TACETanzania Agricultural Commodity Exchange

TACETanzania Agricultural Commodity Exchange

What is TACE ?• TACE stands for Tanzania agricultural commodity

exchange, TACE represent the centralized platform for agricultural services that will aim at improving the agriculture sector in our country by incubating the farmer, managing the commodity exchanges programmes and investing on the proper use of available sophisticated government agricultural resources through resource sharing and pilot farms.

• TACE represents the new era in the Tanzanian agricultural ecosystem by offering equal chances to all stakeholders to benefit from the Agricultural industry specifically the farmer himself.

Mission and Vision• Our Mission

“Is to offer improved quality agricultural services to all the stakeholders involved in the Tanzanian agricultural sector”

• Our Vision“To change the living standard of the Tanzanian farmer”

Background Tanzanian Agricultural Ecosystem

The Tanzanian Farmer • What is the ecosystem of the Tanzanian

agricultural sector?

• Who is the Tanzanian Farmer?

• What does the Tanzanian Farmer need?

• What are the Problems facing him?

• What we anticipate to be the problem?

Background Tanzanian Agricultural Ecosystem

The Stakeholders Thinks the Farmer

needs better

Finding a proper way of managing

resource and protecting the

farmer

Thinks about

stealing from the farmer

Want to work with

farmers but in a stable

system

Foreign Initiative Failing to

localize the Concept

TACE Mission

Commodity Exchange

Pilot Farms and Resource Sharing

Agribusiness Incubation

TACE MISSION

Agribusiness Incubation

Financial Skills

Marketing Skills

Business Developmen

t Skills

Technical Skills

Agribusiness Incubation

Commodity Exchange

Reliable market

options for farmers

Transportation Channels

Enhanced Storage Systems

Open and Fair

Markets

Commodity Exchange Platform

Enhanced Communication

System

Protection Against

Exploiters

Pilot Farms and Resource Sharing

Working with the Local

governments officials

Supporting Agricultural

Research and enhanced farming methods

Working with Banks and

Investors to offer loans and

incentives

Cost sharing TACE and

the Community

Community Owned Pilot

Farms

TACE BUSINESS MODEL• Our Structure

• Our Value Propositions

• Our Customer Segments

• Our Key Activities

• Our Communication Channels

• Our Key Partners

• Our Key Resources

• Operation Map

Our Organization StructureDedicated Board of Directors

CEO

Project Manager

Agribusiness Development

COO

Zonal

Economist Legal

ICTLand

Managers

Regional

District

Markets

Human Resource

Logistics Research

Accounts & Finance

Exchange Professional

sTrainers

CFO

Our Value Propositions• Market Assurance: TACE will ensure the farmer have

stable market and platform to sell her product throughout.

• Business Security: TACE will provide safe business options for farmer that will help the to grow not the brokers.

• Quality Product : TACE will assure quality products comes from the farmers through incubation processes.

• Employment Opportunities: TACE will ensure job opportunities for local agricultural professions in Tanzania

• Localizing the Concept: TACE will localize the commodity exchange concept to fit our local environment and local farming methods

Our Customer Segments• The business model of TACE eliminates the farmer

as the source of income of the organization. The main aim is to help the farmer.

• TACE will focus on charging service charges to the local and international exporters looking to purchase the farm products.

• Other sources of income for TACE will be affordable membership charges, advertisement, banks and communication platforms.

Our key Activities

TACE CentersAgribusiness Incubation

Commodity Exchange

Pilot Farms and Resource Sharing

Reliable Market SourcesEmpowerment

Our Information and Communication Channels

Approximately 36 million

subscribers by 2015

Radio Channels

cover througho

ut Tanzania

Television Program

me Internet

Our Key Partners

Mobile Phone

Companies

Tanzania Agricultural Commodity Exchange

Local and Internationa

l Banks

The Governm

ent of United

Republic of

Tanzania

Local Agribusiness Government Authorities

East Africa Commodity Exchange Programs

Farmer Organizations

and Unions

Research Institutes and Universities

Local Agribusiness Management

Initiatives

Key Resources

Warehouses

Tanzania Agricultural Commodity Exchange

Commodity Exchange

Tools

Communication tools.

Marketing Platforms and

Resources

Logistics and Transportatio

n Systems

Training Tools

Zonal, Regional,

District and Markets offices

Local Agribusiness Management

Initiatives

Currently selected Pilot sites

Bagamoyo

Nachingwea

Misenyi (Bukoba)

Ifakara (Morogoro)

Kasulu (Kigoma)

Unguja (Zanzibar)

On Progress• Tanzania Agricultural statistics

• TACE Operational Map

• ICT implementation of TACE

• Pilot Crops

• Financial Feasibility

• Research and Analysis

Conclusion• TACE understands there is a lot of challenges in

implementing the project but by involving different players and stakeholders in the agricultural ecosystem can make the project successful.

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