A $ 2 million Worth Project Launched To Assist Poultry Farmers In Dodoma Region

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefFtWzSvkpJHqHb-1Vp_7D_SiCm7GK5PEk-iSYi1BRYZ5jHR93NvEPBUUQZeNt5klLChIhWZMPyvcQf87c4P2vwgZ848iktHZ-0WGlJKzlrzqZRVCb0iCv8FY8w6lrtGsUrJSi7eM1Amc0NgWuZjRvfkxh5YibL-MsRmqGB-XW_eSnobPAEsUMdu2mMg/s5184/IMG_0080.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefFtWzSvkpJHqHb-1Vp_7D_SiCm7GK5PEk-iSYi1BRYZ5jHR93NvEPBUUQZeNt5klLChIhWZMPyvcQf87c4P2vwgZ848iktHZ-0WGlJKzlrzqZRVCb0iCv8FY8w6lrtGsUrJSi7eM1Amc0NgWuZjRvfkxh5YibL-MsRmqGB-XW_eSnobPAEsUMdu2mMg/w640-h426/IMG_0080.JPG" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO, Dodoma </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <br /><br />THE international and local livestock institutes are teaming-up with the potential poultry sector stakeholders to introduce a major project targeting to improve and accelerate chicken keeping activities towards the youth and women poultry farmers in Dodoma region.<br /><br />Bankrolled by the USAIDS at a far tune of at least $2million, the two -year initiative have been hatched to expand access to improved breeds of dual-purpose backyard village chickens, especially commercial broilers and layers, and is expected to reach out to a total of 18,000 farmers in Dodoma rural and urban.<br /><br />Dubbed ‘Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative –Livestock’ (AID-L) Tanzania, the robust initiative which has been designed for implementation across all eight districts of Dodoma region also focuses to support cost-share of start-ups and scale-ups, as well as reducing morbidity and mortality of poultry through advisories and mass media</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-W7DCIlypBwIdQwnqlCu1q1VK4XAWvCHlR9PH8rnHg0Uxa228IVOhclvSqWHZ7KLS0tnFxhUV9cftMx879ua9kZrympjysFaVqml_FHWDFXpFhyc8HBoBR5AyXL69fj7F1WtxISIkj1-vRvqp44jfmqau3yIsDgB39XCzNlfD4csV9PwLff-BmFrgZQ/s5184/IMG_0056.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-W7DCIlypBwIdQwnqlCu1q1VK4XAWvCHlR9PH8rnHg0Uxa228IVOhclvSqWHZ7KLS0tnFxhUV9cftMx879ua9kZrympjysFaVqml_FHWDFXpFhyc8HBoBR5AyXL69fj7F1WtxISIkj1-vRvqp44jfmqau3yIsDgB39XCzNlfD4csV9PwLff-BmFrgZQ/w640-h426/IMG_0056.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGpEeVR9l_PjTyCom02QRlvmQeIXqTBt5lhKFR9DtfaQNYYLbihxPfqL5RU3LqFBqBsgCIh7qM8mAy_idWMCBGJS_s2oEIFnALKsKAHWa64J9LSTzDT8OA3KcxSKZwJayRwGBhS6PcTM4C6cazwF-U50HAGnuJhT2MyaQZM5PuKDlGXKaOCXAkSeWvB8/s5184/IMG_0032.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGpEeVR9l_PjTyCom02QRlvmQeIXqTBt5lhKFR9DtfaQNYYLbihxPfqL5RU3LqFBqBsgCIh7qM8mAy_idWMCBGJS_s2oEIFnALKsKAHWa64J9LSTzDT8OA3KcxSKZwJayRwGBhS6PcTM4C6cazwF-U50HAGnuJhT2MyaQZM5PuKDlGXKaOCXAkSeWvB8/w640-h426/IMG_0032.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The institution institutions behind the meaningful economic project include the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and Land O lakes Venture 37.<br /><br />And the stakeholders in the project incorporate Silverlands Tanzania Limited, Interchick Company Ltd and the Poultry Association of Tanzania (PAT) to mention but a few.<br /><br />The hatched initiative, is a brainchild of the Southern Africa Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) Rapid Delivery Hub, the $50million worth 36 month initiative which is being implemented in the four countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania, focusing to reach out to a total of 3 million beneficiaries. <br /><br />Speaking yesterday during launching of the initiative, Adolf Jeremiah, the research coordinator for ILRI in Tanzania expressed that the initiative was working to empower the poultry farmers in the region to modern technologies so as to execute their activities more commercially and with needed productivity.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuRsBFwrNR1ePaVYGSLB_czqKWCL6WNpUJOs1Oh8rWNV1i-IDu0z2nowPT58txttyYGDQehiC8yWxeEfJEdQ58exxusfJAQZYUJYB8nzrRo2ADNh12GySkcigwQAE75b0Uz3DY8Pg75z5ML4NKy6hyrQ3sbGRDr38W_YuSC0uNe0riiHPCFhr47YfQKc/s5184/IMG_0030.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuRsBFwrNR1ePaVYGSLB_czqKWCL6WNpUJOs1Oh8rWNV1i-IDu0z2nowPT58txttyYGDQehiC8yWxeEfJEdQ58exxusfJAQZYUJYB8nzrRo2ADNh12GySkcigwQAE75b0Uz3DY8Pg75z5ML4NKy6hyrQ3sbGRDr38W_YuSC0uNe0riiHPCFhr47YfQKc/w640-h426/IMG_0030.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He expressed that the project was a gender- based responsive private sector- led women and youth - focused improved chicken - based intervention to contribute to improved food and nutrition security and rural incomes, saying it will run for 18 consecutive months.<br /><br />Among others targeted outcomes, according to Jeremiah is to further increasing access to improved breeds by the involved number of the project’s beneficiaries through women and youth -focused broader units and vendors. <br /><br />"The initiative will also work to heighten access to bundled advisory services, inputs, and off- takers through agri-entrepeneurs," he communicated. <br /><br />Talking about supporting cost- share of start-ups and scale-ups, he said the initiative target to increase business oriented for at least 80 women and youth broader, and 200 vendors through capacity building and actor linkages.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"As per the project’s design, an entrepreneurial ecosystem approach to delivery module will be applied, to increase access to investment capital (cost shared and village saving and loan groups), " he expressed. <br /><br />To be implemented in the nature of gender- transformative in private sector - led, the robust project focuses to solve the myriad challenges troubling the poultry farmers, in both rural and urban areas of Dodoma region.<br /><br />"Poultry, if managed professionally, is a simple and short-term income generating project which can allow the involved households to escape from the shackles of poverty, " he observed. <br /><br />Under the project’s rolling-out, he detailed that the county's key chicken producer companies will hatch and produce to the farmers the best improved and vaccinated chicken breeds, and there will be a constructive move to sensitize the financial institutions to inject the farmers will friendly capital loans.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BiEN-Fv8TRK6C59hgp3P4G8P7WFghUiELTf0MJrOlu7o5Gt7bJgd_qUigH9uXqgx7w6N_8P0DEorYw-QEIBmAPsHLX8ScdkibXr18AQVQx-ArQ6hhH30u_kCQcA22axgaBB9GZVGQg2_2WaiOBYkKRnxIUDT0CxTzHcB9aKUqht9Ncj2QTF-iWbus4U/s5184/IMG_0019.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BiEN-Fv8TRK6C59hgp3P4G8P7WFghUiELTf0MJrOlu7o5Gt7bJgd_qUigH9uXqgx7w6N_8P0DEorYw-QEIBmAPsHLX8ScdkibXr18AQVQx-ArQ6hhH30u_kCQcA22axgaBB9GZVGQg2_2WaiOBYkKRnxIUDT0CxTzHcB9aKUqht9Ncj2QTF-iWbus4U/w640-h426/IMG_0019.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"We're going also to ensure the beneficiary poultry farmers are linkage to profitable and assured markets," he added. <br /><br />In her remarks, the Dodoma Regional Commissioner (RC) Rosemary Senyamule who graced the project’s official inception event, challenged the youth and women in the region to make full use of the prestigious economic opportunity. <br /><br />She observed, basing on the fact that at least 72 percent of the people in the region are banking on farming and livestock, the initiated project was meaningful to scale up the economy of a record number of households, as well as the entire region as a whole.<br /><br />"We, at Dodoma are impressed with the cropping up of this project in our side as it will unlock a number of potential economic and job opportunities throughout its relevant value chain activities, " she appreciated, added: "At the government level, we're ready to accelerate the mission,"<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QFxy2I8SfkFfiHbivTy8rp3wX65NHy9H4wKG74U63rmAOx0eCe9GeZt9s462xxj9qx4waPDu42hXCsDtIERUdx6T1g00hCkK1CAD_PBqD75XF8Uowbl3h86S5GOhZV7JiyM6nHBltGRy1x6stlyGPZ3o-0nz-Zeco9Xbxk4bEnLzDFgKRfxg_48NP18/s5184/IMG_0050.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QFxy2I8SfkFfiHbivTy8rp3wX65NHy9H4wKG74U63rmAOx0eCe9GeZt9s462xxj9qx4waPDu42hXCsDtIERUdx6T1g00hCkK1CAD_PBqD75XF8Uowbl3h86S5GOhZV7JiyM6nHBltGRy1x6stlyGPZ3o-0nz-Zeco9Xbxk4bEnLzDFgKRfxg_48NP18/w640-h426/IMG_0050.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Adding his voice to the project, Amos Omore, the ILRI Regional Representative, Eastern and Southern Africa unveiled that the project is for expanding the availability of chicken meat and eggs in Dodoma region.<br /><br />He said poultry offers greater opportunity to improve livelihoods and economy, urged the citizens in all districts of Dodoma to stand at fore in order to benefit from the key initiative. <br /><br />"Currently, population is growing faster and people are urbanising to the tune of consuming more animal sources of foods, including chicken, and thus, this project has surfaced at a right time," he observed. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg80vmcv_YsyMrhDqvmYc44GoqVDu4CCgx3jCTn5FCMGYnQfly9uga-Yu8nKPkE0sZ20jMrLRU75FhMvDnm9t9kE_2v65jBR0QVZtYd4qfdIWfm4v-9plLx9QvGjldcm6P6xdxorKTacSuXxjTnPpNfJMxy7F0WnkmecSxsm5DV_A-Kxm9mTvLM6E1XJc/s5184/IMG_0009.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg80vmcv_YsyMrhDqvmYc44GoqVDu4CCgx3jCTn5FCMGYnQfly9uga-Yu8nKPkE0sZ20jMrLRU75FhMvDnm9t9kE_2v65jBR0QVZtYd4qfdIWfm4v-9plLx9QvGjldcm6P6xdxorKTacSuXxjTnPpNfJMxy7F0WnkmecSxsm5DV_A-Kxm9mTvLM6E1XJc/w640-h426/IMG_0009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Presenting the project’s donors remarks, Junior Ndesanjo, the Project Management Specialist - Agriculture, USAID, the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor have decided to fund the initiative with an eye to improve productivity in the poultry sector value chain in Dodoma region<br /><br />He briefed, the World Animal Production (WAP) Africa 2017, United Nations (FAO) statistics and Netherlands Africa Business Council (NABC) analysis 2017 shows that Tanzania produces more chicken layers, broilers than neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.<br /><br />He further detailed, the market growth for the sector in Tanzania is currently at 5 percent potentially, reaching $403million as of 2023.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTZPpoRNs3h1YM8bnidW9rfP_05AIgA-NU3mb_28KoCU7XTEqGYMaM6AiZiBau7T4BvNAmRrMAHTLGXVeEk5mgS_DE3LqDni75KMx11NL-LxzNm33gfgMkSHEFZOoqi4V9pgPAROTNPg9_HIyu2-g05U6Jsg7AqgVVIeFSjp-NZKh_zEotA4je3MVIyM/s5184/IMG_0043.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTZPpoRNs3h1YM8bnidW9rfP_05AIgA-NU3mb_28KoCU7XTEqGYMaM6AiZiBau7T4BvNAmRrMAHTLGXVeEk5mgS_DE3LqDni75KMx11NL-LxzNm33gfgMkSHEFZOoqi4V9pgPAROTNPg9_HIyu2-g05U6Jsg7AqgVVIeFSjp-NZKh_zEotA4je3MVIyM/w640-h426/IMG_0043.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The poultry consumption in east africa has been growing significantly, whereby presence of breeds is less than 5 percent with investment in day old chicken hatcheries, breeds and research, " he informed. <br /><br />According to him, the USAID Grain and Feed Report of April 2024 depicts that feed consumption is anticipated to shrink by 10 percent, to at least 450,000 metric tons (MT) as poultry and livestock companies either reduce their stock, or exist production due to high protein food crops.<br /><br />"As per the report in question, local feed manufacturers reported that most soybeans extrusion in Tanzania have closed operations as they cannot source affordable soybeans for producing feed. Most soybeans for animal feed are imported from countries like Malawi and Zambia, " he unveiled. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxdUg5N5Q1xh0AUAnbTPsbS9N1zgF5cVCUISJczlHZq4qB8MyR6mS4zgfUPrVdSPkdffZfRyzCaMXaRYJ7znDBiJqMtuZUN2V585jdNMRixn09_ovf1IvHk-MN4nsBK6FInt-r2uk_8A_OOBK9Q5xHuCGISE21d3VWDkboMPOt9DSNH2vb65ABNUEwZA/s5184/IMG_0058.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxdUg5N5Q1xh0AUAnbTPsbS9N1zgF5cVCUISJczlHZq4qB8MyR6mS4zgfUPrVdSPkdffZfRyzCaMXaRYJ7znDBiJqMtuZUN2V585jdNMRixn09_ovf1IvHk-MN4nsBK6FInt-r2uk_8A_OOBK9Q5xHuCGISE21d3VWDkboMPOt9DSNH2vb65ABNUEwZA/w640-h426/IMG_0058.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Over 80 percent of households across Tanzania keeps chicken, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 2021, and they keep about 75 million chicken, equivalent to 85 percent of the total poultry production nationally, a significant part of the livestock's contribution to 26 percent of agri-GDP.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVWD2Hekj_wj35OAbjSzdEWyMYftEP24dhElfgLwXxzj4ABM8BVQ62NMVLEMut3SFNdBzL5qffff7vkpnRBQD54NgoN4JYrkf0YEYWxwMUIidvqDF48igc8pjYaevGxSZXPxMBmUaLlmP1DQ5HhamuEKZ28cyqo0IYZAvDhBwDhpj8iDumyrW5e59-1s/s5184/IMG_0003.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVWD2Hekj_wj35OAbjSzdEWyMYftEP24dhElfgLwXxzj4ABM8BVQ62NMVLEMut3SFNdBzL5qffff7vkpnRBQD54NgoN4JYrkf0YEYWxwMUIidvqDF48igc8pjYaevGxSZXPxMBmUaLlmP1DQ5HhamuEKZ28cyqo0IYZAvDhBwDhpj8iDumyrW5e59-1s/w640-h426/IMG_0003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21CDsbL9nqLh1bpHx-KARS9HIjigWnuOPSz70rVKbKlPOdJHSbslfFVopBOG4wKBaGdbteyzMsmdZLXbejh-1_NpU2ghoQ1PeUvNtssJya4ZE_al0SJ8UhxIZ5JCIdLs8P9oRFdr66psTv8Pq9-heZU07Yk1HOA_KxNojLyCV2heA_NZIbxXaBFf3Yh0/s5184/IMG_0109.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21CDsbL9nqLh1bpHx-KARS9HIjigWnuOPSz70rVKbKlPOdJHSbslfFVopBOG4wKBaGdbteyzMsmdZLXbejh-1_NpU2ghoQ1PeUvNtssJya4ZE_al0SJ8UhxIZ5JCIdLs8P9oRFdr66psTv8Pq9-heZU07Yk1HOA_KxNojLyCV2heA_NZIbxXaBFf3Yh0/w640-h426/IMG_0109.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></span><br /></div>

A $ 2 million Worth Project Launched To Assist Poultry Farmers In Dodoma Region

By VALENTINE OFORO, Dodoma    THE international and local livestock institutes are teaming-up with the potential poultry sector stakeholders...

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Kongwa Farmers Challenged To Produce Sorghum On Large Scale

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGS2m4LujAgXktNG34f4JKgRusdpqb9Bbrqcl2DRrlZPLNrBL7f1_w7XmUZtZRoC1NlFRtnVJerdvqOg-uK6BhdtYhbHNaruM1C2UPW1IIqBYphcD8_1Q8Dn2QM-9ZlGE4I6WidbLF1tq8gMVFV30VDL3Agyl-hSjqE-PrnCz_cq4Cr5ifbHp82HQgI/s552/tanzania-sorghum-farmers-552px.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGS2m4LujAgXktNG34f4JKgRusdpqb9Bbrqcl2DRrlZPLNrBL7f1_w7XmUZtZRoC1NlFRtnVJerdvqOg-uK6BhdtYhbHNaruM1C2UPW1IIqBYphcD8_1Q8Dn2QM-9ZlGE4I6WidbLF1tq8gMVFV30VDL3Agyl-hSjqE-PrnCz_cq4Cr5ifbHp82HQgI/w640-h366/tanzania-sorghum-farmers-552px.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO, Kongwa<br /><br />FARMERS in the central zone corridor have been encouraged to embark into larger cultivation of sorghum as the cereal crop is currently attracting vast reliable market.<br /><br />In Tanzania, sorghum is grown in almost all the semi-arid areas by subsistence farmers for food, feed, and beer. A total of 6.2 million hectare is used for cereal crop production, of which 0.9 million hectares (15 percent) is under sorghum cultivation<br /><br />For years, millet growers faced a challenge of assured market for their produce, but thank to the Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) for decided to chip in and started to purchase the crop from the farmers with purpose for brewing beers.<br /><br />Not only that, but the county's beer making company has also established a special scheme for capacitating the farmers, in terms of entering into a special contract with them in order to produce in abundant and at needed quality so as to supply for the company. <br /><br />In the robust contract, the company is enabling the millet growers to produce the Cereals with needed tannin for breeding beers, among others.<br /><br />Speaking during the farmer's field day ( FFD) held in Mlali ward of Kongwa district, Dodoma region, Dr Andekelile Mwamahonje ,the agricultural experts from the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) said the farmers are currently blessed with a prestigious opportunity to benefiting highly from the crop.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04__l-2Qz5khkmUHrd-Hbm3rjvfzqCd9dRk2KmjEveOzvXQHvlaCSxXPqbjUpMXBHpgJNyJn9O5G0WmjPq_Ny-ndjuVgQCfsEx3IcmdfiR6vv-pMzzdpHfkEB9LrCevFjeKM9uiScn0UCyRuzqEpLzbsDd_QibR7X7joLvQouESG24Dt4OT5f2L0bUQ4/s700/tanzania_eud_tanzania_gcca_project_james_maligana.png"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04__l-2Qz5khkmUHrd-Hbm3rjvfzqCd9dRk2KmjEveOzvXQHvlaCSxXPqbjUpMXBHpgJNyJn9O5G0WmjPq_Ny-ndjuVgQCfsEx3IcmdfiR6vv-pMzzdpHfkEB9LrCevFjeKM9uiScn0UCyRuzqEpLzbsDd_QibR7X7joLvQouESG24Dt4OT5f2L0bUQ4/w640-h410/tanzania_eud_tanzania_gcca_project_james_maligana.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The FFD was organised by Dodoma Agriculture Seed Production Association (DASPA) in cooperation with TARI, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, as well as the Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Systems in Africa (AVISA).<br /><br />Among others, the event was tailored to provide a crucial podium to help impart the sorghum farmers in the semi-arid district with key awareness on the needed agronomic practices for the growing of the cereal crop, as well as certified seed varieties.<br /><br />"Dodoma, specifically Kongwa district has potential to grow sorghum, the vital economic opportunity which must be used by the farmers to produce in large scale in order to improve their livelihoods as there's vast reliable market, " he observed.<br /><br />He challenged the farmers to make brave use of outcomes from the agricultural pundits research, as well as technologies in order to adopt better cultivation methods and seeds, and thus, improve their yields.<br /><br />Speaking for her part, Janeth Nyamayahasi, the chaiperson of DASPA said the Association was working round the clock to ensure the farmers are getting enough, but improved seed varieties for the crop.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgALu3mPSJWzzQAgIT0H5gpKD9-p1qJ-x9B3HJNVoS-5tkjkyziosOQ83dD6JQ3FfDz5pSZqmVQNnnLhrQG3gSg8O2j2r3oQ1ryI-6Oyu94q3p3G31CNgOaz-8eE9498hc_XvFC9L3A_VZsw6RTdabf7h4DHTxz8-I5BriwwpLSgPVc-RPMlx80tG6Jpk/s1400/article.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgALu3mPSJWzzQAgIT0H5gpKD9-p1qJ-x9B3HJNVoS-5tkjkyziosOQ83dD6JQ3FfDz5pSZqmVQNnnLhrQG3gSg8O2j2r3oQ1ryI-6Oyu94q3p3G31CNgOaz-8eE9498hc_XvFC9L3A_VZsw6RTdabf7h4DHTxz8-I5BriwwpLSgPVc-RPMlx80tG6Jpk/w640-h344/article.jpeg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Improved seeds is vital in enabling the farmers to cultivate more productive that's why we've striving all the best to make sure farmers are equipped with enough seeds in order to boost their production and productivity, " she detailed. <br /><br />Jesca Michael, a sorghum farmer from Mlali village said the event, FFD, has helped to give them crucial knowledge and relevant technologies, the development she said would help them improve their farming works.<br /><br />In concerted efforts to improve performance of the sub- sector, TARI in sync with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has researched and introduce to the farmers at least four seed varieties for sorghum.<br /><br />The resilient and high yielding sorghum varieties that are tailored for semi- arid ecologies include IESV 23006-DL, IESV 92008, IESV 92028-DL and IESV 92028-DL and EISV 23070-DL.<br /></span><br />

Kongwa Farmers Challenged To Produce Sorghum On Large Scale

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AICC Joins THJ inTanzania Honey Show 2024 As Part Of its Commitment Towards Apimondia Preps

<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLO-R_OPWE4EGg0Qbbc4pMAMcmO7o5TIhP_UdFrccEOtP2totOL588cVI8vISwGZXImDZ6S6fw3Ga2kE43U2G4POweoxTi7gZIwhbTEKD8R2TGxdiEhUX5dGX844eSlWnjHKqSzq8H2tqMbyEaQl1alk_KTaGSrBtT4Wk18CTSrWcy4e-I112DGSlos/s2560/IMG-20240510-WA0088.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLO-R_OPWE4EGg0Qbbc4pMAMcmO7o5TIhP_UdFrccEOtP2totOL588cVI8vISwGZXImDZ6S6fw3Ga2kE43U2G4POweoxTi7gZIwhbTEKD8R2TGxdiEhUX5dGX844eSlWnjHKqSzq8H2tqMbyEaQl1alk_KTaGSrBtT4Wk18CTSrWcy4e-I112DGSlos/w640-h586/IMG-20240510-WA0088.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">BY VALENTINE OFORO<br /><br />TANZANIA will likely stand at a better and more professional side to host the 50th edition of the International Apicultural Congress, Apimondia, following brave decision by Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) to erect a tailor-made ultra-modern conference hall for hosting the key event.<br /><br />Upon completion, installation of the state-of-the-art facility at the country’s tourist city of Arusha is projected to place Tanzania in a comfortable position to host the event which will attract thousands and hundreds of relevant stakeholders into the country.<br /><br />And, as part of further demonstrating its commitment towards the 2027 Apimondia, the state-owned centre ( AICC) have decided to bridge efforts with the Tanzania Honey Junction (THJ) in the preparation and staging of this year’s Tanzania Honey Show 2024.<br /><br />Drafted to take shape for three consecutive days, from June 19 to 21, the envisaged event, Tanzania Honey Show 2024, which will be used as a potential podium for Tanzania to prepare to host Apimondia 2027 will be staged at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC), thanks to AICC.<br /><br />Yesterday, Thursday 9,2024, the Managing Director of AICC, Ms. Christine Mwakatobe and Managing Director of Tanzania Honey Junction Ms. Rose Msangi convened for a brief, but constructive session to delve how best the two sides can work in sync to ensure professional and successive organisation of the events.<br /><br />The fruitful collaboration surfaces as Tanzania prepares to host the prestigious Apimondia Congress in 2027, showcasing AICC's dedication to fostering sustainable development and economic growth in Tanzania.<br /><br />During the talks, Ms. Mwakatobe highlighted AICC's rationale for partnering with the Tanzania Honey Show, saying: "AICC is deeply committed to supporting initiatives that catalyze growth and innovation across various sectors. Our partnership with Tanzania Honey Junction for the Tanzania Honey Show 2024 is rooted in our belief that fostering a vibrant beekeeping industry not only aligns with our sustainability goals but also contributes to Tanzania's global competitiveness,"<br /><br />Furthermore, she underscored AICC's commitment to hosting Apimondia 2027 by highlighting the ongoing progress in building the necessary infrastructure.<br /><br />"AICC is dedicated to ensuring the success of Apimondia 2027, and we’re currently making significant strides in constructing the vast-modern conference building with international quality and capacity to accommodate the prestigious event," she unveiled.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pEjgTdne9vGQdL_FQE80eZkylsCR8sNCTv1wsB9NrSJrWRM9Qchqlq71y0wvhOJaX26m1bVTgucAUcNOaEyvGDnJ4ytoiFnhGfc9zbdQwwGbTvsb4sacjTX56byC4TNpLtv8hagZI6Arn2K0jwcf4erxlDsn2s0k4wdERXKgVxoxyRY9Dv3jDI1Y-Cg/s1600/IMG-20240510-WA0087.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pEjgTdne9vGQdL_FQE80eZkylsCR8sNCTv1wsB9NrSJrWRM9Qchqlq71y0wvhOJaX26m1bVTgucAUcNOaEyvGDnJ4ytoiFnhGfc9zbdQwwGbTvsb4sacjTX56byC4TNpLtv8hagZI6Arn2K0jwcf4erxlDsn2s0k4wdERXKgVxoxyRY9Dv3jDI1Y-Cg/w640-h626/IMG-20240510-WA0087.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And the AICC Chief boss, Ms. Mwakatobe added that the center’s partnership with Tanzania Honey Junction for the Tanzania Honey Show 2024 was signaling their commitment towards preparations for Apimondia 2027 in Tanzania.<br /><br />On her part, Ms. Msangi expressed to have been impressed with the development, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in driving impactful change.<br /><br />"At Tanzania Honey Junction, we are honored to collaborate with AICC for the Tanzania Honey Show 2024. This partnership signifies a shared vision for advancing the beekeeping industry in Tanzania and underscores our collective commitment to preparing for Apimondia 2027," she expressed.<br /><br />Tanzania has been selected to host the 50th edition of the International Apicultural Congress, slated for 2027.<br /><br />The annually staged event under the auspices of the Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations (APIMONDIA) is expected to bring into the country around 4,000 international beekeepers.<br /></span><br />

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Experts Push For Wider Use Of Certified Cassava Seeds To Improve Yields Among Farmers

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SzyQC_MI-0115Tv0QOvOvTXSo2VkZYy_Z_OFqufRwF_sl9STiE2KLRnr913qf9frht53NsWChpgyotbJfX4DqhRvxdH2WIeruN9Jin0yxyGA9hIAa4_Ij07SIDfrorgiUwy0pd6UHovUkggdM8pPYOwVIFiouBuUAvIx7LLrf2VRkm27tZri0AIHjJQ/s4032/Image%201.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SzyQC_MI-0115Tv0QOvOvTXSo2VkZYy_Z_OFqufRwF_sl9STiE2KLRnr913qf9frht53NsWChpgyotbJfX4DqhRvxdH2WIeruN9Jin0yxyGA9hIAa4_Ij07SIDfrorgiUwy0pd6UHovUkggdM8pPYOwVIFiouBuUAvIx7LLrf2VRkm27tZri0AIHjJQ/w640-h360/Image%201.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO<br /><br />CASSAVA stands among the important economic cash crops in Tanzania's agricultural landscape, and the popular starchy tubers crop is being used as a staple food consumed in various forms across the country.<br /><br />Despite endowed with favourable weather for the cultivation of the crop, productivity of cassava in the country has been hampered by prevalence of various diseases, such as cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which severely affect yields.<br /><br />Pests, diseases, limited access to improved varieties and seed dissemination channels have also been among key cassava production constraints across the country.<br /><br />To that end, the advancement in certified seed production for cassava in Tanzania is indeed a significant breakthrough for agricultural development, particularly for smallholder farmers who are engaging into the key sub-sector.<br /><br />Giving an exclusive interview to this publication concerning efforts to help cassava farmers in the country to adopt certified seeds in order to improve yields, Dr. Regina Kapinga, Head of Advocacy and Resource Mobilization from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) unveiled that the experts and stakeholders in the crop have already started to take some useful strategies.<br /><br />According to her, the instrumental strategies and efforts have seen key research institutions bridging efforts and expertise to produce certified cassava seed varieties to help farmers to overcome the challenge of diseases.<br /><br />“The vision of the on-going efforts is to develop disease-resistant cassava varieties and establish an economically sustainable seed system to provide farmers with high-quality planting material,” Dr Kapinga unveiled.<br /><br />She disclosed the institutions involving into the robust initiative as IITA, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), and the Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI).<br /><br />“In the major initiative, the agricultural pundits from the mentioned institutions are working to address a number of challenges, including those basing on pest and diseases, as well as limited access to improved varieties,” According to Dr Kapinga.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBloVKLbbKHX6fgLrbfZn_yToC7eC-zeXAb518sdkGsWTUt-2SrSOz74XBEGMNgu_Tz38zI7SKXxhj-1-z3hU9KB3LoXyCLleT97vi2RT9ZpCrdHku2G8tne1WcHtwMraPakt8dXnbRtnodGXnY82fA0WvM2LlKSGRgpVcII2uv-t57KSzHktM8yaBWM/s4032/Image%202.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBloVKLbbKHX6fgLrbfZn_yToC7eC-zeXAb518sdkGsWTUt-2SrSOz74XBEGMNgu_Tz38zI7SKXxhj-1-z3hU9KB3LoXyCLleT97vi2RT9ZpCrdHku2G8tne1WcHtwMraPakt8dXnbRtnodGXnY82fA0WvM2LlKSGRgpVcII2uv-t57KSzHktM8yaBWM/w640-h288/Image%202.jpg" /></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />She cited major initiatives to address these challenges which include strengthening Early Generation Seed (EGS) production at Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) using high-ratio propagation technologies such as Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH).<br /><br />‘’This is just among the most successful methods used to efficiently propagate cassava planting material in a controlled environment’’ She said. <br /><br />Dr Regina emphasized that, to achieve the last mile seed delivery to smallholder farmers, stallholders have been building the capacity of business-minded farmers called Cassava Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs) and they are registered by TOSCI.<br /><br />“According to a thorough research conducted by IITA in collaboration with TARI, certified cassava seed has a yield advantage of at least 81 percent over recycled seed, which is a strong incentive,” Dr Kapinga unveiled.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMBSIBvkKrXXrjjtOru49qmvg_qx9zJDkbRujvfFTn23GMNcE17y5Ye2a0M3TU_l8tJcBlkuhQuHSzcft9Fb0ROj40x9GCDEXse8Zl62kCb_OzzK9AQ1W9tBtRWf-gNDScgCzFojX8Uh5j3z56qwpNVf3o9tY5tKAiHGzgQIw01u3sFksVXWTzGjnS2c/s4032/Image%205.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMBSIBvkKrXXrjjtOru49qmvg_qx9zJDkbRujvfFTn23GMNcE17y5Ye2a0M3TU_l8tJcBlkuhQuHSzcft9Fb0ROj40x9GCDEXse8Zl62kCb_OzzK9AQ1W9tBtRWf-gNDScgCzFojX8Uh5j3z56qwpNVf3o9tY5tKAiHGzgQIw01u3sFksVXWTzGjnS2c/w640-h480/Image%205.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As part of concerted efforts by the government to heighten production and productivity in the crop, recently, the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with key stakeholders including, the Tanzania Cassava Producers and Processors Association (TACAPPA), IITA, and AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa's Food Systems, hosted a significant Cassava Business and Investment Forum in Dodoma Capital City. <br /><br />The gathering which attracted at least 150 delegates representing various sectors, including investors, policymakers, government officials, farmers, seed entrepreneurs, researchers, and development partners focused to discuss, reflecting on, and deliberating the business opportunities and challenges within Tanzania's cassava sub-sector.<br /><br />The event was graced by Dr. Hussein M. Omar, the Deputy Permanent Secretary on behalf of the Agriculture Minister, Hussein Bashe. <br /><br />In his remarks, among others, Dr Omar acknowledged the pivotal support of development partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Cornell University in the efforts to spur the performance of the sector.<br /><br />He observed that, the initiatives like BASICSII, Muhogo Bora, and Next-Gen have significantly contributed to bolstering the country's cassava seed systems, ensuring the availability of 25 high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties, and facilitating the emergence of 1,000 youth and women-led cassava seed entrepreneurs who provide last-mile seed delivery to smallholder farmers.<br /><br /> In 2023, they sold 69 million cuttings with approx. TZS 3 billion and was planted at least 7,000 hectares.<br /><br />On the other hand, he cited key challenges in meeting targets outlined in the National Cassava Development Strategy (NCDS) 2020 – 2030.<br /><br />"By 2030, the plan is to distribute at least 3.5 billion cassava cuttings, and 30 percent of the total area under the cassava crop should be planted with improved varieties. But we're far behind from attaining this target and thus, more investment is needed to support this strategy," he challenged. <br /><br />Relevant research established that utilizing certified seed will bring about a substantial yield increases, translating into higher profits per hectare. <br /><br />This underscores the importance of seed certification in ensuring seed quality and disease management, ultimately contributing to enhanced food security and income generation for farmers.<br /><br />Tanzania is the twelfth largest producer of cassava in the world, and the sixth in Africa with the current productivity of 8.5 tons per hectare, the low extent in comparison to 60 tons that can be produced per hectare through application of improved seeds and recommended agronomic practices.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=3054839145188558284&postID=833226681818469623"></a><br /><br /></span><br />

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EHPMP Project Trains Miners In Shinyanga On Proper Use Of Mercury

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCA2mBBPdV6-cx5I2lTLslI5U1nAPIYweHb_iJNCkJIi_O-SiofdyaO35F3ZCjIikZh1Q3T8dnac-sLAFEvffmSu4FsZPI300gU8R3HMAfNybniOIAcVBEEo21amN5OHsBr5aZ4eX6t-yq7g2TRykpNkBrdTmhey3Xap24kPIaN3lTvNCBUoIu7FdElI/s5472/237A0064.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCA2mBBPdV6-cx5I2lTLslI5U1nAPIYweHb_iJNCkJIi_O-SiofdyaO35F3ZCjIikZh1Q3T8dnac-sLAFEvffmSu4FsZPI300gU8R3HMAfNybniOIAcVBEEo21amN5OHsBr5aZ4eX6t-yq7g2TRykpNkBrdTmhey3Xap24kPIaN3lTvNCBUoIu7FdElI/w640-h426/237A0064.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By STAFF REPORTER</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />THE National Environment Management Council (NEMC) is teaming up with the office of Chief Government Chemist to roll out a special training on proper use of mercury towards the small-scale miners in the Mwakitolyo mines within Mwakitolyo ward of Shinyanga municipal.<br /><br />Dubbed 'Environmental Health and Pollution Management Project (EHPMP)' the timely initiative which is being funded by World Bank (WB) focuses to help reduce harmful effects of unprofessional handling of mercury towards human being and the environment. <br /><br />And as per the program’s design, the initiative will be implemented in several regions, including Geita, Mbeya, Singida, Mwanza, Mara, Songwe and Shinyanga.<br /><br />Speaking during the training, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer from NEMC, Hassan Maalim informed that the vision behind the useful training is to ensure mining areas across the country are maintaining the quality of environmental as recommended by Minamata Convention on Mecury.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P0KRTWGgDTgRUkulr8UTJfDuKjw1kaIl0kXNEy-UkyiJAiiG0arpoXaX-VPIAOKVrwsLxbf0SNTDlWxmtbA_mr4aJAYQ9hFOT8axHtNJ7ks7rddb98yKuCrlXUWRvRS5XzZ3ymOCz8sKokLB7R-Gooa27V4rBpH5unH-NezwO2pAuke6hjlQ-QolWqE/s5472/237A0077.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P0KRTWGgDTgRUkulr8UTJfDuKjw1kaIl0kXNEy-UkyiJAiiG0arpoXaX-VPIAOKVrwsLxbf0SNTDlWxmtbA_mr4aJAYQ9hFOT8axHtNJ7ks7rddb98yKuCrlXUWRvRS5XzZ3ymOCz8sKokLB7R-Gooa27V4rBpH5unH-NezwO2pAuke6hjlQ-QolWqE/w640-h426/237A0077.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Minamata Convention on Mercury is the most recent global agreement on environment and health, adopted in 2013.<br /><br /> It is named after the bay in Japan where, in the mid-20th century, mercury-tainted industrial wastewater poisoned thousands of people, leading to severe health damage that became known as the "Minamata disease."<br /><br />"Most of the miners within the country are operating under complicated and unwanted risk conditions as they're not adhering to required standards,"<br /><br />"For instance during pre- processing of gold, which is often done by hands most of them are not wearing hands- gloves, which is very risk," Maalim revealed. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztl1xpcYUFeUoC3lJ4m_2nyr7gwnZvlTUDn-fQu_Ara5P3CYSiySELYe5slSw86Mn9Tdia_ALhl4Ep7Vo3DvsreMBKp7-dZi2W6bTygGPXAbz88SoHrf99N2_f5rBzdlwJdpO0AAoO-gotCcTLbpASjosYqRlwmHgaSRGHAW3w7xSixVEOzGSZi71Bq8/s5472/237A0079.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztl1xpcYUFeUoC3lJ4m_2nyr7gwnZvlTUDn-fQu_Ara5P3CYSiySELYe5slSw86Mn9Tdia_ALhl4Ep7Vo3DvsreMBKp7-dZi2W6bTygGPXAbz88SoHrf99N2_f5rBzdlwJdpO0AAoO-gotCcTLbpASjosYqRlwmHgaSRGHAW3w7xSixVEOzGSZi71Bq8/w640-h426/237A0079.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On his part, Audit and Registration from the office of Chief Government Chemist, Magdalena Mtenga itemised some of the side effects that often affecting the workers in the mines due to poor use of mercury as destruction of kidney, conscious system, as well as craziness. <br /><br />Other side effects, according to her include memory loss, stress all the time, loss of eyesight, shaking hands, reduced male power, miscarriage and children born with cerebral palsy.<br /><br />Mentenga challenged them to develop the habit of doing regular tests to know the levels of mercury in their body and when it exceeds they should follow the advice of the doctors they will be given.<br /><br />One of the miners, Juma Daudi said that he did not know the effects of mercury as it can cause miscarriage and loss of sight because he came to confirm this after seeing one of them affected by mercury and having two colors in his body and promisedtake precautions all the time he is at work.</span></div>

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Donors Extends Initiatives To Assist Kongwa, Mpwapwa Farmers To Battle Against Climate Change

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x33pakT4OykTh2ILToZf-8U_UQpxXmgYbGYSD9zbF0O4v5Tl7d6Vyn_3nHHZVxoBUOAVgBPtEu1IqS67ZxlZhdk9rge9DJQk4PSJk8vlpblC5ZGbdvjpNGFlgReEYeLD7U5mNOGMuGr2Cq1OvDvAOwDQn2jyoWgX6c1f7lLgxu9z5za2Wx1gM1rmhIg/s4624/20240417_135528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x33pakT4OykTh2ILToZf-8U_UQpxXmgYbGYSD9zbF0O4v5Tl7d6Vyn_3nHHZVxoBUOAVgBPtEu1IqS67ZxlZhdk9rge9DJQk4PSJk8vlpblC5ZGbdvjpNGFlgReEYeLD7U5mNOGMuGr2Cq1OvDvAOwDQn2jyoWgX6c1f7lLgxu9z5za2Wx1gM1rmhIg/w640-h480/20240417_135528.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Prof. Anthony Whitbread (left), the Project Leader from the Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) admires a healthier sorghum plantation, during inception day of ResComm II project,with him is the Project’s consultant, Mr Elirehema Swai.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO<br /><br />AGRICULTURAL experts from different international and local institutes are teaming-up to span rolling out of expertise to assist the farmers in Mpwapwa and Kongwa districts in Dodoma region to mastermind severe effects of drought towards retarding crops production.<br /><br />The two districts stands among the most drought affected areas with erratic and unreliable rainfalls, as well as land degradation, propelled to crops failure and extreme weather events as seasonal rainfalls in the areas is regularly below 400mm.<br /><br />Christened ‘Enabling a Resilient and Prosperous Community through Participatory Agroecological Practices in the Semi-Arid Region of Central Zone (ResComm -II) Project, the robust initiative targets to increase adoption of agroecological practices among the beneficiary farmers within a total of eight villages in Kongwa districts.<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5O39gqOvpPyNzMPE21NtPrYUtr8O1eWrr5YEwraBKDiZQd_3ONoH8t2RRE0JdPY5IQpiajxYMuA6mUCVftSYVORs-m3AayxzX-eYo1MpXsrN_J3J_BbVWTR8tfCXK22JNS9Nj-bNMywam_-laJeVmc3OTBttQAqlGOz4GfKVivKC-8BqNFXkJgdjLg0/s6000/IMG_4884.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5O39gqOvpPyNzMPE21NtPrYUtr8O1eWrr5YEwraBKDiZQd_3ONoH8t2RRE0JdPY5IQpiajxYMuA6mUCVftSYVORs-m3AayxzX-eYo1MpXsrN_J3J_BbVWTR8tfCXK22JNS9Nj-bNMywam_-laJeVmc3OTBttQAqlGOz4GfKVivKC-8BqNFXkJgdjLg0/w640-h426/IMG_4884.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">ResComm II project consultant, Mr Elirehema Swai details over the project’s executions</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />In Kongwa, the beneficiary villages include Sagara A, Sagara B, Laikala A, Laikala B, Mlali, Nghumbi, Lengaji, and Moleti, the areas which receive an average annual rainfall of 550mm per annum mainly characterized by high spatial and temporal variability.<br /><br />Being its second phase of implementation, the project under the comfortable financial patronage from Biovision and LED Liechtensein Development Service will see over 2bn/- be spent to impart the farmers in the two districts with the best agroecological practices to cheat negative effects of drought towards crop production and productivity.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5-qIbFbmTtpwvlnyPJh-NUSZgCZ2QuoVI67HqGVvlD8Ozq7e7MsaJ5SWOAJnM7b7-Wb7Ppe6xyw-UPJLRzeFE6y9RiWicT26Cgf8ZIpmpL4xJE5cBK-yaz-3AY1CyG4TWaqLMsfwWax9CW5a7hO1Yq70v7q11AkhA9ufvVWqtz_RXdPfTW_ECSHhIjQ/s4624/20240417_135500.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5-qIbFbmTtpwvlnyPJh-NUSZgCZ2QuoVI67HqGVvlD8Ozq7e7MsaJ5SWOAJnM7b7-Wb7Ppe6xyw-UPJLRzeFE6y9RiWicT26Cgf8ZIpmpL4xJE5cBK-yaz-3AY1CyG4TWaqLMsfwWax9CW5a7hO1Yq70v7q11AkhA9ufvVWqtz_RXdPfTW_ECSHhIjQ/w640-h480/20240417_135500.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Prof Anthony Whitbread, left, receive some information from Peter Swai, the consultant for the ResComm Project II</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />And apart to train the farmers how to lessen drought effects, the second phase of the project which will run for at least three consecutive years, 2024-2026, also incorporate a series of constructive efforts to disseminate vital knowledge on livestock keeping sector, especially poultry and small ruminants.<br /><br />In the implementation of the robust project, the Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) stands at the driver’s seat, leading others, which are International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) and the Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEl7hBgdhVY5k5ZvhgdqJE0DmC5pCHvO6WPEHLNlfTLMkPeJZ2xajUwHMG9GB7Cqb4t6S_Ac_KK-gdAkuTvOhRzWrAbuWC1hwE-CAZGEv_PRPdPEi-nr_-DDoR3zTE1Jpt6j2tbvXq122OAm3TjD4Q9bzL4PKeBLxdZKHgIIWL0bwMK8bif8BFNEyBBY/s6000/IMG_4896.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEl7hBgdhVY5k5ZvhgdqJE0DmC5pCHvO6WPEHLNlfTLMkPeJZ2xajUwHMG9GB7Cqb4t6S_Ac_KK-gdAkuTvOhRzWrAbuWC1hwE-CAZGEv_PRPdPEi-nr_-DDoR3zTE1Jpt6j2tbvXq122OAm3TjD4Q9bzL4PKeBLxdZKHgIIWL0bwMK8bif8BFNEyBBY/w640-h426/IMG_4896.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Briefing on the ResComm II project during a special event for its official inception day, held yesterday in Lengaji village, Chiwe ward of Kongwa district, Prof Anthony Whitbread, the Project Leader from ILRI, informed that throughout the project, the target is to see a total of 900 households with improved incomes and food security.<br /><br />Together with that, he expressed that at least 1,875 households in the two districts will be impacted by the project, with an eye to ensure a total of 200 hectares under suistainable management.<br /><br />“The general vision of extending rolling out of this project is to increase the adoption of agroecological practices, improve food and nutritional quality for vulnerable households, and promote sustainable landscape management in Kongwa and Mpwampwa districts using community-based agroecological approaches,” he sounded.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTgUg-g60Wz-i_5WWIze0yfHkQHAgQz46mPvETgTZU3oR1QqCvpICw5kb7Mw3PGfePB7eyZ4RFDMCe5U-xPWVjMBl4xQE9egswY4gv4WfYolB2Lt8f-DIMz7WuNYpL0k7IXLCkuJ6VWA0yk5r4K2qW8wqmjdims67T3hOfzlmqUXY0eyFYwsqG4Ge57A/s4624/20240417_135646.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTgUg-g60Wz-i_5WWIze0yfHkQHAgQz46mPvETgTZU3oR1QqCvpICw5kb7Mw3PGfePB7eyZ4RFDMCe5U-xPWVjMBl4xQE9egswY4gv4WfYolB2Lt8f-DIMz7WuNYpL0k7IXLCkuJ6VWA0yk5r4K2qW8wqmjdims67T3hOfzlmqUXY0eyFYwsqG4Ge57A/w640-h480/20240417_135646.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">The District Commissioner, DC, for Kongwa, Mr Mayeka Simon Mayeka, left, receive key information about the project from Elirehema Swai</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He communicated thankful message for the vital manner to which the project has received positive cooperation from the office of Dodoma regional commissioner (RC), Kongwa and Mpwapwa districts commissioners (DCs), also appreciated the high commitment being demonstrating by all institutes that are in the implementation list of the project.<br /><br /> “After fetching encouraging results in empowering the farmers to curtail effects of climate change during the first phase of its implementation from 2021-2023, the project’s second leg seek to go more further to the extent of increasing incomes among the households and nutrition among children and women,” he added.<br /><br />In his remarks, the event’s chief guest, Kongwa District Commissioner (DC), Mayeka Simon Mayeka hailed the project’s funders and implementers for realizing the need to assist the farmers in the district to battle against the effects of climate change, especially drought.<br /><br />“Farmers in different districts across Tanzania are faced with diverse challenges and thus, implementation of this project in our district must be regarded as a rare potential opportunity necessary to be tapped effectively to help transforming your household livelihoods,” he challenged the farmers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIk9bhylzOrFsXpZYpvu4YnRSHcr2TihYhkIJMC71r_abVZSjg9dZ5jzzilok8RnoO-V73y-DZCxNO8UFsBzotsr43mTk2SLSNjs1CrsGEtxorHcC34rFP7Suw4n5MfHeJTuTiu4TnJwOVNTrsmH03pkG81SIspHDcYWOBtohXadDT48Cw9IDkb9f_Q4g/s4624/20240417_113354.jpg"><img border="0" 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improve children’s health and cognitive development.<br /><br />Prof Erick Komba, the Director General of TALIRI said as per the project’s design his side will major to steer dissemination of useful skills on livestock keeping, on poultry and small ruminants, towards the farmers.<br /><br />“In the project, our other role is to train the project’s beneficiaries over how professional to produce best fodder through establishment of a number of fodder banks, the potential demo plots tailored to be used by the farmers as yardstick to learn over the side” he unveiled.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsF8YCwf_fD719PATv_T8X2QYGEk7az-5i1YtfnzWnOOsqWtP0x5wJn20OLP9YYpm-IVkPYYzUkkqwHH2-8HPyl_XyjAJW5KRXwgcASH-Sx5dfuXqpOQJzpNA8wdmUbzyaZtrA0FoGGzMx5JJUpvU10Cz6LSR2azZkQlns_CcIhzf2K_QdSq0vcjrYrA/s4624/20240417_135358.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsF8YCwf_fD719PATv_T8X2QYGEk7az-5i1YtfnzWnOOsqWtP0x5wJn20OLP9YYpm-IVkPYYzUkkqwHH2-8HPyl_XyjAJW5KRXwgcASH-Sx5dfuXqpOQJzpNA8wdmUbzyaZtrA0FoGGzMx5JJUpvU10Cz6LSR2azZkQlns_CcIhzf2K_QdSq0vcjrYrA/w640-h480/20240417_135358.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He added that under the well-established fodder tree banks, they have planted the Gliricidia sepium and Laucaena Pallida, the meaningful forage tree species in help maintaining soil moisture and fertility.<br /><br />The Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) in the project is to roll out to the farmers validated natural resources technologies, dubbed insitu rainwater harvesting technologies and soil erosion control measure-Fanya Juu/Chini terraces.<br /><br /> In general, the other initiative under the project’s vision includes efforts to promote soil conservation practices, improve soil fertility management in degraded areas, and deployment of innovative water harvesting methods.<br /><br />To ensure for better results, the project has picked two champion farmers in each of the beneficiary village to produce quality declared seeds (QDS) for climate resilient crops, such as sorghum and pigeon peas.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaprZLd7idVq0do0F_7vRMjAuMNtZqponUb4Q-JfhWbG3DIucaBjmot7h2j372tuD1m1QcjqWDJryrMMtEWYW53CCWvaT4LvC2s7JZvaMHYOeN3k_Zqftp83uN4T6Eoiw4qG4F3u9Ai2oHkiLVBfkWXwszsh-xynMz0koBspQR4xUNuSQpjaIUOIYl-qk/s1024/IMG-20240418-WA0043.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaprZLd7idVq0do0F_7vRMjAuMNtZqponUb4Q-JfhWbG3DIucaBjmot7h2j372tuD1m1QcjqWDJryrMMtEWYW53CCWvaT4LvC2s7JZvaMHYOeN3k_Zqftp83uN4T6Eoiw4qG4F3u9Ai2oHkiLVBfkWXwszsh-xynMz0koBspQR4xUNuSQpjaIUOIYl-qk/w640-h480/IMG-20240418-WA0043.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The seeds varieties to be produced in the constructive initiative include Macia, for sorghum, and Mali for pigeon peas.<br /><br />If all goes well, the selected farmers for the producing the seed varieties will receive intensive training from the Tanzania Official Seeds Certification Institute (TOSCI) in order to stand professional chance to produce the seeds with needed quality, hence increase the relevant availability and accessibility to the farmers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIIDqmy-nYnA9NbNsNN-9E0R7EL4e69k0bAauKyy22Lvi7QeaBTi6p6_m1LyzGgBC67XFnA7z14s4NAwJvRrqqF9DcIC1uao7zKZRCFOrHg18f9NpXdvkxC2M91s5kW7_E6m2TU12l_UOKGmMh-wYnZPOUDHxxeofwaIoGHpKBw5pz5ZAfdGiJKfhwRs/s1024/IMG-20240418-WA0045.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIIDqmy-nYnA9NbNsNN-9E0R7EL4e69k0bAauKyy22Lvi7QeaBTi6p6_m1LyzGgBC67XFnA7z14s4NAwJvRrqqF9DcIC1uao7zKZRCFOrHg18f9NpXdvkxC2M91s5kW7_E6m2TU12l_UOKGmMh-wYnZPOUDHxxeofwaIoGHpKBw5pz5ZAfdGiJKfhwRs/w640-h480/IMG-20240418-WA0045.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Director General, DG, with TALIRI, Prof Erick Komba, Center, details something to Kongwa District Commissioner, DC, Mayeka Simon Mayeka, left during inception day of ResComm II project<br /><br /><br />The project’s inception event saw an array of activities, including a special visit of technology hubs on fodder tree banks and fanya juu/fanya chini terraces and soil fertility plots, as well as Insitu rainwater harvesting techniques.<br /><br /></span><br />

Donors Extends Initiatives To Assist Kongwa, Mpwapwa Farmers To Battle Against Climate Change

Prof. Anthony Whitbread (left), the Project Leader from the Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) admires a healthier sorghum plantation, duri...

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Agricultural Thing-Tanks In Crucial Strategy To Curtail Effects Of Soil Acidity In Tanzania

<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5BDX3WY9-gOYSJhKck_aDRvon_BqV7Mz0JhbyeBwPTxZ_o5xZdKPXJrbNG6zJ6EAUq38Dtgz_NlewFVbVdkgYuJSpxA0hJsZ3HytkikPyW4mbBpOMdtcHcSjcnELo76jTUCeDq7C_LVCno2-ONWDz1JqLFTx2eXZYgVHyGijP5P-DLKJy24aS20eAxw/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0098.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5BDX3WY9-gOYSJhKck_aDRvon_BqV7Mz0JhbyeBwPTxZ_o5xZdKPXJrbNG6zJ6EAUq38Dtgz_NlewFVbVdkgYuJSpxA0hJsZ3HytkikPyW4mbBpOMdtcHcSjcnELo76jTUCeDq7C_LVCno2-ONWDz1JqLFTx2eXZYgVHyGijP5P-DLKJy24aS20eAxw/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0098.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />LOCAL agricultural pundits are working to finalize some key issues in readiness to embark on implementation of a major project meant to tame effects of soil acidity towards the crops production sector in the country. Soil acidity refers to the concentration of hydrogen and aluminium in soils.<br /><br />At least 32.7 million hectares of land in Tanzania are acidic, being about 14.6 million hectares which are currently under cultivation, the situation which is thwarting the needed metamorphosis in the country’s crops production and productivity.<br /><br />Among the tall effects of soil acidity to crop production include a sharp decrease availability of essential nutrients to crops, increased concentration of toxic elements (Aluminium) in soils thus damaging crop roots, decrease crop production, and affect essential soil biological functions like nitrogen fixation, to mention but a few.<br /><br />The envisaged robust initiative to be executed through the Guiding Acid Soil Management Investments in Africa (GAIA) project focuses on impart the farmers who are cultivating in soil acidity zones with agronomic knowledge on how to use agriculture limes to help treat the soil.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xZWMG8kmFsuM5Ipz1Lwok04niqtQ58KYLLlNMozutJZleDyQsoRWtaa9X7JMSJUbGD-nyWmcg6lM4q-C-WsWA9jm1Z2m2s7eVpFm91xXR-39NLIdSDgKd2i-mHolL0KBfD8KqXXZOMv0BUzY4JqSDv-A4dH1e3KulgrN7NSfBtx7uoAcq5RPDCqbIFw/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0088.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xZWMG8kmFsuM5Ipz1Lwok04niqtQ58KYLLlNMozutJZleDyQsoRWtaa9X7JMSJUbGD-nyWmcg6lM4q-C-WsWA9jm1Z2m2s7eVpFm91xXR-39NLIdSDgKd2i-mHolL0KBfD8KqXXZOMv0BUzY4JqSDv-A4dH1e3KulgrN7NSfBtx7uoAcq5RPDCqbIFw/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0088.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bankrolled by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the research-based project is being executed jointly in the country by several agricultural institutions, led by the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), and it is further targeting to address key knowledge gaps related to soil health management and improved agronomy among the farmers.<br /><br />As part of the project’s pilot leg, special study trials were conducted among the farmers in Geita and Mbozi districts, focusing on the use of agricultural limes to help treat the acidic soil.<br /><br />And during a series of potential 43 trials that were conducted in each of the two picked districts, maize and beans were the tested crops, and the treatments included control received the same amount of fertilizers, but applied with different rates of ag-lime.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjZAJrFkkn8FmPnHbYanNMVb2JcCjy30bu_WgqrrF6GpHDDT0IH4F1z2ro9vy0Gs01i6sjyLWn89V2LVNi06rKUgfH3mN5_iMlBtpcGPbmLLkx7grvK7wWj_MqaJ0qZUIv8phBrX7JRAPFgS2StdMrYG1vsYTLJTtnCw7HDoXfsmk02kUn0rWewo5rFj0/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0104.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjZAJrFkkn8FmPnHbYanNMVb2JcCjy30bu_WgqrrF6GpHDDT0IH4F1z2ro9vy0Gs01i6sjyLWn89V2LVNi06rKUgfH3mN5_iMlBtpcGPbmLLkx7grvK7wWj_MqaJ0qZUIv8phBrX7JRAPFgS2StdMrYG1vsYTLJTtnCw7HDoXfsmk02kUn0rWewo5rFj0/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0104.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Earlier this week, TARI organized a special agro-technical meeting in Dodoma Capital City, attracted high-profile agricultural researchers from diverse institutions from within and outside the country that are part and parcel of the project to deliberate and set a crucial road map to use the findings from the project’s trials studies to venture onto implementation of the helpful initiative across all areas with acidic soils in the country.<br /><br />The institutions include the Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), Alliance for Green Revolution in Agriculture (AGRA), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), to mention but a few.<br /><br />In his remarks to open the workshop, the Director for Crops Development for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nyasebwa Chimagu, who officiated the meeting, expressed that increasing crops production and productivity was among the currently priorities by the parent ministry, saying to attain the vision, knowledge on soil health management among the local farmers was of paramount important.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDHOkINLGR9Sls0On-BoNH3ygOu5L12Gy2ow21QQ_UI7wBpbickSx-W8ThvHWx7HTPZiYOkLz9TZdsAPD6mTrvwilFC-IlwB5jY86gpzXPVysu4J0lDlc85jjyGkVyPToS_BG2QabV5oRDr5ykVwCmP0DrdHyEP44UNlBjDQD2DOPx3lCnd1fUVRtQSw/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0095.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDHOkINLGR9Sls0On-BoNH3ygOu5L12Gy2ow21QQ_UI7wBpbickSx-W8ThvHWx7HTPZiYOkLz9TZdsAPD6mTrvwilFC-IlwB5jY86gpzXPVysu4J0lDlc85jjyGkVyPToS_BG2QabV5oRDr5ykVwCmP0DrdHyEP44UNlBjDQD2DOPx3lCnd1fUVRtQSw/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0095.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />“The project has surfaced at a proper period as the government is striving to push the sector’s annual growth to the tune of 10 percent by 2030, and thus, limiting effects of soil acidity is vital to enable the sector to grow to that effect,” he said.<br /><br />Chimagu urged members of the meeting to ponder over the proper approach to which the project will apply to have the farmers under soil acidity adopting proper use of ag-limes.<br /><br />“Majority of the farmers are not aware of the use of ag-lime as they have for years been sensitized to only use fertilizer, so the project must come-up with a useful and simple approach to empower them,” he suggested.<br /><br />And he added, the project must sensitize the lime producing factories to expand production so as to ensure for availability, accessibility and affordability of agricultural limes towards the intended farmers in the needed areas.<br /><br />Adding his voice to the meeting’s objectives, the Director General (DG) of the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Dr Thomas Bwana, observed that acidic soils was standing tall among the major factor that diluting efforts by the country’s agriculture system to attain the needed crops production and productivity.<br /><br />He added, the so far conducted trials by TARI in Mbozi and Geita have proved that use of ag-limes can help to double maize yields in acidic soil areas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0xpm86qyz_ssgHlAO8iPBYCVmcCcJwKwDvRZ2mI8KBkLqb5E32GLdnQS8dk-km794qJ08ax1qj3FU35d85XY7MSLxKs7lZbX0Y91qwqIa6EeIA61yLHBoIV7gZuH1xD8Rkqi1iNkuxcXjK7JnRmFZcpyuk-TtNs7TQ3X7bOD6ndpqEQ3eo3o7D63AZk/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0101.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0xpm86qyz_ssgHlAO8iPBYCVmcCcJwKwDvRZ2mI8KBkLqb5E32GLdnQS8dk-km794qJ08ax1qj3FU35d85XY7MSLxKs7lZbX0Y91qwqIa6EeIA61yLHBoIV7gZuH1xD8Rkqi1iNkuxcXjK7JnRmFZcpyuk-TtNs7TQ3X7bOD6ndpqEQ3eo3o7D63AZk/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0101.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />“Currently, we’re continuing carrying out more research to determine all areas of the country where farmers must use agricultural limes, as well as the actual extent that the farmers are supposed to use limes to get good results in their plantations,” he unveiled.<br /><br />Together with that, the director added that throughout the project the state-owned agro-research institute will introduce to the farmers key knowledge to help solve the various challenges that deny the farmers to yield bumper.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjLw_dgMzhjcfjH84oLdz7ziDilFlhI-kdFcwvJPC1ciraePsSCx76Z5RIgVuZ64yJCZ2JjCCoScne7AXLHP-iyhsKAtr0SKNn911Unc7xJlYQteqkHMw0JXbpLizTxxw5XYNPyoTS1bbXjIaHZxs4AElj-ShIdblo6hd83jwYrWqbUKxLSWIqHL415k/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0080.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjLw_dgMzhjcfjH84oLdz7ziDilFlhI-kdFcwvJPC1ciraePsSCx76Z5RIgVuZ64yJCZ2JjCCoScne7AXLHP-iyhsKAtr0SKNn911Unc7xJlYQteqkHMw0JXbpLizTxxw5XYNPyoTS1bbXjIaHZxs4AElj-ShIdblo6hd83jwYrWqbUKxLSWIqHL415k/w640-h376/IMG-20240409-WA0080.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jordan Chamberlin, the Senior Economist Research Land, Inclusive Rural Transformation Sustainable Agrifood Systems Program (SAP) at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), in his presentation expressed that several governments in East Africa, including Tanzania, have initiated discussion on substantial investments in the rehabilitation of acid soils.<br /><br />“The project’s primary target include Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern & Southern Africa and West Africa,” he expounded, added.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZxEpVKLofkTZoJBZlO4iiqnwAyFrMiETMjiOtodQO7yp2Ffo6kp44EVVZqkJ4oBadTAzjlhyphenhyphen8DVlwEblg7fSrOMSxM6Sqp1s7tOx8Hk0J2LcHOzNEDVNJbSI6YOTXW_St1D59PBS34ZXKIbMivMBA8xfvktdq7A_KWeXItLVOG1nKAIf42tfdENmU8g/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0102.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZxEpVKLofkTZoJBZlO4iiqnwAyFrMiETMjiOtodQO7yp2Ffo6kp44EVVZqkJ4oBadTAzjlhyphenhyphen8DVlwEblg7fSrOMSxM6Sqp1s7tOx8Hk0J2LcHOzNEDVNJbSI6YOTXW_St1D59PBS34ZXKIbMivMBA8xfvktdq7A_KWeXItLVOG1nKAIf42tfdENmU8g/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0102.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In his presentation, entitled ‘Guiding Acid Soil Management in Tanzania’, Dr Sibaway Mwango, the National Coordinator Agricultural Natural Resources Management from TARI detailed that although agriculture plays a vital role to the livelihood of Tanzanians, the sector is however facing many challenges which impede crop productivity and production.<br /><br />The challenges, according to him incorporate low knowledge of soil health, inappropriate use of fertilizers, depleted soil fertility, inappropriate agronomic practices, and low knowledge on land suitability (where to grow what).<br /><br />“There are two types of soil acidity, active and exchangeable soil acidity, whereby active soil acidity is easy to measure and can easily be corrected by liming, but it is difficult to measure exchangeable acidity as you are required to measure aluminium and hydrogen concentrations,” he observed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ro-MQQauQ-aZtVUvrQEkAjoJnJuy4CVtLADvY59DM3mvER3nhP_KD7AmL2J0aL30JKRc5fUMOl4Sq7Y8YN0TGLSszoMf5l06Wu46yyO2mrPVgOllSdP9vEAk6D0zKtlmqWVF2DMtHrXDUvShEIys_DYfbDVPH3sy0G_3nhI4ky8glO3CbSBIrIwfvms/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0100.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ro-MQQauQ-aZtVUvrQEkAjoJnJuy4CVtLADvY59DM3mvER3nhP_KD7AmL2J0aL30JKRc5fUMOl4Sq7Y8YN0TGLSszoMf5l06Wu46yyO2mrPVgOllSdP9vEAk6D0zKtlmqWVF2DMtHrXDUvShEIys_DYfbDVPH3sy0G_3nhI4ky8glO3CbSBIrIwfvms/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0100.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He informed that, at present in Tanzania, aluminium cannot be measured by neither soil scanners, nor pH meters as its correction may require huge amounts of lime and many cycles of re-application.<br /><br />Detailing over the acidity saturation in soils of Tanzania, Dr Mwango said about 53 percent to 71 percent of applied fertilizers are lost, which means for every 100/- invested in fertilizers between 53/- and 71/- are not beneficial to the crop.<br /><br />Wrapping up the meeting, the involved stakeholders informed that, combining ag-lime and mineral fertilizers in appropriate rates can possibly increase yield three times for maize, and two times for bean, respectively in Geita district, whereby the trials proved that maize increased from 5bags/acre to 15bags/acre, and beans increased from 1.0bag/acre to 3.3bags/acre.<br /><br />According to them, the same treatment increased yield 1.8 times and 1.7 times for maize and beans, respectively in Mbozi district, in which maize increased from 10bags/acre to 18bags/acre, and beans increased from 2.0 bags/acre to 3.4bags/acre.<br /><br />It was concluded in acidic soils that application of fertilizers alone without liming cannot increase crop yields appreciably.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexHt4iaohwX-dNttgD5ULUJ3b8TvUrjYTM9N35cPlzWUuI4UefIRyPAtXCnmpYF1qs_ibsnjDC6wGcu9fCnJT86oqik2kqibs7UlSqgYgZco9U2nVGtrX32lK5Jogx6SnWmPGL-6T6k4ees8ecwAXZwaj0zZ2Z4xYqhOvVWjMql43KHM2BmZ_X3kiVsM/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0106.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexHt4iaohwX-dNttgD5ULUJ3b8TvUrjYTM9N35cPlzWUuI4UefIRyPAtXCnmpYF1qs_ibsnjDC6wGcu9fCnJT86oqik2kqibs7UlSqgYgZco9U2nVGtrX32lK5Jogx6SnWmPGL-6T6k4ees8ecwAXZwaj0zZ2Z4xYqhOvVWjMql43KHM2BmZ_X3kiVsM/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0106.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pertaining to policy implications, the gathered agro experts observe that the use of fertilizers alone does not give desired crop yield levels due to soil acidity problems because soil acidity causes between 20 and 80 percent loss of fertilizers applied in acid soils.<br /><br />They said lime application will correct this loss if targeted to the areas and thus, it is recommended to develop a program that makes lime easily accessible to farmers.<br /><br />Moreover, they stated that lime availability is limited in areas affected by acid soils and however, lime deposits are located in areas where acidity is a problem. It is recommended that , according to them, the government must encourage investment in lime factories to make availability closer to farmers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG0Q_SRByHaOSRFS9260mEQWZKxR9hOGCs40ueeZla9Ch3VHVSXW5hvu4h6Ncg1uKsoAL5jYC5jXq45LIVuT7Rtv61cAJi9W_oMKOtfioOC8cqCk7lBUC3HKap1T8bC8sfqfkarG7aEIS3_rBAFJy80sgJTUcarcZipGkUF1P42menYO1_Fuksdg0dL0/s2560/IMG-20240409-WA0099.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG0Q_SRByHaOSRFS9260mEQWZKxR9hOGCs40ueeZla9Ch3VHVSXW5hvu4h6Ncg1uKsoAL5jYC5jXq45LIVuT7Rtv61cAJi9W_oMKOtfioOC8cqCk7lBUC3HKap1T8bC8sfqfkarG7aEIS3_rBAFJy80sgJTUcarcZipGkUF1P42menYO1_Fuksdg0dL0/w640-h426/IMG-20240409-WA0099.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The sector contribute to 28 percent of the country’s Domestic Gross Product (DGP) as well as 24 percent of the total export.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div>

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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzdw2jIWXjaXaVpTNDqnzrw8aIn8K7BM7nYIEZDlOMKJA2cex22HcjtWkQLrjjMe50vt9RMrnuBT-ujrDaZFhPu_RHDNhKlyT-ZSXBlbOICZq_9bc-ROx4mJd6seBG3_xWGI3i-E7Nk-XwI7aZtq-h3GkK93TZZ2MciYiyK2pmpveJvhDm9_l5NPV4XA/s738/IMG-20240408-WA0027.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzdw2jIWXjaXaVpTNDqnzrw8aIn8K7BM7nYIEZDlOMKJA2cex22HcjtWkQLrjjMe50vt9RMrnuBT-ujrDaZFhPu_RHDNhKlyT-ZSXBlbOICZq_9bc-ROx4mJd6seBG3_xWGI3i-E7Nk-XwI7aZtq-h3GkK93TZZ2MciYiyK2pmpveJvhDm9_l5NPV4XA/w539-h640/IMG-20240408-WA0027.jpg" width="539" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By VALENTINE OFORO <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />MANTRA Tanzania Limited, the uranium mining company operating in Tanzania under the ownership of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), has heightened its corporate social responsibility (CSR) annual budget to 585m/-, the company has unveiled.<br /><br />The vital development is part of concerted efforts and commitment by the reputable company to solidify its CSR rolling out scheme, targeting to further locking mutual relationship with its surrounding communities through improving the various key sectors, including education and health, among others.<br /><br />The potential increase in the CSR budget has seen the company injected over 36m/- to help facelift structures at the Kikuyu Mandela Health Center, in Likuyu Mandela Village of Namtumbo district, Ruvuma region, as well as expansion of our community department staff.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHSotoB_qqeN3dw4w2VWLTJPjZ6iMEm1Mu3rWPOuZV97xsDOL27RsxH23y_2RRsPPkHEn9tUIDRX6FwLvg8tFV0ncWEx9TjBARfw-IifePGG-slrnbYPgU5X9GbEn5bc4ODdfCsKxqj5uKMRQ32Yo8s9blwdSI3mqx01W4VEykjDgHANwVpXbc_XYHWs/s1600/IMG-20240408-WA0030.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHSotoB_qqeN3dw4w2VWLTJPjZ6iMEm1Mu3rWPOuZV97xsDOL27RsxH23y_2RRsPPkHEn9tUIDRX6FwLvg8tFV0ncWEx9TjBARfw-IifePGG-slrnbYPgU5X9GbEn5bc4ODdfCsKxqj5uKMRQ32Yo8s9blwdSI3mqx01W4VEykjDgHANwVpXbc_XYHWs/w640-h426/IMG-20240408-WA0030.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />As part of the company’s CSR accomplishment, Mantra Tanzania is annually staging fruitful community engagement meeting, the gathering that have been tailored to understand over the various challenges that the communities dwelling in adjacent to the company are facing.<br /><br />Over the weekend, the company staged a profitable meeting, attracted over 1000 people from the three villages of Mtonya, Likuyuseka, and Likuyu Mandela.<br /><br />Speaking at the vital gathering, the company's Managing Director, Aleksandr Ryabchenko assured that Mantra Tanzania will continue to maintain and reinforcing its commitment on sustainable development, and community’s empowerment.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReApoyDM5eIdLEdXoOztfS5_cjOtZ8PRLdNiFOl4DRbo4SuG3PzLPePUG8m5HSK__EisHZfP4SH4qz8F1DC0s7qC0T1BevH9D04mxl8g9yBFR_whOuUuc_-r30BauqaXgTvPKlb14xdnQx2psueVz7nTf-n-_BhnZSZuVOQ0pQqSJhCCjKBGX6JPKwMo/s1600/IMG-20240408-WA0031.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReApoyDM5eIdLEdXoOztfS5_cjOtZ8PRLdNiFOl4DRbo4SuG3PzLPePUG8m5HSK__EisHZfP4SH4qz8F1DC0s7qC0T1BevH9D04mxl8g9yBFR_whOuUuc_-r30BauqaXgTvPKlb14xdnQx2psueVz7nTf-n-_BhnZSZuVOQ0pQqSJhCCjKBGX6JPKwMo/w640-h426/IMG-20240408-WA0031.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />“We’re looking forwards to extend our corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme by rolling out various vital social services towards the remaining areas, including the villages of Mtonya and Likuyuseka wards,” the Director assured.<br /><br />Together with that, he added that the company will mull over the possibility to annually continue increasing its CSR budget so as to stand on a better financial capacity to further assisting the local communities in its surrounding improving the accessibility of meaningful social services.<br /><br />"Our engagement with the community is not just an annual event; it is a continuous commitment to growth and prosperity for all. We are here to listen, to share, and to work hand in hand with every member of these villages to ensure our operations bring about positive change," he informed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BhWiQN-RFFxy28MT15AxUBBCgM3vnZ4TCrtOxjY5P7JPVx705b5WAnq8hjL5T_UghMgyQM1TvpBjaR94XhW1KhngZ8EHC3AOtlFs6DELjZi0saZrKxwE4ITha3ZrZJwcVST0pgb1-OCpJqGL0re1oElHR965kR6F-Zw8mg_ZyJ2TI7UDZfTwIQLxcZQ/s1600/IMG-20240408-WA0028.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BhWiQN-RFFxy28MT15AxUBBCgM3vnZ4TCrtOxjY5P7JPVx705b5WAnq8hjL5T_UghMgyQM1TvpBjaR94XhW1KhngZ8EHC3AOtlFs6DELjZi0saZrKxwE4ITha3ZrZJwcVST0pgb1-OCpJqGL0re1oElHR965kR6F-Zw8mg_ZyJ2TI7UDZfTwIQLxcZQ/w640-h426/IMG-20240408-WA0028.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On his part, the company’s Sustainability Manager, Majani Moremi Wambura, presented the 2023 implementation status report, gesturing that Mantra has successfully addressed nearly all community issues agreed upon in 2023 in a similar meeting.<br /><br />He proudly announced the formation and ROSATOM approval of the 5-year CSR strategy (2023 – 2028), which is a testament to Mantra's dedication to sectors such as healthcare, environmental conservation, nutrition, business infrastructure, sports, culture, and water supply.<br /><br />"Seeing our CSR strategy come to life with the community's involvement has been extraordinarily rewarding," Wambura stated.<br /><br />He detailed that the strides that the company has so far made in 2024 including the increase of our CSR budget to the tune of 580m/-, the completion of the Likuyu Mandela Health Center, and the expansion of the company’s community department staff, added; “This is only the beginning of our journey towards a sustainable future."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipykaQ0FJC8QhDipeQ3IBdYoLBPtf1KPaD9iQ6DUP4jXZI9W2ia4OnmQX14kcsLEHQ9g7cDzhiEcuM1ZrF1ih5Q-N_1Fl5fIUM41UM243nzMsHNGxSM-RGdYjkyyYOl2KLv_aD1whFD8Av-e-2OUDPgAuVK_Qew5cL-Z9uDBpe7g5sSGvg-E3BXbGNDNg/s1600/IMG-20240408-WA0034.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipykaQ0FJC8QhDipeQ3IBdYoLBPtf1KPaD9iQ6DUP4jXZI9W2ia4OnmQX14kcsLEHQ9g7cDzhiEcuM1ZrF1ih5Q-N_1Fl5fIUM41UM243nzMsHNGxSM-RGdYjkyyYOl2KLv_aD1whFD8Av-e-2OUDPgAuVK_Qew5cL-Z9uDBpe7g5sSGvg-E3BXbGNDNg/w640-h426/IMG-20240408-WA0034.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And at the timely forum, the local community expressed their heartfelt gratitude for the patriotic manner to which Mantra Tanzania has been managing to roll out numerous supports towards them.<br /><br />They expressed that the company has not only kept its promises but exceeded their expectations, saying: "We are forever grateful for Mantra's unwavering support, their initiatives have brought tangible improvements to our lives, and their commitment to our well-being has been nothing short of remarkable."<br /><br />Mantra Tanzania Limited stands as a shining example of corporate citizenship, demonstrating that responsible investment and genuine collaboration with the communities are the cornerstones of sustainable success.<br /><br /> The company's actions in 2024 alone signify a steadfast dedication to societal growth, setting a precedent for other organizations to follow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmVXtXMeisTJLAomaTD6N12jQ4wKa1EMI3UUkwgESvtuJtRsR2bPWdtvahm9252gMmDxZ1eeq3FJsm5YYgft7MLJBYAQWcPZ09irQnHLuBFDejtFTShdyaof7-1QUB-NRRPmen-3G0phyuhsxCxE4X1vPBrjBK5tTiB4-MKwTElH-ZOZhW9beB03Z5-U/s1600/IMG-20240408-WA0037.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmVXtXMeisTJLAomaTD6N12jQ4wKa1EMI3UUkwgESvtuJtRsR2bPWdtvahm9252gMmDxZ1eeq3FJsm5YYgft7MLJBYAQWcPZ09irQnHLuBFDejtFTShdyaof7-1QUB-NRRPmen-3G0phyuhsxCxE4X1vPBrjBK5tTiB4-MKwTElH-ZOZhW9beB03Z5-U/w640-h426/IMG-20240408-WA0037.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The company owns the Mkuju River Project in the Namtumbo District of the Ruvuma region in southern Tanzania. Mantra is owned by ROSATOM – the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation. State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom is the only company in the world that has the resources and competencies to offer energy solutions across the nuclear supply chain, including assets in the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power stations, uranium mining, conversion and enrichment, supply of nuclear fuel, decommissioning, spent fuel storage and transportation, and safe nuclear waste disposal.<br /><br />Rosatom is also engaged in the production of equipment and isotope products for the needs of nuclear medicine, scientific research, and materials science, the production of digital and various innovative products. The company’s strategy is to develop low-carbon power generation projects, including in the wind generation field. Today, Rosatom brings together over 300 enterprises and organizations and over 250,000 employees.<br /></span><br />

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UNDP Commits 4.04bn/ To Community-Led Biodiversity Projects In Tanzania

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxWWdZg5uwvOhzd-pAFaI8srifGv2N5qc3nmUqfy9IlV8nETrOPJX4wK59k2KI4l6Q1x1psVhsGnR2LIW6_hAprbXkKjD8Kt53f7d-pDz6evOfiJbdh0xTLYchXLDrBmSxHaAq4gIJzCOVM-ul3bzOraMJfEIhHRJ3_aqAOWzgxJfFi-FR5jBl8mJsg8/s1000/IMG-20240404-WA0055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxWWdZg5uwvOhzd-pAFaI8srifGv2N5qc3nmUqfy9IlV8nETrOPJX4wK59k2KI4l6Q1x1psVhsGnR2LIW6_hAprbXkKjD8Kt53f7d-pDz6evOfiJbdh0xTLYchXLDrBmSxHaAq4gIJzCOVM-ul3bzOraMJfEIhHRJ3_aqAOWzgxJfFi-FR5jBl8mJsg8/w640-h288/IMG-20240404-WA0055.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUnse0h2oppeV9zWQRlcS6IJZ_2yjFKJHDPH5T3hAbGMP36AfwlGj89bvAhiKT_uUJ2z-evZc68l9Vn_JsIPzvR6H6GxXcL8TIQmpAS14ZZYJxN2g0TXEhodIi-SVYNPnkWYgh9jv44eIEErrJHUVh7O66tGp0hzo4ZsJWKfePegfJGY-Hj2CT_i88N4/s1070/IMG-20240404-WA0057.jpg"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUnse0h2oppeV9zWQRlcS6IJZ_2yjFKJHDPH5T3hAbGMP36AfwlGj89bvAhiKT_uUJ2z-evZc68l9Vn_JsIPzvR6H6GxXcL8TIQmpAS14ZZYJxN2g0TXEhodIi-SVYNPnkWYgh9jv44eIEErrJHUVh7O66tGp0hzo4ZsJWKfePegfJGY-Hj2CT_i88N4/w640-h568/IMG-20240404-WA0057.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br />By Staff Reporter</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />THE Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program which is being implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to roll out 1,600,000USD (equivalent to 4.04bn/-) meant to empower a total of 44 Civil Society Organizations across Tanzania mainland to undertake biodiversity conservation projects under the 7th Operational Phase of GEF funding.<br /><br />The timely signing ceremony was held on Thursday (4th April,  2024) in Dar es Salaam, led by UNDP Resident Representative Shigeki Komatsubara and the event saw the participation of representatives from the Vice President’s Office, respective Civil Society Organizations, as well as those from the National Steering Committee for the GEF Small Grants Programme.<br /><br />As per the signed MoU, over the next 20 months, the grants will enable communities to implement biodiversity conservation actions, empowering them to manage their environment, generate alternative income sources, as well as addressing local environmental challenges.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />In his remarks during the Agreement signing ceremony, the UNDP Resident Representative Shigeki Komatsubara unveiled that the projects encompasses an array of activities, including tree planting, beekeeping, forest conservation, conservation, water source preservation, livestock management, beach management and sea turtle conservation, wetland management, ecotourism and agroforestry activities among others.<br /><br />“These initiatives aim to build the capacity of local communities to address environmental issues with locally driven solutions,” he informed, emphasized the vital role of community participation in natural resource management.<br /><br /> “Tanzania’s vast natural resources require active community involvement for conservation and sustainable utilization, essential for local and national development,” he observed.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae5EgEogbWi-sKqgLwHQZgelFwtdfFqwZ8v5yrJT3PkDhyphenhypheneQrnXY-XmtnVbFfjzrPSpPYUh05FsrpQYAeW_3x6ZuVum-ZDF1BzWzXAw3LdG4wYVzjRakpeDbW9Ftb_7TTHTf7m5PDh9YmZESyoBb7Gx9iU6BFnY68MI4uRCG0ffiViHEVW8TjNw9z6go/s960/IMG-20240404-WA0056.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae5EgEogbWi-sKqgLwHQZgelFwtdfFqwZ8v5yrJT3PkDhyphenhypheneQrnXY-XmtnVbFfjzrPSpPYUh05FsrpQYAeW_3x6ZuVum-ZDF1BzWzXAw3LdG4wYVzjRakpeDbW9Ftb_7TTHTf7m5PDh9YmZESyoBb7Gx9iU6BFnY68MI4uRCG0ffiViHEVW8TjNw9z6go/w640-h360/IMG-20240404-WA0056.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Together with that, he highlighted the Small Grants Programme’s role as a catalyst for change, attracting partners to invest strategically in community-led initiatives.<br /><br /> Representing The GEF Operational Focal Point from the Vice President's Office, Lilian Lukambuzi congratulated CSOs qualified for the SGP program and encouraged more CSOs to apply for the funding.<br /><br />“We urge all CSOs to utilize the funds to realize their set objectives. The project's implementation will create value for money, quality, and tangible outputs." She said.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvejmZrFkrYacqpmhsJJ-5KHkt-LhP9yZPxg4jcEVzdQwsaHP9OCJXk4FQTdZyObPYkCoUYJVLCnp6HYG_DevRIARClJMZJ9ViR6fKSOZOFjQBCzal9z8x14-MGmxpX9Y7LvvfIXWuEWCkUQsJt8Zk-dh-nZ1aucPuBpsk1v0DsTyq5W2ytBc3W_HibxM/s1080/IMG-20240404-WA0058.jpg"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvejmZrFkrYacqpmhsJJ-5KHkt-LhP9yZPxg4jcEVzdQwsaHP9OCJXk4FQTdZyObPYkCoUYJVLCnp6HYG_DevRIARClJMZJ9ViR6fKSOZOFjQBCzal9z8x14-MGmxpX9Y7LvvfIXWuEWCkUQsJt8Zk-dh-nZ1aucPuBpsk1v0DsTyq5W2ytBc3W_HibxM/w640-h427/IMG-20240404-WA0058.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The 44 projects will benefit approximately 5,000 Tanzanians residing in rural areas, with a targeted emphasis on key landscapes including the Serengeti ecosystem, West Kilimanjaro/Lake Natron, and the Jozani ecosystem in Zanzibar.<br /><br />The Vice President’s Office oversees the Small Grants Programme in Tanzania; in 2023 it allocated USD 2 million for community-based projects on Biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable land management during the 8th Operational Phase of GEF.<br /><br />The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) is a corporate program of the Global Environment Facility that provides financial and technical support to local civil society and community based organizations to develop and implement innovative local actions that address global environmental issues, while also improving livelihoods and reducing poverty.<br /></span><br /></div>

UNDP Commits 4.04bn/ To Community-Led Biodiversity Projects In Tanzania

By Staff Reporter THE Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program which is being implemented by the United Nations Development P...

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