Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute

On 22^nd to 26^th January,2024 a team of researchers from TARI Ukiriguru in collaboration with Tanzania Youth Espouse for Gender and Development(TYEGD), Esoko and weather Impact participated on “Kilimo thabiti Project “kick off meeting in Bunda-Mara region.

The new project will focus on integrating weather information and good agriculture practices (GAPs) for cassava and maize crops production in Bunda DC, Bunda TC and Butiama District in Mara region. During the week, 30 citizen scientists and six extension officers from the selected Districts were capacitated on how to take rainfall and soil moisture measurements. Thus, they will be responsible in data collection and share online. At the end of the training each participant was awarded with a certificate.

During project implementation TARI Ukiriguru will be responsible for back stopping on Gaps, training, surveys, data collection and participate in advisory messages development, TYEGD will do capacity building and monitoring, Esoko will engage in generating online data collection tools and digital and disseminating of weather information and advisory messages to farmers, and weather impact is responsible for project coordination and weather forecasting based on the online shared data from farmers and satellite.

At TARI the project is coordinated by Dr. Deusdedith P. Mlay. The project is funded by Fund for Innovation and Development(FID).