The united republic of tanzania agricultural sector development program
PILOT DISTRICT PMP IMPLEMENTATION
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8.4 PILOT DISTRICT PMP IMPLEMENTATIONThe implementation of the pilot districts PMP will be accommodated under the “Farmers Empowerment” component 1 and “Public Sector Reorientation and Capacity Building” component 2.2 of ASSP programme and will be incorporate aspects of sustainability and also be replicable. The training approach will be based on the Farmers Field Schools (FFSs). In FFSs, farmers learn to observe the development of their crops and the numbers of pests and beneficial arthropods in their own fields. Based on their analysis of the agricultural ecosystem, the farmers make their own decisions about how to manage their crops and pests for maximum yield and minimal financial cost and environmental damage. They will learn to conduct their own experiments, comparing field managed using IPM to field where conventional techniques were used. In the course of implementation, the intention may have to be broadened to Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) as it is called in Zanzibar in order to further address a wider scope of crop, land-use and catchment management issues. In so doing, the farmers will be able to exploit the link between growing a health crop, effect on pest management, environmental conservation and increased agricultural producitivity. It would further entrench opportunities for sustainable crop production if in the course of implementation, attention is given to creating linkages or partnerships with commodity researchers, producers, processors and retailers with interest in minimizing pesticide residues. The PHS in the main land and PPD of Zanzibar will be the national government institution that will undertake the implementation of the pilot district PMP in collaborative management with the ZARDIs, IPM and migratory pest commodity team, District Councils, NEMC, MoH, ASPs, NGOs,etc. and the ASSP beneficiary farmers. An IPM checklist is provided in Annex 2 as one elaborations of PMP implementation tool. 8.5 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSEffective supervision and monitoring of implementation of the pilot district PMP, will be done through the programme’s management team. IPM specialists from PHS, PPD and ZARDIs IPM commodity team will participate in the monitoring, supervision and coordination of the IPM activities of Farmer Groups. The management team of the ASSP programme would be the main coordinator unit for this PMP and would develop annual work plan in consultation with PHS, PPD, ZARDIs, District Councils in line with their respective District Agricultural Development Plans (DADPs) to indicate institutional and network that will be required to provide research and development support. Farmers IPM Action Committees will be formed with facilitation by the programme, to act as the body to discuss general pest problems, make decisions about IPM programs and facilitate IPM networks withing and between Farmer Groups. Selected research and training institutions will develop and deliver IPM packages and training programmes and provide technical assistance to the pilot districts and liase with farmers on a continous basis. IPM specialists and representatives from the National Agriculture Research Council and the Sokoine University of Agriculture will serve as Peer Reviewers for the ongoiong activities. IPM specialists will also provide technical support to Farmer Groups for all IPM activities, including identifying corp protection issues, IPM training, study tours, community IPM networking, field visits to other beneficiary Farmer Groups. 8.6 SUSTAINABILITYA major objective of the pilot PMP is to promote the adoption of IPM as the routine strategy for addressing pest problems in the field in order to achieve sustainable agricultural producitivity improvement in the ASSSP programme areas. It is therefore necessary to establish a system for sustaining interest in IPM practices amongst farmer groups at the final stage of the programme. From year 2 when the Farmer Groups IPM Networks established by farmers are fully operational, each Farmer Group will be required to contribute an annual cash amount, to be determined by the members, into an IPM Fund that will be fully managed by the Farmers IPM Action Committee, for the IPM activities. The IPM District DPPO providing technical support to SMSs and VEOs will assist them to plan the activities at the beginning of each year. 9. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRAMGEMENTSSucceful implementation of the pilot district PMP will require regular monitoring and evaluaton of activities undertaken by the Farmer Groups. The focus of monitoring and evaluation will be to assess the build up of IPM capacity in the Farmer Groups and the extent to which IPM techniques ae being adopted in crop production, and the economic benefits that farmers derive by adopting IPM. It is also crucial to evaluate the prevailing trends in the benefits of reducing pesticide distribution, application and misues. Indicators that require regular monitoring and evaluation during the programme implementation include the following: The IPM capacity building in membership of Farmer Groups: Number of farmers who have successfully received IPM training in IPM methods; evaluaton the training content, methodology and trainee response to training through feedback Numbers of Farmer Organizations that nominated members for IPM training; emphasize the number of wome trained; assess Farmer Groups understanding of the importance of IPM for sustainable crop production Numbers of farmers who have adopted IPM practices as crop protection strategy in their crop production efforts; evaluate the rate of IPM adoption In how many crop production systems is applied IPM? Are the numbers increased and at what rate How has the adoption of IPM improved the production derive by adopting IPM Economic benefits: increased in crop productivity due to adoption of IPM practices; increase in farm revenue resulting from adoption of IPM practices, compared with farmer conventional practices; Social benefits: improvement in the health status of farmers Numbers of IPM networks operational and types of activities undertaken Extent to which pesticides are used for crop production Effeciency of pesticide use and handling and reduction in pesticide poisoning and environmental contamination Levels of reduction of pesticide use and handling and reduction in pesticide poisoning and environmental contamination Number of IPM participatory research project completed Influence of the results of IPM participatory research on implementation of IPM and crop production Overall assessment of: activities that are going according to plans; activities that need improvements; and remedial actions required The following indicators will be incorporated into a participatory monitoring and evaluation plan: Types and number of participatory learning methods (PLM) delivered; category and number of extension agents and farmers trained and reached with each PLM; practicial sklls/techniques most frequently demanded by districts and farmers, and food, cash and horticultural crops and livestock management practices preferred by farmers. Category and number of farmers who correctly apply the skills they had learnt; new management practices adopted by most farmers; types of farmer-innovations implemented; level of pest damage and losses; rate of adoption of IPM practices; impact of the adoption of IPM on production performance of farmers Increase in food, cash and horticultural production systems/livestock production; increase in farm revenue; social benfits: e.g. improvement in the health status of farmers, reduction in pesticide purchage and use; and number of community families using preventive mechanisms against diseases. 10. WORKPLAN AND BUDGETThe programme management team of ASSP will be responsible in the implementation of this PMP and estimated costs for the various activities under this program will be build in the budget. The core activities will be as follows: Coordination Development of IPM packages for the pilot districts PMP IPM oreintation workshops Training of trainers and Farmer groups training Public awareness and promoting the adoption of IPM practices Field guides/training materials for production, purchase and distribution Farmers field days Field visits and study tours Database for human-health and environmental contamination Crop pest surveillance and updating pest/disease database at PHS Annual workshops on progress and lesson learnt Participatory IPM research and development Monitoring and evaluation A tentative cost estimates of bugetary requirements is given in Table 10.1 below
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