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NAFAKA Project
NAFAKA – Expansion to The Southern Highland Regions
(Iringa & Mbeya)8th July, 2015
Key Activities:
The main activities are aligned to Feed the Future development aspects;
i) Address poverty reduction and food security
ii) Promote increased income for address and reduced hunger and nutrition
Engagement of private sectors and facilitate improved domestic and regional trade;
iii) Support inclusion of the women and youth engagement in the value chain in the rice and maize sub-sector
iv) Support rural household (vulnerable communities) engagement in the value chains to enhance nutrition and improved consumption of a quality diet.
Productivity Component : Key activities;
The key activities under NAFAKA Component 1 and and centered
on intermediate results(IR1) are;
1. GAP demonstration plots establishment & management
2. TOT training for Village based Extension Agents: VBAAs, Agro-
dealers, Lead Farmers
3. Strengthening the commercial capacity of hub- Agro-dealers to
manage network of VBAAs, associations as sales agents
4. Supporting Quality declared Seeds production in collaboration
with TOSCI and District Councils
Main Activities….
• Agro dealer, VBAAs association building
• Water management and irrigation technologies improvement
Trade and Marketing Component Activities
• Formation of Associations
• Training of Associations
• Improving Association Services
• Lobbying for Associations
The Approach of Markets and Trade
The approach is responds to the key activities implemented;
1. Improved Market Efficiency;• Engagement of all key players in the value chain including
the private sector key players; i. Farmer associations/ cooperatives, irrigators associations
ii. Buyers/traders,
iii. Processors, millers
iv. Services; banks, MFIs, transporters and business devp services providers.
• Facilitate maize sales to NFRA in collaboration with WFP/P4P
Rural Finance, BDS Affordable Finance
2. Improved Access to Business Development and Affordable Financial and Risk Mgt.• Economies of scale access to inputs (small holder farmers
loans) e.g. OTL tight contracts among input suppliers/producers
• agribusiness enterprises (SMEs) business plans and guarantee funds – PASS/CRDB engagement
• Facilitate cereal banking (Association and SACCOs) • Iringa University will promote SACCOs and AMCOs
New Target Areas and Reason
Item
Target/Area Reason for Section
1. Private Enterprice Mabalali
Practices post-harvest storage and commodity trading
2 SACCOs in Mbalali Practices crop banking for farmers and PHHS
3 Inter- Trade (Millers)Iringa(R) and Kilolo
Promote collective storage/markets for individual farmer/farmer org. (AMCOs)
4 Pawaga AMCOs/SACCOs
Collective marketing, Access to CreditUtilize MIVARF, other partners’ efforts
5 Private Enterp(Miller)Makambako - Njombe
Has 4 warehouses which can be used in PHH training
6 TANCON Promote Maize and Rice Exports; Kenya, Zanzibar, Congo)
NAFAKA Operations in Iringa & MbeyaNo.
Location Location Grant Purchase
1. University of Iringa
Iringa Enhance access to credit by 770 small holder Strengthening 3 SACCOs 20AMCOs
2. Khebhandza Marketing Co. Ltd.
Mbeya Enhance market access for 1,000 small holders in Mbozi and Mbeya
3. Kilawa Enterprises
Mbeya Facilitate the supply of farm inputs to 1,440 maize farmers in Mbeya, Mbozi and Rungwe
4. Mtenda Kyela Rice Supply Co. Ltd
Mbeya Facilitate the supply of farm inputs to 1,290 farmers in Mbozi and Mbarali District
5. Raphael Group Ltd.
Mbeya Enhance rice productivity and market access for 1,025 farmers in Mbozi and
Current Work through Iringa University
• The Grant of 324,000,000 TZS ($177,000) granted by NAFAKA (USAID FtF)
• This grant will fund• 3 new SACCOS• Work on 20 new AMCOS• To increase outreach from 3000 to 3770 SACCOs members• Capacity building of 23 SACCOs and 20 AMCOS
Other Issues to integrate will be; Increase productivity and trade Increase quality of maize and rice for nutrition Integrate gender (women and youth) in the value chain
Iringa - Agricultural Households (NBS 2008)
NAFAKA targets the potentials for maize and rice;
The Rice production areas;• Iringa Rural – Pawaga
and • Idodi (near RUAHA
National Parks) Potential maize areas;• Mufindi district• Kilolo district • Neighbor region (Njombe)
NB: The map before split of Iringa into two regions : Iringa and Njombe
Potential Areas in Iringa Region for Paddy
The focus will be; • Work with Millers/traders of maize
and rice• The recent scoping surveys
identified Millers /Traders working in Iringa Rural & Kilolo1) KK Super Sembe - Maize
2) DC Inter-Trade - Maize
3) FK Super Sembe - Maize
4) Itunundu AMCOS – Pawaga Rice area.
NB: The green area in Iringa Rural is Paddy Farming Area.
Mbeya Potential Areas
Focus of Activities During 2015
To scale up trade and market efficiency;
• Support Private sectors actors to link with producers Mbeya rice
and maize producers; 3 processors in Southern Highlands will
engage with 3,315 (1000+1025 1290) small holders producers
of maize and rice
• One input supplier enterprise in Mbeya will link with 1240 for
extension and proving access to inputs
• Coop organizations AMCOs/SACCOs capacity enhancements
to provide PHHS/Milling and credit
Scale-up GAP training & Input supply Interventions
• Through IFDC, promote input supply for investment of key
technologies and inputs for 200 demonstration plots in Iringa and
Mbeya.
• Adoption of GAP; IFDC will identify key agro-dealers to strengthen
their linkages to farmer groups/AMCOS
associations, Irrigators Ass.
• IFDC structures and provide trainings, support to build the distribution
channel partners for inputs.
• VBAA-Agro-dealers Associations Training – will target Mbeya rural,
Mbozi, Mbarali and rungwe districts
IDENTIFIED HUB AGRO-DEALERS IN MBEYA REGION
IDENTIFIED HUB AGRO-DEALERS IN IRINGA REGION
Local Agro-dealer’s Networks of Hub- Agro-dealers
Wholesaler Sales Agent Grants
Facilitating a Inputs Linkage process
SEED COMPANIES
Small Holder farmers
Local agro-dealers
HUB AGRODEALERS
VBAAS
Associations Farmer groups
FERTILIZER COMPANIES AGRO CHEMICALS CO SUPPLY CP
AR - NAFAKA
IFDC
NAFAKA – MVIWATA,
CRS,
RUDI
AR-NAFAKA - FIPS
Youth Service Provide
Technology dissemination Approach
Village 1
Village 4Village 2
Village 3
Mother Demos• Present a range of varieties/ treatments in prominent places within village
Baby Demos/ Farmer Learning Plots• Allow each farmer to test technology on own land• Avoid exclusive nature of group/ lead farmer approaches• Include the poorest, women &marginalised
Mother Demos• Agro-dealers• VBAAs• Associations• AMCOS• SACCOS
Baby Demos (small packs)
• Individual farmers (100 g Packs)
Crop systems in the expansion areaRegion District Cropping Systems
Mbeya Mbozi Maize, Bean, G/nuts, Soybean monocrops
Maize – Beans intercrop
Soy-Bean Mono
Rice
Mbeya rural Maize, Bean, G/nuts, Soybean monocrops
Soy-Bean Mono
Mbarali Maize, Beans monocrops
Maize – Beans intercrop
Rice
Crop systems in the expansion area
Region District Cropping Systems
Iringa Kilolo Maize, Bean, Soybean monocrops
Maize – Beans intercrop
Soy-Bean Mono
Iringa rural Maize monocrop Rice
Action Plan for start up activities
• Hold inception Meeting on 6th May 2015
• Set up plan for 3 months(May – July 2015)
• Implementing Partners(RUDI, MVIWATA, FIPS, IFDC) to
participate in drafting action plan
• Hold inception meetings with S/holders in Mbeya and Iringa
• Familiarization Meeting with all partners
• Share Action Plan(ref.MoU)
Challenges
Operational Issues• Limited NAFAKA field staff• Limited scope of activities in Mbeya and Iringa
Farmers/ field Challenges• Water control and management• Soil salinity in lowland irrigated rice areas• Degrading soils• Harvesting & Post harvest handling• Association development• Unorganized and fragmented markets
Presence of Other partners
Universities/Research institutes; MUST,ARI-UYOLE
NGOs: Iringa University HOPE Iringa, connects 40 SACCOs,
facilitated registration of 23 SACCOs and 22 AMCOs, Bill Clinton
foundation
Women groups in Chimala e.g. UKIWAUMBA
Youth programs/groups: Engagement in Extension in Pawaga –
includes vegetable gardens.
Enterprises; Input dealers and processors, Private sector – YARA
presence in the South; Ilowo.
District Councils: Mbozi, Mbarali rural, Mbeya, Kilolo, Iringa rural
Way forward
• Engagement of IFDC: hub- Agro-dealers to facilitate
GAP training, input access and produce marketing
• Engagement of private buyers /millers will increase
access to markets and trade, facilitate GAP training
• Engagement with MUST for PHH technologies
• Engagement with CRS and ARI –Uyole for SILC groups
scaling vegetable component
• Engagement of MVIWATA for association development,
GAP training facilitation
MWISHOTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING