Enhancing the adoption of animal traction conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe
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Enhancing the adoption of animal traction conservation agriculture in
Zimbabwe
Walter Mupangwa, Christian Thierfelder, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Stephanie Cheesman
28 March 2011
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Projects focus
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Fitarelli jab-planter
AT Direct seeder Magoye ripper
Basin planting
Promotion of CA equipment
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• Capacity building - NGOs and NARES in the use of animal traction CA systems
• Development and dissemination of CA equipment
• Provision of a credit facility to farmers to purchase CA equipment and herbicides
Pre-season training of implementing partners
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Projects design
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Work with partners – innovation network
SmallholderFarmers
Input Suppliers
CSFS
Grownet/HASTT
CIMMYT
NGOs/AREX
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• Targeted communities – adapted research on farmers’ fields
• CIMMYT provides technical support to partners – training, extension materials
• CIMMYT conducts biophysical and socio-economic research on the animal traction CA options
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What has worked well
• Training implementing partners
• 190 on-farm demonstrations established for 2010/11
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• Development of 2 seeder prototypes
… What has worked well
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… What has worked well
• Farmers accessing CA equipment and herbicides through a revolving fund
• 38 farmers bought CA equipmentand glyphosate
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Challenges
• Late start of the project
• Late delivery of inputs and CA equipment to farmers
Delayed planting on CA demonstration plots
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… Challenges
Poor weed control Incessant rains in January 2011 - waterlogging
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… Challenges
• Locally assembled direct seeder had multiple operational problems
• Lack of mulching materials
• Poor relations between implementing partners
Long dry spell – February 2011
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Lessons learnt• Community based research – understand where technology works and does not work
• First year is full of challenges - > 1 season to promote technologies
• Working with private sector – way of promoting CA technology
• Partner selection critical for success – same agenda
• Avail credit facilities to smallholder farmers
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Way forward
• More training to partners – CA equipment & herbicides
• Continue with revolving fund
• Further testing & perfecting CA equipment prototypes
• Bring in more partners especially CA equipment manufacturers to push prices down
• More research on socio-economic and biophysical impact of CA systems
• Provide extension materials
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Thank you