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ganizing field
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etting up field
1. Capacity build-
1. Cap acit y build - 2 2. Setting up field 3. Organizing field 4. Crop technologies
and innovations- In
demonstr ations: A da ys- eac h season, and inno v ations- In
days- each season,
demonstrations: A
ing- SAA primarily
ing- SAA primarily
o pr
omoting
t
addition
een (during acti
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gr
or
k of demon
network of demon- green (during active addition to promoting
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net
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a T
lo
employs a Training improved varieties of
emp
aining
ed v
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arieties of
v
impr
crop growth stage)
ations is set up at
strations is set up at cr op gr o wt h st age)
str
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egic cr
str
at
ops, SAA pi
of Trainers (ToTs)
of T r ainers (T o T s) strategic crops, SAA pi-
and brown (during
FT Cs and v o lunt eer and br o wn (during oneer ed t he intr oduc -
FTCs and volunteer
oneered the introduc-
approach to train
appr o ac h t o tr ain f farmer plots (Com- cr op r epr oducti v e tion and pr omotion
crop reproductive
-
mer p
lots (Com
ar
tion and promotion
e
st
age) field da
Agents
Ext ension Agents munity Demonstra- stage) field days are of conser v ation till -
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of conservation till-
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age pr
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actices in 1
organized at two
tion Plots, CDPs)
(EAs), who t hen tr ain tion Plots, CDP s) or ganiz ed at t w o age practices in 1998
(EAs), who then train
llabor
in
h
ation
wit
co
levels (kebele and
t
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case and
w
mers. The
tr
ar
aining,
f farmers. The training, to showcase and lev els (k ebele and in collaboration with
,
y
Mak
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an
bu comp
t
the Makobu company,
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higher level) to assist
omot
pr
e impr
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ed
v
h inc
which includes both promote improved higher lev el) t o assist and rice pr oduction
whic
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ludes bot
and rice production
ving
ar
mers in impr
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t
technologies and f farmers in improving
ec
logies and
hno
edas of
o some w
or
-
ac
heor
t theoretical and prac- t to some woredas of
etical and pr
heir lear
ning and
practices and drive
pr actices and dri v e t their learning and T igr a y , Chew ak a (O r o -
Tigray, Chewaka (Oro-
tical sessions, is held
tical sessions, is held
mia), Guraferda (SNN-
providing an oppor-
emon
adoption. Demon- pr o viding an oppor - mia), G ur af er da (SNN -
adoption. D
-
ee times a
hr
t twice or three times a PR), and G ode (S omali
wice or t
PR), and Gode (Somali
y t
aluat
o ev
tunit
e
ations set up at
str
strations set up at tunity to evaluate
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8. It has
egion) in 2
year: pre-season (be-
y ear: pr e-season (be - FTCs serve as learn- innovations. Higher r region) in 2008. It has
ations. Higher
inno
v
e as lear
n
-
v
FT
Cs ser
also promoted, cere-
op p
lanting),
e cr
or
f fore crop planting), ing sit es f or f ar mers, lev el field da ys bring also pr omot ed, cer e -
level field days bring
ing sites for farmers,
lanting, striga
al line planting, striga
al line p
mers,
ar
her f
t
oget
providing them with
mid-season (during pr o viding t hem wit h together farmers, r resistant sorghum, late
mid-season (during
ant
sor
esist
e
ghum,
lat
h
artners (suc
EAs, p
t
hno
ec
logy options,
blight resistant potato,
cr op maturit y), and technology options, EAs, partners (such b light r esist ant pot at o ,
crop maturity), and
pr
ot
y
qualit
ein maiz
e
as researchers and
cr
eating demand
at the end of the sea-
at t he end of t he sea - creating demand as r esear c hers and quality protein maize
(QPM), NERICA rice va-
input suppliers) and
or new v
f for new varieties, input supp liers) and (QP M), NERICA rice v a -
arieties,
son (f o llo wing cr op rieties, t eff gr o wt h r e -
son (following crop
rieties, teff growth re-
officials in and out
impr
o
ving t
improving the tech- officials in and out
he t
ec
h
-
mones, w
a
-
dant hor
t
ar
har
est).
v
harvest). tardant hormones, wa-
of the target areas
nical cap
nical capabilities of of t he t ar get ar eas ter harvesting, broad
abilities of
ad
t
esting, br
v
er har
o
-
hange inf
or
o exc
DAs, and develop-
D As, and dev elop - t to exchange infor- bed maker (BBM), fer-
-
er
er (BBM), f
bed mak
tilizer rate optimiza-
mation and share
ing farmers’ trust in mation and shar e tiliz er r at e optimiza -
ing f
’ tr
mers
ar
ust in
e smart
tion, and c
limat
experience among
them. experience among tion, and climate smart
hem.
t
villages (CSVs).
f
mers.
ar
farmers. villages (CSVs).
1.2. F ar mers access t o agricultur al inputs
1.2. Farmers access to agricultural inputs
SAA employs different strategies to improve farmers’ access to agricultural inputs. Through the
community based seed multiplication (CBSM) scheme, it organizes up volunteer farmers into
seed growers, and facilitates their legal status as certified seed growers. Furthermore, it organiz-
es youths into agro-dealers and provides technical and business training in order to open input
shops closer to the farm community and supply agro-inputs such as pesticides and herbicides,
and sprayers
T oget her w e can mak e a diff er ence!
T oget her w e can mak e a diff er ence!
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