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“I thank TIST management for bringing the payment of vouchers closer to our homes in a walking distance. It was always expensive moving longer distances which incurred a lot of costs. Now that the service iscloser, we hope that the coordination of TIST will be easy with the hope of more new farmers joining the programme. We expect our Cluster leaders to always give us reports on our Cluster and groups performance, not always waiting for the TIST office. We request more farmers to form more groups so that more money is allocated to our District. It’s what you saw that you ripe My TIS trai pro clim As
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• Coordinating and linking farmers and quantifiers for tree counting
• Reporting about farmers and their trees performance to the Office
• As a nursery operator, I have been able to train farmers in tree nursery establishment and management. Other trainers are experts in other fields, so they do training in health issues, nutrition, conservation farming and construction of energy saving stoves.
• We have carried out demonstration /exchange visits to learn some TIST best practices. These are mostly Conservation farming and energy saving stoves.
• We have rotational leadership during our meeting. This has given each trainer a chance to be a leader. It gives us confidence during their work.
• We also identify new farmers and groups, and present them to TIST administration for follow up. TIST farmers buy tree seedlings from my nursery beds and this is a source of income for my family. I was given the opportunity to work with the TIST expansion team to sensitize farmers in Northern Uganda. I don’t regret being a TIST trainer because I have benefited a lot from TIST, that why I am proud of this work. T TIS bee clim pot 15c dire reta Con yie Green TIST M ST Ugand en able m mate chan tholes tha cmdeep a ectly plan ained an nservatio lds conse n Team a ITIGAT CONSE da is one mitigate nge throu at are app and spac nted along nd staple n Farmin erving soi after thei TES CLI ERVATI of the m ugh CF. T proximate ce holes g with so e crops ng has be ils and wa r trainin District IMATE C ION FAR most succ This meth ely 15cm at least me organ are rot een a prom ater resou ng meetin t CHANG RMING cessful pr hod invol m wide an 75cm of nic manur tated and mising m urces. ng in Ruk GE THRO (CF). ogramme lves the d nd 35cm f apart. re. Crop r d/or inte means of kungiri OUGH es that ha digging o long in Seeds ar resides ar ercropped increasin as of a re re d. ng 7 CF is a farming system that has been practiced by more than 4 million farmers for more than 10 years and has proved to increase food security in an environmentally sustainable way.
In relation to the fertility of the soils, CF increases the fixation of carbon in the soils and this has an impact on the greenhouse effect. CF fields can act as a sink of carbon and reduce emissions in the atmosphere. CF is more effective in terms of soil conservation, yield stabilization, reduces machinery use, and lowers the cost compared to other tillage systems. TIST farmers have noticed a positive influence on crop yields, soil fertilization, soil fertility and erosion. TIST farmers are proud to inform you that smallholder farms using conservation practice have contributed mitigation against climate change. Nevertheless, the system increases the household food security and economic and social wellbeing.