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To address the foregoing constraints, MVIWATA, the network of farmers organisations in Tanzania, successfully secured a competitive grant of USD 2.5 million from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) seventh call for proposals for producer organization-led projects. The objective of the Producer Organisation (PO)-led financing track is to provide funding to entities traditionally unable to access finance for catalytic investments in agriculture and food security.
Project Objectives
The Bank’s Boards of Directors subsequently approved the project Improvement of Food Systems Supply Services in Rural Tanzania in Adaptation to COVID-19 –“Baridi Sokoni” in October y 2023.The project’s development objective is to increase smallholder farmers’ horticultural production and marketing in the context of the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Specific objectives that will lead to the achievement of this development objective are to (i) increase adoption rates of sustainable agricultural technologies and practices, mainly through agroecological approaches; (ii) enhance value addition and marketing of horticultural crops grown by smallholder farmers, particularly women and youth; and (iii) increase access to reliable and profitable markets. The project supports farmers on nine (9) value chains, namely,i) cloves,ii) green peas,iii) tomatoes,iv) garlic,v) beans,vi) potato,vii) cinnamon,viii) ginger, andix) black pepper.
Beneficiaries
The project aims to increase smallholder farmers’ horticultural production and marketing in the context of negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The additional primary beneficiaries would be 10,000 smallholder producers from the PO and local network organizations, of which 55% will be women, and 30% will be youth. Of the target, 7,500 will be potato producers in four districts in the Njombe Region and 2,500 will be ginger producers in Same district in the Kilimanjaro Region. Secondary beneficiaries would include at least 10 rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), 2 local business development service providers, and at least 100,000 urban and sub-urban consumers as tertiary beneficiaries. The project is targeted towards women (55%) with female heads of households identified through mapping and surveys. In particular, the project would support women-owned enterprises in business incubation, production and potato processing hubs, savings and credit groups, girls’ clubs, and legal services for gender-based violence. Equally important, the project will address climate resilience through agro-ecological approaches including climate smart agriculture, adoption of low-water-use varieties, micro-irrigation, and agroforestry at farm and landscape levels. Nutrition will be addressed through increased production and productivity, crop diversification and income generation activities. |
