Tamawa Community Farm Development Project
The project will redress the impact of climate change including low rainfall and resulting poor agricultural yield through the introduction of year-round farming using drip irrigation.
The goals of the project are:
The project is designed to focus on items 1,2 & 3 particularly as they relate to sub-category 1. Sustainable Agriculture and food security.
To improve agricultural productivity of local farmers through the provision on appropriate modern technologies including solar powered water supply and drip irrigation.
Build the capacity of farmers through climate friendly farming techniques.
Train farmers in developing compost and organic fertilizers.
Tamawa is a small farming community located in the Rimin Gado LGA. It is typical of most villages of its size in terms of number of residents and means of livelihood as most of them are active farmers using traditional farming methods along the lines of “one man - one hoe”.
It is anticipated that neighboring villages – Karofin Yashi, Maigari, Dawakin Gulu and Sakaratsa will join in and participate in this project in order to develop their own capacity to modernize their farming techniques
Tamawa Environment Initiative has obtained the Buy-In of both the Schools of Agriculture and Environment at BUK, our local university. This arrangement will include the participation of the Departments of Agronomy and Agricultural Economics. This Buy-In represents a unique opportunity for Tamawa Environment Initiative to introduce university staff and more importantly students to rural farmers thus combining both a sociological bridge as well as an agricultural one, wherein the two normally separate communities – academia and subsistence level farmers will intermingle in a way that both groups could gain from the other.
What we hope to accomplish with this project:
Improved well-being and standard of living for farmers as it will add to the farmers income. This can be determined by recoding existing levels of income before the project commences and then recording it periodically after the project has begun and increases in income have begun being registered.
Achieve biodiversity, safeguard food supply and avoid food depletion are additional benefits that are expected to be achieved from the increased level of agricultural production as well as diversifying then crops grown.
Reducing the effects of Greenhouse Gases on the environment as a result of implementing the project are more easily implied than noticed. However, it is assumed to be a by-product of such efforts.
Making farmers make the changes that will support their livelihoods, increase their food production and also enhance climate resilience.
It will impact on biodiversity, climate change and land degradation.
Reduce the rate of poverty derived from the prevalent low incomes associated with subsistence level farming such as the inability to afford essential health care and related social services, problems caused by early marriage of females, purdah, high illiteracy rate, unpredictable weather patterns, variable rainfall and associated disruptions to the ecosystem.
Upon completion, there will be improved livelihoods for the beneficiaries, land reclamation.
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