Technical briefs

This section of the tool kit contains the technical briefs – it has a series of versions and the column on the right-hand side seeks to explain why the changes were made or share feedback from prototype or piloting of materials that require changes to be made to the technical brief.

Common bean technical brief
Date	Version	Location covered by brief	Significant changes since last version/comments
October 2016	Common bean technology brief v2	Tanzania	Changes that have happened to the brief: There was farmer resistance to the spacing – 1 seed per hole every 10 cm and 2 seed per hole every 20cm was consider to be more appropriate for farmers
Details of campaigns on common bean production in Tanzania: Campaigns developed as part of SILT and UPTAKE. The SILT campaign will include a combination of media (radio, point of sale materials, extension materials including farmer leaflets) and interpersonal approaches (radio listening groups, on-farm trials, demonstration plots and field training days). The UPTAKE campaign is primarily radio and mobile telephony, with some print to support local aligned extension activity.

Soybean technical brief
Date	Version	Location covered by brief	Significant changes since last version/comments
March 2017	Northern Ghana Soybean Technical Brief 2017	Northern Ghana	First edition
October 2016	Soybean technology brief V2 Technology brief v3	Tanzania	Changes from v2 to v3: The technical brief has to work across the whole partnership, so the inclusion of a new partner the Catholic Relief Service has resulted in some adjustments to the technical brief. The following changes are being reviewed: Overview: Why grow beans? Emphasised the need to process beans before eating Changed market demand from good to substantial Consolidated information on soil benefits into one section Section 1: Land preparation Narrowed the pH range for bean growing Section 2.1 Inoculation Added teaspoons as an additional farmer-friendly measure Section 2.3 Fertilizer application TSP and DAP recommendation increased Section 3.1 Weeding The timing of weeding and clarified the need to avoid weeding at flowering Section 3.2.1 Pest recommendations amended to show link to viral diseases Section 4 Harvesting Amended the point 6 on use of chemicals in storage Section 5 Post-harvest The cooking time for soybean were increased

Details of campaigns on soybean production in Tanzania: This is a SILT campaign it will include a combination of media (radio, point of sale materials, extension materials including farmer leaflets) and interpersonal approaches (radio listening groups, on-farm trials, demonstration plots and field training days)

Cassava technology brief
Date	Version	Locations covered by brief	Significant changes since last version /comments
April 2016	Cassava technology brief v1	Northern Tanzania	Version one based on the ISFM Cassava Cropping Guide (2015)
September 2017	Cassava technology brief -Kiswahili v2	Tanzania – Lake Zone, Eastern, Central and Southern Zone	Version revised and customized to the Tanzanian context
Details of campaigns on cassava production in Tanzania: This campaign is part of UPTAKE, therefore the media mix will be primarily be radio and mobile telephony, with some print to support local aligned extension activity.

Maize techology brief
Date	Version	Significant changes since last version/ comments
	Maize technology brief v1	First edition
Details of campaigns on maize production in Tanzania: This campaign is part of UPTAKE, therefore the media mix will primarily radio and mobile telephony, with some print to support local aligned extension activity.

Potato technology brief
Date	Version	Significant changes since last version/ comments
July 2017	Potato technology brief v1
Details of campaigns on potato production in Tanzania: This campaign is part of UPTAKE, therefore the media mix will primarily be radio and mobile telephony, with some print to support local aligned extension activity.

Banana technology brief
Date	Version	Significant changes since last version/ comments
November 2018	Banana technology brief v1
Details of campaigns on banana production in Uganda and Tanzania: This campaign is part of the Banana Agronomy project. It includes a combination of media (radio, audio-visual drama, extension materials including farmer flyers, extension guide and story chart in Luganda and Runyakitara) and interpersonal approaches (on-farm trials, demonstration plots and field training days)

Producing a technical brief for common bean in Northern Tanzania.