Foundation for Development Organization (FODEO) is implementing the Boresha Kilimo project in three wards of Busega district which is funded by The Foundation for Civil Society (FCS). Aims to improve agricultural service delivery; enhance smallholder farmers' participation in agricultural plans and budgeting process; increase allocation budget and transparency and accountability in the use of public resources in agricultural sectors. Planned to be achieved by implementing integrated agriculture plans that are well-coordinated to ensure that burdens related to agriculture issues are lessened, sustained, developed and managed to improve productivity.

Project empowers smallholder farmers through a social accountability monitoring approach to enhance beneficiaries' demand for agriculture service improvement.  This program involves Social Accountability Monitoring - SAM team activities for community mobilization and sustainable agricultural production. Sustainable agriculture management and development requires beneficiaries to participate in well-coordinated integrated agriculture plans. During implementation, various agricultural stakeholders included district level and Local Government Authority, councilors, agricultural input sellers, agricultural product buyers and the cotton board. The engagement of different stakeholder groups aimed to bring together different decision makers to change perceptions. Will be done through improvement of service delivery and an increase in the budget to support extension services. Now there are some positive stories from smallholder farmers who are thankful for the Boresha Kilimo project implementation in their area. This project is funded by FCS Tanzania

Goal

To improve social service delivery to agricultural resources to increase productivity in Busega district through Social Accountability Monitoring approach.

Specific Goals

1. To promote the capacity of farmers in Busega district to speak as one voice to demand participatory in agricultural plans and budgeting.
2. To hold farmers accountability for the improvement of productivity according to Government guideline
3. To enhance accountability among community and their leaders to improve service delivery in agricultural sector

Expected Results

1. Increasing efforts to enhance the provision of extension services to farmers including various discussions and putting in place measures that enhance extension activities.
2. Ensure that various stakeholders including input sellers, crop buyers, civil society organizations, CBOs, FBOs, farmer groups and AMCOs are involved in initiatives to improve extension needs.
3. Strength and intensify efforts in ensuring that the allocated agricultural budget reaches farmers as much as it is
4. Ensure that different stakeholders are involved in ensuring that the agricultural budget is implemented as planned and is transparent to every stakeholder and discussions are held so that if there are budget shortcomings stakeholders can provide advice and achieve and if there are success strategies put in place to improve.
5. Community involvement in budgetary processes to enable farmers to have the opportunity to express their expectations in agriculture and put in place a joint plan that enhances farmer participation.
6. Ensure farmer`s forums that discuss successes and further improvements and challenges to put in place a strategy to ensure they are improved.

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