Faida Mali Implementation progress: Project Highlights.

MAZIWA ZAIDI

More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) Project

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Soko la Uhakika ni Mali

Nisefori Mkwama

Maziwa Zaidi review & planning meeting

31 March – 1 April 2015 at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Presentation outline

• Introduction • Achievements • Challenges • Lessons learnt • Next steps

INTRODUCTION

FM continued activities implementation from January to March 2015.

Sensitization and establishment of B2B (linkages to service providers) and check off system.

Milk collection, bulking and marketing.Identifying possibility of improved cattle

availability for dairy cattle keepers.

Sensitize and train producers, input suppliers and milk traders to improve collective milk collection, bulking and marketing by check-off system and dairy hub model; Total 20 groups: = 8 (Lushoto), 6 (Handeni), 4 (Kilosa) and 2 (Mvomero).

Link producers to potential service providers and A.I. Services. 27 linkages have been initiated, of late 15 linkages (B2B) been formalized (contract signed) and operating in Lushoto.

Cattle keepers requests (demand for improved dairy cattle); a quick survey has been done in Arusha, Manyara and Kilimanjaro Regions of which 7 farms were ear marked having improved dairy cattle for sale. Breed types, age and indicative price were also provided.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Proposed sources of improved cattle

Road access to reach the groups in the field is a challenge to both the service providers and not so attractive to investment - mainly in the wet season.

Inadequate awareness of the lucrative business potential underlying B2B to the various groups in the project area.

Inadequate supply of A.I. services to improve the genetic potential of the dairy herds due to low capacity service of most of the providers (Except Handeni).

CHALLENGES

LESSONS LEARNT

There is high demand for A.I services, however low capacity hampers Operationalization. So, Project should think of capacitating some group members so they can deliver service.

For quick results; A.I. services can go hand in hand with purchasing of dairy quality breed.

B2B exercise is a new concept to most of farmers and Input suppliers, so we need to make close coaching and mentoring to make it sustainable.

LESSON LEARNT CONT……………

According to survey FM conducted to 3 Northern Regions of TZ there is a lot of potential of dairy breeds which can be linked to cattle keepers - purchase.

There is enough source of variety of pasture seeds which cattle keepers can be linked – to be purchased.

The Project to synchronize the price of semen in the project intervention area. In some places a tube of semen ranges 3,000/=- 10,000/= where as in some areas within the same project area it ranges from 15,000 - 20,000/=

ADVANTAGES TO BE REALISED BY DAIRY KEEPERS BY WORKING WITH B2B & CHECK OFF SYSTEM.

To enable members to access some of the subsidized quality farm inputs & services timely (eg. Acaricide, vaccines etc).

Members will access professional technical advise from some of the service providers (E.G. Vety and induced A.I. Services etc).

Well selected and contracted service providers with a reasonable working network assuring prompt services (E.G. Bajuta inter, Handeni vety etc).

ADVANTAGES Contin………………….

Participatory Development of The Members Request Form, The Draft Contract And The Working Calendar For Effective Service Provision In The Dairying Field.

Information Flow Clarity And Sharing Between The Main Stakeholders In The Project Being Improved So As To Be Sustainable In The Future.

NEXT STEPS

Conduct follow up of cattle keepers inputs requirements.

Continue formalization of B2B and check off system contracts for the remaining groups.

Link cattle keepers to access improved dairy cow breeds.

Conduct mentoring and backstopping for the formalized B2Bs contracts and involve the main stakeholders to sustain & operationalize.

END

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

MAZIWA ZAIDI

More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) Project

Ma

Li

Soko la Uhakika ni Mali