Agriculture Training

Did you know....
Food For His Children is so much more than goats!

Meet Mohamed Marusu.  He is a resident Tanzanian who has been in leadership with FFHC since 2008 as Agriculture Specialist.   As a community development organization, our focus is on improving the whole community by enlisting local residents.  In addition to dairy goats we also support families through veterinary and agriculture training.  Our goal is for families to be able to fully provide for themselves apart from assistance.   Marusu is well versed in modern agricultural practices and conducts trainings for residents so they can learn ways to improve crop production.  In this rural society families live off the land, that is they eat what they are able to grow.  Frequent droughts have made growing crops more difficult.  When this happens families have to purchase high priced foods from the market.  For widows, the elderly, disabled, or orphaned earning the equivalent of a few dollars a day this poses a great hardship.  The dairy goats provide needed nutrition in the form of milk and the agriculture trainings will help their farming more effective.  Strategies being implemented are land contouring and fertilizing with goat manure.

In March 2012 Marusu led trainings for each of the 10 villages FFHC serves.
In the village of Karatu land contouring was demonstrated.  Contouring the land reduced erosion and improves crop production.  This contour was constructed on the grounds of our of our church partners.  Elephant grass was then planted.  The grass is a hearty plant that is food for the dairy goats.  By working together, the information the people learned at the training will enable them to improve their farming practices at their home farms.     

In addition to contouring demonstrations the villages were also given seeds to plant.  45 families were in need of seeds and were able to begin planting.  We pray for plentiful rains and a bountiful harvest this year.