The\nAfrican Cassava Agronomy Initiative project has placed a high priority on creating\nmaterials that will help both partners and end users to easily understand, use\nand apply recommendations from the AKILIMO agronomy advice tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the\nmaterials developed is the AKILIMO farmer\u2019s guide. An image and text illustration\noutline the good agronomic practices for growing cassava. The practices\nchampioned in the farmer\u2019s guide are an important part of realizing the full\nbenefits of the recommendations from the AKILIMO agronomy advice tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning\nJune, ACAI has been conducting pre-tests of using the guide with farmers in the\nfield in both Nigeria and Tanzania. In the pretest process, the target audience\nis allowed to interact with the guide and find out whether it works and\nidentify weaknesses that need to be addressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project\nscheduled pre-test sessions at 19 different locations, 10 across Nigeria and 9\nin Tanzania. At the time of this publication, the project team together with\npartners have covered 5 locations in Nigeria and 4 in Tanzania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farmers and extension agents participating\nin the pretest have been randomly selected across cassava growing agro-ecological\nzones like Cross River, Benue, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, states in Nigeria and Mkuranga, Kisarawe,\nChalinze and Sengerema districts in Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teams are gathering farmers\u2019 and\nextension agents\u2019 views about the illustrations in the guide and the clarity of the content as well. The\nfindings from the pretest will help ensure that farmers understand the message\nin the farmer’s guide to the extent that they can make better measurements and\nprecise estimation on input requirements and expected outputs (Yield, Revenue\nand Profit).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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