Technical Progress Report (Second Quarter)
During the B2024-2025 season, the organization Groupe d’Actions SOCIO-Agro- Pastorales (GASAP), in partnership with CIAT, is carrying out this basic seed multiplication project with the aim of supporting 250 women in the Territory of Kabare and 250 others in the Territory of Kalehe by granting them small packages for bean cultivation with a view to their self- sufficiency. To this end, GASAP has rented a field to sow 2 hectares of HM21-7 beans in the Bwengehera site, in Kabare territory, with a view to multiplying the Bio-fortified seeds to be made available to its beneficiaries after the training course it will be organizing for them in July 2025. The various activities organized by the GASAP organization as part of this project began in January with the search for the field to be leased. After contacting the local authorities and seed beneficiaries in the two territories of Kabare and Kalehe, the project was explained to them with a view to ensuring ownership, and mobilizing the workforce for the start-up of activities in the B crop season. At the end of January, work began on clearing the fields, monitoring activities, and carrying out the first and second plowing. In mid-March, we sowed the first hectare, while the second was sown on 4/4/2025 due to the war troubles in the area and the non-availability of agricultural inputs within the planned timeframe. Following the increase in rainfall and the appearance of weeds, we carried out the first weeding in March, followed by the second weeding in April for savings. Harvesting took place in June. At present, we are sorting to prepare for the distribution of the small packages, which will be preceded by the capacity-building stage.