1. News reports
500,000 comics share common bean messages
24 November 2016: The Scaling-up Improved Legume Technologies team has been working with Well Told Story publishers of the highly success Shujaaz comic. At the end of October 500,000 comics were distributed in Tanzania. Around 70,000 copies of the comic were slipped into the popular sports newspaper Mwanasporti. The November 2016 comic revisited some of the […]
Read MoreFood Lab meets the Legume Alliance
8 November 2016: A Leadership Summit organized by the Sustainable Food Lab visited Farm Radio International yesterday to explore the work of the Legume Alliance. As part of the conference package a series of Learning Journeys were developed. These were designed to provide first-hand experiences with diverse farmers, companies, and development organisations to inform the learning and […]
Read MoreIs there anybody out there? 500,000 potential listeners…
Producing a series of radio coverage maps is the first step towards estimating the size of the range and reach for Farm Radio International’s partner broadcasters. This methodology provides reliable estimates of potential listeners, actual listeners, and a radio station’s broadcast zone. Farm Radio gathers information from each station on: the location of the station […]
Read More100,000 SMS messages sent to help farmers in Tanzania
25 october 2016: CABI is exploring how regular SMS messages of agronomic information impact on the attitudes and behaviour of farmers. The latest crops to be included in campaigns are cassava and maize. These campaigns have resulted in over 100,000 SMS messages being sent to farmers in Tanzania as part of the UPTAKE project. Stephanie Gakuo, […]
Read MoreWomen and youth targeted with common bean info …
20 October 2016: Partners in the Scaling-up Improved Legume Technologies (SILT) project are looking at ways to ensure that messages on growing common beans reach interested farmers – especially women and young people in Tanzania. November 2016 will see the arrival of a youth campaign delivered by Well Told Story/ Shujaaz. The campaign will combine […]
Read MoreISFM materials library – over 3,900 downloads
16 October 2016 (updated news item) In April 2016 James Watiti, from CABI, had been reviewing the use of the ISFM materials library on the ASHC website. James noted: “We have seen steady progress in the use of the ISFM materials library. In April 2015 we launched the materials library visitors downloaded 52 materials. In […]
Read MoreSILT explores policy bottlenecks for legume farmers
1 October 2016: The Scaling-up Improved Legume Technologies project in Tanzania is supporting soybean and common bean farmers to access improved inputs and information on the methods that will maximize profit. On 26 September 2016, AFAP in collaboration with IITA/N2Africa organized a one-day seed policy review meeting in Arusha, Tanzania . This is the first […]
Read MoreLegume Alliance busy week in Arusha…
20 September 2016Next week will be a busy time for the Legume Alliance in Tanzania. A series of meetings will seek to push forward two programs that are looking at support for common bean and soybean growers in Tanzania. One of the major constraints for farmers is access to the improved farm inputs such as […]
Read MoreLegume Alliance work shared at AGRF conference 2016
Member of the ASHC delivery team joined other CABI colleagues to host a stand at the recent Africa Green Revolution Forum 2016 – in Nairobi, Kenya. This was an ideal opportunity to share the progress on the Legume Alliance work in Tanzania. James Watiti, project manager for ASHC, said: “The African Green Revolution Forum is […]
Read MoreSILT Gender plan “very strong” says funder
1 September 2016: Following a number of workshops and an internal review of the scaling-up legume technologies (SILT) strategies, the partners produced a revised gender plan (2016). The team is delighted to have received positive feedback from Marco Rondo, on behalf of the funders. He stated: “Having reviewed your intended next steps we feel the proposed plan looks very […]
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