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1.    Best Agriculture Blog

2.    Best Educational Blog

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Wakulima wakiwezeshwa Mashine za umwagiliaji na ufugaji samaki katika mabwawa wakati huo huo wakifuga kuku na bata wa naweza kupunguza Umaskini na hatimaye kuondoa tatizo la utapia mlo Kauli ya Mtaalamu wa Kilimo Wilayani Tarime Mr Silvanus Gwiboha

Mkulima Aliyewezezwa elimu na Vifaa vya umwagiliaji wilayani Tarime

Ujenzi wa Mabwawa unaweza kuleta faida 
kubwa kwa familia za wakulima

Moja ya Bustani Zilizostawi vizuri wilayani Tarime kutokana na miradi ya umwagiliaji

Man at Work - Shughuli za Umwagiliaji zinaendelea katika moja ya Bustani Wilayani Tarime

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Amsha Institute to open Agri - Business Centres to support small and medium farmers in Lindi and Mtwara

Four agri-business centre’s will be officially launched in Lindi and Mtwara regions this month to support small scale farmers with loan facilities, undertake training on modern commercial farming and get agricultural inputs as well as food processing equipment. Chairperson of the Amsha Institute of Rural Entrepreneurs East Africa Biubwa Maingo told The Guardian at the weekend that a total of 16,000 small scale farmers would benefit from the project. Presently village councils both in Mtwara and Lindi regions have been offered 50 acres of land to help Amsha Institute and villagers to build the centres. 

The centres will be allocated in the four villages of Miumbu in Kilwa Masoko District, Ruchemi and Mtumbikile in Lindi Rural and Mkumbaru in Nanyumbu District. “As Amsha Institute, we express thanks to the village councils in the two regions for giving us the land to build the centres,” she said. Explaining on 50 acres of land, she said, among them, 20 have been allocated to build farmers’ classrooms and demonstration farms so that they can learn from there. Also 10 acres of the land have been allocated for the construction of staff offices, while another 10 acres have been allocated for the building of warehouses for storage of crops and goods. The remained 10 acres have been allocated for the construction of workers’ houses. “This is a new strategy designed by Amsha Institute so that they can reach more farmers easily, help them move from the traditional farming system to commercial farming system,” she said. 

During the implementation, the farmers are expected to l get all the services from there in terms of loan facilities, tractors, extension officers, insurance services, food processing facilities as well as information services, she said. For those who would hire tractors from the centres, they would also get full technical support on their use and maintenance, she added. Presently, FINCA has shown interest in supporting the farmers and right now a discussion between the financial institution and Amsha on how to meet this initiative is underway, she said. According to her, at Kilwa Masoko District, construction of the Amsha agri-business centre is underway and it will be officially launched on August 13, this year by Kilwa Masoko District Commissioner Abdallah Ulega. She said the centre would be allocated at Miumbu in Kinjumbi ward, noting that at the moment the villagers and Amsha Institute are working in partnership to implement the project. 

Explaining on the process of implementation, she said, Amsha will ensure that all the allocated areas are used for the intended goals and help the farmers to benefit from the services that would be offered from there. Elaborating on other centres that would be launched this month, she said at Mkumbaru in Nanyumbu District , the 

Amsha is still looking for more funds from different donors and other private firms to implement the project whereby one centre would cost at least 100m/- 

SOURCE: http://www.amsha.org/newsandevents.php?pageNum_Recordset1=1&totalRows_Recordset1=5

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A chance to participate in a workshop for "Export Opportunities for Businesswomen in Tanzania"

The International Business and Trade Tanzania Initiative (IBUTTI)- www.ibutti.co.tz is organizing a workshop with the theme: "Export Opportunities for Businesswomen in Tanzania" on 29th August, 2013 from 8.30am at the University of Dar es Salaam with a special emphasis on promoting agri-business, the market-driven growth.

The workshop is expected to be officiated by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Hon. Joyce Mapunjo and will be attended by women entrepreneurs from every economic sector in Tanzania.
Opportunities to attend this exceptional workshop are available for the first five ladies to confirm participation through the Agri-Hub Tanzania online platform!

source: http://apf-tanzania.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-chance-to-participate-in-a-workshop-for-export-opportunities-fo

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The African Diaspora: how Africans will feed Africa

The perception that “the Diaspora” is a drain out of Africa -a loss, of sorts- has seen a bit of a reversal recently. There is no exact estimate on the total number of Africans living outside the continent. Nevertheless, their contributions to its development are undeniably large.

A side event for the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW6), which began in earnest on Monday, 15th July in Accra, Ghana, was organized by Iowa State University and the Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD) on “Mobilizing the Diaspora for agricultural transformation in Africa.” The event highlighted a number of initiatives across the continent that the African Diaspora is carrying out to support agricultural development.

Notable amongst the contributions made by the Diaspora are remittances, which are indicated to be on the rise according to data from the World Bank. In 2011, remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa alone totaled in excess of $22 billion; in 2012, the sum was $31 billion. Total remittances for the entire continent amounted to about $60 billion. These substantial funds could serve as an alternative source of foreign direct investment and international development aid to Africa.

In addition to remittances, the Diaspora is also playing an active role in bridging skills gap in areas such as education, technical training, business, science and technology.

One of the initiatives presented at the side event was the online database of African agricultural professionals in the Diaspora, hosted by the AAAPD. The database currently has 600 registered members, a number that is steadily on the rise. Many of them are academics, researchers, extension specialists, agricultural economists and development specialists.

According to Dr. Andrew Manu, Vice President of AAAPD,  the association is operated purely on volunteer support from the Diaspora. “We want Africa to be the land of milk and honey,” he said, “for Africans and by Africans.” To this end, the association aims to build a strong network of African agricultural professionals including scientists and businessmen to strengthen institutional relationships with African public, private and civil sectors.

The result, they say, will be improved agricultural development thanks to the facilitation of information exchange, knowledge transfers and resource mobilization, to the benefit smallholder farmers and rural businesses.  Building strategic partnerships between African agricultural insitutions and organizations across the world is also part of the plan.

The African Diaspora is eager to return and contribute to the continent’s development. Working together to achieve this goal, despite the many challenges likely to stand in the way, will be a sure way for the Diaspora to contribute to the goal of Africans feeding Africa.

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Why don’t Tanzanian farmers sell what they produce

Three out of four Tanzanian households say agriculture is their main economic activity. Even urban households are still involved in crop production. Indeed, agriculture is an important sector for Tanzania contributing up to 26 per cent of GDP.

Typically, farmers produce to feed their families but they also expect to gain revenue by selling their output. When farmers make more income from the sale of their produce this leads to more development in the rural areas, which ultimately impacts positively on the overall economy. This is what has been surmised from the success stories of predominantly agricultural countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam.

In Tanzania, this kind of impact has not yet been felt - at least not on a tangible scale. Agricultural commercialisation remains marginal in the country as shown by the following statistics from 2011:
•     26 per cent of all farmers did not sell any of  their crop and so were not connected to markets.
•     Only 25 per cent of farmers sold more than  half of their production.
•     More than two thirds of maize farmers did not sell any of their harvest and only 25 per cent of total maize production is marketed.
•     Uganda and Kenya have similar statistics.On the other hand, Vietnam moved from 48 per cent of farm produce being marketed in 1993 to 87 per cent in 2008.

The livestock sector is even less commercialised than the crop sector. As many as 52 per cent of all livestock owners did not earn any cash income from keeping animals in 2011. Less than 10 per cent of the overall country livestock value is marketed.

The low rate of commercialization may be explained by many factors such as remoteness, low production, low farm-gate prices, high marketing margins, lack of information, or simply the farmers’ unwillingness to participate in the market.

Indeed, less than a third of Tanzanian villages have a daily or weekly market where farmers get to sell their produce. For the typical farmer, the closest market is 18 kilometres away from the village centre and more often than not there is seldom any road and/or public transportation service to reach that market.
Farm-gate prices received by farmers are a small share of the wholesale price of crops which averaged around 60 per cent and 45 per cent for maize and paddy respectively in 2011.

Shortcomings in agricultural commercialization raise the following questions:
•     Should the government invest more in infrastructure such as roads, village markets,etc., to improve the farmers’ connectivity?
•     Should there be price controls to make ensure farmers receive a minimum price from their produce?
•     Should taxes on agricultural produce be reduced or abolished altogether?
•     Can farmers be directly linked to supermarkets, agribusiness firms and processors bypassing marketing middlemen?
•     Should the emergence and development of contract farming with large farms be encouraged?
•     Will the South Agricultural Corridor Growth of Tanzania (SACGOT) initiative help smallholder farmers increase production and get more cash out of their produce?
•     How can the mobile revolution help improve agricultural commercialization

 

To see more go to : http://apf-tanzania.ning.com/forum/topics/why-don-t-tanzanian-farmers-sell-what-they-produce

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Wakulima wamchongea ofisa kilimo kwa waziri

Wakazi wa vijiji vya Lumuma na Pwaga, wilayani Mpwapwa, wamedai hawaoni tija kuwa na ofisa kilimo kwani aliyeko hawasaidii kabisa.

Walitoa malalamiko yao kwa Naibu Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, George Simbachawane wakimtuhumu ofisa kilimo huyo kuwa hayupo tayari kuwatembelea, badala yake huwataka wamfuate nyumbani kwake. Rumambo Elisha, mkazi wa Kijiji cha Munguwi, alisema nia yake siyo kumchongea ofisa huyo lakini nia yake ni kueleza ukweli kwa mustakabali wa maendeleo ya kijiji. Alisema ofisa huyo hajawahi kuwatembelea hata mara moja.

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Call for concept notes: Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) Fund

IDRC, together with the Australian International Food Security Centre (AIFSC), is pleased to announce the inaugural call for concept notes of the Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) Fund.

The 2013 call is to support applied research in areas vital to achieving long-term food security in 10 Eastern and Southern African countries, with a focus on post-harvest systems, the agriculture-nutrition nexus, and sustainable water use.

 

The Fund is looking to harness the best minds in the private, public, and non-governmental sectors to expand its research portfolio and lay the groundwork for scaling-up research results and innovations — within a country or across the region.

 

This is an open, competitive call for concept notes, and submissions may come from new or existing partnerships.  

Read the Call for Concept Notes document for full details, including:

• background and rationale of the CultiAF Fund
• goal and key objectives of the Fund
• eligibility for the Fund
• selection process and criteria
• timelines
• concept note format and requirements
• submission deadlines

Deadline for submission of concept notes: September 20, 2013, 17:00 East African Time (EAT), 10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)

For more information go to: http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/Competitions/Pages/CompetitionDetails...

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Waziri wa Kilimo Mh Chiza ahamasisha vijana kufanya maandamano makubwa

Waziri wa Kilimo na Ushirikia Mh Chirstopher Chiza

Chiza alitoa kauli hiyo katika Viwanja vya Nzuguni nje kidogo ya mji wa Dodoma wakati akizundua maonyesho ya Wakulima Kitaifa Nane Nane iliyokuwa na kauli mbiu ya ZALISHA MAZAO YA KILIMO NA MIFUGO KUKIDHI MAHITAJI YA SOKO. na kuwataka vijana kuandamana maelfu kwa maelfu kama wanataka mabilioni ya fedha maarufu kama mabilioni ya Kikweteili mradi wawe tayari kuyatumia kwa ajili ya shughuli mbalimbali za kilimo

Waziri huyo alisema, maandamano ya vijana hata kama yatakuwa kwa maelfu lakini yakilenga kupata fedha kwa shughuli za kilimo, hayatakuwa na madhara na atayapokea.

“Kilimo ni ajira kwa vijana, kama wataandamana kwa kudai kilimo niko tayari kuwapokea kuliko kama wataandamana kwa kudai ajira na mambo mengine, nataka vijana wapewe fedha na ardhi ili wajikombe kwa shughuli zao,” alisema Chiza.

Kutokana na kauli hiyo, aliwaita wakuu wa wilaya za mikoa ya Dodoma na Singida ambao waliapishwa mbele yake ili kujua kama wanamipango madhubuti katika wilaya zao kwa ajili ya kuwapa ardhi vijana.

Wakuu wa wilaya zote waliahidi mbele yake kuwa wataendeleza utaratibu wa kutenga ardhi kwa ajili ya vijana isipokuwa Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Dodoma Mjini, Lephy Gembe, ambaye alisema kuwa Sera za Mamlaka ya Ustawishaji Makao Makuu (CDA) ni kikwazo kwa wilaya yake.

Kwa upande mwingine Chiza alisema ni wakati sasa wa Tanzania kuondoka katika kilimo cha kujikimu na kwenda katika kilimo cha uzalishaji zaidi ili kuinua tija. Alisema Sera yake ni kuzalisha kwa wingi na kutafuta masoko na si kuzuia mazao ya Tanzania kuvuka kwenda nje ya nchi kama inavyofanyika kwa sasa.

Akizungumzia gharama za maonyesho ambazo zimekuwa zikilalamikiwa na wadau, alisema “hatuwezi kufuta maonyesho ya Nanenane kwa kuwa yana umuhimu wa pekee na faida kwa wakulima wetu.” Alisema kuwa malalamiko kuwa maonyesho hayo yanagharimu fedha nyingi si kweli na kama kuna ukweli wa aina yoyote ipo haja ya kuangalia namna ya kupunguza gharama lakini si kuyaondoa maonyesho hayo. Hata hivyo, aliwaagiza viongozi kufanya kwa vitendo ili waweze kuendana na kauli mbiu kuliko kutofanya hivyo na kufanya kauli mbinu hiyo kuwa ni nyimbo za kasuku.

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Wakulima wa njegere waomba kujengewa skimu umwagiliaji

Lushoto. Wakulima wa Njegere Wilaya ya Lushoto,  mkoani Tanga, wameomba Serikali kuwatengenezea miundombinu ya umwagiliaji maji kwenye mashamba yao na kupunguza bei za pembejeo, ili kutekeleza Sera ya Kilimo Kwanza.

Akizungumza kwenye  shamba darasa juzi, Sadat Amir alitaka  Wizara ya Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika  kuwajengea mfumo wa maji ambao utawezesha kuendesha kilimo chao hasa baada ya mabadiliko ya tabianchi.

Naye Meneja wa Shirika la Oxfam Wilaya ya Lushoto,  Eustard Rwegoshora, alisema wakulima wengi wamekuwa wakipata changamoto nyingi kwa kilimo hicho kwa kutozingatia elimu ya wataalamu.
Alisema wamekuwa wakiwafuata wakulima shambani kuwapa elimu, jinsi ya kupata mazao kwa wingi ila wengi wanashindwa kufuata maelekezo ya wataalamu.

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