MALI LIVESTOCK for GROWTH (L4G) AECOM International Development
MALI LIVESTOCK FOR GROWTH (L4G) AECOM International Development Monthly Report No. 16 20 February 2016 COMPONENT 1. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 1.1 ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, DISSEMINATION, AND MANAGEMENT Throughout the month of January and February, L4G Nutrition Specialist sensitized eight schools in Koro and Bankass on using Moringa as a dual-fodder crop (nutritional and commercial) in school gardens. During the school site visits, L4G conducted a needs assessment of children, parents and teachers regarding skills for transplanting Moringa seedlings and tending to the young trees. Based on the needs assessment, L4G distributed 1,002 Moringa plants to eight primary schools to promote human nutrition and a business for tree nursery technicians. January 16: L4G provided 16kg of Dolique seed to the Cereal Value Chain (CVC) Program to enable CVC to test for forage production at three sites: Konna (near Sévaré), Mopti and Djenne. The provision of Dolique seeds to CVC is congruent with L4G’s partner strategy to reinforce millet and sorghum straw with legume crops for improved livestock nutrition. L4G will continue to collaborate with CVC on their forage production results. In December 2015, L4G disturbed 12 bags of 50kg NPK fertilizer to POs in Toroli, Don, Koumbogourou, Bondo. From January 28 - February 4, L4G monitored the POs’ use of the fertilizer and distributed small grants to be used for construction of protective rustic fencing for Dolique production ($40 per site at six sites). The fencing subsidy is needed to ensure that sufficient Dolique demonstration plots are developed to educate producers on the merits of irrigated Dolique production. During January and February, L4G and village animators (VAs) conducted multiplier trainings to 568 L4G producers (including 393 women) in Koro and Bankass Cercles on: animal fattening techniques, group savings and lending, basic calculations for value-added livestock marketing, transparent and democratic management of POs, and PO business activity planning.
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