{"id":1295,"date":"2020-06-15T08:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T05:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acai-project.org\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2020-06-15T08:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T05:22:07","slug":"acai-partners-establishes-492-training-plots-for-scaling-akilimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/acai-partners-establishes-492-training-plots-for-scaling-akilimo\/","title":{"rendered":"acai partners establishes 492 training plots for scaling akilimo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tanzania Food and Nutrition\nCentre (TFNC) one of the ACAI primary partners has established and planted 492\nvalidation trial sites for AKILIMO and additional 46 demonstration sites across\nthe ecological zones where ACAI is operating in Tanzania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These plots were planted between October 2019 and April 2020 because of the varying ecological and climatic conditions across the country that dictate the planting and harvest windows. The regime used in planting and monitoring the plots follows the AKILIMO recommendations the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the validation trials will be used to check the effectiveness of the AKILIMO recommendation when applied practically, the demonstration plots, on the other hand, will be used as a training location for farmers of the various aspects pertaining to practices advocated by the AKILIMO tools. The organization will also use the validation trial plots for training farmers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acai-project.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200319_182407_5-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306\"\/><figcaption>Extension agents and farmers participating in a practical training organized by TFNC in Tanzania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhoda Mahava from TFNC proudly says \u201cdespite having our focus on best planting practices we have received increased interest for the whole of the AKILIMO tools recommendation and therefore will include other use cases in our training\u201d. AKILIMO tools provide cassava farmers with tailored fertilizer recommendation, land preparation methods, weed management, planting densities and fertilizer application for intercropped cassava fields as well as planting and harvest dates for high cassava root starch quality and sustainable raw material supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to coronavirus TFNC has resorted to training individuals rather than groups with respect to the guidelines issued by health officials to avoid infection and transmission of the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trials and demo\nplots were established and planted in collaboration with select secondary\npartners, local government authority, extension agents, and strategic farmers.\nThe secondary and primary partners working with ACAI are required to be an\nactive player in the cassava value chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-akilimo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}