Report voor Milestones 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 In this milestone report we review the status of the production of inoculants in the initial eight participating countries in the N2Africa project and the cross border trade between them, as well as the regulations that governs trade in these products. We conclude with policy recommendations for improving availability of quality inoculants to smallholder farmers in the respective countries. Milestone 3.5.1 is formulated as ”At least 3 policy briefs related to legume and inoculant regulation and cross border trade produced per impact zone”.

Milestone reference: 1.6.1 - A report on the impact of N2-fixation technologies on farmers’ livelihoods is produced
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 31 Oct 2013
Target date: month 12, year 4
Responsible: judith.dewolf

Milestone reference: 3.3.2 - Cost effective inoculant production methods including fermentation technologies, carrier selection, inoculant formulation, enhanced shelf life developed.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 31 Oct 2013
Target date: month 12, year 2
Responsible: dianda.mahamadi

Milestone reference: 1.5.1 - Indicators for monitoring and evaluating progress with project activities and their impact are developed through stakeholder participation.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 30 Apr 2010
Target date: month 6, year 1
Responsible: judith.dewolf

Milestone reference: 3.3.3 - Universal logo representing quality assurance standards adopted among cooperating laboratories.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 30 Apr 2012
Target date: month 6, year 3
Responsible: paul.woomer

Milestone references: 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.3.2, (and 2.2.3 and 2.3.3) - At least 3 new soybean varieties with high BNF potential identified.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 31 Oct 2011
Target date: month 12, year 2
Responsible: fred.baijukya

Milestone reference: 1.3.3 - Complete market analysis for inoculum in representative areas of the three hubs reported on, including cost/benefit analysis at smallholder level; recommendations for private sector engagement made.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Real (new) due date: 30 Apr 2011
Target date: month 6, year 2
Responsible: robert.abaidoo

Milestone reference: S1.2.2 - Background information on agronomy, farming systems and ongoing projects on grain legumes in Tanzania.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: No
Target date: 7/29/2013

Summary

Milestone reference: 4.5.3 - At least 2 special events on the role of legumes in household nutrition and value-added processing conducted per country.
Status: Completed
Recurrent: Yes
Real (new) due date: 31 Oct 2013
Target date: month 12, year 1,2,3,4