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, Agrodealers, 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.
ii.
iii.
iv.
•
Farmer associations/ cooperatives, irrigators associations
Buyers/traders,
Processors, millers
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
Ite
m
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 Credit
Utilize 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 & Mbeya
No Location
.
1. University of
Iringa
Location Grant Purchase
2.
Mbeya
3.
4.
5.
Khebhandza
Marketing Co.
Ltd.
Kilawa
Enterprises
Mtenda Kyela
Rice Supply
Co. Ltd
Raphael
Group Ltd.
Iringa
Mbeya
Mbeya
Mbeya
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Enhance access to credit by 770 small holder
Strengthening 3 SACCOs
20AMCOs
Enhance market access for 1,000 small holders
in Mbozi and Mbeya
 Facilitate the supply of farm inputs to 1,440
maize farmers in Mbeya, Mbozi and Rungwe
 Facilitate the supply of farm inputs to 1,290
farmers in Mbozi and Mbarali District
 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 & Kilolo
1)
2)
3)
4)
KK Super Sembe - Maize
DC Inter-Trade - Maize
FK Super Sembe - Maize
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
FERTILIZER COMPANIES
AGRO CHEMICALS CO
SUPPLY CP
HUB AGRODEALERS
AR - NAFAKA
IFDC
Local agro-dealers
VBAAS
Associations
Youth Service Provide
Farmer groups
AR-NAFAKA FIPS
NAFAKA –
MVIWATA,
CRS,
Small Holder farmers
RUDI
Technology dissemination Approach
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
Village 1
Village 2
Village 4
Village 3
Mother Demos
• Agro-dealers
• VBAAs
• Associations
• AMCOS
• SACCOS
Baby Demos
(small packs)
• Individual
farmers (100 g
Packs)
Crop systems in the expansion area
Region
District
Cropping Systems
Mbeya
Mbozi
Maize, Bean,
G/nuts, Soybean
monocrops
Mbeya rural
Maize, Bean,
G/nuts, Soybean
monocrops
Mbarali
Maize, Beans
monocrops
Maize – Beans
intercrop
SoyBean
Mono
Rice
SoyBean
Mono
Maize – Beans
intercrop
Rice
Crop systems in the expansion area
Region
District
Cropping Systems
Iringa
Kilolo
Maize, Bean,
Soybean
monocrops
Iringa rural
Maize monocrop
Maize – Beans
intercrop
SoyBean
Mono
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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