Duncan Sones
What constrains bean farmers?
A short radio series called INUKA was developed to start conversations with bean farmers in Tanzania. It was broadcast on Radio Free Africa, a station with nationwide coverage in Tanzania. The second episode was broadcast on Sunday 14 June 2015 between 7:00 – 7:30 pm. It was commissioned by N2Africa and production co-ordinated by Farm […]
Read MoreWhat N2Africa learned about bean varieties
A short radio series called INUKA was developed to start conversations with bean farmers in Tanzania. It was broadcast on Radio Free Africa, a station with nationwide coverage in Tanzania. The first episode was broadcast on Sunday 7 June 2015 between 7:00 – 7:30 pm. It was commissioned by N2Africa and production co-ordinated by Farm Radio […]
Read MorePrototypes get tested today
Today, 19 September 2015, the ASHC team will be working with our colleagues at African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership to test the prototype materials, developed for use in agordealerships in Tanzania, as part of the Legume Alliance Maharage Bingwa campaign. ASHC team members Abigael Mchana and Harrison Rware will be working with over 20 hub agrodealers in Tanzania […]
Read MoreFamily-centered campaign uniting public & private sectors
Our colleagues at N2Africa and IITA asked if we could present the Maharage Bingwa campaign explaining how the public and private sectors work together. This is what the ASHC team came up with … This bean growing season farmers in Northern Tanzania are hearing and seeing the term Maharage Bingwa (champion beans). Work by the Legume Alliance, […]
Read MoreShujaaz reports on maharage bingwa social media
In August 2015 Shujaaz published the first Maharage Bingwa campaign materials. They produced a 6-page story in the Tanzania version of the comic and supported this with social media. The first story featured a hustle – a real champion bean grower who was visited by the comic book hero DJ-Tee. The objective of the comic campaign was […]
Read MoreShujaaz and maharage bingwa – August campaign
In August Shujaaz published the first Maharage Bingwa campaign materials. They produced a 6-page story in the Tanzania version of the comic and supported this with social media. The first story featured a hustle – a real champion bean grower who was visited by the comic book hero DJ-Tee. The objective of the comic campaign was for […]
Read MoreWhat we know about information needs of farmers
Duncan Sones writes: The Legume Alliance in Tanzania encouraging smallholder farming families to grow common beans. First, because it makes good economic sense and second, because legume improve soil fertility by adding nitrogen. Growing legumes can add the nitrogen equivalent to 2 bags of urea per hectare, which is available for crops in the following […]
Read MoreWhat’s happening where?
The Legume Alliance plan of activity shows where partners are working in Tanzania on the many common bean projects. The Legume Alliance approach is based on building on what exists and finding gaps and seeking resources to a help address these. This plan of activities will inform prototyping and the location of the pilot and scale-up […]
Read MoreWhat beans are in the markets in Tanzania?
Verena Mitschke,who was a participant at the Legume Alliance write-shop in Arusha, has shared a PowerPoint presentation showing the varieties of common bean she found on sale as dried bean in the markets in Arusha, Moshi and Hai districts of Tanzania. N2Africa Tanzania Beans Verena said: This report came from my research and some additional information […]
Read MoreTalking to older farmers about beans…
At the write-shop in Arusha, Tanzania in June 2015 we asked the participants to think about the issues associated with communicating with older farmers. This blog is the third in a series, previously we explored their thoughts on communicating with women and young people. This is what the group came up with. Do you agree? […]
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