ISFM library proves popular
3 April 2017: ASHC In the last month the ISFM materials library has grown – it now shares 462 different materials. The new titles have also seen an increase in the downloads.
495 materials were downloaded from the ISFM materials library between 2 March and 2 April 2017.
The new OFRA book has proved popular – pushing them to the top of the down-load chart. The other activity at the top of the table is closely linked to the partner project are working with the ASHC team:
- Soybean campaigns are being developed as part of SILT and GALA in Tanzania and Ghana.
- Maize and cassava are UPTAKE crops in Tanzania (with cassava also part of the ACAI work in Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria), and a
- Banana project in Uganda
These four crops accounts for around half the downloads – the rest have been drawn from the wide variety of materials available in the library. The downloads covered over 160 different titles from the library.
Table: Crop/subject breakdown of downloads from ISFM materials library in 30 days
| Topic | Number of downloads of various different materials |
| OFRA | 70 |
| Soybean | 67 |
| Coffee banana | 49 |
| Maize | 45 |
| Cassava | 32 |
| Common bean | 30 |
| Rice | 24 |
| ISFM principles | 23 |
| Sugar bean | 20 |
| African traditional/indigenous vegetables | 19 |
| Sorghum | 18 |
| Tubers (generic) | 18 |
| Legumes (generic) | 14 |
| Country profile | 10 |
| Cowpea | 9 |
| Project promotional materials | 9 |
| Compost | 9 |
| Millet | 4 |
| Cereals | 2 |
| Other | 26 |