Faida Mali progress report
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Faida Mali Progress Report Nisefori Mkwama,
Maziwa Zaidi & Steering Committee workshop, 8-10 October 2014 at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
MAZIWA ZAIDI
More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) Project
Ma
Li
Soko la Uhakika ni Mali
Implementation progress: Project Highlights.
Presentation outline
Introduction Achievements Challenges Lessons learnt Next steps
Develop scalable value chains
approaches with improve organizations
and institutions serving smallholder male
and female households.
Objective
Output:
Vibrant, well organized and sustainable
DMHs delivering demand – led inputs
and services developed.
TNA and SSP Methodology
Participatory approach Tool prepared and shared – IRLI,FM &
HPT Primary and Secondary data collection. Focused group discussion, brainstorming,
observation, questions and answers. Individual interviews.
Achievements: TNA done in 14 (47%) out of 30 villages. 554 (Fe -229 – 41.3%) and 325 men (58.7%) interviewed. Challenges, opportunities and capacity needs identified. Site specific plans conducted to all 30 project groups /coops and their needs ranked and prioritized.
Challenges
Cattle keepers Absence of well developed dairy business hub model . Inadequate artificial insemination and associated high cost. Low and high seasonal milk production. Inadequate organizational, technical, business and marketing skills.
Challenges contin….
Inadequate good governance practices. Unfavorable weather condition. Poor milk quality control and hygiene. Unreliable markets and default payment
to producers.
Cattle keepers Cont…..
Challenges Cont…Cattle keepers Cont….. Inbreeding of cattle due low knowledge
and lack/inefficient breeding services. Inadequate information on existing
financial opportunities and other sources
of investment capital.
Challenges Cont…
Input suppliers
• Inadequate skills in inputs handling, technical advise, storage facilities and drugs application.• Presence of substandard dairy farm inputs
in the market.
Challenges Cont…
Input suppliersPoor road network from the milk producers
to the consumers (town) mainly in the rainy
season. No formalized businesses between milk
producers and the service providers.
Challenges Cont…Input suppliers Unreliable power supply resulting to problems to
stock specific drugs e.g. vaccines. High costs of inputs, vaccines and drugs (e.g. ant-
ECF drugs) which is hardly affordable by most small
holder dairy cattle keepers. Inadequate investment capital due to lack of ideal
collateral or legality on their business operations.
Challenges Cont…Milk Vendors
Inadequate business skills in the milk subsector.
Late or sometimes default payment to vendors and hence the milk producers.
Unreliable milk transport and storage facilities.
Challenges Cont…
Milk Vendors Cont….. Poor road networks and unreliable
transport. Use of un-standardized weights and
measures in the milk purchase business
which is not fair producers.
Challenges
LGAs Inadequate skills in dairy sub sector. Inadequate transport facilities for effective
service provision. Not tapping into the existing opportunity
in milk revenues as sources of LGAs
income.
Challenges Cont…
Financial institutions Inadequate information of dairy cattle
keepers’ financial needs. Low trust and confidence on credit
worthiness to dairy cattle keepers. No specific banks for small scale Agri-
producers to date.
Lessons learnt TNA and SSP revealed
precise information for
implementing partners
for optimum services
provision. Dairy keepers showed
indication of owning the
dairy keeping process. There is high potential for
B2B to operate.
Next steps Cont…FM Continue implementation of the approved work plan. Dairy farming as business training for cattle eepers is
on going in the field. So far training has been done in: Lushoto – Lwandai,
Ubiri, Kwemashai, Mbuzii, Viti, Mwangoi and Ngulwi villages.(Total participants: Ma 163 and fe 99)
Training will continue in Mvomero, Kilosa and Handeni Districts.
Promotion and operationalization of check off system and B2B.
Next steps Cont…
Access to finance Sensitize and mobilize individual internal
resources as sources of capital. Continue mentoring and coaching of B2B –
July – October, 2015 .
Next steps Cont…
LGAs Make follow up to curb the alleged milk
measurement rigging and fake farm inputs
in the market.
END
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
MAZIWA ZAIDI
More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) Project
Ma
Li
Soko la Uhakika ni Mali