Agroforestry and Forestry Sulawesi (AgFor) Project Monthly Report
District : Kolaka Date(s) : August 7, 2012 Submitted by : Edi Purwanto based on the report prepared by GK and GAD (30 July). ACTIVITIES: Attended refreshment training on gender in Aston Hotel, Makassar (2-4 July) Facilitated Duman Wao, post-graduate student of Birmingham University to collect data on cacao production, post-harvest treatment, trade and certification (5 – 11 July). Attended training on Cacao Agroforestry at Cacao Research Station in Konda, Konawe Selatan District (15-17 July) Distributed materials and equipment for nursery development to 6 farmer groups and stimulate their working spirits on the committed work-plan (14 – 20 July). Facilitated field visit of OWT Director on AgFor Kolaka (18-19 July) Facilitated land clearing and establishment of field learning house (18 – 25 July). Deliver training on organic fertilizer and rubber planting and establish rubber clonal seed orchard at Tasahea Village (25 July). AgFor SE Sulawesi coordination meeting held on ICRAF Office, Kendari (27 July) Attended AgFor Annual Coordination Meeting held at ICRAF Office, Bogor (30 and 31 July) ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Six OWT staff 5 male (GS, GK,GAD, PS, JS, UA) and 1 female (R) trained on gender Three male (GS, GK, JS) OWT staff trained on cacao agroforestry. All farmer groups (6) have defined fixed land sites allocated for nursery development. 2 farmer groups (Lamunde and Tasahea) completed land clearing ‘Bangun Bersama’ Farmer Group (Tasahea Village) completed: (a) Fencing the nursery land; (b) building field learning house and (c) planting clonal seeds orchards. 13 male and 7 female of ‘Bangun Bersama’ farmer group trained on organic fertilizer and rubber planting. One clonal seed orchard established at ‘Bangun Bersama’ farmer group nursery area (Tasahea Village). AgFor monthly coordination meeting (Kendari) and annual meeting (Bogor) conducted.
Monthly Report – Kolaka office – July 2012
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Agroforestry and Forestry Sulawesi (AgFor) Project Monthly Report
CHALLENGES/FOLLOW-UP REQUIRED PLANS FOR August 2012 No. Activities 1 2
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Facilitated land clearing (4) and fencing of nursery land of 5 farmer groups Selection non-assisted pilots for research and farmer field activities Training on organic fertilizer making and planting rubber clonal
Staff in Date responsible GK, GD 1st week GS, GK, JS
Expected Output(s) All nursery sites have been ready to work on
1st & 2nd Preliminary selection of non-assisted week pilots; which will be consulted with ICRAF.
GK, GS, GD 4th and JS week
Three farmer groups trained on organic making and planting rubber clonal
Remarks: 1. GS: Gusti Suganda; GK: Gusti Kusuma; GD: Gusti Agus Dwipayana; JS: Jeremia Sibarani; PS: Putu Suasana; R: Ratna Ningsih; UA: Ulul Azmi. 2. No facilitation activities during the third week; as it is associated with Lebaran Holiday.
Monthly Report – Kolaka office – July 2012
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Agroforestry and Forestry Sulawesi (AgFor) Project Monthly Report
Monthly Report – Kolaka office – July 2012
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