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Pictorial highlights of farmers field days in Tanzania’s Kongwa districts May 2014

By Catherine Njuguna OnAugust 16, 2014 0 Comments

In May this year, the Africa RISING team in Tanzania held several field days with farmers in Kongwa district.
Highlights from Lakaila village. The farmers’ field day was held on 15 May 2014
(Photos by Eveline Massam)

Farmers welcome researchers with songs and dance

Farmers at the field day listening to reseachers briefing them on the technologies being piloted

A section of the farmers attending the field day listening to reseachers briefing them on the technologies being piloted

Construction of ridges – some of the technologies Africa RISING is promotign in the region to reduce soil erosion

A reseacher briefing farmers at the field day

Farmers observing the new pigeon pea varieties on trial

A farmer poses with the new improved sorghum varieties under trial

A cross setion of the farmes during the field day

Reseacehrs exchange views during the trials

Trials on application of fertilizer on sorghum

A cross section fo the farmers looking at some of the technologies on the project’s demonstration plots

Images from Mlala village in Kongwa district, Dodoma region on their farmers field day held on 14 May 2014
(Photos by Eveline Massam)

Farmers looking at the researchers trials

Farmers listening to researchers explainon-ging trials to estimate run-offwater from farmers fields in the region

Dr Swai briefing farmers on the exercise of the day and its objective

A farmer explaining to other farmers the technologies on the AR demonstration plot on his farm.

Farmers observing the performance of their varieties of groundnuts against the new improved ones trial.

Uprooting the groundnuts to look at the yield

Farmers asses the taste of the new improved varieties on trial to assist in selection of their preferred varieties.

Farmers discussing the taste of the new groundnut varieties under trial

Researchers get farmers views on the improved groundnut varieties

Farmers in the the trial field with improved maize varieties

The local variety grown by the farmers and against which they are the comparing performance of new varieties on trial.

The farmers’ field day in Moleti village, Kongwa District, Dodoma region was held on 16 May 2014.
(Photos by Eveline Massam)

Intercropping of maize and legumes – one of the technologies being piloted in the region.

Farmers viewing the improved pigeon pea varieties

Journalists interviewing the researchers on the technologies being piloted.

Researchers address the farmers at the startof the exercise

A farmers shows of some of the new maize varities under trial to select those that are most suitable to the areaa as well as meet other farmers’ prefernces. s on trial

Farmers comparing the perfomance of their varieties of groundnut against the new improved varities being introduced by the project. regoundthe

One of the AR researchers, Dr Swai explaining to the farmers the new groundnut varieties

A farmer displaying the roots to show the yield obtained from the improved varieties under trial to assist farmers select their preferred varieties

Another of the new improved varieties under trial for farmers to select

And another another improved variety under trial

A group photo of the AR researchers and field Assistants

A farmer is with one of the new improved maize varieties on trial.

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