Plantwise Country Plans 2014

Country: Zambia

CABI Region:Africa

Year:2014

Plantwisestart date: month, year

Team: Joseph Mulema, Washington Otieno

  1. Developing/Strengthening national partnerships
  • Conduct a survey to understand linkages, strength and weakness with key stakeholders that make-up the Plant Health System in Zambia. (2.5)
  • Have partnership statements and agreements signed with more Plantwise partners (Self Help Africa, World Vision, Care International, Department of Policy and Planning, Zambia National Farmers Union)(1.4)
  • Convene a steering committee and stakeholders forum meeting in 2014 (1.5)
  1. Trainings
  • Plan and conduct 1Module1trainingfor 24trainees from 8 district local governments (1.8)
  • Plan and conduct 2Module 1 training for 24 trainees from 8 district local governments (1.8)
  • Conduct 1 training of 12 staff from universities and research institution in module 3 (4.4)
  • Conduct one trainings of data management (4.11)
  • Train 15person in Monitoring Plant Clinic Performance module (5.2; 5.3)
  1. Establish network of plant clinics
  • Identify 12plant clinic teams and plant clinic sites with national partners (1.9)
  • Establish 12new plant clinicsin regions/districts after training in Module 1&2 (1.9; 1.10)
  • Mentor the 13 clinics established in 2013 (1.9)
  • Conduct 9 quarterly cluster meetings (1.9; 5.3)
  • Conduct 12 technical expert visits to backstop at least 12 clinics minimum(1.12)
  1. Support materials for plant doctors and farmers
  • Procure at least 200 prescription and 20 Plant clinic logbooks for clinic use (2.7; 4.4)
  • Produce at least 12 Pest Management Decision Guides in Zambia (2.7; 4.4)
  1. In-country data management
  • Promote the data management system proposed in 2013 (4.7)
  1. Monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment
  • Introduce monitoring and evaluation procedure to all Senior Agricultural Offices in which Plant clinics are under operation and those in which they are expected to be operation (5.1)
  • Run a study of collecting information from clinics users. Information will be collected from all the twelve clinics established in 2013. At least 15 farmers will be selected from each clinic (5.1)
  1. Plant clinic linkages

Linking plant clinics with agro-input suppliers

  • Carryout an assessment of agro-dealers mainly in the Lusaka and the district of Chibombo and Chongwe (4.4)
  • Conduct one Agro-dealer stakeholder meeting which will bring together key stakeholders such as Zambia National Farmers Union, Care International Zambia Environmental Management Agency, Department of Agriculture, Conservation farming and key agro-input distributors. (2.6)

Linking with diagnostic services

  • No activities planned for 2014

Plant health rallies and mass extension campaigns

  • Conduct Mass extension campaigns in the district of Chibombo and Chongwe on at least five key main problems identified from Plant clinics in 2013. (3.3)
  1. In-country scaling-up of Plantwise
  • Conduct 1Training of Trainers (ToT) for Module1with 8 national ToT trainees (1.7)
  • Conduct 1 Training of Trainers (ToT) for Module 2 with 8 national ToT trainees (1.7)
  1. Advocacy and public awareness

Public awareness

  • Conduct one sensitization meeting in which Provincial Agricultural Coordinators (PACOs) of participating provinces and other key staff from the Department of Agriculture and ZARI will be sensitized about Plantwise and Plant clinics specifically (1.3)
  • Publicize Plantwise at the national events such as the Annual Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show, Provincial and district field days (1.3)
  • Enable the National Coordinator and Data Manager to attend at least two national/regional conferences/workshops (1.3 and 1.12)
  • Publish at least one country brief and case study (1.3 and 1.12)
  • Develop a Plantwise video for Zambia focusing on achievements (1.3 and 1.12)

Embedding Module 1&2 and PHS approaches in diploma or degree level training

  • Conduct one training of 12 staff from universities and research institution in Pest Management Decision Guides (2.9)
  1. Review and planning
  • Hold partner meetings to review progress against plans (1.5)
  • Hold annual meeting to develop/agree next year activity plans against available budget (1.5)

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