Asia Farmer-to-Farmer Program

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Winrock International Improving Lives and Livelihoods Worldwide

Annual Report

FY2015

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Asia Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program Winrock International was awarded the five-year Asia F2F Program on September 27, 2013. The objectives of this program are to introduce new technologies and innovations, and develop local capacity for more productive, profitable, sustainable, and equitable agricultural systems. A secondary goal is to increase the American public’s understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the U.S. and U.S. development programs. This report covers the time period of Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15), from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. I. Summary of Experience with Program Implementation

From October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015, Asia F2F completed 67 volunteer trips and directly assisted more than 5,000 participants in Bangladesh, Burma, and Nepal. Volunteers supported 83 hosts, including public and private education institutions (18%), NGOs (22%), private agribusinesses (11%), and farmers’ cooperatives/associations (28%) providing AET or other support services to farmers and youth. The program completed 89% of volunteer trips targeted for FY15, despite challenges related to political unrest in Bangladesh, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, and severe flooding in Burma. The strong communication, coordination, and planning by field staff enabled F2F to adapt and continue to support hosts. For example, volunteer assignments were shifted to Nepal when the political situation in Bangladesh was too unstable for volunteers. Likewise, assignments were shifted to Bangladesh and Burma in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake. In preparation for FY16 midterm impact monitoring, Asia F2F conducted M&E training with staff from each core country and improved processes to support efficient and accurate data collection and analysis. Recruiters and field staff prioritized inclusion of new volunteers, female volunteers, and female beneficiaries. Despite recruiting challenges due to civil unrest and natural disasters, 25 of this year’s volunteers were new to F2F. F2F staff, volunteers, and hosts engaged in a wide variety of public outreach activities, thus exposing more than 553,000 individuals to information on the F2F Program. II. Summary of Implementation Experience, Major Impacts, and

Accomplishments for Each Country F2F Project A. BANGLADESH F2F activities in Bangladesh support USAID/Bangladesh’s Development Objective 2 (Food Security Improved) and the Mission’s Feed the Future (FTF) focus on strengthening the country’s food security system. During the reporting period, F2F Bangladesh successfully fielded 20 trips, with volunteers completing 26 Scopes of Work with 23 host organizations. AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (AET) In FY15, Bangladesh F2F focused predominantly on the Agriculture Education and Training (AET) Country F2F Project, which strengthens the capacity of public and private AET institutions to provide relevant training, applied research, and service learning opportunities. During the reporting period, F2F completed 14 volunteer trips working with 16 formal and informal AET hosts. Through these efforts, volunteers provided training and assistance to 863 faculty, administrators, trainers, and students (13% women). Volunteer assignments addressed high priority needs identified by AET hosts, particularly in the horticulture, livestock, aquaculture, and apiculture subsectors, which contribute substantially to smallholder livelihoods, food security, and nutrition. Volunteers supported formal AET hosts to develop and improve curriculum,

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build pedagogical skills for young faculty, and develop laboratory techniques. Support to informal AET hosts (e.g., NGOs and private businesses) largely focused on training of trainers (TOT) and technology transfer to enable hosts to provide improved training and services to farmer beneficiaries and clients. Three informal AET assignments were completed at the request of USAID/Bangladesh. Bangladesh F2F selected hosts that support large numbers of women farmers, including Heifer International, which works exclusively with women’s groups, as well as Solidaridad Asia Network and the Strengthening Dairy Value Chain (SDVC) Project, with 80% and 85% women beneficiaries, respectively. Staff from each of these hosts are now disseminating F2F training information to thousands of women. Specific assignments with formal and informal AET hosts in the last six months include the following: • Curriculum development and in-service training for the USAID Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance project

on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), for staff from government extension and research organizations (including the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, and Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation), as well as multiple international organizations/donor funded projects, NGOs, and private businesses.

• TOT for staff of the USAID Agro-Inputs Project, as well as NGOs, pesticides retailers, dealers, and companies, to improve knowledge and practices in safe and judicious use and handling of pesticides.

• Collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded SDVC Project to conduct TOT for the staff of donor projects, NGOs, and government organizations on improved forage production and processing for increased livestock production.

• Support to Khulna University to develop techniques for diagnosis of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp and application of those techniques to other frequently encountered pathogens in prawn and shrimp.

• In-service training for Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute’s Shrimp Research Station on control of prawn larval mortality and for Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) on histopathology and monoclonal antibody production techniques.

• In-service training and TOT for agribusiness staff to improve postharvest management of spices and fruits at the farmer level.

Impacts and accomplishments AET hosts are successfully disseminating F2F information and replicating volunteer training with relevant stakeholders. For example, after participating in F2F training on postharvest management of spices and fruits, one agribusiness host trained 150 lead farmers (10% women) on these topics at four product collection centers; these farmers are now disseminating the information to other farmers through group meetings. Likewise, BLRI shared the F2F training with the Pathology Department of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, enabling 150 students to use these materials for histopathological study. Several other examples of shared knowledge and replication of F2F training are included below. After two years of assignments within the AET Country F2F Project in Bangladesh, Asia F2F staff observe that informal AET assignments demonstrate quicker results and impacts. While formal AET hosts sometimes need comparatively more time to implement volunteer recommendations due to higher levels of bureaucracy, informal AET hosts can start applying learning from TOT immediately, and in turn, can facilitate tangible results and impacts on beneficiary farmers in a shorter period of time. For example: • Heifer International Bangladesh staff incorporated F2F training on improved dairy cattle health

management into their field training tools and trained 34 community facilitators who, in turn, trained 1,000 women farmers. The farmers have since made improvements in the management of dairy and beef cattle. In particular, 579 farmers improved their cattle housing; 25 farmers installed vermicomposting facilities at home using animal waste; and 700 farmers are now producing fodder grass on three hectares of land.

• After attending F2F training, Solidaridad Network Asia and partners trained 150 lead farmers (50% women) using information provided by the volunteer. These lead farmers shared the training knowledge with 12,807 smallholder farmers (88% women). As a result of F2F training and ongoing support from the host, average milk production per cow increased by 31% (from 1.9 to 2.5 liters per day).

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• Using F2F training materials, ACI Animal Health Division staff trained 40 new veterinarians and 306 marketing officers. Afterward, these staff trained and assisted 1,665 veterinary assistants, farmers, and agro-input dealers. The host staff are now able to operate new equipment, such as a CMT mastitis kit, estrus heat detection machine, and ultrasound machine, which enable them to provide improved services to farmers.

• After participating in a F2F assignment, PRAN Agro Limited formed a training pool consisting of 12 trainers. Using information provided by the F2F volunteer, these staff trained 1,670 other staff (40% women) of five production lines on improved food safety practices. PRAN staff also shared the information with 26,000 mango, turmeric, chili, tomato, and mung bean contract farmers. As a result of improvements implemented by PRAN and associated farmers, the company is now purchasing more, higher quality raw materials from smallholder farmers and producing higher quality food products.

Formal AET hosts have also indicated positive changes as a result of F2F assistance. For example, • Teachers of three public and private universities have integrated improved pedagogy techniques

introduced by F2F volunteers into their classrooms. Teachers are now preparing lesson plans and sharing the plans with students in advance; students are increasingly invited to participate more actively through brainstorming and group discussions, and teachers have engaged new methods to evaluate student progress.

• After the F2F assignment on developing positive control plasmid to determine White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in shrimp, a Khulna University professor taught eight graduate students on the protocol developed by the F2F volunteer. These students are now working on assignments on this topic. One student and one lecturer from the university have already used the protocol to determine nematode (parasite) eggs in working samples.

YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP Both USAID and the Bangladesh government’s development policies prioritize youth empowerment. Aligned with these priorities, the Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurship Country F2F Project builds the capacity of organizations that promote and support youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector. During the reporting period, Bangladesh F2F fielded three volunteers, providing training and assistance to 244 individuals for Youth Entrepreneurship. Volunteers supported three NGO hosts working with rural farmers (including a large number of youth and female beneficiaries) at the grassroots level. Specific assignments completed in the last six months include: • TOT for staff of local youth-serving organizations on entrepreneurship development in the agriculture

sector. • TOT on improved dairy cattle rearing and dairy entrepreneurship. Bangladesh F2F signed an MOU with the Department of Youth Development (DYD) under the Ministry of Youth & Sports on May 12, 2015 to collaborate on youth development activities in the agriculture sector. Impacts and accomplishments Youth Entrepreneurship hosts have demonstrated the following results and impacts to date: • As a result of F2F training, 21 teachers and 17 girls from the Adolescent Girl Program of the Center for

Mass Education in Science (CMES) started dairy and goat businesses and have earned a combined

“F2F volunteer assistance helped us to change in attitude to diagnose and treat cattle diseases. Also, it helped us to bring accuracy in diagnosis of estrus heat, pregnancy, and mastitis in cattle with the use of modern equipment. We are using these kind of machines for the first time in Bangladesh. Our beneficiary farmers are benefitting from this!”

-- Dr. A.S.M Tahmid Uddin, Assistant Manager, ACI Animal Health

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$17,000 income in their first year. The trained teachers and students also provided improved dairy cattle and goat rearing tips to about 100 other individuals in the community.

• Teachers from the CMES Poultry Program disseminated F2F information with 130 students (60% female). Approximately 50% of these students have since started rearing poultry at their home and have shared poultry rearing tips to at least 130 friends and neighbors. CMES’ annual gross sales increased from $89,133 in 2014 to $115,337 in 2015 (a 29% increase), and net annual income increased from $10,456 to $16,587 (a 59% increase).

• After participating in F2F training on improved dairy cattle rearing and dairy entrepreneurship development, youth farmers have reported that they are now implementing recommended improvements, such as providing improved housing, feeding, and watering practices. One youth indicated that the improved management practices have enabled her to increase milk production from four to six liters daily within five months. One host (Development Wheel, DEW) is translating the F2F training module on dairy farming into Bangla to conduct the same training for other youth in the locality. Mr. Shah Abdus Salam, DEW Director, explains, “[The F2F volunteer’s] training and the module he developed have been a complete package for us to conduct training on improved dairy cattle management for the youths and to promote dairy entrepreneurship in our command area. I expect that the young dairy farmers would be able to show some noticeable changes in the future.”

FLEXIBLE ASSIGNMENTS Bangladesh F2F fielded three volunteers who provided training and assistance to 130 individuals and four host organizations during the reporting period. Flexible assignments were chosen based on requests from USAID/Bangladesh project implementers and where there was a strong potential for impacts on private sector development. One volunteer provided training on improved histopathology and real-time polymerase chain reaction techniques to develop the capacity of private sector poultry diagnostic laboratories. Host staff are now able to diagnose several poultry diseases using the techniques taught by the volunteer, and they have trained 40 contract growers and poultry farm staff on proper sample collection, storage, and transportation. The host has also invested $65,000 in new equipment to improve laboratory services. Another volunteer provided support to a private dairy processing enterprise to improve cheese production. After the F2F training, the host has taken measures to collect good quality milk, maintain pH while cooking milk to make cheese, improve sanitary and hygienic conditions at the plant, and reduce the moisture content of mozzarella cheese. These improvements have increased customers’ satisfaction, and as a result, the host’s cheese sales increased from 4 to 5.2 MT per month.

The third flexible volunteer collaborated with the USAID Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project to prepare an initial roadmap/strategy for the honey value chain in the Sundarbans. Reiterating the value of this volunteer assistance, Muhammad Abul Hossain, Value Chain Specialist from CREL, explains, “The materials that the volunteer prepared have been helpful guidelines for us to start the process of honey value chain development to conserve wild bees and improve the livelihoods of people around the Sundarbans.” Impacts and accomplishments from previous flexible assignments Considering ACI Agribusiness’ desire to play a stronger role in agricultural development in Bangladesh, F2F completed one volunteer assignment with this host on “Writing Grant Proposals and Managing Grant

“F2F training participants have created an example in the community through their successful dairy businesses, which has encouraged other people in the community to start dairy businesses. The training has been very helpful to increase family income of our CMES staff and beneficiary youth.”

--Wahid Khalid, CMES Program Manager

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Projects” during FY14. The host applied the tips introduced by the F2F volunteer and wrote nine proposals for five different donors. To date, one of these proposals was successful; ACI Agribusiness received a $450,000 grant from the USAID-funded Women’s Empowerment Activity project. M. Saifullah, Head of Strategy, reports, “We wrote some grant proposals before, but we were not successful. After the training, we used our training knowledge in writing proposals and became successful.”

B. BURMA Burma F2F activities are aligned with USAID/Burma’s Food Security and Agricultural Transition Framework to improve productivity and profitability of agriculture; increase private sector engagement in the agriculture sector; and introduce innovative technologies for rural economic development. RURAL DEVELOPMENT The Burma Rural Development Country F2F Project focuses on improving technical skills and service delivery of farmer groups, rural organizations, and private extension services in targeted high-poverty regions. By working with various types of rural institutions, Asia F2F enables a diverse group of field professionals to incorporate new knowledge and skills into their work with rural producers and processors. During the reporting period, Asia F2F completed 25 volunteer trips to support rural development through improved productivity, food safety, and organization strengthening. F2F Burma’s strategy in FY15 entailed working with regional and national level associations and federations to identify groups of smallholders working in promising value chains, such as horticulture, tropical fruits (avocado and mangos), small ruminants, and aquaculture. Volunteers directly assisted 36 hosts and 1,937 individuals in Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing, and Yangon regions, as well as Southern Shan State. Nearly 600 direct beneficiaries (30%) were female. The program had the greatest impact on women when assignments worked with hosts that were smaller in size, but that had a greater percentage of women staff or members, and when the scope of work (SOW) targeted activities where women predominate. For example, an assignment with Aung Zaya Fisheries served women by improving fish processing, which is work often assigned to women in Burma; over 65% of the beneficiaries were female. In the last six months, F2F volunteers completed the following assignments: • Training on HACCP and improved food safety and sanitary standards for 60 small-scale fish processors

(75% women), to help them achieve adequate sanitary standards, increase availability of safe and nutritious foods, and increase incomes.

• Training for 80 small-scale goat farmers, veterinarians, and community animal health workers on improved small ruminant management to enhance animal health and increase profitability.

• Technical assistance on “farming as a business” skills for 28 small-scale aquafarmers to enable them to improve business practices and increase efficiency.

• Introduction of low-cost aquaculture management technologies to equip farmers with strategies to reduce losses and increase production and net incomes.

• Training for 19 vegetable farmers and the Myanmar GAP Team on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to empower farmers to reduce reliance on chemicals for improved production and pest control and to reduce postharvest losses.

• Training on livestock waste management and improved composting practices for Mandalay Livestock Development Co., Ltd. members and livestock and poultry farmers to improve sanitary practices and increase incomes through compost sales.

• Introduction of productivity-enhancing technologies and practices to decrease prawn mortality through improved feeding strategies

“We were very hungry for technical support training like this. This was the first time an international expert provided training to Heho farmers. This GAP training was very effective for us!”

-- Ko Myo Myat Thu, fruit and vegetable farmer

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and an enhanced water recirculation system. • An assessment of pesticide safety to provide a better understanding of the current pesticide practices

and enable the program to design assignments to improve pest management. • Workshops with livestock associations on organizational and business development to improve

organization capacity and cooperation among the associations. Burma F2F’s strategy to partner with larger national and regional federations and associations enables the program to maximize impact as these entities replicate the F2F trainings and widely disseminate information provided by volunteers, thus reaching small-scale farmers in numerous townships and regions. For example, one volunteer prepared a training module, PowerPoint presentations, and handbook for the Myanmar Livestock Federation to translate and disseminate to its 15,500 members and other associated organizations to train farmers on improved small ruminant practices. Burma F2F collaborated with the USAID Sustainable Seafood Industry Development Project on two aquaculture assignments. During one assignment, the project contributed water quality test strips and filters, valued at around $500, to install a water recirculation system with bio-filters to check the ammonia levels, which led to a decrease in prawn larvae mortality. Impacts and accomplishments As a result of F2F volunteers’ hands-on technical assistance, and introduction of simple, low-cost solutions, hosts have been able to make tangible improvements. For example: • In the horticulture subsector, Wai Htun Orchard applied learning from F2F training on improved

vegetable seed production to increase its seed business. The host is now harvesting open pollinated seeds for a variety of vegetables and plans to distribute the seeds to interested farmers. In addition, the orchard is following improved production practices using organic fertilizers such as organic compost, effective microorganisms, and bio-foliar.

• After participating in F2F training, the Myanmar GAP Team translated the GAP self-assessment and farm assessment forms to disseminate to fruit and vegetable farmers; Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association members; and others, to increase awareness of GAP guidelines. Farmers are now implementing improved practices. One farmer, Ko Myo Myat Thu, explains, “Before the training, we used a lot of chemicals for fertilization and pest management. After the training, we became aware about retaining soil fertility of the farms and environmental conservation by practicing GAP.”

• F2F assistance has helped livestock and small ruminant farmers and beneficiaries reduce kid/lamb mortality, increase production, and ultimately increase sales and incomes. For example, one sheep herder participant was able to reduce lamb mortality from 20 lambs to 5 lambs per year, and thus increased annual income by over $900. Other farmers have adopted new and improved technologies such as proper kid care, supplementation with mineral salts, fattening extra male goats, and better management and growth of napier grass for goat nutrition. U Ohn Myint, manager of the Pyi Shwe Bo goat farm, mentions, “Before the training, I followed traditional farming practices. After attending the training, I understand farm management in a systematic way. Now, I have confidence to manage a goat farm and train the other people how to manage a goat farm!”

• Aquaculture hosts have benefitted from “farming as a business” trainings as well as better technologies to improve water quality of fish ponds and solutions to decrease the mortality of prawn larvae. Immediately following F2F technical assistance at a prawn hatchery, the Myanmar Shrimp Association reported improvements in prawn larvae health and conditions due to improved management, feeding techniques, and filtration technology.

C. NEPAL Nepal F2F supports activities in two Country F2F Projects: 1) agriculture education and training, and 2) youth entrepreneurship, both of which contribute to USAID/Nepal’s economic growth and Feed the Future priorities and geographic zones of influence.

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During the reporting period, Nepal F2F successfully fielded 22 volunteers who directly assisted 1,921 individuals (34 % women) within 24 host organizations. AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (AET) The Nepal AET Country F2F Project strengthens the capacity of public and private AET institutions, vocational technical schools, cooperatives/associations, and NGOs to provide relevant training, applied research, and service learning opportunities in the agriculture sector. In FY15, 18 F2F volunteers directly assisted 1,556 individuals (36% women) on AET assignments, working with 19 formal and informal AET organizations. Nepal F2F continues to receive high demand from formal AET hosts (universities, colleges, and public research institutions) for support with curriculum development, transformative teaching techniques and pedagogy, as well as technical training and introduction of new and improved technologies suited for Nepal’s different agro climatic conditions. Assignments with informal AET hosts focused on TOT to improve agricultural technologies and practices. F2F staff built linkages and fostered coordination between academic, research, and extension institutions by involving diverse stakeholders in F2F trainings, sharing sessions, and workshops. One notable example was a stakeholders meeting with representatives from agriculture and natural resource sectors, including the Government of Nepal (GoN), AET university leaders, and NGOs. Two F2F volunteers and the USAID InnovATE program led the workshop to explore strategies for linking transformative teaching with sustainable workforce development in Nepal. F2F also initiated collaboration with Peace Corps Nepal, which has agreed to share F2F information across its network and to invite interested Peace Corps volunteers to participate in F2F assignments. Specific assignments within the last six months include: • Six assignments with various faculties of the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), including

assistance to develop an action plan with the Directorate of Planning; curriculum development with the Departments of Agronomy and Aquaculture and Fisheries; and a transformative teaching workshop for the Faculty of Forestry, in collaboration with InnovATE.

• In-service training on pedagogy and technical and grant writing for faculties of six universities, colleges, and technical/vocational schools.

• Training on pesticide safety, environmentally friendly pest management, and biological pest management techniques for agrovets and IPM facilitators from farmer field schools.

• In-service training and technical assistance for Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) Entomology Division scientists and extension workers, to build technical skills and introduce new technology on biological pest management.

• Entrepreneurial Ecosystem gap analysis and Business Incubation Center strengthening with Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) and Kings College.

• TOT on goat productivity for local service providers and government extension officials, facilitated by the Government of Nepal (GoN) multi-donor funded Agriculture and Food Security Project (AFSP).

• In-service training and TOT on aqua feed formulation and marketing for a private enterprise, with dual focus on improving the quality of fish feed and improving training and outreach to farmer clients.

• TOT for women’s cooperative members on agribusiness development and marketing, which will enable the host to better support members and farmers groups in the future.

Impacts and accomplishments

“The F2F volunteers are great, adaptive, and have high expertise in their own subject area.” -Niraj Thapa, Executive Director, Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy of Nepal, Jhapa Eastern Nepal

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Formal AET hosts have initiated new programs and improved services after participating in F2F assignments within the last two years. For example: • AFU is now offering several new courses developed by F2F volunteers. The AFU Department of

Horticulture started a new MSc in Advanced Apiculture course; and the AFU Department of Environmental Science started an MSc Agriculture in Conservational Ecology degree program. In addition, four MSc Weed Science courses have been approved by the university academic council, and the AFU Department of Agronomy plans to start the courses in January 2016. Likewise, the AFU Department of Agricultural Economics obtained approval from the academic council to run a new MBA Agribusiness program.

• Three hosts have established new facilities with assistance from F2F volunteers. The AFU Department of Entomology established a plant clinic and laboratory; Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy established a separate agriculture campus with good laboratory facilities; and an organic crop museum/demonstration plot has been established on campus premises for students and faculties at the Tribhuvan University (TU) Lamjung campus.

• Following F2F volunteer recommendations, hosts have adjusted their institutional structures and hired new staff. For example, the Nepal Polytechnic Institute (NPI) created a new position and hired a Research and Publication Director for grant seeking, research, and development. Likewise, two research scientists and two new additional administrative and accounting staff have been recruited at the Coffee Research Program (CRP) Gulmi.

• As a result of F2F in-service training on improved pedagogy, instructors and faculty have improved their course preparation and classroom management, and are now seeing higher student attendance. Faculty members of NPI are also now using social media to communicate with their students regarding the class syllabus and upcoming lesson plans.

• Informal AET hosts are disseminating information and replicating training with clients and beneficiaries. For example, the NARC Coffee Research Program trained 50 coffee growers in the region on white stem borer management and good agriculture practices using information provided by the F2F volunteer. In addition, the GoN AFSP project purchased 600 FAMACHA cards after participating in the F2F assignment, and subsequently trained 250 local service providers on effective use of the FAMACHA card for small ruminant sheep and goats.

AET hosts have also benefitted from ongoing support and communication with volunteers. In particular, Dr. Anil Shrestha has supported five faculty members from the Lamjung and Paklihawa campuses of TU to analyze their research data. Inspired by his assignment and the strong connection with his host, Dr. Shrestha has requested to complete his sabbatical in Nepal in 2016-2017. Several other volunteers continue to support and follow their hosts through email and social media. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Nepal Youth Entrepreneurship Country F2F Project strengthens the effectiveness of local youth-serving organizations to equip and inspire youth entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector. During the reporting period, Nepal F2F fielded five volunteers1 who provided training and assistance to 365 individuals (25% female) and five hosts. In the last six months, F2F volunteers supported youth-led organizations/groups, youth farmers, and a government host through the following assignments: • Assistance to establish a monitoring and

evaluation system for the Youth and Small Entrepreneur Self-employment Fund (YSEF) Secretariat under the Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal.

• Training on facilitation and entrepreneurship 1 This includes four volunteer trips for Nepal Youth Entrepreneurship, plus one volunteer assignment completed in conjunction with a volunteer trip to Bangladesh.

“I have participated in several goat management trainings, but the training provided by [F2F volunteer] Daniel Miller was unique to apply in real life goat farming situations!” -Host member Sushil Aryal, AP Agro Livestock Research Company Pvt. Ltd.

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skills for graduating students through the Eco-minions youth club at AFU, as well as for post-graduate students, members, and volunteers of an environmental magazine, Prakriti Prawaha.

• In-service training on improved dairy cow management for youth workers of Gautam Shree Organic and Cow Farm Private Limited.

• Training and TOT for youth farmers and agribusiness extension staff on improved goat farming.

Impacts and accomplishments Youth entrepreneurship hosts have started to implement volunteer recommendations and apply F2F learning to their work. For example: • The newly registered 4-H Nepal club signed a formal agreement with the Ministry of Youth and Sports

and mobilized nearly 600 youth volunteers in 12 affected districts after the massive earthquake. In addition, the club has organized various campaigns (e.g., related to nutrition and sanitation) in partnership with government and schools, and developed a brochure and newsletter to inspire others to participate. The 4-H Nepal president continues to be in touch with the F2F volunteer.

• After participating in F2F training on goat farming, 12 youth trainees have improved stall feeding practices and are now in regular contact with each other to share learning and progress.

• The YSEF road map/strategy developed by a F2F volunteer was endorsed by the board and can now proceed with requesting approvals from the Ministry of Finance.

D. OUTREACH Outreach continues to be an important focus for Winrock F2F staff and volunteers. Winrock staff initiated several outreach activities to spread awareness about the new Asia F2F Program. Over the last 12 months, this included: • 49 posts on the Winrock Volunteers Facebook page and 20 posts on the Winrock International

Facebook page related to Asia F2F, reaching over 55,500 individuals. Numerous Winrock staff posted tweets related to F2F throughout the year.

• 33 blog entries featuring Asia F2F volunteers and activities, with over 12,000 page views on the Winrock Volunteers blog site during the reporting period.

• Monthly links and frequent articles in Winrock’s Innovations newsletter, which reaches more than 3,500 subscribers.

Winrock was also featured as an NGO of the month on the MovingWorlds website, which provided a link to Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer opportunities. In Bangladesh, multiple volunteers participated in outreach activities with external stakeholders. For example, Dr. William Daniels and the Asia F2F Regional Director attended a workshop jointly organized by the Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology Discipline of Khulna University, the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation, and the Department of Fisheries for National Fish Week 2015. Dr. Daniels gave a presentation on “Prawn Hatchery Management: Challenges and the Way Forward,” which enabled multiple aquaculture sector stakeholders to learn about the accomplishments of his F2F work on improved prawn hatchery management in Bangladesh and other countries. The Asia F2F Regional Director also gave an introductory speech during the workshop to brief participants about the F2F Program. In addition, Dr. Martin Lo gave a presentation on GAP at a workshop organized by the USAID CCBA project. Participants from different organizations attended the workshop and learned about proposed GAP guidelines for farmers and the assistance provided by Asia F2F. Subsequent to his F2F assignment, Dr. Lo was invited to work with CCBA as an independent consultant. During his consultancy, he spoke at another workshop and again shared information about F2F support for GAP in Bangladesh. Participants included representatives from FAO, Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh Accreditation Board, and other national and international institutions.

In Burma, the F2F program and volunteer activities were featured in 22 local newspaper articles (reaching over 300,000 people) and TV broadcasts on Skynet and MRTV-4. Since August 2015, Skynet TV has

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broadcast videos from F2F training every Saturday on its Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry Channel. Skynet has over 1 million satellite customers. F2F staff, along with staff from the Value Chains for Rural Development (VCRD) associate award, regularly share F2F information with the US Embassy. As a result, F2F activities have been highlighted on the Embassy’s Facebook and Twitter pages, with thousands of followers. In addition, VCRD staff published an article in STIR magazine (with approximately 12,000 subscribers), featuring the joint work of F2F and VCRD in supporting Burma’s coffee sector. (http://stir-tea-coffee.com/features/myanmar-arabica-awakening/) In June 2015, F2F Burma hosted a program review event that offered hosts and F2F staff an opportunity to share successes and lessons with USAID/Burma, agriculture sector stakeholders, and local media. The Food Security Working Group in Burma also actively shares information on F2F with its wide network. In Nepal, several F2F volunteers were featured in local newspapers and on radio and TV broadcasts. For example, in the last six months: • News on improved goat farming with AP Agro Livestock Research Company Pvt. Ltd. was published in

Butwal Daily Newspaper and broadcasted by Radio Aandhikhola, Syangja, covering more than 6,000 readers/radio tuners.

• The volunteer assignment hosted by Gautam Shree Organic Cow Farm was covered in the national economic weekly magazine, Karobar.

• Two national daily newspapers, Samriddha Samaj and Sajha Kura, published articles about F2F assistance on transformative teaching practices to AFU faculty and local campuses in Hetauda, reaching about 3,000 readers per article.

• The television channel Shreenagar Television Palpa broadcasted a presentation by F2F volunteer Jim Faber to host Milansar Cooperative, reaching approximately 20,000 individuals.

Volunteers were also actively involved in outreach. For example: • Archie Devore shared information about his Nepal assignment on social media and as a result,

successfully raised $1,200 to support Nepalese families after the earthquake. • Dan Flaherty shared information about his Nepal F2F assignment during a webinar for the New York

National Resources Conservation Service, as part of Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. • An article on Glen Fukumoto and Jonathan Deenik’s assignment in Burma was published in the

University of Hawaii’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources newsletter in August 2015. • After his F2F assignment in Nepal, Anil Shrestha was awarded the Provost “Excellence in Teaching”

award at Fresno State University. At the awards event, he shared his F2F experience and insights on how this experience has enhanced his teaching methods and the learning experience for students. Dr. Shrestha was also highlighted as Winrock’s Volunteer of the Month in August 2015; an associated article was published on the Fresno State website (http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2015/09/plant-science-professor-shrestha-named-volunteer-of-the-month/).

• Two Thunderbird University volunteer teams published a series of blogs chronicling their volunteer assignments in Nepal and Burma. These blogs are featured on the Thunderbird University website (http://emergingmarketslab.thunderbird.edu/blog/usaid). The teams also conducted presentations about their assignment for Thunderbird faculty and students.

• Bill Nichols featured photos from his F2F assignment in Burma at a photo exhibit at Newton, MA City Hall and also conducted a presentation for the attendees. The event was covered in the Boston Globe and Newton Tab.

• 30 volunteers shared information about F2F activities during presentations with service and community groups, university faculty and students, and other audiences in the U.S.

• More than 20 volunteers published articles related to their F2F assignments.

III. Discussion of any Major Implementation Problems and/or Deviations from Expectations for Performance Indicators

During the period, F2F Bangladesh postponed four confirmed assignments, and another six assignments were put on hold due to political unrest. F2F staff regularly review assignment locations, intensity of political

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activities, timing of strikes, and other factors, and adjusted volunteer plans accordingly. In Nepal, the massive earthquake in April 2015 caused all F2F assignments to be postponed for a period of nine weeks. Some of the Nepal assignments were reallocated to Bangladesh and Burma during this time. In Burma, heavy floods affected large parts of the country starting in July 2015. Despite the flooding, F2F Burma was able to stay on track with assignment implementation by adjusting training schedules and locations. IV. Summary of Status of Associate Award Projects In September 2014, Winrock received an associate award cooperative agreement from USAID to implement the Value Chains for Rural Development program in Burma. Countries: Burma Project Title: Value Chains for Rural Development LOP Budget: $28,664,171 ($27,000,000 from USAID plus $1,664,171 in cost share) Obligated Amount by Fiscal Year: FY14: $3,799,000; FY15: $5,664,000 Start Date: 9/22/14 Completion Date: 9/21/19 Objectives: The goal of the Value Chains for Rural Development Burma project is inclusive agriculture growth that will increase stabilization and long-term reform by ensuring that all actors in the value chain have the opportunity to benefit from growth. Achieving this goal requires that smallholder producers enhance their productivity, have better market access, and be fully integrated into the value chain through strong, equitable linkages with input suppliers, buyers, traders, and processors. The Project integrates three objectives:

IR 1. Improved smallholder productivity and profitability. IR 2. Competiveness of selected value chains strengthened. IR 3. Private sector engagement enhanced.

Role of Volunteers: Over the life of project, 75 volunteers will provide 80 person-months of pro bono expertise to farmer groups, small- and medium-scale agribusinesses, and CBOs to improve farmer productivity and profitability, diversify production and processing, improve access to quality and affordable inputs, and improve food security and nutrition. VCRD fielded five volunteers as of September 30, 2015. Results: The Project recently completed its first full year of implementation. The annual report will be sent to USAID/Washington in November 2015. Summary Indicator Tables: Please see Annex 5. V. Planned Activities for the Next Six Months Table 1 contains a current list of approved SOWs for FY16, for the three core countries as well as flexible assignments in Cambodia and Turkmenistan. Some volunteers will complete multiple SOWs in one trip. In addition to volunteer assignment implementation, M&E will be a major focus for F2F staff in FY16, particularly as related to mid-term impact monitoring. During the next six months, the M&E/Outreach Director will work with each country director to finalize plans for impact data collection and analysis, and field staff will begin to conduct impact surveys on hosts that received volunteers in the first two years of the program.

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Table 1. Approved SOWs for FY16 Country

(Country F2F Project/Focus

Area)

Title of Scope of Work Host(s) Status (vol name - proposed

dates)

Bangladesh (AET)

Development of Dairy and Beef Cattle Breeding

Lal Teer Livestock Limited Volunteer Identified (Kasim Ingawa, Dec. 3-11)

Bangladesh (AET)

TOT on Udder Health Management, Mastitis Control, and Milk Quality Improvement

Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition Project

Volunteer identified (Kasim Ingawa, Dec 12-19)

Bangladesh (AET)

TOT on Organic Farming Hunger Free World Volunteer Identified (Charles Mitchell, Feb.

2016) Bangladesh

(AET) Improved Nutrition Management for Profitable Dairy Rearing

SDVC Project Volunteer Identified (Archie Devore, Feb 19-Mar

12,2016) Bangladesh

(Youth Entrepreneurship)

Training on Youth Development in the Agriculture Sector

Rural Unfortunates Safety Talisman Illumination Cottage (RUSTIC)

Volunteer Identified (Gary Heusel, Nov. 12-19)

Bangladesh (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

Youth Facilitation and Entrepreneurship Development in the Agriculture Sector

Rupantar Volunteer Identified (Gary Heusel, Nov. 20-Dec. 1)

Bangladesh (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

Improved Dairy Cattle Management Techniques for Youth Entrepreneurs

Peoples Development Foundation; Ashraf Foundation; Association for Rural Mission

Volunteer Identified (Daniel Miller, Dec. 6-19)

Bangladesh (AET)

Promotion of Export Market for Fisheries Products

USAID Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition Project

Recruiting

Bangladesh (AET)

Establishing an Agribusiness-focused Business Incubation Unit

International University of Business Agriculture and Technology --College of Business Administration

Recruiting

Bangladesh (AET)

Curriculum Improvement for BS Agriculture Program

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University --Faculty of Agriculture

Recruiting

Bangladesh (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

Training on Low-Cost Mushroom Production Techniques for Youth

Church of Bangladesh Social Development Programme

Recruiting

Bangladesh (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

Youth Facilitation and Entrepreneurship Development

Development Wheel Recruiting

Bangladesh (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

Performance Assessment of the Training Service of the Department of Youth Development and TOT on Youth Development Facilitation

Department of Youth Development

Recruiting

Bangladesh (Flexible)

Training on Improved Broiler Chicken Processing Techniques and Chicken-based Products Development

BRAC Chicken Recruiting

Burma (Rural Development)

Capacity Building on Gender-Sensitive Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation Practices to Enhance Food Security

Food Security Working Group Volunteer identified (Michael Sturdivant, Oct. 2-

20)

Burma (Rural Development)

Disaster Management for Livestock Myanmar Livestock Federation Volunteers identified (Susan Stewart and Kelly

Crowdis, Nov 28 – Dec 21) Burma (Rural Development)

TOT on Small Ruminant Management

Myanmar Livestock Federation Volunteer identified (Daniel Miller, Dec 20-27)

Burma (Rural Development)

Food Safety Testing and Safe Food Handling

Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd.

Volunteer identified (Scott Haskell, Dec. 2015)

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Country (Country F2F Project/Focus

Area)

Title of Scope of Work Host(s) Status (vol name - proposed

dates)

Burma (Rural Development)

GAP for Oil Crops Production Farmers Development Association (Regional Farmers Association)

Volunteer identified (Martin Lo, Jan. 2016)

Burma (Rural Development)

Animal Waste and Farm Residue Compost Making

Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association –Heho Potato Cluster

Volunteer Identified (Andrew Brown, Feb.

2016)

Burma (Rural Development)

Integrated Pest Management for Tropical Fruits Production

Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association; Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association -- Avocado Cluster

Volunteer identified (Daniel Carrillo, TBD)

Burma (Rural Development)

Avocado Variety Selection and Evaluation Training

Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association -- Avocado Cluster

Volunteer identified (Jonathan Crane, TBD)

Burma (Rural Development)

Integrated Pest Management on Vegetable Crops

Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association – Heho Potato Cluster; Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association

Recruiting

Burma (Rural Development)

Improving Asparagus Production Practices and Farm Management

Big M Technical Extension Group; Big M Key Farmers

Recruiting

Cambodia (Flexible)

Assessment of Capacities and Training in Harvesting, Processing, and Marketing for Wild Honey Producers

USAID Supporting Forest and Biodiversity (SFB) Project

Volunteer Identified (Cesar Flores, Nov. 28- Dec. 23)

Cambodia (Flexible)

Ecotourism Assessment and Training in the Prey Lang Landscape (PLL)

USAID SFB Project Recruiting

Cambodia (Flexible)

Capacity Assessment and Training in Harvesting, Processing, and Marketing for Resin Producers

USAID SFB Project Volunteer Proposed (Pradeep Patnaik, TBD)

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Value Added Product Development of Honeybee Propolis and Pollen Grain

Federation of Nepal Beekeepers

Volunteer Identified (Michael Embrey, (Sept 15-Oct 6)

Nepal (AET)

Accelerating and Articulating Entrepreneurship

King’s College Volunteers Identified (Drew Himmelreich and Emma

Livingston, Oct. 24-Nov.23) Nepal (AET)

Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Methodology Standardization

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) --Fisheries Research Division

Volunteer Identified (John Grover, Nov. 14-Dec. 6)

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Postharvest Technology for Vegetables

International Development Enterprises (iDE Nepal)

Volunteer Identified (Juan Pérez, Nov. 15-Dec. 9)

Nepal (AET)

Support to King’s College on an International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Facilitation of Social Entrepreneurship in Nepal

King’s College Volunteers Identified (Drew Himmelreich and Emma

Livingston, Nov. 24- Dec.2)

Nepal (AET)

Post Graduate Seed Science Curriculum Design

Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU) -- Agronomy Department

Volunteer Identified (Sabry Elias, Dec. 2-23)

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Country (Country F2F Project/Focus

Area)

Title of Scope of Work Host(s) Status (vol name - proposed

dates)

Nepal (AET)

Agricultural Education for Youth AFU –Continuing Education Center

Volunteer Identified (James Hafer, Dec. 19, 2015-Jan.

6, 2016) Nepal (AET)

In-service Training on Teaching Learning Practices

Tribhuvan University (TU) -- Central Campus of Technology, Dharan, Institute of Science and Technology

Volunteer Identified (Richard Wills, Dec 2015)

Nepal (AET)

Training on Pest Identification, Safe Use of Pesticides, and IPM Practices for Agro-vets

Pesticide Entrepreneurs Association Nepal

Volunteer Identified (Tika Adhikari, Dec 2015)

Nepal (AET)

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Development for Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Nepal Polytechnic Institute Veterinary Science Program

Volunteer Identified (Scott Haskell, Jan. 7-17, 2016)

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Nepal

Volunteer Identified (Martin Lo, Jan. 2016)

Nepal (AET)

Capacity Building of Faculties on Crop Simulation Modeling in Agriculture Education

TU Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Lamjung Campus -- Soil Science Department

Volunteer Identified (Michel Gangwer, TBD)

Nepal (AET)

Upgrading Water Quality and Limnology Laboratory

AFU --Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries

Volunteers Identified (Claude Boyd and Chang

Lin, May 2016) Nepal (Youth

Entrepreneurship)

TOT on Improved Goat Farming for Youth

Jana Sewa Kendra; Paudi Serophero Agriculture Cooperative; Samaj Sewa Kendra

Volunteer Identified (Nar Gurung, Dec 8-30)

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Integrated Clubroot Disease Management

Sidhuwa Multipurpose Cooperative Limited

Recruiting

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Improved Aquaculture Practices

Jal Devi Matsya Cooperative Recruiting

Nepal (AET)

Curriculum Development and Capacity Building of Community Business Facilitators in Extension Services for Vegetable Production

iDE Nepal Recruiting

Nepal (AET)

MBA Curriculum Development in Agribusiness Management

King’s College Recruiting

Nepal (AET)

TOT on Rapid Pesticide Residue Analysis

Plant Protection Directorate Recruiting

Nepal (Flexible)

TOT on Public Procurement and Contract Law

Judicial Service Training Center

Recruiting

Turkmenistan (Flexible)

Rapid Livestock Sector Assessment to Design F2F Activities

Winrock International Asia Farmer-to-Farmer Program

Volunteer identified (Daniel Miller, Nov 20-Dec 5)

For additional details, see the FY16 Workplan. IV. Standard F2F Performance and Impact Indicator Data Tables Indicator data tables covering the reporting period can be found in Annex 1. V. Summary of Volunteer Assignments A summary of completed volunteer assignments during the reporting period can be found in Annex 2.

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VI. Success Stories Success stories can be found in Annex 4. VII. M&E Certification Winrock International confirms that we have a) used established indicators and definitions; b) participated in regular (annual) workshops reviewing indicators and M&E systems; and c) trained field staff on indicators and data collection systems. The above mentioned training sessions include extensive instruction in the collection and reporting of indicators. Asia F2F field staff have also accessed the M&E training modules provided by USAID and VEGA. VIII. Recruitment Compliance This confirms that Winrock International does not engage in transactions with, or provide resources or support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism, including those individuals or entities that appear on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the U.S. Treasury or the United Nations Security designation list. All potential volunteers are screened against these and other watch lists, and this provision is included in all sub-agreements, including sub-awards and contracts issued under the F2F award. This also confirms that Winrock International carries out at least two reference checks on all potential first time F2F volunteers in addition to other required screening, and carries out reference checks on all repeat F2F volunteers with regard to prior F2F assignments and additional external references, if no F2F assignments have been completed within the past 24 months. This confirms that Winrock International immediately informs the USAID AOR of any negative F2F volunteer performance or behavior and provides information on such performance or behavior experiences to other F2F implementing organizations when contacted for reference checks on potential volunteers. VIV. PERSUAP Compliance Winrock’s confirmation of PERSUAP compliance for the Asia F2F Program can be found in Annex 3.

Farmer-to-Farmer Program Standard Indicator Reporting TablesTable 1: Volunteer and Assignment Data

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Host(s)Fiscal Year 2014W-A-1 Daniel Miller M OA RTD W/N Y 1 T S Bangladesh AET 3/5/2014 3/19/2014 15 $7,050 $761 29 0 29 32 0 32 0 5 0 0 5 BRAC AI EnterpriseW-A-2 Philip Barry Evans M CA RTD W/N N 1 T S Bangladesh Flexible 2/20/2014 3/22/2014 31 $14,570 $837 0 0 0 10 3 13 0 5 0 0 5 Nobo Jibon (NJ) ProgramW-A-3a Gurbinder Gill M CA P AS N 2 E M Bangladesh AET 4/20/2014 5/10/2014 21 $9,870 $5,381 65 1 66 65 1 66 0 3 0 0 3 BRAC Seed EnterpriseW-A-3b Gurbinder Gill Bangladesh Flexible 5/11/2014 5/18/2014 8 $3,760 $0 25 1 26 25 1 26 0 3 0 0 3 ACI Seed BusinessW-A-4

Gurbinder Gill M CA P AS Y 1 E M Nepal AET5/25/2014 6/7/2014 14 $6,580 $0 17 2 19 55 8 63 0 6 0 0 6 Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research,

Extension and Development (CEAPRED)W-A-5

Dale ZoBell M UT E W/N Y 1 O S Bangladesh AET5/29/2014 6/15/2014 18 $8,460 $231 45 11 56 45 11 56 0 2 0 0 2 International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

(IUBAT)-College of Agriculture SciencesW-A-6

Daniel Miller M OA RTD D Y 2 T F Burma Rural Development

5/30/2014 6/17/2014 19 $8,930 $845 52 13 65 104 17 121 13 0 0 0 13 Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd.; Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd. --Individual Farmers; Pyi Shwe Bo Multi-Development Public Co Ltd.; Pyi Shwe Bo -Individual Farmers

W-A-7

Hugh Thomforde M TN RTD W/N Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development

5/25/2014 6/18/2014 25 $11,750 $566 81 21 102 175 43 218 20 0 0 0 20 Twantay Township Fish Farmer Association; Grand Win Fish Farm; Pyay District Fisheries Federation; Kayan Fish Farmers Association

W-A-8 Youn Ha M MN P AS Y 1 T P Burma Rural Development 6/5/2014 6/19/2014 15 $7,050 $124 7 0 7 19 2 21 3 1 0 0 4 Cassava Association; Cassava Association --Individual MillersW-A-9

Harvey Pine M NH E W/N Y 1 O S Bangladesh AET6/5/2014 6/22/2014 18 $8,460 $215 31 11 42 31 11 42 0 5 0 0 5 International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

(IUBAT)-College of Agriculture SciencesW-A-10

Vanessa Taylor F CA S W/N N 1 O S Nepal Flexible6/16/2014 6/29/2014 14 $6,580 $0 5 13 18 31 99 130 0 7 0 0 7 Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research,

Extension and Development (CEAPRED)W-A-11 Victoria Solbert F CA S W/N N 1 O S Bangladesh Flexible 5/25/2014 7/1/2014 38 $17,860 $0 0 0 0 18 2 20 0 5 0 0 5 Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) ProjectW-A-12

Charles Mitchell M OA RTD W/N Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development

6/18/2014 7/4/2014 17 $7,990 $248 145 19 164 152 22 174 8 2 0 0 10 Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association; Shwe Ayeyar Organic Agriculture Group; Shwe Ayeyar Organic Agriculture Group -Individual Farmers

W-A-13Hartmut Doebel M MD E W/N N 2 O S Nepal AET

6/19/2014 7/12/2014 24 $11,280 $79 14 0 14 34 18 52 0 11 0 0 11 Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Horticulture

W-A-14Brian Flanagan M NY E W/N Y 1 T P Burma Rural Development

6/27/2014 7/13/2014 17 $7,990 $229 29 8 37 47 16 63 5 0 0 0 5 Mandalay Mango Farmer Group; Mandalay Mango Farmer Group --Individual Farmers

W-A-15William Zimmerman M MO RTD W/N N 1 O S Nepal AET

6/20/2014 7/15/2014 26 $12,220 $170 5 3 8 46 20 66 0 5 0 0 5 Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Environmental Science

W-A-16Scott Haskell M CA E W/N Y 1 O S Nepal AET

6/29/2014 7/18/2014 20 $9,400 $321 24 3 27 30 4 34 0 13 0 0 13 Nepal Polytechnic Institute (NPI) Agriculture and Animal Science Program

W-A-17Chantel Welch F AZ S W/N N 2 O M Burma Rural Development

5/21/2014 7/24/2014 65 $30,550 $0 9 10 19 10 11 21 0 10 0 0 10 Food Security Working Group (FSWG); Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Program-Myanmar

W-A-18 Luis Manrique M HI P W/H Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development 7/12/2014 7/24/2014 13 $6,110 $100 16 2 18 21 7 28 2 0 0 0 2 Cassava Farmers Group-Ahtaung Sub-townshipW-A-19

Charles Reeves M AZ E W/N N 1 O S Nepal AET7/11/2014 7/27/2014 17 $7,990 $548 6 1 7 34 4 38 0 9 0 0 9 Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU) - Department of Agricultural

EconomicsW-A-20 Michael Frinsko M NC E W/N Y 1 T S Bangladesh AET 7/8/2014 7/29/2014 22 $10,340 $0 45 2 47 54 2 56 0 5 0 0 5 Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) IIW-A-21

Anil Shrestha M CA E AS N 1 O S Nepal AET

7/11/2014 8/6/2014 27 $12,690 $334 57 15 72 93 28 121 0 18 0 0 18 Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Central Campus, Kirtipur; Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Lamjung Campus-Agronomy Department; Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Paklihawa campus

W-A-22 Daniel Herman M FL E W/N Y 1 E S Burma Rural Development 7/27/2014 8/11/2014 16 $7,520 $240 54 33 87 66 34 100 2 0 0 0 2 Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF)W-A-23b Andrea Burniske Bangladesh Flexible 8/8/2014 8/15/2014 8 $3,760 $838 12 6 18 12 6 18 0 5 0 0 5 ACI AgribusinessW-A-24

Kelly Pruitt F TX E W/N N 1 O S Nepal AET8/1/2014 8/21/2014 21 $9,870 $126 1 5 6 8 6 14 0 6 0 0 6 Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology,

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Matthew Parker M MD E W/N N 2 E S Burma Rural Development8/8/2014 8/24/2014 17 $7,990 $710 50 17 67 55 19 74 4 6 0 0 10 Fishers Development Association (FDA); Myanmar Fisheries

Federation (MFF)W-A-23a

Andrea Burniske F IN E W/N N 2 O S Bangladesh AET8/16/2014 8/25/2014 10 $4,700 $397 22 3 25 22 3 25 0 5 0 0 5 International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

(IUBAT)-College of Agriculture SciencesW-A-26 Henry Van Cotter M NC P W/N Y 1 T S Nepal AET 8/8/2014 8/28/2014 21 $9,870 $555 15 3 18 40 7 47 0 6 0 0 6 Directorate of Industrial Entomology Development (DOIED)W-A-27

Luisa Cabrera F CA E W/H Y 1 T S Nepal AET8/10/2014 8/30/2014 21 $9,870 $313 24 2 26 71 17 88 0 5 0 0 5 Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) - Department of Animal

Breeding and GeneticsW-A-28 Jack Boles M AR E W/N Y 1 E S Bangladesh AET 8/15/2014 9/1/2014 18 $8,460 $1,489 19 1 20 28 1 29 0 5 0 0 5 ACI AgribusinessW-A-29

Daniel Miller M OA RTD D Y 2 T F Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurship8/22/2014 9/13/2014 23 $10,810 $2,317 26 26 52 26 26 52 0 9 0 0 9 Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Adolescent Girls

Program (AGP)W-A-30

Dilip Nandwani M OA E AS Y 1 T S Nepal AET8/22/2014 9/13/2014 23 $10,810 $661 21 0 21 123 25 148 0 8 0 0 8 Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal

Science (IAAS), Lamjung Campus-Horticulture DepartmentW-A-31

Kirk Astroth M AZ E W/N Y 1 O S Nepal Youth Entrepreneurship8/22/2014 9/13/2014 23 $10,810 $1,024 13 5 18 40 6 46 0 9 0 0 9 National Youth Federation Nepal (NYFN)

W-A-32Yugendar Bommineni

M VA G AS Y 2 T S Bangladesh AET

8/29/2014 9/20/2014 23 $10,810 $318 9 1 10 23 1 24 0 10 0 0 10 Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Ltd.-Poultry Program; Central Disease Investigation Laboratory under the Department of Livestock Services (DLS)

W-A-33 Dennis Eaton M NH P W/N Y 1 O S Nepal AET 8/31/2014 9/20/2014 21 $9,870 $619 20 1 21 31 5 36 0 7 0 0 7 Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy-Agricultural CampusW-A-34

Jonathan Moyle M MD E W/N Y 1 T F Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurship9/4/2014 9/20/2014 17 $7,990 $1,258 23 5 28 23 5 28 0 5 0 0 5 Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Poultry Program

W-A-35 Yangming Lo M MD P AS Y 1 T P Bangladesh AET 9/4/2014 9/21/2014 18 $8,460 $773 58 6 64 58 6 64 0 7 0 0 7 PRAN Agro LimitedW-A-36 John Rushing M NC RTD W/N Y 1 T P Bangladesh AET 9/4/2014 9/22/2014 19 $8,930 $834 102 5 107 117 6 123 0 4 0 0 4 PRAN Dairy LimitedW-A-37

Leonard Obaldo M HI RTD AS Y 3 T F Burma Rural Development

9/5/2014 9/27/2014 23 $10,810 $350 102 6 108 127 7 134 14 0 0 0 14 GMA Feed Mill; Madaya Township Fisheries Association; Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd.; San Pya Feed Mill , Shwebo District Fisheries Association

W-A-38 Robert Cordery-Cotter M CO E W/N N 1 T S Bangladesh AET 9/11/2014 9/27/2014 17 $7,990 $1,213 12 0 12 137 0 137 0 5 0 0 5 ACI Animal Health DivisionW-A-39 Jose Carlos Rodrigues M OA E W/H N 1 T S Nepal AET 9/9/2014 9/28/2014 20 $9,400 $2,170 20 3 23 35 9 44 0 5 0 0 5 Coffee Research Program

Counts: 39 39 39 39 39 49 39 39 41 41 Totals: 843 $396,210 $27,194 1,310 264 1,574 2,173 519 2,692 71 222 0 0 293 53

Fiscal Year 2015W-A-40

Jonathan Crane M FL E W/N Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development

9/13/2014 10/3/2014 21 $9,870 $219 165 88 253 174 91 265 9 0 0 0 9 Southern Shan State Avocado Cluster- Individual Farmers (Taunggyi Region); Southern Shan State Avocado Cluster- Individual Farmers (Ywangan Region); Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association- Avocado Cluster

W-A-41

Randy Ploetz M FL E W/N Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development

9/27/2014 10/14/2014 18 $8,460 $216 57 39 96 61 40 101 10 0 0 0 10 Southern Shan State Avocado Cluster- Individual Farmers (Taunggyi Region); Southern Shan State Avocado Cluster- Individual Farmers (Ywangan Region); Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association- Avocado Cluster

W-A-42b Robert Spencer Burma Rural Development 10/11/2014 10/18/2014 8 $3,760 $40 20 2 22 20 2 22 3 0 0 0 3 Yenangyaung Goat Farmers GroupW-A-42c

Robert Spencer Burma Rural Development10/19/2014 10/21/2014 3 $1,410 $40 31 7 38 31 7 38 7 0 0 0 7 Twintaw Village Goat Farmers Group; Yenangyaung Goat Farmers

GroupW-A-42a Robert Spencer M TN E W/N Y 3 T F Burma Rural Development 10/22/2014 10/30/2014 9 $4,230 $252 15 1 16 23 4 27 3 0 0 0 3 Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd.W-A-43

David Eding M WA T W/N Y 1 O S Nepal AET

10/4/2014 10/31/2014 28 $13,160 $123 3 1 4 29 2 31 0 3 0 0 3 Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Directorate of Planning

W-A-44 Kasim Ingawa M NC E B/N Y 1 T S Bangladesh AET 10/14/2014 11/4/2014 22 $10,340 $3,851 139 0 139 155 0 155 0 8 0 0 8 BRAC AI Enterprise; BRAC Dairy & Food ProjectW-A-45a Leah English F AR S W/N N 2 A M Burma Rural Development 9/24/2014 11/13/2014 51 $23,970 $0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Program-MyanmarW-A-46

Gadi Reddy M MT E AS N 1 T S Nepal AET10/25/2014 11/13/2014 20 $9,400 $2,040 22 7 29 76 41 117 0 4 0 0 4 Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC)-Entomology Division

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Daniel Miller M OA T D Y 2 T F Burma Rural Development11/2/2014 11/17/2014 16 $7,520 $1,300 67 15 82 68 17 85 9 0 0 0 9 Individual Farmers- Aunglan Township; Livestock Farmers Group in

Pyawbwe TownshipW-A-47b Daniel Miller Burma Rural Development 11/18/2014 11/23/2014 6 $2,820 $340 13 12 25 14 12 26 4 0 0 0 4 Thadar ConsortiumW-A-45b

Leah English Burma Rural Development11/14/2014 11/26/2014 13 $6,110 $7 1 5 6 1 5 6 0 2 0 0 2 Christian Social Service and Development Department (CSSDD),

Myanmar BaptistW-A-48b

Susan Pavlin Nepal AET11/30/2014 12/9/2014 10 $4,700 $146 15 5 20 17 5 22 0 4 0 0 4 Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal

Science (IAAS), Central Campus, KirtipurW-A-49b Albert Liu Burma Rural Development 12/6/2014 12/11/2014 6 $2,820 $150 20 8 28 20 8 28 3 0 0 0 3 Myanmar Coffee Association (MCA)W-A-50

Stephen Petersen M AK T W/N Y 1 T F Burma Rural Development11/17/2014 12/13/2014 27 $12,690 $495 73 10 83 80 13 93 12 1 0 0 13 Banbway Bee Keeper Group; Myanmar Apiculture Association;

Naungcho Bee Keeper GroupW-A-51 John Woiwode M WY P W/N Y 1 T S Bangladesh AET 12/2/2014 12/19/2014 18 $8,460 $0 42 0 42 42 0 42 0 5 0 0 5 USAID Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition (AIN) Project

Farmer-to-Farmer Program Standard Indicator Reporting TablesTable 2: Host Data (Baseline)

Environmental Indicator

Organizational Indicator

Host Cou

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Cou

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Fiscal Year 14ACI Agribusiness Bangladesh AET 9/22/2014 N/A P 16,631 10 0 49,923 66,564 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 ACI Animal Health Division Bangladesh AET 9/25/2014 N/A P 0 321 3,500 11,463 15,284 0 * * 0 0 0 3.7 ACI Seed Business Bangladesh AET 5/20/2014 N/A P 0 63 4,120 12,549 16,732 0 * * 0 0 0 3.6 Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Ltd.-Poultry Program Bangladesh AET 9/5/2014 M P 1 879 24,927 77,421 103,228 49 * * 0 0 0 3.8 BRAC AI Enterprise Bangladesh AET 3/19/2014 N/A N 0 63 1,264,023 3,792,258 5,056,344 0 * * 0 0 0 3.8 BRAC Seed Enterprise Bangladesh AET 5/20/2014 N/A N 0 82 10,688 32,310 43,080 0 * * 0 0 0 3.8 Central Disease Investigation Laboratory under the Department of Livestock Services (DLS)

Bangladesh AET 9/9/2014 N/A G 0 8 3,273 9,843 13,124 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2

International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT)-College of Agriculture Sciences

Bangladesh AET 6/15/2014 N/A E 0 15 342 1,071 1,428 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5

PRAN Agro Limited Bangladesh AET 9/13/2014 M P 1 1,750 71,348 219,297 292,396 9,100 * * 0 0 0 3.7 PRAN Dairy Limited Bangladesh AET 9/21/2014 N/A P 1 3,111 23,354 79,398 105,864 0 * * 0 0 0 3.7 Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) II Bangladesh AET 8/5/2014 N/A N 0 43 15,000 45,129 60,172 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project

Bangladesh Flexible 8/10/2014 N/A N 0 171 50,000 150,513 200,684 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7

Nobo Jibon (NJ) Program Bangladesh Flexible 3/18/2014 N/A N 0 24 0 72 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Adolescent Girls Program (AGP)

Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurship 9/24/2014 N/A N 0 215 260 1,425 1,900 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7

Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Poultry Program

Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurship 9/24/2014 N/A N 0 29 345 1,122 1,496 0 89,133 10,456 0 0 0 3.7

Cassava Association BurmaRural Development

6/12/2014 M C 100 0 0 300 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8

Cassava Association --Individual Millers BurmaRural Development

6/12/2014 J F 1 93 58 441 588 2,123 848,706 297,167 0 0 0 1.0

Cassava Farmers Group-Ahtaung Sub-township BurmaRural Development

7/19/2014 J C 14 56 1 213 284 121 82,809 6,433 0 0 0 0.3

Fishers Development Association (FDA) BurmaRural Development

8/15/2014 J C 1,584 3 0 4,761 6,348 0 6,007 0 0 0 0 2.6

Food Security Working Group (FSWG) BurmaRural Development

7/9/2014 J N 186 25 0 633 844 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6

GMA Feed Mill BurmaRural Development

9/11/2014 J P 12 19 47 234 312 202 114,790 83,430 0 0 0 2.8

Grand Win Fish Farm BurmaRural Development

6/2/2014 M P 1 11 12 72 96 21 247,197 44,495 0 0 0 1.6

Kayan Fish Farmers Association BurmaRural Development

6/5/2014 M C 170 0 2 516 688 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2

Potential Beneficiaries Economic Indicators Financial Services

Indicators

Environmental Indicator

Organizational Indicator

Host Cou

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Madaya Township Fisheries Association BurmaRural Development

9/17/2014 J C 138 1 0 417 556 2,409 0 0 0 0 0 1.5

Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd. Burma

Rural Development

10/22/2014 J P 33 8 47 264 352 0 671,467 52,349 0 0 0 2.7

Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd. --Individual Farmers

BurmaRural Development

6/11/2014 M F 0 13 34 141 188 0 140,417 39,640 0 0 0 0.8

Mandalay Mango Farmer Group BurmaRural Development

7/4/2014 J C 370 1 0 1,113 1,484 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7

Mandalay Mango Farmer Group --Individual Farmers BurmaRural Development

7/4/2014 J F 0 75 18 279 372 11 95,234 62,227 0 0 0 1.3

Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) BurmaRural Development

8/8/2014 J N 30,285 22 0 90,921 121,228 0 233,853 31,343 0 0 0 3.4

Myanmar Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association

BurmaRural Development

6/24/2014 J C 5,000 9 0 15,027 20,036 0 16,629 1,737 0 0 0 3.2

Pyay District Fisheries Federation BurmaRural Development

6/9/2014 M C 125 0 0 375 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2

Pyi Shwe Bo Multi-Development Public Co Ltd. BurmaRural Development

6/4/2014 J P 12 4 1 51 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8

Pyi Shwe Bo --Individual Farmers BurmaRural Development

6/4/2014 F F 4 0 12 48 64 0 8,472 6,742 0 0 0 0.3

San Pya Feed Mill BurmaRural Development

9/16/2014 M P 7 34 232 819 1,092 0 * * 0 0 0 2.3

Shwe Ayeyar Organic Agriculture Group BurmaRural Development

6/27/2014 M C 15 0 0 45 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5

Shwe Ayeyar Organic Agriculture Group -Individual Farmers

BurmaRural Development

6/27/2014 J F 0 27 5 96 128 10 8,901 5,034 0 0 0 0.9

Shwebo District Fisheries Association BurmaRural Development

9/13/2014 J C 440 0 0 1,320 1,760 1,214 0 0 0 0 0 1.5

Twantay Township Fish Farmer Association BurmaRural Development

5/30/2014 J C 1,100 0 5 3,315 4,420 14,400 0 0 0 0 0 1.2

Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU) - Department of Agricultural Economics

Nepal AET 7/24/2014 M E 0 5 15 80 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9

Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Environmental Science

Nepal AET 7/5/2014 F E 0 6 0 24 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.1

Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Horticulture

Nepal AET 7/7/2014 M E 0 7 288 1,180 1,475 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9

Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) - Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Nepal AET 8/21/2014 N/A E 0 4 42 184 230 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0

Environmental Indicator

Organizational Indicator

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Center for Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED)

Nepal AET 7/28/2014 J N 36 78 134,000 536,456 670,570 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7

Coffee Research Program Nepal AET 9/14/2014 M G 0 4 1,200 4,816 6,020 2 0 0 4 0 0 2.2 Directorate of Industrial Entomology Development (DOIED)

Nepal AET 8/20/2014 M G 0 15 90 420 525 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7

Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Veterinary Pathology

Nepal AET 8/16/2014 N/A E 123 45 436 2,416 3,020 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7

Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy-Agricultural Campus

Nepal AET 9/14/2014 N/A E 26 15 160 804 1,005 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.2

Nepal Polytechnic Institute (NPI) Agriculture and Animal Science Program

Nepal AET 7/12/2014 N/A E 89 43 361 1,972 2,465 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5

Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Central Campus, Kirtipur

Nepal AET 9/5/2014 N/A E 0 23 40 252 315 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3

Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Lamjung Campus-Agronomy Department

Nepal AET 7/20/2014 N/A E 0 26 308 1,336 1,670 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5

Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Lamjung Campus-Horticulture Department

Nepal AET 9/4/2014 N/A E 0 5 0 20 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9

Tribhuvan University (TU) - Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Paklihawa campus

Nepal AET 7/27/2014 N/A E 0 26 400 1,704 2,130 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9

National Youth Federation Nepal (NYFN) Nepal Youth Entrepreneurship 9/9/2014 J N 7,300 6 0 29,224 36,530 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4

Count: 53 53 Total: 63,805 7,493 1,608,994 5,186,083 6,866,370 29,662 2,563,615 641,053 6 0 0 3

Farmer-to-Farmer Program Standard Indicator Reporting TablesTable 3: Host Data (Outcomes/Impacts)

Environmenta

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Fiscal Year 15ACI Agribusiness Bangladesh AET 3/4/2015 N/A P 16,631 10 0 66,564 83,205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 450,000 0 10 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 4ACI Animal Health Division Bangladesh AET 9/13/2015 N/A P 0 358 1,665 8,092 10,115 0 * * 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 5ACI Seed Business Bangladesh AET 3/4/2015 N/A P 0 68 2,400 9,872 12,340 0 * * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3BRAC AI Enterprise Bangladesh AET 3/10/2015 N/A N 0 63 2,600 10,652 13,315 0 * * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 6BRAC Dairy & Food Project Bangladesh AET 3/10/2015 N/A N 0 74 2,960 12,136 15,170 0 * * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2BRAC Seed Enterprise Bangladesh AET 3/3/2015 N/A N 0 62 7,623 30,740 38,425 0 * * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2Central Disease Investigation Laboratory under the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) Bangladesh AET 3/5/2015 N/A G 0 8 509 2,068 2,585 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 4Heifer International Bangladesh Bangladesh AET 8/24/2015 N/A N 0 38 1,000 4,152 5,190 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 5International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT)-College of Agriculture Sciences Bangladesh AET 3/5/2015 N/A E 0 15 92 428 535 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 4 0 0 4PRAN Agro Limited Bangladesh AET 9/3/2015 M P 1 1,734 26,000 110,940 138,675 9,500 * * 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 7PRAN Dairy Limited Bangladesh AET 9/3/2015 N/A P 1 1,257 12,300 54,232 67,790 0 * * 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 4Rural Enterprise for Alleviating Poverty (REAP) II Bangladesh AET 3/1/2015 N/A N 0 27 4,500 18,108 22,635 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 3Solidaridad Network Asia-SaFal Dairy Program Bangladesh AET 9/10/2015 N/A N 0 36 12,957 51,972 64,965 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 4Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project Bangladesh Flexible 3/3/2015 N/A N 0 82 5,000 20,328 25,410 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 5

Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Adolescent Girls Program (AGP) Bangladesh

Youth Entrepreneurship 9/10/2015 N/A N 0 29 23 208 260 0 35,751 17,008 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 7 0 0 7

Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES) Poultry Program Bangladesh

Youth Entrepreneurship 8/20/2015 N/A N 0 28 130 632 790 0 115,337 16,587 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 4

Pyi Shwe Bo Multi-Development Public Co Ltd. Burma

Rural Development 6/6/2015 J P 12 4 3 57 76 0 24,599 16,146 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5

Ywartharywar San Pya Goat Farm/ Golden Global Group Burma

Rural Development 1/10/2015 M F 3 9 11 69 92 4 6,873 2,212 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 4

Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-CONTINUING Education Center Nepal AET 2/16/2015 M E 0 5 45 200 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Agricultural Economics Nepal AET 7/13/2015 M E 0 6 0 24 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 4Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Environmental Science Nepal AET 3/24/2015 F E 0 7 7 56 70 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 4Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU)-Department of Horticulture Nepal AET 2/20/2015 M E 0 6 211 868 1,085 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 1Center for Environmental & Agricultural Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED) Nepal AET 6/23/2015 J N 5 78 100,000 400,332 500,415 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 9 0 0 9Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy-Agricultural Campus Nepal AET 7/30/2015 N/A E 5 14 160 716 895 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 5Nepal Polytechnic Institute (NPI) Agriculture and Animal Science Program Nepal AET 1/14/2015 N/A E 5 44 1,081 4,520 5,605 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 3 0 0 3

National Youth Federation Nepal (NYFN) NepalYouth Entrepreneurship 2/5/2015 J N 13 13 55 324 405 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4,000 0 9 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 4

Count: 26 26 Total: 16,676 4,075 181,332 808,290 1,010,328 10,469 182,560 51,953 1 0 0 0 54 454,000 9 168 0 0 177 9 101 0 0 110

* indicator not tracked for these hosts

Number of Volunteer Recommendations Made Number of Volunteer Recommendations Adopted Actual Beneficiaries Economic Impacts Financial Services

Impacts

Organizational Impacts

Farmer-to-Farmer Program Standard Indicator Reporting TablesTable 4: Outreach and Leverage

Implementing Partner NameFiscal Year N

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Winrock -Asia FY14 33 316 18 367 $8,787Winrock -Asia FY15 22 190 48 260 $165,726

Total To-Date: 55 506 66 627 $174,513

Winrock International Asia F2F

Table 5: Custom Indicators

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Fiscal Year 14Bangladesh AET 306 389 N/ABangladesh Flexible 27 35 N/A

Bangladesh Youth Entrepreneurshi 69 69 0

Burma Rural Development 251 335 N/A

Nepal AET 168 443 N/ANepal Flexible 10 78 N/A

Nepal Youth Entrepreneurshi 18 36 0

Fiscal Year 15Bangladesh AET 372 498 N/ABangladesh Flexible 63 65 N/A

BangladeshYouth Entrepreneurshi 142 142 0

BurmaRural Development 543 688 N/A

Nepal AET 399 1,046 N/A

NepalYouth Entrepreneurshi 215 270 0

Total To-Date: 2,583 4,094 0

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“This is the first-time ever in the history of Khulna University, we have cloned the White Spot Syndrome Virus; we are now confident to clone other pathogens responsible for fish and shrimp/prawn diseases.”

-- Dr. Nazmul Ahsan, Dean, Life Science School and Professor, Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology (FMRT) Discipline

Annex 2. Volunteer Assignment Summary A. BANGLADESH

AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING Yangming “Martin” Lo, 6/2/2015-6/11/2015, Dhaka (BAN382) Host organization: Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance (CCBA) This assignment was classified as a PERSUAP Type 4 and treated as a Type 2; no specific pesticides were recommended. The assignment objectives were to increase the knowledge and skills of CCBA staff and local resource persons through a hands-on training to develop curriculum and training modules on good agricultural practices (GAP), which extension educators will use to train farmers. The training included an introduction to GAP, site selection, fertilizer use and composting, water and field management, harvesting techniques, and postharvest operations. The GAP curriculum and seven sets of training modules will allow CCBA and other extension educators to conduct GAP training for interested farmers, ultimately improving farming practices and food safety. Yangming “Martin” Lo, 6/12/2015-6/17/2015, Natore (BAN346) Host organization: Natore Agro Limited (NAL) This assignment was classified as a PERSUAP Type 2; no specific pesticides were recommended. Dr. Lo provided information on how herbicides work and best practices in handling pesticides and herbicides. The objective of the assignment was to increase the knowledge and skills of NAL management, line processors, and field workers through training on GAP and postharvest handling and processing of spices and fruits. The training included information on food safety challenges, guidelines of GAP, use of personal protection equipment (PPE), fumigation and aflatoxin issues, and good postharvest operations. Dr. Lo developed a complete training module for NAL management to implement for their sustainable GAP training with fruit and spices farmers and will enable NAL to establish a training schedule for all levels of personnel involved in farming and postharvest handling and processing. Rachel Bone, 6/15/2015-7/3/2015, Khulna (BAN358) Host organization: Khulna University, Fisheries and Marine Resources Technology Discipline The assignment objectives were to improve the molecular diagnostic capabilities of Khulna University’s lab staff, provide expertise on ways to improve their White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) diagnostics, and assist scientists in developing a systematic approach to assessing larval and post larval health quality using microscope techniques. Ms. Bone, along with the host team, were able to successfully develop a positive control for WSSV, which will allow the university to identify other pathogenic viruses and bacteria that affect shrimp in Bangladesh. Dr. Arun Dhar also supported this assignment from the US and delivered lectures via skype on major viral and bacterial diseases of shrimp, which faculty and students will apply to improve shrimp and fish disease outbreak investigations. The faculty plan to incorporate the presentations from Ms. Bone and Dr. Arun into their curriculum to further disseminate the knowledge to students. Yugendar Bommineni, 6/21/2015 – 6/26/2015, Dhaka (BAN383) Host organization: Animal Health Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) The objectives of the assignment were to increase the capacity of the BLRI lab in improved histopathological techniques and disease diagnosis services. Dr. Bommineni demonstrated tissue processing and slide preparation techniques using poultry specimens. This training improved the knowledge and skills of the scientists and lab technicians of BLRI in histopathology, injection techniques,

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and slide preparation practices to enable them to provide better services to their clients and improve food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. William Daniels, 7/25/2015-8/3/2015, Bagerhat (BAN387) Host organization: Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Shrimp Research Station (BFRI) The assignment objectives were to diagnose the root causes of prawn larval mortality, demonstrate techniques for management, and disseminate new hatchery management techniques to researchers and hatchery operators. Dr. Daniels visited BFRI prawn hatchery and pond complex, where he provided hands-on in-service training and recommendations for setting up a recirculating hatchery system to BFRI scientists and staff. Dr. Daniels also introduced biosecurity techniques and proper broodstock and hatchery management to avoid diseases. Juan Guerrero, 8/10/2015—8/30/2015, Jessore and Satkhira, Khulna Division Host organization: Strengthening Dairy Value Chain (SDVC) Project The assignment objectives were to build the capacity of trainers on forage production and to develop a training module and extension materials on forage for increased livestock production. Dr. Guerrero’s training included lectures, field visits, and on-farm demonstrations on the topics of forage production and drought and saline tolerant forage varieties. In addition, with active participation from trainees, Dr. Guerrero helped develop a seasonal forage calendar, which will be helpful to grow various forage in different climate conditions and utilize forage properly. SDVC technicians will use the training materials and new knowledge as they train beneficiary farmers in the future.

Vonny Barlow, 9/6/2015—9/23/2015, Barisal, Faridpur, Khulna, Jessore, and Dhaka Host organization: USAID Agro-Inputs Project The assignment was classified as a PERSUAP Type 1; Dr. Barlow’s training focused on pesticide safety, not specific pesticide recommendations. Dr. Barlow observed many poor pesticide practices including improper storage and disposal, non-use of PPE, inadequate PPE, and use of black market products. The assignment objectives were to increase the knowledge of the safe and judicious use of pesticides and assist in developing materials to build awareness of pesticide issues. Dr. Barlow conducted training sessions in four locations, which focused on pesticide types and toxicity, safety, proper disposal, PPE use, handling, transporting, and storing pesticides, and reentry and pre-harvest intervals. Dr. Barlow demonstrated the use of PPE with use of locally available materials and also demonstrated safe loading, mixing, and

spraying methods for various types of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides. The trained retailers, input companies, and association representatives will disseminate the information to farmers and enhance their awareness of pesticide hazards. This will help to improve food safety and security for the people of Bangladesh. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP Daniel Miller, 4/24/2015-5/11/2015, Shariatpur (BAN379) Host organization: Shariatpur Development Society (SDS) The objectives of the assignment were to build the capacity of SDS staff on improved dairy cattle rearing and dairy entrepreneurship and to increase the production and incomes of youth dairy farmers. Dr. Miller

Vonny Barlow gives proper instruction to a farmer on how to avoid pest attacks during a field visit in Barisal

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“We are grateful to Dr. Yugendar Reddy Bommineni and the Winrock F2F Program for helping our veterinarians to improve their knowledge and skills on histopathological investigation techniques and the methods of RT-PCR Techniques. Per his recommendation, we are thinking to establish modern facilities for histopathological study in our lab in the future.” --Mr. Moshiur Rahman, Managing Director of Paragon Group

used open-ended question and answer sessions during his trainings so that he could learn more about the dairy farmers’ experiences and tailor the material appropriately. He developed a training module and extension materials for SDS to use as a field guide to train other youth dairy farmers on improved dairy cattle management. The Director of the Micro Finance Program from SDS stated, “We are grateful to Dr. Daniel Miller and F2F Program for helping our women youth beneficiaries to improve dairy cattle rearing techniques. This assignment will also help SDS to disseminate updated knowledge of dairy farming among other youth beneficiaries for the development of dairy enterprises.” Daniel Miller, 8/23/2015-9/9/2015, Mymensingh, Sherpur, and Netrokona (BAN380) Host organization: Development Wheel (DEW); DEW -Youth Beneficiaries The objectives of the assignment were to build the capacity of DEW staff and youth on improved dairy cattle rearing techniques, develop new youth-led dairy enterprises, and develop a training module and extension materials on dairy farming. Dr. Miller provided two training sessions to staff and farmers on ruminant nutrition, body condition scoring, disease management, hoof care, and record keeping. Each session ended with field work to demonstrate the new techniques. With the increased knowledge, youth farmers will be able to breed their cattle more successfully, produce more milk for sale, and keep better farming records. DEW will use the training module to conduct future trainings with additional youth. Bryce Malsbary, 8/29/2015-9/13/2015, Kaliganj, Jhenaidah (BAN388) Host organization: Hunger Free World (HFW) The objectives of the assignment were to increase knowledge and skills of HFW trainers on youth facilitation and entrepreneurship development. Mr. Malsbary trained business owners, students, HFW staff, and individuals using presentations and interactive group activities on entrepreneurship, business planning, marketing, financial management, sales processes, and best management practices. The training will enable participants to start new agribusinesses or improve their existing businesses, which will increase income and employment opportunities for youth. FLEXIBLE Yugendar “Reddy” Bommineni, 6/24/2015-6/26/2015, Gazipur (BAN384) Host organization: Paragon Poultry Ltd. The assignment objectives were to increase technical knowledge and skills of the hosts’ histopathological and RT-PCR diagnosis techniques of poultry diseases. Dr. Bommineni conducted in-service trainings on systemic isolation of bacteria from poultry, and PCR principles and application in poultry diseases. He also demonstrated necropsy and histopathology observation of slides and provided hands-on training on tissue processing and slide preparation. The staff hope to improve their lab service capabilities to diagnose and reduce/control disease in poultry and supply healthy Day-Old Chicks to their contract farmers and buyers. Richard Janita, 7/1/2015 – 7/16/2015, Thakurgaon (BAN336) Host organization: Northern Agriculture Industrial Company Limited (NAICOL) The assignment objectives were to increase the technical capacity of NAICOL cheese unit staff by providing new/improved technologies and products, to ultimately increase revenue/resources through increased sales. Mr. Janita assessed NAICOLs’ cheese operation and identified problems and opportunity areas based on each previous day’s evaluation and question/answer session. He then conducted hands-on training on processed cheese production techniques, packaging of processed cheese, and development of other cheese products. NAICOL filmed the training and plans to broadcast the training on television to train new staff and demonstrate the new and improved products.

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“The training is very useful not only for the farmers but also for community animal health workers (CAHWs). This kind of training should be conducted in other areas around the country!” -- U Maung Ko, CAHW

Yugendar “Reddy” Bommineni, 7/12/2015 – 7/20/2015, Bajitpur, Kishoreganj Host organization: Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Ltd.-Poultry Program The assignment objectives were to increase technical knowledge and skills of the host staff on histopathological diagnosis of poultry diseases and to improve the service of the lab through improved disease diagnosis techniques. Dr. Bommineni conducted an interactive training on tissue processing and slide preparation, and was able to identify and provide solutions to problems within the lab. One participant stated, “This training has been very helpful for us to prepare slides more confidently and efficiently for histopathological study, and also to interpret slides. Dr. Reddy’s training has helped us to think deeply about the underlying causes of diseases.” Ultimately, the host hopes this assignment will benefit thousands of small-, medium- and large-scale poultry farmers and thus help improve food security in the country. Edgar Levi, 9/7/2015-9/24/2015, Mongla, Bagerhat District and Munshiganj, Satkhira District Host organization: Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project The objectives of the assignment were to prepare a strategy outline (road map), develop promotional materials, and provide training on honey quality controls. Mr. Levi assisted CREL staff to develop a strategy outline for Sundarbans honey value-chain to assist with the branding of Sundarbans honey and to promote the development of the honey-based small-cottage industries. In addition, Mr. Levi developed promotional materials to disseminate important messages among Mawalis and honey processors. B. BURMA

RURAL DEVELOPMENT Daniel Miller, 3/27/2015-4/9/2015, Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region (MYA073) Host organization: Individual Goat Farmers Group-Kyaukse Township The assignment objectives were to improve farm practices and herd health management to improve productivity and profitability of small ruminant production. Dr. Miller’s trainings covered management related to ruminant feeding and nutrition, use of body scoring to determine feeding levels, storing forages, supplemental grazing products, and immunology. The newly learned information and skills will enable small-scale farmers to produce healthier kids and heavier goats to sell, which will help increase their sales and incomes. Dianna Gillespie, 3/15/2015-4/15/2015, Yangon, Southern Shan State, and Dry Zone (MYA071) Host organization: Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Program--Myanmar This assignment was classified as PERSUAP Type 2; the assignment focus was an assessment of pesticide safety and did not involve training on use or application of pesticides. Ms. Gillespie noted that extensive training and demonstration is needed to familiarize farmers with IPM and to change behavior with regards to pesticide use. The assignment objectives were to conduct a pesticide safety assessment in Burma to analyze the situation of pesticide use and safety, identify key findings, and provide recommendations for further study and volunteer technical assistance. Ms. Gillespie collected information for the assessment through a literature review and qualitative key information interviews with 185 stakeholders including government, researchers, pesticide importers and distributors, input dealers, smallholder farmers, and civil society. This assessment provided Winrock with a better understanding of the current situation of pesticide usage in Burma to help design future activities. William Daniels, 4/20/2015-5/5/2015, Kyauktan Township, Yangon (MYA078) Host organization: Myanmar Shrimp Association The assignment objectives were to improve knowledge and skills in prawn hatchery management, production, and prawn disease management to increase the incomes of prawn hatcheries and growers. Dr. Daniels helped the hatchery to install a water recirculation system with bio-filters and ammonia disks,

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Martin Lo visits a cabbage farm in Heho, Burma

which dramatically improved the water quality and decreased larvae morality. He also introduced new feeding strategies, which involved considering various factors to calculate the required amount of feed, which caused the larvae to eat more and improved their health. The technical assistance improved understanding of the hatchery staff on the importance of feed and water quality management through recirculating systems and helped them gain confidence in their ability to assist other hatcheries on these topics. Hugh Thomforde, 5/29/2015-6/16/2015, Shwebo, Madaya, and Nyaungshwe Townships (MYA075) Host organization: Shwebo District Fisheries Association; Madaya Township Fisheries Association; Shan State Fisheries Federation The assignment objectives were to increase fish farmers’ knowledge on improved practices in aquaculture and water quality management in fish ponds to reduce losses and increase productivity and sales. Dr. Thomforde provided trainings in three locations on fertilization and water quality management, including demonstrations on low-tech approaches such as how to make and use Secchi disks to measure water quality and improved feeding strategies. The secretary of the Shan State Fisheries Association noted, “The information is very useful for us. For example, pond dynamic, oxygen budget and emergency problem-solving for lack of oxygen. This information gives an idea what we should do for water quality management in our ponds.” The improved knowledge will enable participants to improve water quality management and fish health, ultimately leading to increased harvest yields, food security, and net incomes.

Yangming “Martin” Lo, 6/25/2015-7/1/2015, Yangon (MYA079) Host organization: Myanmar GAP Team This assignment was classified as PERSUAP Type 2; no specific pesticides were recommended. The training focused on generic guidelines and best practices in pesticide use. The objectives were to increase the knowledge of the Myanmar GAP Team on Global GAP standards and inspection and to increase produce quality. Dr. Lo worked with potato and cabbage farmers, training them on food safety and quality issues, postharvesting handling, and use of PPE when spraying agrochemicals. Dr. Lo commented, “At the end of the training, the farmers indicated that the training was exactly ‘what was needed’ for them to improve their operations on the farm.” The host requested the training slides from Dr. Lo’s trainings to translate and disseminate to other farmers via the association network. Yangming “Martin” Lo, 6/18/2015-6/24/2015, Heho,

Southern Shan State (MYA081) Host organization: Southern Shan State Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association–Heho Potato Cluster This assignment was classified as PERSUAP Type 2; no specific pesticides were recommended. The training focused on generic guidelines and best practices in pesticide use. The objectives were to improve vegetable farmers’ knowledge and application of GAP to improve productivity and incomes. Dr. Lo conducted training on the benefits and scope of GAP, site selections guidelines, fertilizer and composting practices, water and field management, and harvesting and postharvest techniques. Dr. Lo initiated discussion groups at the end of each day’s training to allow participants to actively engage and understand the material that was presented. Farmers were eager to apply the proper composting knowledge they learned in the classroom to their farms, which will enable them to apply GAP techniques to improve the quality of their products and earn higher prices.

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Glen Fukumoto and Jonathan Deenik, 7/4/2015-7/12/2015, Mandalay Region (MYA076) Host organization: Mandalay Livestock Development Co. Ltd. The objectives of the assignment were to improve knowledge on composting poultry waste and improve the sanitary practices of the processing plant and backyard processing areas. Mr. Fukumoto and Dr. Deenik conducted training workshops on compost planning, livestock waste and nutrient management, and basic concepts of composting and soil fertility. Participants gained knowledge in basic composting principals including oxygen management, monitoring tools, and pile construction to enable them to improve waste management practices within the processing plant and to increase incomes through compost production and sales. Daniel Herman, 7/6/2015-7/17/2015, Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region (MYA064)

Host organization: Aung Zaya Fisheries The assignment objectives were to improve knowledge on food safety and sanitary standards for small-scale fish processors (particularly women) to meet adequate sanitary standards and to improve food safety of fishery products. Mr. Herman trained fish processors on international HACCP and food processing standards, and the monitoring and regulation of food safety. The host was eager to begin keeping sanitation records and is planning to analyze and develop a HACCP plan for the production of fish paste. This will result in safer, higher quality products and increase the incomes of fish processors. Glen Fukumoto and Jonathan Deenik, 7/13/2015-7/18/2015, Yangon (MYA082) Host organization: Myanmar Livestock Resources Development Research Association (MLRDA) The assignment objectives were to improve composting practices and livestock and poultry manure management for livestock farmers. Mr. Fukumoto and Dr. Deenik provided training on slaughterhouse waste management, composting principles, dry litter technology, soil fertility, and compost utilization. Through a hands-on demonstration to create

a composting pile, participants gained the knowledge and techniques to troubleshoot issues during construction of a compost pile. This training will enable farmers and MLRDRA members to implement waste management plans and produce compost for improved soil health and to sell for additional income. Matthew Parker, 7/26/2015-8/11/2015, Madaya Township (MYA072) Host organization: Madaya Township Fisheries Association The assignment objectives were to provide knowledge on “farming as a business” principals, business plan development, and record keeping for small-scale aquaculture farmers. Mr. Parker provided training on the business of aquaculture and farm profitability, financial tools for aquaculture planning, and business planning. His training included a group exercise which involved filling out an enterprise budget for an aquaculture farm. Mr. Parker immediately saw an improvement in participants’ abilities to fill out financial statements and a better understanding of what is included in record keeping. With knowledge gained from this training, aquaculture farmers will be able to manage their resources to increase farm profitability. Marissa Burkett and Darren Watkins, 7/11/2015-8/16/2015, Yangon Host organization: MLRDRA; Myanmar Livestock Federation (MLF) The assignment objectives were to improve the organizational capacity of livestock associations and to identify strengths and opportunities to improve livestock association activities. A team of volunteers from Thunderbird University undertook this assignment. The Team conducted workshops on strategic planning and organizational development and completed comprehensive organizational plans for three livestock associations. The SWOT analysis exercise enabled each organization to critically analyze how they function and identify gaps in program development and new opportunities to provide services. The associations were eager to implement concrete standard operating procedures, bylaws, and association

Mr. Daniel Herman observes food safety of fishery products

at Aung Zaya Fisheries in Shwebo, Burma

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goals, as foundational steps to enhancing member services, external outreach, and organizational cohesion. Daniel Miller, 9/10/2015-9/14/2015, Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region (MYA070) Host organization: Myingyan Township Livestock Association The assignment objectives were to improve caprine management practices and herd health to ultimately improve productivity and profitability and increase incomes of small ruminant producers. Dr. Miller’s training covered information on body condition scoring, reproduction, genetic selection, record keeping, and disease management. The training will enable the farmers to produce healthier goats and sell more goats. Information on Dr. Miller’s training was distributed among three local media networks. Daniel Miller, 9/15/2015-9/21/2015, Yangon (MYA087) Host organization: MLF The assignment objectives were to improve small ruminant farm management practices through an improved training manual and handbook for MLF, with the goal of improving production practices and incomes of small-scale farmers. Dr. Miller developed a training module that included information on nutrition, care for newborns, disease control, reproduction, and management. MLF will disseminate the module and training materials within its wide network. C. NEPAL

AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING Daniel Flaherty, 3/13/2015-4/4/2015, Bake Bagiya, Nepalgunj Banke District, and Taranagar, Dhangadi Kailali District Host organization: Agriculture and Food Security Project Nepal The assignment objectives were to strengthen the capacity of local service providers and district-level extension workers. Mr. Flaherty trained participants on improved goat management and provided hands-on training on the use of equipment such as the FAMACHA card, girth weight tape for goats, feeding tube, and elastrator. He particularly focused on how the FAMACHA card could be effective in field conditions to detect the parasitic load and control goat mortality. The participants will use this information to train smallholder farmers. Joseph Ritter and Michael Rechlin, 4/3/2015-4/17/2015, Hetauda Host organization: Agriculture & Forestry University (AFU) --Faculty of Forestry The assignment objective was to develop a strategy for AFU to strengthen the pedagogical skills of agriculture and natural resources faculty. In collaboration with the USAID InnoVATE program, Dr. Ritter and Dr. Rechlin conducted a stakeholder’s meeting with representatives from the Government of Nepal (GoN), AET university leaders, and NGOs to explore strategies for improving the capacity for sustainable workforce development. The volunteers also conducted a participatory workshop for faculty from agriculture and natural resource educational institutions on teaching pedagogies and transformative teaching methods. AFU faculty will apply these new teaching techniques to develop skills for sustainable management of Nepal’s agriculture and natural resources.

Joseph Ritter starts his training workshop with an ice breaker

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“This was my first time in Nepal. I was amazed at the diversity of crops able to be grown in the country due to the climates at different altitudes – everything from subtropical lychees to cool-season Brassicas. It was interesting to see that most Nepalis still seem to have close ties to agriculture life, even if it is a family-owned farm in the countryside and they mostly live in the cities.” -- Julie Longland

David Cline and David Rouse, 4/15/2015-4/25/2015, Rampur, Chitwan Host organization: AFU -- Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries The assignment objectives were to develop curriculum for the four-year Bachelor of Science in fisheries program and improve the skills and knowledge of fisheries professionals. The volunteers interviewed AFU faculty, administrators, and leaders of other organizations to discover their relationship with AFU and their expectations from the graduates. In addition, the volunteers reviewed the proposed curriculum to identify gaps. Based on the interviews and curriculum review, the volunteers offered AFU recommendations for improvement to ensure that the curriculum would meet international standards. AFU plans to incorporate these recommendations while designing and adopting new curriculum for classroom lectures and practical field work. David Cline and David Rouse, 4/26/2015-5/1/2015, Rampur, Chitwan Host organization: AFU -- Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries The assignment objective was to standardize and improve the existing course curriculum for post-graduate students within the Aquaculture and Fisheries Department of AFU. Similar to the related assignment focused on the Bachelor-level program (as described above), the volunteers interviewed key stakeholders, reviewed the current course curriculum, and presented recommendations for changes. Anil Shrestha, 7/5/2015-7/18/2015, Rampur, Chitwan District, Narayani Zone Host organization: AFU -- Agronomy Department This assignment was classified as PERSUAP Type 1 and Dr. Shrestha provided information on herbicide use, how herbicide-resistant weeds cause problems, and why it is important to use them safely. No specific herbicide for any crop was recommended. The assignment objectives were to design and develop a postgraduate (MS/PhD) curriculum in weed science, provide advice on strengthening the present laboratory in weed science, and strengthen capacity of weed scientists and academic faculties in teaching, research, and extension within the agronomy department. Dr. Shrestha addressed all the objectives but prioritized the objective related to designing the post-graduate weed science course curriculum; he developed four weed science elective courses and course descriptions to be offered in the upcoming academic year. The host is in the process of obtaining approval for these courses. Anil Shrestha, 7/19/2015-8/8/2015, Rampur, Chitwan District, Narayani Zone Host organization: Uttarpani Technical School (UTS), Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) and Tribhuvan University (TU) -- Central Campus of Technology (CCT), Dharan, Institute of Science and Technology The assignment objectives were to increase knowledge and skills of UTS and CCT faculty and students in writing technical reports/papers and grant proposals; improve the quality of technical reports, research papers, thesis/dissertations, and project work; and increase knowledge and skills in planning strategies for new business and collaboration with donor agencies and partner organizations. Dr. Shrestha covered topics such as grant writing, how to carefully read a request for proposal (RFP), and how to write impact statements. For CCT, Dr. Shrestha conducted sessions on technical writing and experimental design and data analysis using SPSS. The participants responded positively to the training; trainees stated that “they became clear with experimental design and got knowledge in science of scientific and grant writing.” Julie Longland, 8/16/2015—9/10/2015, Dhading, Chitwan, Makwanpur, Kavre and Lalitpur Host organization(s): Pesticide Entrepreneurs Association Nepal (PEAN) This assignment was classified as PERSUAP Type 1 and Ms. Longland noted several issues, including insufficient PPE, lack of understanding of toxicity and exposure issues, lack of understanding of pesticide labels, and lack of continued education after agro-vet certification. The assignment

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“This assignment was a good opportunity for me to share my experiences from working nearly 50 years in the dairy industry and to continue to bring new ideas to others around the world about how technology can make our lives more productive and rewarding. I am always impressed with the creativity shown by workers in developing countries in solving problems and how receptive they are to learning new ideas from others. The respect they show and the willingness to implement and try new things is extremely rewarding and satisfying. I learn from every new assignment and find great satisfaction from helping others become more efficient in their efforts and labors.” -- Archie Devore

objectives were to enhance the capacity of agro-vets to deliver guidance on pesticide selection and safe use to farmers and improve agro-vets’ pesticide handling and storage practices. Ms. Longland conducted trainings in four locations, focusing on a) pesticide selection and safe use practices for farmers, b) management of expired or obsolete pesticides, c) best practices to minimize the risk of exposure during the selling/handling of pesticides, d) pesticide safe handling and storage practices, and e) perspectives on practices, standards, and regulations from the U.S., EU, and internationally. These trainings strengthened the capacity of PEAN and agro-vet retailers to provide more accurate information, training, and services to farmers, and will improve their pesticide safety practices. Leonard Obaldo, 8/29/2015—9/14/2015, Farshatiker-8, Mainahiya, Rupendehi Host organization(s): Himalayan Aqua Agritech Pvt. Ltd (HAAP) The assigment objectives were to strengthen the capacity of HAAP technicians and service providers to maximize production and quality of fish feed and to develop strategies to enable HAAP to respond to the fish feed market. Dr. Obaldo provided technical assistance to Himalayan Aqua Agritech Pvt. Ltd management and technical staff in feed formulation production and marketing, covering specific topics such as aqua feed extrusion, raw materials, roles of marketing in the agribusiness system, and formulation and marketing and identified ways to strengthen their training and services for farmers. He also provided a demonstration of the Excel Feed Formulation Software and included examples of formulation and cost analysis of formulated feeds. The host will apply this information in their outreach and training for client farmers. James Faber, 9/2/2015—9/25/2015, Banke District Host organization(s): Milansar Social Entrepreneur Women Cooperative Ltd. The assignment objective was to to strengthen the host’s capacity in agri-business development. Focusing on why principles of marketing strategies are a success of any organization, Mr. Faber trained participants on: vision, mission (leadership), management, win-win negotiation, emphatic listening and synergy and provided simple examples of these topics. He also conducted practical exercises related to determining net income, sales forcasting, defining marketing strategy, developing marketing analysis, analyzing competition, SWOT analysis and executive summary writing. The host plans to use the information and materials provided by Mr. Faber to provide future trainings to farmers’ organizations. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP Archie Devore, 3/13/2015-4/4/2015, Palpa Host organization: Gautam Shree Organic and Cow Farm Private Limited The assignment objective was to train the host youth technicians, farm managers, and employees on improved farm management and record keeping. Mr. Devore observed current practices and provided hands-on training to host and farm workers on various aspects of feeding practices, sanitation, dairy herd management, and baby calf management. Daniel Miller, 4/10//2015-4/23/2015, Tulsibhangjyang, Bajre Bataskot, Syangja, Gandki zone Host organization: AP Agro Livestock Research Company Pvt. Ltd. The assignment objective was to provide goat management training to AP Agro Livestock Research Company Pvt. Ltd. youth trainers and farmers. Dr. Miller conducted training on topics related to goat breed management, nutrition, health management, and improved farming management

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practices. In addition, he conducted site visits to local smallholder farms and provided hands-on training and assistance during each visit. Dr. Miller’s technical assistance is expected to improve the body condition score and mortality of goats and increase goat sales for youth farmers. Shawon Rahman, 8/1/2015-8/21/2015, Anamnagar, Kathmandu Host organization: Youth & Small Entrepreneur Self-employment Fund (YSEF) Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal This assignment was a follow-up assignment from a strategic plan that was developed earlier this year. The assignment objectives were to train YSEF staff and district-based local volunteers on effective monitoring. Dr. Rahman reviewed YSEF existing practices, analyzed current contexts, and identified gaps in the financial, accounting, and M&E systems. In addition, Dr. Rahman developed a sample database to demonstrate how YSEF’s recordkeeping could be improved.

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Annex 3. F2F Semi-Annual and Annual Report PERSUAP Compliance Annex

I. PERSUAP Implementation Experience – F2F Assignments: Over the period covered by this report, the project has had experience in implementing the F2F PERSUAP, as reflected in the PERSUAP table below. This table lists all Type 1, 2, and relevant Type 4 volunteer SOWs that have been completed during the reporting period. Summaries of the volunteer assignment with a general description of activities with pesticides, key findings and recommendations on limitations/successes of F2F PERSUAP, and any recommendations to F2F for additional support needed to improve pest and pesticide management practices are found in the attachment summarizing volunteer assignments during the reporting period. All assignments not listed in this table are Type 3 assignments or Type 4 assignments that fall within the Type 3 category. PERSUAP Reporting Table

Assignment (Trip)

Number

Volunteer Name Country Country F2F

Project

PERSUAP Assignment

Type

Work Directly with

USAID Mission or Mission-funded Project

(Type 4) – Check for

Yes

Training Syllabus Sent to F2F AOR/

Mission Environment

al Officer (Type 1) – Check for

Yes

Training Attended

by USAID (Type 1) – Check for Yes

W-A-85a Dr. Yangming “Martin” Lo

Bangladesh AET 2 N/A N/A N/A

W-A-85b Dr. Yangming “Martin’ Lo

Bangladesh AET 2 X N/A N/A

W-A-104 Dr. Vonny Barlow

Bangladesh AET 1 X X X

W-A-78 Dianna Gillespie

Burma Rural Development

2 N/A N/A N/A

W-A-85c Dr. Yangming “Martin” Lo

Burma Rural Development

2 N/A N/A N/A

W-A-85d Dr. Yangming “Martin” Lo

Burma Rural Development

2 N/A N/A N/A

W-A-101 Julie Longland

Nepal AET 1 N/A X No

W-A-93a Anil Shrestha

Nepal AET 1 N/A X No

Counts: 8 2 3 1

Regional program, country program, or country project area assignments or SOWs in IPM and pesticide safer use: The following volunteer SOWs in IPM and pesticide safer use were undertaken for the F2F regional program, country program, or country project area as a whole. These differ from the individual assignments addressing pesticide use with specific hosts, which should be included in the table above.

1. Since several pesticide studies and reports already exist in Bangladesh, Winrock received concurrence to field a volunteer to address some of the significant pesticide safety problems in

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the country. With this in mind, Bangladesh F2F worked with the USAID Agro-Inputs Project on an assignment focused on pest management and pesticide safety. Dr. Barlow conducted training sessions in four locations, which focused on pesticide types and toxicity; safety; proper disposal; personal protective equipment use; handling, transporting, and storing pesticides; and reentry and pre-harvest intervals.

2. Diana Gillespie conducted a pesticide safety assessment in Burma to analyze the situation of pesticide use and safety, identify key findings, and provide recommendations for further study and volunteer technical assistance. Ms. Gillespie collected information for the assessment through a literature review and qualitative key information interviews with 185 stakeholders including government, researchers, pesticide importers and distributors, input dealers, smallholder farmers, and civil society. At the conclusion of the assessment, she noted that extensive training and demonstration is needed to familiarize farmers with IPM and to change behavior with regards to pesticide use.

3. Similar to the situation in Bangladesh, since several pesticide studies and reports already exist in Nepal, Winrock received concurrence to field a volunteer to address some of the significant pesticide safety problems in the country. With this in mind, Julie Longland conducted trainings in four locations of Nepal, focusing on a) pesticide selection and safe use practices to farmers, b) management of expired or obsolete pesticides, c) best practices to minimize the risk of exposure during the selling/handling of pesticides, d) pesticide safe handling and storage practices, and e) perspectives on practices, standards, and regulations from the U.S., EU, and internationally.

Needs for a PERSUAP amendment: The following needs for a PERSUAP amendment to add pesticides were identified during the reporting period. Ms. Longland recommended the following pesticides to be included in the PERSUAP. Both are registered in Nepal and alpha-cypermethrin and streptomycin sulfate have WHO toxicity classifications of II and Not Classified, respectively. The closely related chemical beta-cypermethrin is approved, but the program should consider approving alpha-cypermethrin as this would allow farmers to have access to different chemistries, which gives them more options and the ability to rotate between chemical classes, an important component of an integrated pest management approach.

• Alpha-cypermethrin • Streptomycin sulfate

II. Certifications of assignment and office compliance with PERSUAP guidelines: A. PERSUAP Compliance – F2F Assignments This certifies that all volunteers have received the F2F Environmental Brochure. For all PERSUAP Type 1, 2 and relevant Type 4 SOWs, and further certifies the following have been provided to and developed by the relevant volunteers:

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Type 1 SOWs2

Type 2 SOWs2

Provided to Volunteer

· F2F PERSUAP with Attachments A - H · SUAP briefing with F2F field staff · Implementing Partner F2F PERSUAP Questionnaire · List of any IPM practices and any tools, forms, protocols,

plans from previous volunteers · Host country list of approved pesticides

· Approved pesticide list from any other applicable PERSUAPs

· F2F PERSUAP with Attachments B, C, F, H

· SUAP briefing with F2F field staff · Implementing Partner F2F

PERSUAP Questionnaire · List of IPM practices from previous

volunteers

Developed/ Provided by Volunteer

· Syllabus for training event · Material Safety Data Sheets (filed in field office) · Any pesticides that the F2F program should be able to

recommend/use which are included on an approved list · Limitations/successes of F2F PERSUAP · Recommendations for additional support on pesticide

management practices · Recommendations/feedback on local IPM practices · Highly Toxic Pesticides (Attachment E)/poor pesticide

practices witnessed · Tools, forms, protocols, plans for implementation of

pesticide-related recommendations

· Limitations/successes of F2F PERSUAP

· Recommendations for additional support on pesticide management practices

· Recommendations/feedback on local IPM practices

B. PERSUAP Compliance – F2F Offices This certifies that all F2F staff have reviewed the F2F Environmental Brochure for staff the fiscal year and that the following have been updated and kept on file: Home Office Field Office Documents Updated and on File

· F2F Environmental

Brochure for staff · PERSUAP with

Attachments A-I · Any USAID Mission- or

sector-wide PERSUAP(s) for relevant country/sector

· F2F Environmental Brochure for staff · PERSUAP with Attachments A-I

· USAID Mission- or sector-wide PERSUAP(s) for relevant country/sector

· Host country list of approved pesticides3 · Implementing partner F2F PERSUAP Questionnaire, with any

volunteer additions · Material Safety Data Sheets for relevant pesticides4 · Tools, forms, protocols, plans developed by volunteers

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Annex 4. Success Stories Pedagogical Skills Development Training Helps Young Teachers Improve Teaching Practices at Agricultural Universities in Bangladesh Bangladeshi universities have a considerable number of young teachers. Each year, graduating students with good academic results join university faculties as a lecturer and start teaching without any formal training on basic teaching methods. As a result, these newly hired staff start their professional career without knowing anything about effective teaching methods. Despite having a strong technical background, many of them face difficulties in communicating with students and fostering successful learning in the classroom. These teachers need a range of tools and skills to create a productive learning environment where students feel comfortable and can succeed. To address this problem, several agricultural universities requested assistance from Winrock International and the USAID Asia Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program. In response, Asia F2F arranged training on ‘Strengthening Pedagogical Skills of Young Teachers’ at three Bangladeshi universities: Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU), International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), and Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU). An experienced agricultural education specialist, Dr. Dennis Eaton, conducted background research and drafted his training materials before he arrived in Bangladesh. After arrival in-country, he met with the young teachers and other university representatives to conduct a rapid assessment of the existing situation. He then finalized training materials and trained 96 teachers (including 22 female teachers) from the three universities, covering topics such as teaching methodology, grading systems, problem-based learning, syllabus and lesson planning, teaching methods, classroom management, communication styles, and methods for evaluating student performance. The volunteer conducted the training using participatory methods so the teachers could experience different examples of teaching methods first-hand. After the F2F training, young teachers have become confident and more competent in teaching effectively. The teachers now follow course syllabi and prepare lesson plans for each class lecture. One of the teachers reports, “The training was an exceptional one to me because I learned many things to teach the students in a different motivating way instead of my traditional practice. Now I’m able to deliver my class lectures in a participatory manner. I prepare lesson plans and share with the students, which helps me to make my lecture interesting to them.” – Aminur Rashid, Assistant Professor, SAU. Teachers from the other two schools report similar improvements: “The F2F training was really very essential and useful to the teachers, especially to newly recruited teachers. Using my knowledge learned from the training, I am now used to prepare lesson plans in an organized way to provide class lectures effectively.” – Md. Roman Akon, Lecturer, PSTU. “I am happy to say that the training was very fruitful for me. I learned the style of starting a class lecture and how to conclude a class. [Now] I offer relevant group work for students, to create opportunities for them to be involved actively and learn with keen interest.” – Farzana Hossain, Assistant Lecturer, IUBAT. Other agricultural universities in Bangladesh have also requested similar support from the Asia F2F Program to strengthen pedagogical skills of their young teachers. In the last two years, F2F volunteers have supported four Bangladeshi universities to improve their ability to provide agricultural education and training to the next generation of agriculturalists.

Young university teachers participate actively in Dr. Eaton’s training

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F2F Training of Trainers Strengthens Bangladeshi Service Providers BRAC Applies F2F Trainings to Improve Support to Bangladesh Dairy Farmers BRAC, a Bangladeshi NGO dedicated to the alleviation of poverty by empowering the poor, started its Artificial Insemination (AI) Enterprise in 2007 to provide AI services to dairy farmers throughout the country. BRAC AI’s 63 staff and 2,523 AI technicians work hard to provide livestock services at farmers’ door steps. However, the staff and technicians were facing a lack of skills and equipment to fully support their client farmers; for example, the staff and technicians did not know to properly trim hooves of cattle or check mastitis and milk quality. BRAC AI Enterprise was interested to improve the knowledge of its staff and technicians so that they can provide improved services to farmers and support significant improvements in the dairy sector, and thus, they asked the Asia Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program for assistance. F2F fielded two volunteers to provide training of trainers (TOT). The first volunteer, Dr. Daniel Miller, trained 29 AI staff and technicians on cattle, goat, and sheep hooves care and disease management in March 2014. After the training, staff were able to successfully trim the hooves of their bulls for the first time. Now, the whole herd at BRAC’s bull station is in good condition. BRAC purchased necessary equipment to train other AI technicians and provide hoof care services to the farmers. After the F2F training, one participant stated “Now we are confident in trimming the hooves of our cattle and are teaching others how to trim the hooves.” A second volunteer, Dr. Kasim Ingawa, provided TOT to 139 staff and technicians on good practices in dairy cattle rearing, management, and disease control measures in October 2014. After the training, BRAC AI organized 34 training workshops for 1,025 AI technicians to disseminate improved cattle rearing techniques, including methods for detecting mastitis using the California Mastitis Test (CMT) kit introduced in the F2F training. BRAC plans to train another 1,498 AI technicians by mid-2016. As an important initiative, BRAC AI purchased 3,000 sets of CMT kits plus 3,000 bottles of concentrated CMT chemicals and is now

providing the kits to their technicians at a 50% discount rate. Using these kits with their farmer clients will provide another source of earning for AI technicians. BRAC AI staff and technicians disseminated tips on improved dairy and calf/heifer rearing practices and provided improved services to 30,000 farmers from June 2014 to September 2015. BRAC AI also incorporated the F2F volunteers’ training information on hoof trimming and improved dairy cattle rearing techniques into a three-month AI technicians training course. The NGO has also newly introduced a one-month para-veterinary training course incorporating the new knowledge and training materials received from F2F volunteers, and has already trained 30 livestock health workers using these materials. BRAC intends to train another 70 workers by mid-2016. Mr. A Q M Shafiqur Rouf, Deputy General Manager, BRAC AI Enterprise reports, “[For the] first time in my life, we are introducing mastitis diagnosis by test kits. It is a very easy solution of a complex problem. Our dairy farmers will be highly benefitted from it. Now, BRAC AI staff know how to trim hooves of cattle and goats properly; we are the pioneer in this country to provide this service to the farmer!”

Dr. Ingawa demonstrates how to correctly hold the paddle of a CMT kit to check mastitis disease in cows

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Farmers collectively selling onions at an onion wholesale center in January 2015

Improving Organic Farming Practices for Onion Farmers in Burma Onion farmers in Seikphyu Township, about an hour southwest of Bagan, have been practicing improved organic farming techniques after attending USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteer training. Prior to F2F support, farmers had not received adequate information about organic farming practices and thus were not interested in growing organic crops. After an initial volunteer assignment with F2F volunteer Howard Prussack in December 2012, the onion farmers improved skills and increased knowledge of organic production and certification. Inspired by the training, 80 farmers and brokers formed the Onion Growers and Brokers Association and initiated collective marketing and sales. They are now able to forgo an additional 2% charge to brokers since they started to sell their crops directly at the onion wholesale market in Seikphyu Township, Magwe Region of Burma. The association members share information regarding organic farming and work to promote organic farming in their communities. To increase awareness of the benefits of organic production and to showcase the qualities of different Myanmar onion varieties, the association started an onion competition, following Prussack’s recommendations. The most recent competition, in April 2014, awarded prizes to four farmers, including U Win Myint, secretary of the association. “I am very proud of this award because we did not have a competition like this before,” he exclaimed. In January 2015, in response to the association’s request for additional assistance, F2F volunteer Charles Mitchell provided hands-on training to association members on how to make organic fertilizers and pesticides. Fifty-three farmers attended the training, 18 of whom are community youth leaders from 18 different villages in Seikphyu Township. These youth leaders attended the F2F training as part of their commitment to providing awareness trainings on sustainable agriculture practices in their villages. One of the community youth leaders, Ma Zin Mar Win, notes, “Farmer-to-Farmer’s hands-on training for making organic fertilizers and pesticides is very useful, not only for farmers but also for our youth community as well. It fulfilled the knowledge gap of organic farming and improved the linkage between farmers and agriculture extension services.” Two months after Mitchell’s assignment, the youth leaders replicated the organic fertilizer training with 40 other farmers in their villages, in cooperation with the Onion Growers and Brokers Association and the Kabar Thit organic agriculture group in Magwe. As a result of Mitchell’s training, 14 farmers are making Effective Microorganisms (EM) by themselves and applying it on onions, as well as cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, and other crops. The farmers report that when they use EM on their farms in place of chemicals, they can reduce 25% of their fertilizer and pesticide costs. As they prepare for the upcoming harvest, the farmers are confident that they will see an increase in their income through the use of the low-cost, organic fertilizers and increased production of high quality onions through improved organic farming practices that they learned from the F2F volunteers.

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Building the Capacity of Technicians and Informal Agriculture Education and Training Providers in Nepal Mushroom Specialist Replicates F2F Training with Hundreds of Nepali Farmers After retiring as a junior technician with the Government of Nepal, Mr. Phan N. Dhakal established Lumbini Agriculture Enterprise and Mushroom Technology Center in Butwal sub-metropolitan city. Though his business experienced success in selling kanyam mushroom spawn, Mr. Dhakal was keen to make improvements and expand his business. He heard about shiitake mushroom spawn training hosted by the Department of Industrial Entomology Division (DOIED) and conducted by the Asia Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program and, eager to learn more, used his own funds to participate. Volunteer Henry Van Cotter trained Mr. Dhakal and 46 other assignment participants on topics such as laboratory procedures and improvements to maximize efficiency, reduce contamination, and increase the quality of spawn production, as well as specific demonstrations on production of shiitake spawn. This assignment was designed to strengthen linkages between the government’s mushroom research and extension and private sector mushroom spawn producers. Dr. Van Cotter, Mr. Dhakal, and other trainees visited four private sector spawn producers in Kathmandu and Lalitpur during the training. Dr. Van

Cottter offered tips and suggestions for each owner on ways to increase the quality of mushroom spawn. This was great learning for Mr. Dhakal and resulted in tangible recommendations on how to improve his laboratory to produce higher quality spawn. At the end of his trip, Dr. Van Cotter concluded, “Many of the ideas and techniques presented will likely be put into use by the private sector in support of an expanding shiitake spawn and mushroom production industry in Nepal.” A year later, F2F staff observe that the private sector is taking up this mandate. Prior to participation in the F2F training, Mr. Dhakal’s mushroom lab experienced contamination on 80% of spawn. After the training, the contamination has been reduced to 20%. Mr. Dhakal is also now able to produce tissue culture and prepare mushroom spawn in his own lab. Committed to helping others, he started training representatives of farmers’ cooperatives and individual farmers on mushroom production and spawn production technology. Since August 2014, he has trained 500 farmers on these topics. In addition, another private mushroom spawn producer started producing shiitake mushrooms on a commercial scale, using the techniques introduced by Dr. Van Cotter.

Mr. Dhakal shows a tissue culture plate that he prepared at his own lab after F2F training

Dr. Van Cotter demonstrates tissue culture processing to Mr. Dhakal and other trainees