Tanzania

AGA KHAN FOUNDATION

Aga Khan Foundation Tanzania

• AKF Tanzania, as part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), works in collaboration with partners to develop and promote innovative solutions that contribute to improving the quality of life

Approach:• Multi-Input Area Development (MIAD)

– Long-term, multiple AKDN investments in multiple sectors in given geographies

• Institutional and Systems Strengthening– Identifying development drivers; strengthening existing systems and local

institutions – public, private and community based; working with others; learning and policy dialogue

Why Lindi & MtwaraPoor indicators, strong growth potential

Health and Education Indicators• 40% of children under 5 years

stunted; • 31% in Lindi have access to

safe water;• 52% of the population in Lindi

have access to toilet facilities;• 54% of children in Lindi and

Mtwara enter primary school at the right age (7 years);

• 12% gross pre-primary enrolment.

• 59% literacy in Lindi; 62% in Mtwara

Despite agricultural potential:• Low average rice yields of 500

kg/hectare• Low average sesame yields of

341 kg/hectare• Limited access to quality inputs• Over 70% of people are

excluded from formal and informal financial services (Finscope Survey 2009)

• 2% of cultivated land irrigated• Food insecurity up to 4 months

per year

Coastal Rural Support Programme Tanzania (CRSPT)

• Established in 2009 with a multi-sector vision in Mtwara and Lindi

• Initial focus on economic sector – Increasing agricultural productivity (rice and

sesame)– Strengthening agricultural market system, and – Improving access to finance – Learning agenda – research for action

• Education and health programmes from 2013

Coastal Rural Support Programme (CRSPT)

Rural Economic DevelopmentConnecting smallholders to growth by

contributing to sustainable improvements in food security, income, assets and savings of households in targeted regions

Achievements• Rice and sesame

yields increased• Aggregated

farmers (44,000 trained to-date)

• Bringing in larger buyers and input suppliers

• Encouraging private sector growth from small to large (150 local entrepreneurs trained, 11 rice millers up from 4)

• Increasing access to finance

Interlinked Production and Market Development

• Surplus grown and aggregated

• Market for produce

• Inputs and Access to Finance

• Extension Services Gov’t

Extension Officers,

Community Facilitators,

Radio, Village-Based Agents

VBAs, Buyers, Input

Suppliers, Savings Groups

Farmers groups,

PCs, PMGs, Irrigation

Traders, Buyers, Contract Farming

Building private sector awareness

Local entrepreneurs supported and linked

Facilitating incentives for buyers and suppliers

Systems strengthening: Seed supply, storage, extension

Access to Finance:Savings Groups

• 113,000 people in 5,808 savings groups

• 65% female participation

• USD 5,537,000 mobilized in savings by members

• Average savings per member $40/cycle

• Many groups aligned to agricultural cycle

Transforming a fragmented agricultural system into a vibrant business opportunity: local entrepreneurs (VBAs), outside enterprises, suppliers, buyers. Challenges with market/political environment around primary cooperative system, seed value chain, post-harvest losses, climate change, access to finance

Connecting Smallholders to Growth

Long-term Vision

• Focus on sectors with potential for growth and multiplier effects– Value chain strengthening in rice, sesame, horticulture,

pulses– Irrigation (especially rice and horticulture)– Conservation agriculture for more efficient and sustainable

land management– Access to finance (linkages and technology driven

solutions)– Deeper links between smallholders and markets –

contract farming, farmer companies• Greater focus on systems strengthening in key areas that unlock

potential for growth – Extension service, input supply, warehouse receipt system,

agricultural marketing system and institutions such as AMCOs/PMGs, and financial services

• Increased collaboration with the private sector (for the benefit of small holders)

• Agricultural policy, diffusion of successful approaches to similar lowland rainfed rice production environment in Tanzania; policy dialogue to address inefficiencies in the market.

Supporting Poverty Reduction and Growth in Mtwara and Lindi

Field Visit Agenda

Group 1  2.00 -

2.45pmIntroduction and Discussion on AKF –CRSPT approach to private sector

2.50 – 3.00pm

Travel to Haule Rice Miller

3 – 3.30pm Haule Rice Mills Storage FacilityMtwara Urban-Mnarani

3.30pm – 3.45pm

Travel to Nnekachi –CBSG in Mtwara Urban

3.45-4.45pm

Visit Nnekachi –CBSG Mtwara Urban

4.45-5.00pm

Back to Hotel

7.00-9.00pm

Dinner organised by AKF at Msemo for DPG-PSD, Govt. officials and Development partners

Group 2  2.00 -

2.45pmIntroduction and Discussion on AKF –CRSPT approach to private sector

2.50-3.20pm

Travelling to CBSG – Yatakamoyo at Mikindani

3.20-4.00pm

Yatakamoyo CBSG Mikindani

4.00-4.30pm

Travel to Tuinuke PMG - Mpapura

4.30-5.00pm

Visit Tuinuke PMG - Mpapura

5.00-5.45pm

Back to Hotel

7.00-9.00pm

Dinner organised by AKF at Msemo for DPG-PSD, Govt. officials and Development partners