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| Mrs. Mastaki exchanging her observation during the last field day on May 30, 2015 |
As part of SARD-SC's contribution to farmers in achieving its goals and objectives, we share a testimonial from Mrs. Badesire Mastaki who is a farmer in the site
of Miti and also a member of the Association called APSKA, which was invited to
attend a field day organized by the SARD-SC Project IITA in February 2015.
Attracted by the Intercropping culture system,
she went to apply the system at home. She says: "I had cultivated 1.2
hectares of cassava in pure culture with all that this includes as maintenance
work in the first months. When I participated in the field day, I understood that
it was possible to capitalize on the space between two rows of cassava. I had
already planted with spacings of 1m x 1m. After weeding, I added 2 bean rows
between 2 cassava lines".
She had already received training on
good cassava cultural practices. Hence she was able to take care of the cassava
in mono-cropping. She added by saying, "this association has significantly
reduced the number of weeding while the bean was cultivated. I just collected
846kg of beans that I never had and which I will use to buy myself a motorcycle
and give to my son (19 years) to earn some money during the holidays in order to
pay fees enrollment for himself and his four brothers. "
Note that a motorcycle assigned to public
transportation daily pays $ 8-10 / day. This boy is going to work for 3 months
and will generate about $ 700-900 during this period. This is enough for meeting the education needs
of 5 children in public schools in the village. "Another part will be used
to purchase a few ruminants for breeding," she added.
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