Hareri-Adle village, Bal’ad District, 10 November 2024
ACCESS with support from Nuros9 facilitated a large practical demonstration for 80 women and men farmers from six riverine and rain-fed communities, showing how resilience design can be applied directly on cassava farms.
The demonstration linked classroom knowledge to practical construction and planting. Farmers worked in four groups, supported by participants who had previously completed training-of-trainers sessions. Together they built one bioswale, three planting beds and two half-moon structures using locally available tools and materials.
Participants practiced soil enrichment with manure, plant residues, ash and other organic inputs, and learned how mulch can conserve moisture and protect soil. Intercropping cassava with legumes, vegetables and fruit crops was demonstrated as a way to improve biodiversity, reduce pest pressure and diversify production. The event also addressed planting, spacing, crop maintenance and market opportunities.
The field day gave farmers visible, low-cost techniques they could reproduce on their own land, helping turn regenerative agriculture from an idea into everyday practice.