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