The 5th edition of the APPEALS Project Newsletter is an in-house publication that periodically documents and showcases highlights of Project Activities, Milestones and Continuous Progress at both National and State levels, bridge information and knowledge gaps, as well as serve as a handy reference material on the Project.
Read moreThis document captures the success story of increased cassava production recorded by supported beneficiaries, Mr. Bello Joseph (of Odo-Ape Cluster), Mr. John Omeiza Sariki (of Ihima Cluster), Mr. Sulaiman Edibo (of Iyale Cluster), and other project supported farmers in Kabba/Bunnu, Okehi, Adavi & Dekina L.G.As of Kogi. A larger proportion of people in Odo-Ape, Ihima, and Iyale are predominantly farmers that depend on cassava for food and means of livelihood. Farmers in these communities carried out their practices based on knowledge passed down through their heritage and ancestral practices. Farming activities such as land preparations, ploughing, harrowing, and ridging were…
Read moreThis document captures the success story of how the introduction & adoption of Faro 44 rice and line planting has helped to improve yields in flood and draught prone areas in Koton Karfe, Kogi state. About 60% of the people in Koton Karfe community are predominately rice farmer¬¬¬¬¬s and rice farming is their major means of livelihood. Before the intervention of APPEALS Project, they traditionally planted local rice varieties that were short grain, late maturing and susceptible to diseases. The late maturity was a serious challenge because at least twice in a year, the farmers experienced unanticipated heavy floods that…
Read moreThe Knowledge Management Strategy document of the APPEALS Project is an implementation support framework and guideline designed to facilitate the implementation of the KM subcomponent of the project, focusing on lessons learned, best practices and innovations, to generate appropriate knowledge products that would help scale up productivity enhancement and value addition for small and medium scale farmers along the priority value chains in the participating states. This would be achieved by facilitating access to timely and relevant information and knowledge transfer to and among project-supported farmers, in areas such as information about Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) including control of pests…
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