{"id":111,"date":"2023-05-05T09:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:23:09","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"111\" class=\"elementor elementor-111\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e168e7b e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e168e7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39e5ea e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"b39e5ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15863a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15863a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/farmers-adoption-of-sri-practices-increased-in-kilombero-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Farmers adoption of SRI practices increased in Kilombero district<\/strong><\/a><\/h2><p>SRI-Tanzania project team members from NIBIO and TARI together with representative from Norad\/the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway (the funding agency), visited the project villages in Kilombero district during 24 to 26 March, 2025. The overall objective of the visit was to assess the progress of the project activities since the start of the project in November 2022, \u00a0interact with SRI farmers, extension and district agricultural officers, field researchers and stakeholders.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/farmers-adoption-of-sri-practices-increased-in-kilombero-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e97f1d e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"4e97f1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81c85e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a81c85e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nibio.no\/en\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-shows-promising-results-in-improving-farmer-livelihoods\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-498\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_4140-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102a209 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"102a209\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac5cbb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"aac5cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The project&#8217;s simple yet effective technologies have improved the farmers\u2019 incomes, among other things enabling them to invest in their children&#8217;s education and renovate their homes. Results from the SRI Tanzania Project were presented at the annual meeting held in Morogoro, Tanzania on January 13th 2025.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/nibio.no\/en\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-shows-promising-results-in-improving-farmer-livelihoods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd5cdb e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"6cd5cdb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf3d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"baf3d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nibio.no\/en\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-shows-promising-results-in-improving-farmer-livelihoods\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-484\" alt=\"Smallholder farmer MS Athumini Iddy Mkangamo from Kilombero district speaking with NIBIO\u2019s CEO Ivar Horneland Kristensen at SRI Tanzania\u2019s annual meeting which took place in Morogoro on January 13th 2025. Photo: Ragnar V\u00e5ga Pedersen\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samtale_RVP-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5fc2c e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"7f5fc2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22eccc6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"22eccc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683190 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6683190\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4d712 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"0e4d712\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eef7df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eef7df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-review-meeting\/\">QDS and SRI training sessions<\/a><\/h3><p>In one of the training sessions in 2024, 44 farmers were trained and\u00a0 provided with a certificate to produce seeds. Each farmer was given five kg of Basic seed from TARI for producing on 1.5 acre of Quality Declared Seeds (QDS ) plots. A total of 220 kg of seeds were\u00a0 provided to the trainees. The QDS trainees were also trained on business aspects of seed production from social economist Dr Julian Mwakasendo. Issues concerning environment safety and handling of agricultural chemicals in rice production was addressed by Mr Adolf Katuniz, one of SRI Tanzania&#8217;s team members. Here is a group photo of the QDS seed producers with the SRI team and the trainer from Tanzania official seed certificaton institute (TOSCI) and representative from RCT.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS-Training_photo_AtuBilaro_small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here for photos from the QDS training (Atu Bilaro, TARI)<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SRI-trainings_photo_AtuBilaro_small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for photos from the SRI training (Atu Bilaro, TARI)<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ae4e4 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"c5ae4e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788de8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"788de8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-449\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/QDS-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be8f08 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"2be8f08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b656f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"91b656f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5107f3c e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5107f3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1f573 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"8b1f573\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8c0be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8c0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-review-meeting\/\">SRI-Tanzania Project review meeting<\/a><\/h3><p>The project review meeting was organized at Mbeya, Tanzania Agriculture Research Institution (TARI) campus from 23rd to 27th January 2024. The main objective was to review the work progress made during the first year of the project, get feedback from the farmers, TARI scientists, stakeholders from local government, Department of Agriculture, Extension, and Irrigation officers.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/sri-tanzania-project-review-meeting\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c5a36 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"14c5a36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3314441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3314441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-386\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde2.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a4e61 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"37a4e61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a2639 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b4a2639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc9eab7 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"dc9eab7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77281b1 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"77281b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50fb63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b50fb63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/labour-service-providers-training-on-srp-january-2024\/\">Labour Service Providers&#8217; Training<\/a><\/h3><p>TARI Ifakara in collaboration with Rikolto conducted Labour Service Providers\u2019 Training on SRP (Sustainable Rice Platform standard) Framework and Practical Demonstrations at Madibira scheme, Mbarali district, from 02 \u2013 11th January 2024.\u00a0<\/p><p>The purpose of the training which was led by Dr. Kulwa Furahisha (PhD) was to equip Labour Service Providers with knowledge and skills needed in transition to sustainable rice production.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/labour-service-providers-training-on-srp-january-2024\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c08ee e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"b3c08ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9b9e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d9b9e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-388\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde4.png 605w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde4-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-719292d e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"719292d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b35cb9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b35cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-050e830 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"050e830\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c537c9a e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"c537c9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45963d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45963d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/significant-achievements-by-sri-tanzania-project\/\">Significant achievements by SRI Tanzania project<\/a><\/h3><p>The first year of the SRI-T project has made good progress during 2023, with almost 975 farmers, trained on various principles of SRI method both in theory and in practice. In addition, 16 researchers\/ field personnel, 207 lead farmers, 31 local Government\/Agricultural Extension Department officers were trained. A total of 6 training modules on different principles of SRI (covering crop, soil, water, pest, and disease and weed management) were prepared\/evaluated and the final version was published in local language.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/significant-achievements-by-sri-tanzania-project\/\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50bf1ba e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"50bf1ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1d67d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1d67d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-246\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-44-02.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf1392e e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"bf1392e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb32dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2cb32dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-240d7e5 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"240d7e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ac4c6 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"66ac4c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f45acb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f45acb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/tari-scientists-visit-to-india-a-brief-report\/\">Tanzania scientists visit India in July 2023<\/a><\/h3><p>Officials from Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) visited India from July 15 to 20, 2023, as part of the project on Institutional Capacity Building for Climate-Resilient Rice Production, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute of Bioeconomy in Norway.<\/p><p>The purpose of the visit was to learn and understand the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation for adoption in Tanzania. They also aimed to comprehend the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) model of Village Resource Centers (VRC), Village Knowledge Centers (VKC), and the Plant Clinic programme. Additionally, they sought to gain insights into various aspects of rice cultivation practices, rice varieties, the seed supply system, price issues, and how climate-smart rice seeds are made accessible to smallholders by both the government and private sectors.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/tari-scientists-visit-to-india-a-brief-report\/\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2bfe3 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"8a2bfe3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d8cc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40d8cc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-1024x461.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-319\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fb5616 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fb5616\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3f4b3f\" data-id=\"a3f4b3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515f0fc elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"515f0fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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He outlined the project goals and expected impacts and how this could be achieved through institutional capacity building on SRI over the next three years. This will be supported by on-farm trainings and farmer demonstrations across the different irrigation schemes where the project will be implemented.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/kick-off-meeting\/\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3340f47\" data-id=\"3340f47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e3dab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2e3dab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kick-off.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-250\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kick-off.jpg 400w, https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kick-off-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4516303 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4516303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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The aim of the Norad funded project is institutional capacity building on climate-smart and resource efficient rice production systems to benefit Tanzanian smallholders.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nibio.no\/en\/news\/nibio-and-tari-to-collaborate-on-climate-smart-rice-production-system-in-tanzania\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0f5f1f\" data-id=\"c0f5f1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c43037 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c43037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PHOTO-2023-03-17-18-51-4_cropped-768x491.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-171\" alt=\"Women in ricefield. 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