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PA00XQWW.Pdf INDEX PROJECT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 4 IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................................................... 6 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD ..................................................................... 20 LESSONS LEARNED ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 COLLABORATION WITH PROJECT ACTORS .................................................................................................... 21 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................ 21 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ....................................................................................................................... 22 ANNEX I: ANNUAL PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE (APDT) .......................................................................... i ANNEX I1: Table of Sales of Composite Seed Kits by Seed Companies and Agrodealers ............................ ii ANNEX III: Radio Programming Table ........................................................................................................................ iii Image (cover): on distribution day in the community of Chidengue, Barue district, with seeds bought from savings 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS BCC Behavior Change Communications CA Conservation Agriculture CBSP Community Based Service Provider CIP International Potato Center CITT Centre for the Integration of Technology Transfer CSA Climate Smart Agriculture DPASA Provincial Directorates of Agriculture and Food Security DPIC Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FAW Fall Armyworm FTF Feed the Future FTs Farmer Trainers GBV Gender Based Violence Gm / CCS Green manure / cover crops or mulch crops GOM Government of Mozambique ICS Institute of Social Communication IDE International Development Enterprises IIAM Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique IMPACTS M & E platform used in RAMA-BC ISPM Superior Mozambique Polytechnic Institute Inova Agricultural Innovations (DAI) IPM Integrated Pest Control K2 Klein Karoo Seed Company MFF Model Family Farm M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MOU Memorandum of Understanding NGO Non-Governmental Organizations OFSP Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato OU Observational Unit RAMA-BC Resilient Agricultural Markets Activity - Beira Corridor RAMA- NC Resilient Agricultural Markets activity - Nacala Corridor SDAE District Economic Activity Services SEMEAR FTF project focused on the adoption of improved seeds TOR Terms of Reference TOT Training of Trainers UEM University of Eduardo Mondlane VSLA Village Savings and Loans Association 2 PROJECT OVERVIEW Activity start / end date: December 12, 2016 - December 11, 2021 Implementing Partner: Land O'Lakes Venture 37 Project Description: Since December 2016 – the five-year USAID Feed the Future, Resilient Agricultural Markets Activity - Beira Corridor (RAMA-BC) has supported local producers to increase agricultural productivity, profitability, and resilience. RAMA-BC aims to promote the adoption of sustainable, accessible and affordable agricultural technologies and practices by supporting and facilitating private sector involvement to test and develop profitable business models that provide relevant information, consulting services, inputs, market links and finance. The project currently operates in nine districts in Manica and Sofala provinces. RAMA-BC consists of four components: 1. Behavior Change Communication (BCC) - development and implementation of a comprehensive BCC strategy, multimedia campaign and local promotion through private partners and civil society; 2. Model Family Farms (MFF) - provision of business consultancy and technical assistance services through a network of community-based demonstration fields and one-hectare Observation Units (based in agricultural colleges); 3. Sustainable Extension Services - strengthening of private extension services through Model Family Farms and local and community-based service providers, in coordination with public extension service networks; and 4. Strengthened Market Systems – tailored technical assistance to private sector partners and subsidies to stimulate innovation in the agricultural sector. Geographic Coverage: RAMA-BC currently targets nine FTF districts in the Beira Corridor's area of influence; namely Gondola, Chimoio, Barué, Sussundenga, Vanduzi, Macate (province of Manica); Nhamatanda, Buzi and Dondo (Sofala province). In addition to the expansion to Sofala, the project also expanded to the Dombe administrative post in the Sussundenga district. Map 1: Map of RAMA-BC coverage by district in Manica and Sofala provinces. Photo 1: Ferry across the Buzi River at Guara, February 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During this reporting period, October– December 2020, RAMA-BC continued implementation in Cyclone Idai affected Sofala Province districts for the second consecutive season. At the end of December tropical storm Cha lene passed through the project area, resulting in heavy rainfall and localized flooding. This provided yet more disruption to farming systems and reemphasized the importance of farmers having clear risk mitigation strategies to combat increasingly variable weather patterns. Excess rain in the center of the country and prolonged dry weather in the north and south of Mozambique has rendered resilience ever more urgent. The project is accelerating adaptation through multiplication of improved, disease resistant varieties of cassava and Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato with 25 producers on nearly 7ha to benefit approximately 20,000 farmers in 2021. Diversification as part of the ‘whole farm system’ approach includes small livestock productivity. As part of a pilot to improve small ruminant supplementation availability, the project partnered with 11 producers in establishing nearly 2.5ha of drought tolerant varieties of forage crops; lablab and velvet bean. The regenerative agriculture/livestock consultant, visited the project in December triggering a series of actions that will result in learning from and establishing examples of improved management and regeneration of pastures, raised productivity of cattle, pigs, goats and poultry of scalable technologies applicable to both small scale and commercial sectors. RAMA-BC has established that intercropping maize with legumes improves soil health and productivity. A missing piece of the puzzle is availability of the right types of legume seed through private sector agrodealer networks. Phoenix Seeds and Klein Karoo have marketed this quarter nearly seven metric tons of maize/intercrop composite seed kits through agrodealers, at a value of more than $9,400. Although this was a difficult year to launch such an initiative, as it coincided with widespread free seed distribution, this model has been shown to work and will encourage awareness, sales, and adoption of intercrop combinations. Partnerships with public and educational institutions fulfill a key advocacy role and expose decision makers to the practice of CSA. RAMA-BC has partnered with IIAM (Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique), UEM (University of Eduardo Mondlane), two Centres for the Integration of Technology Transfer (CITTs) and others, to conduct research effect of intercropping on maize yield and on FAW (Fall Army Worm) control through the installation of 13 trial plots across three districts. RAMA-BC has also partnered with the government agricultural extension service - District Economic Activity Services (SDAE), who have set up, for another season, 17 CSA/intercrop demonstration plots of their own. In this quarter, RAMA-BC produced another four short training videos on nutrition, botanical control of pests (one on jackbean, the other on neem) and rapid sweet potato multiplication. This will complete a library of 16 training videos that also cover additional topics on CSA and Savings Groups for dissemination in small, dispersed groups. The library of videos is currently being uploaded to YouTube. An overview by component: Component 1. RAMA-BC conducted a total of 70 events in the reporting period, reaching a wide audience through radio programs and spots, and community dialogue. These radio programs included COVID-19 prevention using cloth masks and the handwashing tippy tap to complement the tippy tap demos set-up earlier in the year. Videos on nutrition, sweet potato multiplication and the spraying of jackbean extract to control FAW were finalized. These training videos have been compiled onto flash drives to share with partners and final year university students. 4 Component 2. This quarter, RAMA-BC established, together with partners from SDAE and Marera College, 123 MFFs in Manica and Sofala provinces, where CSA techniques are being modeled and evaluated under farmers own conditions. Twenty-two of these MFFs were setup by government partners and agricultural colleges. Most Sofala MFFs were attacked last year by grasshoppers. However, this year, the project was better prepared to support project participants, having benefited from research done by UEM
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