NAFAKA Project NAFAKA – Expansion to The Southern Highland Regions ( Iringa & Mbeya) 8 th July, 2015.

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

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