Quarterly Progress Monitoring Report: 2

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT:

DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR DRY LAND SMALL SCALE

FARMERS IN BAROLONG AND KGALAGADI SOUTH SUB-DISTRICT

JANUARY - MARCH Q1- 2017

Quarterly Progress Monitoring Report: 2

CONTENTS

1.0 PROJECT BASIC INFORMATION ...... 2 2.0 MONITORING ACTIVITIES ...... 3 3.0 PLANNED ACTIVITIES: ...... 10

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1.0 PROJECT BASIC INFORMATION

Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/15/02

Project Title: Climate Variability and Change Risk Assessment and Management: Development of Decision Support Systems for Dry land Small Scale Farmers in Barolong and Kgalagadi South Sub-Districts.”

Name of the Local Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) [NGO][CBO]: Project Director:

Grant recipient’s Plot 50654, Machel Drive, Maranyane house, Private Bag 0082, Gaborone Address:

Location of project: Southern District (Borolong sub) and Kgalagadi South

Total Amount of P500,000.00 (USD 50,000) Funds Under the Agreement:

Date of signature of For The Period Covering From 12 December 2015 To 12 December 2018 the Agreement

Disbursement Request Local Currency (Pula) US $ Equivalent SGP Grant Amount 500.000.00 50,000.00 SGP funds received to 489,284.00 40.000.00 date for this grant SGP funds spent to date 437,617.76 Funds balance 51,666.24 SGP Grant TBA 10,000.00 disbursement required N.B See itemized expenditure in Appendix

Date of the next request for funds: June 2017

Certified by K.Motlopi

Name and signature of the Representative of the Local [NGO][CBO]:

Date: 13/4/2017

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2.0 MONITORING ACTIVITIES

The quarterly monitoring progress report covers activities planned under the project to gauge, progress and achievement of Goals and Objectives.

Objective Activities Achieved Observations/indicators Project Presentation at Presentations on the project were Project received very Advocacy District made to Kgalagadi District well and support pledged. and Committees’ Disaster management awareness Committee, which comprises of Attendance at these creation district plan managers, another forums differs, and doses presentation was made to not consist of the most Southern district Full Council in Kanye. relevant people to support project.

However the District agricultural office as a partner was represented. Facilitate 1 field day was held in Attendance in Borolong sharing of Thareseleele- Borolong was good, as indicated by lessons and attendance of more than practices The project participated in a 150 people. through field Letsema activity facilitated by and farm walks Kgalagadi South and another Attendance of filed days filed day at Mmathethe at kgalagadi South was organised by our very low, owing to stakeholders. distances between the participating villages and scarcity of transport Media coverage- Field days held in Goodhope The news on the project Press Release and Kgalagadi south were implementation is there covered by print and for known to have television media respectively reached more people than the participating farmers or villages. This is expected to increase awareness on climate change and adaptation in crop production

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Farm walk Thareseleele

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Farm walk Maubelo

Objective Activities Achieved Observations/indicators Improve household Provide inputs Procured foliar fertilizer, Farmers had no food security and for weed and glyphosate weed killer protective clothing to build resilient pesticide handle the agro livelihoods management chemicals. through Create the use Field visit and The emergence of army Implementing of herbicides consultation with ball worm, late spraying Decision support and pesticides individual farmers, Farm of glyphosate resulted in, tools to manage soil tours) and field too much rain combined fertility and demonstrations. to make it difficult for reduce weeds farmers to weed, as most and pests. The demonstrations fields were inundated were led and conducted with water. by Ramogomana

Field visits Visits were made to all Crop emergence was the fourty farms.. generally fair, with 5 farmers in Borolong and 3 farmers in Kgalagadi south having a good crop.

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The rest of the farmers fields were infested with weeds. The farmers decried too much rain and late intervention with wed control measures.

It emerged that labour was a problem as it was either reported to be expensive or lacking. Promote climate Carry out farm Demonstrations on the Some farmers had not smart alternative demonstrations calibration of ripping ripped because of lack of production and of CSA machines, fertilizer and tractors. conservation Practices and pesticide application, methods/ practices technologies cover crops and the among dryland potential for fodder farmers. demonstrated in field at both Kgalagadi South and Borolong (Southern districts. 30 farmers attended the demonstrations.

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Demonstration of foliar, glyphosate application Borolong

Demonstration of lablab as promising income generaing crop in Kgalagadi South

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Objective Activities Achieved Observations/indicat ors Weather forecasting Arrange for periodic No forecasting The next weather outlook for tactical and Weather Forecasting undertaken this outlook to be strategic decision- Outlook for season for facilitated for farmers making Agriculture farmers in September 2017

Knowledge Produce a fully- The manual The manual will Management and fledged project will be serve as reference Communication Document for small informed by material for farmers. strategy holder farmers to project reports assist awareness and activities creation by Extension and will Officers. document these for reference Produce Fliers were IEC material will Information ,Educati developed and continue to be on and distributed produced under the Communications during project materials’ such as, training, farm Fliers, Posters , news and field walks. briefs Project awareness To be held Scheduled for just and advocacy early before next campaigns (Walks, September. ploughing season. To Stakeholder set the tone for adoption of CSA practices

Problems & Risks:

 Too much rain This gave rise to emergence of weeds of all kinds. The fields were also flooded for some weeks, which meant farmers could not weed during that time. The flooding resulted in nutrient leaching as most of the maize in the flooded portions were turning yellow.

 Farmers exhibited dependency characteristics. The project had not made arrangements to provide farmers with personal protective clothing, because it was expected thy could afford to buy it. Because they did not buy PPE, there were delays in controlling both the ball worm and weeds in time.

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 Failure to identify a contact person between BITRI and District Stakeholders This resulted in miscommunication, late responses and poor planning to procure and deliver inputs effectively.

 Lack of transport Shortage of transport and distances between farms, makes it difficult for Extension Officers to visit farms and offer agronomic advice as necessary, which causes things to became worse before they are addressed.

 Lack of equipment Shortage of certified sprayers also caused delays. In Kalagadi due to lack of implements and machinery, only 8 of the 20 farmers managed to get their fields ripped.

 Staff turnover Three Extension Officers were transferred during the reporting period from Kgalagadi South to other districts. This delays in actually having their vacated offices filled affected programming and implementation.

Proposed Solutions or Mitigation

 To deal with flooding, Farmers should be encouraged to construct drainage furrows to deal with water ponding. To address loss of nutrients, farmers were encouraged to use foliar feed that was provided.  To curb dependency, and for adaptation projects to succeed farmers should be taught the importance of self-reliance. And how much they can produce just by doing things for themselves.  The Districts will be engaged to select a coordinator, who will manage information between BITRI and the district.  To go around the problem of lack of transport, Farmers should visit the district agriculture offices to lodge complaints and emerging issues and get assistance.  To go around the problem of shortage of certified sprayers farmers should be trained to handle sprayers and certified.  Shortage of tractors is a national problem. It will benefit small holder farmers if they can be taught to undertake ripping using animal draft power, this will avoid disappointments.

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3.0 PLANNED ACTIVITIES:

The project activities that are going to be carried out in the next quarter (April to June 2017) are as follows;

1. Monitor crop outputs. 2. Identify and promote climate-resilient alternative income sources (Preservation, Storage and preparation) 3. Identify Non-functional committees 4. Train new committee members’ 5. Arrange benchmarking trips 6. Select and develop farmers’ profiles

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APPENDICES

Field visit (consultation with individual farmers, Farm tours) and field demonstrations. The demonstrations were led and conducted by Ramogomana

FARMERS VISITED

No. NAME AND SURNAME SEX LOCATION 1. Piet Kgathile Male Tsabong 2. Sophy Letsholo Female Tsabong 3. Jacobus Barlie Male Khawa 4. Mmoloki Moteki Male Middlepits 5. Bokwaleng Female Omaweneno Gabankalafe 6. Dikeledi Jambe Female Omaweneno 7. Petrus Ditau Male Makopong 8. Gagonkgatlhe Bote Female Makopong 9. Itshwareleng Male Werda Khekhene 10. Ontlhaetse Baitse Female Kokotsha 11. Moetsi Mmereki Male Tsabong 12. Oagapilwe Gasejewe Male Tsabong 13. Motlalepula Mojombe Male Makopong 14. Busang Dipheko Male Makopong 15. Pani Bok Female Kisa 16. Keimetswe Marutshe Female Omaweneno 17. Jacob Matebesi Male Werda 18. David Rasegojane Male Kokotsha 19. Samarea Khole Female Kolonkwaneng 20. Mary Tebele Female Tsabong

TLHARESELEELE FARM WALK ATTENDANCE LIST

04/04/2017

# NAME GENDER EXTENSION DESIGNATION CONTACT Ma Fe AREA/LOCATIO le ma N le 1 Sellwane Lettshikhoane F Tlhareseleele Farmer 2 Palesa E. Pheko F Tlhareseleele Farmer 77069790 3 Mary Mohlomi F Tlhareseleele Farmer 75750440 4 Maipelo Kotosi F Tlhareseleele Farmer 71771832 5 Mable Sephomolo F Tlhareseleele Farmer 74658595 6 Florah Letshikoane F Tlhareseleele Farmer 7 Dipuo Mohlomi F Tlhareseleele Farmer

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8 Mookgo Lekgori F Tlhareseleele Farmer 9 Molebedi Lekgori F Tlhareseleele Farmer 10 Magdeline Lekgori F Tlhareseleele Farmer 72762787 11 Thakane Letshikoane F Tlhareseleele Farmer 74238347 12 Agnes Mmasa F Tlhareseleele Farmer 13 Florah Mmualefhe F Tlhareseleele Farmer 14 Bonolo Nyathi F Tlhareseleele Farmer 15 Gomolemo Legodi F Tlhareseleele Farmer 16 Matshidiso Sello F Tlhareseleele Farmer 17 Ditlhoriso Sello F Tlhareseleele Farmer 18 Ntshiwa Letshelea F Tlhareseleele Farmer 19 Sellwane Madiehe F Tlhareseleele Farmer 20 Tebogo Tsikang M Tlhareseleele Farmer 21 Ditaba Poshudi M Tlhareseleele Farmer 22 Brendon Lekgori M Tlhareseleele Farmer 23 Tebogo Makgetha M Tlhareseleele Farmer 24 Thato Poshudi M Tlhareseleele Farmer 25 Pulane Lekgori M Tlhareseleele Farmer 26 Molefane Mmasa M Tlhareseleele Farmer 27 Oduetse Lekgori M Tlhareseleele Farmer 28 Marake Lekgori M Tlhareseleele Farmer 29 Tumisang Madumo F Tlhareseleele Farmer 30 Mosala Matsheka M Tlhareseleele Farmer 31 Tebogo Phiri F Tlhareseleele Farmer 32 Mojabeng Motseko F Tlhareseleele Farmer 76060024 33 Tlaleng Madiehe F Tlhareseleele Farmer 76440715 34 Richard Lekgori M Tlhareseleele Farmer 35 Mmapula Mohlomi F Tlhareseleele Farmer 36 Gofaone Lekgori F Tlhareseleele Farmer 37 Lucas Madiehe M Tlhareseleele Farmer 38 Itumeleng Sekwantla F Ngwatsau Farmer 39 Lizy Sebe F Ngwatsau Farmer 40 Mpho Mokgare F Pitsane Farmer 41 Lephako Mohlomi M Tlhareseleele Farmer 42 Mantona Letshikoana F Tlhareseleele Farmer 43 Agness Motlhokathari F Hebron Farmer 71468904 44 Dimpho Mooketsi F Goodhope Farmer 7173234 45 Mosimanewapula Ngwenya M Goodhope Officer 5486230 46 Olefile Kelesitse M Kanye Officer 5440346 47 David Bote M Goodhope Officer 74171860 48 Mothusi Khumalo M Moshupa Officer 73715585 49 W .Olaotswe M Goodhope Officer 5404225 50 David Mosidila M Rakhuna Farmer 71741990 51 Filiki Mayoya M Rakhuna Farmer 52 Phomolo Letshelea M Tlhareseleele Farmer 74404871 53 Moalosi Letshikhoana M Tlhareseleele Farmer

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54 Mpolokeng Motseko M Tlhareseleele Farmer 55 Maipelo Lekgori F Tlhareseleele Farmer 56 Tshidiso Letshelea F Tlhareseleele Farmer 57 Refilwe otaung F Tlhareseleele Farmer 58 Refilwe Lechuti F Hebron Farmer 71974419 59 Masego Molefe F Hebron Farmer 73691884 60 Dorcus Shana Phiri F Hebron Officer 5486200 61 Kgomotsego Motlopi F BITRI BITRI 3607500 62 Enele Kanameng M Moshupa Officer 5449094 63 Pontsho Garekwe F Moshupa Officer 5449094 64 Kabo Kepaletswe M Kanye Officer 5440346 65 Sentle Barileng M Ramogomana Ramogomana 73007228 66 Aobakwe Mogotsi F Ramogomana Ramogomana 73233921 67 Gaongalelwe Bajammewa M Ramogomana Ramogomana 76372196 68 Molebatsi Lekgori M Ramogomana Ramogomana 73752535 69 Mosetsanagape Kgopisi F Ngwatsau Officer 75244615 70 Phenyoyaone Keaja M Goodhope Officer 75304623 71 Oaitse Ramokone F Goodhope Officer 71669694 72 Baitse Seago F Kanye Officer 5440346 73 Keotshepile Peter F Goodhope Officer 5486230 74 Brian Mhaladi M Goodhope Officer 5404223 75 Kabo Bowe M Kanye Officer 5403288 76 Molefe Majafe M Kanye central Officer 72462965 77 Kgosi Mmila M Rakhuna Farmer 71273700 78 Kgosi Ikgopoleng M Cwaanyaneng Farmer 73330680 79 Kekgabile Montsho F Goodhope Officer 80 Sebereki Gasennelwe M Goodhope Officer 81 Tebogo Mmakeng M Ramatlabama Officer 5419956 82 Omphile Kerobaditswe M Ramatlabama Officer 5419956 83 Kabelo Modibedi M Ramatlabama Officer 5419956 84 Phillimon Ditshetelo M Ramatlabama Officer 5419956 85 Baitshepi Sebolai F Madingwane Farmer 76546362 86 Bakang Moilwa F Kgoro Farmer 71265792 87 Gofaone Seoseng M Ramatlabama Officer 5419956 88 Lesego Tlhobogang F Kgoro Farmer 73237689 89 Sandile Pheko F Tlhareseleele Farmer 72825226 90 Vivian Motseko F Tlhareseleele Farmer 74328454 91 Mareisi Motseko F Tlhareseleele Farmer 75321907 92 Boitshwarelo Monageng F Mogwalale Farmer 71148277 93 Tuelo Keganne F Logagana Farmer 72398301 94 Tebogo Tsikang M Tlhareseleele Farmer 72824981 95 Moalosi Letshikgwane M Tlhareseleele Farmer 77134149 96 Mompati Sello M Tlhareseleele Farmer 75152998 97 Tshepiso Sello M Tlhareseleele Farmer 73433771 98 Nigel Modisaemang M Goodhope Officer 5486230 99 Ofentse Laetsang M Metlojane Officer 5486230

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100 Olefile Tekanyo M Kgoro Farmer 72220583 101 Mmusi Mbewane M Mogwalale Farmer 74767020 102 Tshepho Makgopa M Logagana Officer 5486230 103 Kgosi Letshikhoane M Tlhareseleele Farmer 104 Lillian Dinku  Rakhuna Farmer 75173202 105 Kabelo John M Haskins Haskins 106 107 108 NB: Some of the attendants did not register because they came while the proceedings were on and were not give the registration papers.

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BUDGET

Actual Project Authorised Amount Expenditure ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION FROM 23-08-2016 TO 30-03-2017 MM-MM YYYY A B PROCUREMENTS OF INPUTS BWP 81,351.46 BWP 81,351.46

Perdiem BWP 4,500.00 Fuel BWP 536.00 Fuel BWP 582.70 Maize seeds BWP 40,179.00 Cowpea Seeds BWP 16,071.61 jacto knapsack x2 BWP 990.00 Cyperfos BWP 495.00 Orosob x2 BWP 1,300.00 Bladbuff BWP 295.70 Qwemikelp Kgalagadi x4 BWP 7,526.40 Qwemikelp Borolong x4 BWP 8,875.05 CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP (Farmers) BWP 77,400.04 BWP 77,400.04 Perdiem BWP 12,000.00 Catering and Conferencing Kanye BWP 35,826.05 Accomodation for participants BWP 21,650.00 Fuel BWP 784.00 Stationery BWP 839.99 Casual labour wages BWP 6,300.00 BWP 12,897.14 FARM WALK BOROLONG SUB DISTRICT BWP 12,897.14 Lunch for walk preparations BWP 279.95 Per diem BWP 4,500.00 Fuel BWP 300.00 commnication BWP 450.00 Accomodation (Journalist) BWP 500.00 subsistance (Journalist) BWP 89.30 Transport for farmers BWP 1,500.00 Catering BWP 5,277.89 BWP 15,001.35

FIELD DAY KGALAGADI SOUTH DISTRICT BWP 15,001.35 Per diem BWP 6,000.00 Fuel BWP 516.10 Catering BWP 8,485.25 BWP 17,472.00

BENCH MARKING TRIPS BWP 17,472.00 Mosisedi (Perdiems) BWP 4,500.00 North East (Perdiem) BWP 6,000.00 North East (Perdiem) BWP 6,000.00 Fuel April BWP 972.00 MONITORING KGALAGADI BWP 31,683.20 BWP 31,683.20 Perdiem (November) BWP 12,000.00 Perdiem (January field visit start of BWP 18,000.00 planting) Fuel( Koketso) BWP 1,588.20 tyre repairs BWP 45.00 car wash BWP 50.00 MONITORING BOROLONG BWP 9,839.83 BWP 9,839.83 Perdiem BWP 9,000.00 Fuel BWP 839.83 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT BWP 12,410.85 BWP 12,410.85 per diem BWP 12,000.00 Fuel (Tuel) BWP 410.85 balance BWP 258,055.87 BWP 258,055.87

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