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farmers field day, national television, radio, newspapers and leaflets for wide
sharing and dissemination. Project successes have been regularly documented
on the web through the online diary http://chololoecovillage.wordpress.com/.
8. Risks and Challenges
The project identified the following risks and challenges:
Studies to establish the status of the existing Chololo water supply have
discovered a critical risk to the project that would be caused by the total
failure of the existing worn out borehole pump and engine. This concern has
prompted the project to explore options of replacement of borehole equipment
using renewable energy sources, e.g. solar / wind which will cost about
16,000. The existing project budget does not provide for this activity.
Scarcity of village reserve land for afforestation as some land has been used
for agriculture. The project plans to review land use and relocate afforestation
to non agricultural land.
There is insufficient funding in the budget for completion of the Ecovillage
Centre due to the need to enlarge the design to encompass a replacement for
the village leadership office, which was destroyed by heavy rain. Dodoma
Municipal Council has earmarked Tsh 20m (952.4) but realistically this will not
become available until the end of 2012. The project is considering reallocation
of some of the savings (5,000) made through the procurement of project
vehicles to complete roofing. The proposed DMC contribution might then be
used for finishing, equipment and fittings.
Project launched in Oct 2011, compressing timescale for deployment of rain
dependent interventions. The project responded by prioritising key rain
dependent activities and adjusting work plan schedules to ensure the
community captured maximum benefit from the rain season.
The project did not consider installation of meteorological station at Chololo
ecovillage and therefore this activity was not budgeted. It has been noted that
rainfall vary within Dodoma and data from meteorological station at Dodoma
airport cannot be similar to Chololo ecovillage. The project is requesting on
reallocation of same savings ( 2,000) made from purchase of vehicles to
purchase and install same meteorological equipment at Chololo ecovillage.
9. Conclusion
In general, the project is on track to achieve the desired results and indeed
considerable contributions have been made. For instance, during the reporting
period, food security has improved for many households, and incomes have been
increased among participating farmers. The success of the project is highly
appreciated by farming communities because during 2011/2012 cropping season
farmers experienced a prolonged dry spell which lasted for 42 days resulting in
major loss of maize crops while introduced drought tolerant crops were not
affected.
Name of the contact person for the Action: Dr. Francis Bernard Njau
Signature:
Location: IRDP DODOMA TANZANIA
Date report due: 26th June, 2012