:File:Overview of year 1 of project activities - Haroon.ppt| Overview of year 1 of project activities]] - Haroon Sseguya
+:00 Group photo and networking break around coffee/tea - Gloriana Ndibalema<br/>
+:30 Implementation progress of each of the teams (20 minutes presentation + 20 minutes discussion for each presentation)<br/>
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[:File:Maize team update.ppt| Maize - Bright Jumbo]]</span>
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[:File:Rice team update.pptx| Rice - Senthikumar  Gaudiose Mujawamariya]]</span>
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[:File:Vegetable team update.pptx| Vegetables - Andreas]]/span[[:File:Vegetable team update.pptx|  Gramzow]]
-'''12:30 Lunch Break'''
+:30 Lunch Break<br/>
-'''2:00''' Implementation progress of each of the teams cont'd
+:00 Implementation progress of each of the teams cont'd<br/>
 * [[:File:Post-Harvest team update.ppt| Post-harvest - Ibrahim Shabani]]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[:File:Operational issues-Haroon.ppt| Introductory presentation on operational issues - Haroon Sseguya]] (15 minutes) (Issues covered in above presentation )</span>