plots Establishment of on-farm acres per village) committee CED student, 2013 established demonstrations plots ginners field within selected FBGs in officers each village Conduct 3 session conducted, Farmers daily Focussed group TCB staff, 30th Nov training in the 50% increased yield per records, discussion and CED student, 2013, 25th demonstration plots acre Ginners review of ginner field Febr 2014, purchase daily officers 30thMay 2014 farmer’s records, records Mentor and backstop 2 mentors attend every TCB staff Review of CED student, 30th Nov trainers as they train session mission reports TCB staff 2013, 25th farmers reports Febr 2014, 30th May 2014 Enhancing skills and Quality cotton Create awareness to 900 1 awareness campaign TCB Cinemas and CED student, 15thJune 2014 infrastructure of produced by farmers about international per village observation TCB staff smallholders in quality farmers in the sanitary and phytosanitary cotton production by project area. standards of cotton December 2014 production procedures Promote the use of cotton 2700 cotton picking& TCB, Village Field survey and TCB staff, 15thJune 2014 picking and collecting bags collecting bags project review of CED student distributed committee distribution list records Construction of one cotton 3 cotton warehouses In the Observation TCB staff, 31st warehouses each villages constructed community in CED student September question 2014 Improve cotton quality 3 quality control Village Field survey, TCB staff, 30th Nov monitoring and control: committees established documentation CED student 2013, committee’s Establishing of quality ,3 training session on records, TCB review 30thMar control committee quality management and reports, 2014, 30th control conducted Aug 2014 Strengthening linkages Stakeholders Involvement of ginners in Kgs of cotton seed for TCB reports, Field 30th Nov Ginner’s among service relationship maintaining on-farm planting, acre packs of village observation, field 2013 providers and cotton improved demonstration plot insecticides, Kgs of committee distribution list officers, farming communities fertilizers, pump and records,
plots established Establishment of on-farm demonstrations plots within selected FBGs in each village acres per village) committee CED student, ginners field officers 2013 Conduct training in the demonstration plots 3 session conducted, 50% increased yield per acre Farmers daily records, Ginners purchase records, Focussed group discussion and review of farmer’s daily records TCB staff, CED student, ginner field officers 30th Nov 2013, 25th Febr 2014, 30thMay 2014 Mentor and backstop trainers as they train farmers 2 mentors attend every session TCB staff mission reports Review of reports CED student, TCB staff 30th Nov 2013, 25th Febr 2014, 30th May 2014 Enhancing skills and infrastructure of smallholders in quality cotton production by December 2014 Quality cotton produced by farmers in the project area. Create awareness to 900 farmers about international sanitary and phytosanitary standards of cotton production procedures 1 awareness campaign per village TCB Cinemas and observation CED student, TCB staff 15thJune 2014 Promote the use of cotton picking and collecting bags 2700 cotton picking& collecting bags distributed TCB, Village project committee records Field survey and review of distribution list TCB staff, CED student 15thJune 2014 Construction of one cotton warehouses each villages 3 cotton warehouses constructed In the community in question Observation TCB staff, CED student 31st September 2014 Improve cotton quality monitoring and control: Establishing of quality control committee 3 quality control committees established ,3 training session on quality management and control conducted Village committee’s records, TCB reports, Field survey, documentation review TCB staff, CED student 30th Nov 2013, 30thMar 2014, 30th Aug 2014 Strengthening linkages among service providers and cotton farming communities Stakeholders relationship improved Involvement of ginners in maintaining on-farm demonstration plot Kgs of cotton seed for planting, acre packs of insecticides, Kgs of fertilizers, pump and TCB reports, village committee records, Field observation, distribution list Ginner’s field officers, 30th Nov 2013