Innovations

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Innovations

• Msinga - Mkhphula

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1. Sorghum bird protection

• Burn mixture of trees Msuzwane, Tyre, Melethned
  every three days smoke goes in sorghum and
  sticks to grain, so birds wont eat them
• New? Did not hear it before
• Remark environmental risk?
• Mr. Dlame

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2. Home garden HIV-infection

• Woman build a small home garden in a river bed,
  protected by thorn trees against goats/cows. Her
  11-year old boy helps her in the garden.
• New? Community garden too far so she took
  initiative herself (only example I saw)
• 26 year old woman

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3. Funeral donation

• In one area, collect 5 R and bread per household
  to give to affected household (up to 600 R)
• New? Before saving scheme (10 R per hh to bank
  account for hh and two relatives up to 1000 R
  for hh, 600 for relatives). But not possible to
  maintain (why?).
• Interesting various donation/saving schemes
• Mkhuphula Nhlungwane

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4.Stock-theft protection

• People buy/sell a goat/cow with ID in presence of
  witness (neighbours) anyone walking around with
  goat/cow can be asked where they bought it.
• New? Did not exist in area or neighbouring areas
  before Induna had to ask Inkosi for permission
  to introduce system.
• Msinga Mkhuphula

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5. Farmer Life School

• Stakeholders in health and agriculture get
  together to improve food security and well-being
  among HIV/AIDS affected households via farmer
  learning groups (incl. focus on innovation)
• New? Builds on experiences with FFS in Africa
  and experience with FLS in Asia (focus on
  innovation in combination with HIV/AIDS seems
  new.
• Msinga partnership between FSG, Sinozwelo
  d.i.c., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and three
  support groups