07mv-4998 - Strengthening of commercial capacities of agricultural producers in Tanzania
The project’s overall aim is to improve marketing conditions for agricultural products in Tanzania to increase and secure farmers income. Its specific aim is to improve the “physical markets” conditions of farmers in 6 areas and to improve the general marketing conditions of farmers in Tanzania. The six main activities are the following: (i) Capitalisation and dissemination of the RMDP experience (ii) Strengthening of the four existing market management structures (iii) Creation of two new markets in other regions (infrastructures and management) (iv) Technical support to producers groups around the 4 existing markets (v) Development of a resource centre for farmers (marketing information system, commodity chain surveys) (vi) Promotion of Tanzanian farmers interests at national level The main expected results of the project are the following: (i) Mviwata’s experience on the development and management of half bulk rural markets benefits to a significant amount of farmers and rural organisations; (ii) Kibaigwa, Nyandira, Tawa and Tandai Market Boards have developed the required skills for good management of those markets. They provide relevant services that attract each year more producers & traders. They are financially and technically autonomous at the end of the project; (iii) Two new half-bulk rural markets for agricultural products are created in two other regions of Tanzania with Mviwata’s local networks involvement. They are managed by local structures comprising markets stakeholders representatives; they are legally registered and work under a contract with local governments; (iv) Several farmers’ groups are built up in Morogoro and Dodoma regions and sell their products at a good price on markets, having established sustainable links (contracts, agreements …) with traders. Their commercial capabilities have improved; (v) A relevant and useful resource centre is operating within Mviwata ; it is linked to the « Tanzanian Agricultural Commodity Exchange » and disseminates market information daily to the markets; (vi) Mviwata contributes to the promotion of Tanzanian agricultural products and takes part in the definition of marketing national rules for these products;