“In Zanzibar and Pemba alone, IFAD’s support through the Agricultural Sector Development Programme has assisted more than 35,000 farmers, 62 per cent of whom were women,” said Nadine Gbossa, Head of the IFAD Regional Office in Nairobi. “This programme has concentrated on agricultural extension activities, adopting the innovative Farmer Field Schools approach. The Government has adopted this approach as part of its policies and strategies, and is now integrating it in its programmes.
“Kwa upande wa Unguja na Pemba peke yake, msaada wa IFAD kupitia Programu ya Maendeleo ya Sekta ya Kilimo umesaidia zaidi ya wakulima 35,000, ambapo asilimia 62 ni wanawake,” alisema Nadine Gbossa, Mkuu wa Ofisi ya Kanda ya IFAD ya Nairobi. “Programu hii inaweka mkazo katika shughuli za ugani, kwa kutumia njia ya ubunifu ya Farmer Field School. Serikali imechukua njia hii kama sehemu ya sera na mikakati yake, na sasa inaiingiza katika programu zake.