Presented by Monata Lucas to the Maziwa Zaidi review and planning meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 30 March- 1 April 2015

1. Heifer International Progress Report
Monata Lucas
Maziwa Zaidi review & planning meeting
31March – 1 April 2015 at Giraffe Ocean View
Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Achievements
• Key challenges
• Key lessons
• Next steps

3. Introduction
 The overall objective of the project is to develop scalable
value chain approaches with improved organizations and
institutions serving small holder male and female
households.
 Heifer International has an objective of facilitating vibrant
well organized and sustainable dairy marketing hubs
delivering demand led inputs developed through;

4. Introduction Cont.
Facilitate group formation and dynamic (governance,
constitution and registration)
Capacity Building on dairy cattle husbandry (breeds and
breeding, feeding, Pasture/fodder establishment and preservation,
disease and disease control, milking techniques, cow shed
construction/Housing and calf rearing).

5. Introduction Cont.
Follow up activities on pasture/fodder establishment and
preservation demo plots initiated by MilkIT project.
Identify AI service providers available within the project
area and link with Faida MaLi.
Facilitate purchase of improved bulls/ Heifers and or link
farmers to multiplication farms.

6. Achievements
 Trainings on group development and animal Husbandry.
Groupvillagesno.
Participantsno.
Groupvillagesno.
Male
Female
Total
Group Development. 30 2,336 29 847 940 1787 549
Breeds and Breeding. 25 1591 15 291 315 606 985
Feeding. 19 1380 9 213 233 446 934
Pasture establishment
and preservation.
19 1193 8 137 214
351 842
Disease and disease
control.
20 1578 7 207 186
393 1,185
Milking techniques. 13 913 5 146 142 288 625
Cow shed construction. 12 697 4 76 79 155 542
Calf rearing. 6 342 1 24 31 55 287
Deviation
Com
m
ents
Achivements
The remaining
number of
groups/partcipants
will be covered
during the next
training.
Group
Category
Target
CapacityBuilding
(Groupdevelopment&Animal
Husbandry
Planned
Activity

7. Participants during
training at Ubiri in
Lushoto.

8. Achievements Cont….
12 key modal farmers(6M &6F) were identified from 6 groups
with respect of their gender.
(Twatwatwa, Madoto, Ulaya Kibaoni, Ihombwe/Mfilisi, Parakuyo and Mbwade).

9. Achievements Cont….
 24 Artificial
Inseminators service
providers within the
project area were
identified, however 9
are functioning and
15 are not
functioning due to
insufficient seeds
money to run the
business.

10. Achievements Cont…
6 pasture/fodder demo plots established by MilkIT project were
visited;
3 demo plots were successful grown (Mbuzii, Ubiri &
Kibaya)
 2 demo plots in Sindeni and Mbwade were not grown well
due to late seasoning.
Individual plots in Twatwatwa was not grown due to long
drought.

11. Achievements Cont…..
Some of the demo plots initiated by MilkIT project
.

12. Challenges
 High demand for pasture seeds from livestock Keepers
on the appropriate pasture grown to specific locality
with limited resources.
Low participation of farmers during trainings
resulted by most of participants were away from
their homestead searching/seeking for grazing
land and water for their livestock.
(transhumance)

13. Key lessons
 More women are involved in the project activities
compared to men due to the nature of this project.(More
milk by and for the poor).
 In village/ site trainings has encouraged more women
participation in training compared to men.
 Prior and clear communications to beneficiaries on the
project do’s and don’ts will minimize misconception
during implementation of project activities.

14. Next steps
 Conduct trainings on Animal Husbandry on.
S/N Activities Village
1
Breeds and Breeding. KWAMBE
MABWEGERE,MSOMERA,MWANGOI,NGULWI,VITI,WENA
KAMBALA AND KWEMASHAI
2
Training on feeds and
feeding
KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,NGULWI,VITI,WENA,KAMBALA,MELA,KW
AMBE AND MABWEGERE
3
Training on Pasture/ fodder
establishment and
preservation
KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,KWEDIYAMBA,MWANGOI,VITI,
WENA,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE, MWABWEGERA AND
KWEMASHAI
4
Training on diseases and
disease control
KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,VITI,MWANGOI,NGULWI,WENA,
KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMBE ,MABWEGERE, AND WEMASHAI
5
Training on Housing/cow
shed construction.
KWAMBE,MSOMERA, MABWEGERE,KAMBALA, NGULWI, MELA
AND VITI
6
Milking technique. KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,MWANGOI,VITI,KAMBALA,MELA,KWAMB
E , MABWEGERE, KWEMASHAI
7
Calf rearing. KWEDITILIBE,MSOMERA,VITI,MELA AND MABWEGERE

15. Thank you for
Listening