Kilimo Kwanza-Issue 18

Tuesday 3 August, 2010

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SUPPORTING THE PROMOTERS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Data of land available where and

suitable for what purpose

Core deposits of nearly 200,000ha

from governmentowned land to

constitute core of stock available for

allocation to investors

Privately controlled land being

availed by people ready to deposit it

and negotiate with investors

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Irrigation enhances sugar canefarming at Kagera Sugar FactoryINVESTMENT in state-of-the-art centre pivot irrigation sys-tems has enabled the KageraSugar company to producemore sugar and of a higherquality. The centre pivot irri-gation system that covers allplantations has enabled thefactory to increase total yieldper hectare from 50T/Ha toan average of 102T/ Ha.

Land bank ready tostart operatingA year after the launch of KilimoKwanza, all is now set for the op-eration of the long-awaited landbank. A team of technocratsfrom the Prime Minister’s Officehas compiled the initial stock ofland that constitutes the ‘de-posits’ in the bank and late lastmonth delivered to theTanzaniaInvestment Centre for allocationto intending investors

Why land is not optimallyused in TanzaniaTHE shortage of resourcesand ready markets for pro-duce are some of the rea-sons behind poor land usemethods by farmers in thecountry. Speaking to KilimoKwanza at different loca-tions, farmers claimed thatthis restricts them to farm-ing for domestic use and notfor business.

Cassava set to graduatefrom food to cash cropNow a project by the Interna-tional Institute of Tropical Agri-culture (IITA) is working withfarmers and the private sectorto transform cassava from afood security crop to a cashcrop.The project also aims totransform cassava farming fromsubsistence to commercial soas to improve the income ofresource poor farmers

ITiswidely believed that two of the biggest ob-stacles to investment in Tanzania are prob-lems with access to land, despite its abun-dance, and low skills by the nationals. By ex-tension, as shown elsewhere in this supple-ment, many believe that Kilimo Kwanza isunlikely to succeed unless land is legally heldand its proprietorship is registered and recog-

nised.But roundabout 70 per cent of the land in Tanzania

is yet to be surveyed, while most of the 44 millionhectares of arable land requires enhanced water supplyto become adequately productive – and this has justproved impossible to ensure.

This remains the not so bright scenario a whole yearsince the launch of the much-touted national agricultur-al initiative popularly known as Kilimo Kwanza.

But we are told everything is now set for the coun-try to have a national Land Bank, most likely operatedby the Tanzania Investment Centre, what with the gov-ernment having compiled the initial stock of land tostand as ‘deposits’. These have already been delivered tothe centre for allocation to investors ready and willing toswim on.

We are further told 13 of the country’s regions havebanked 174,065 hectares in 98 different parcels, six lookcompletely unimpressed, two are understood to havecompiled the land at their disposal but have not yettransferred it to the investment centre for use in theland bank and five have so far not taken part in the ex-ercise.

Just for the record: President Jakaya Kikwetelaunched Kilimo Kwanza last year with specific instruc-tions to all regional administrations to compile and availthe data necessary for the setting up of the land bank.

The move is seen as the first step towards the sys-tematic allocation of land for investors to boost the com-mercialisation of agriculture throughout the country.

It is stressed that the idea ismodernise the country’sagricultural sector while taking into account the con-cerns of the local communities currently subsisting onland. Put differently, the development is not expected tolead to needless displacement of peasant subsistencefarmers by large-scale commercial agricultural in-vestors.

Indeed, as explained by the TIC, what will happen isthat the bank will keep data on land that wananchi willdeclare as available for them to negotiate with intendinginvestors and the investment centre will then facilitatethe surveying and documentation of the said land.

In other words, contrary to widespread rumours,TIC will not grab land from anybody for allocation to in-vestors – be it Tanzanians or foreigners.

Fact: It is illegal for foreigners to buy land outrightin Tanzania. They can only own land through a localpartner and, with the birth of the Land Bank, TICwouldstand as the local partner.

Yet, mainly because of hard economic times, manypoor indigenous land owners find themselves forced tosell land to any bidder coming their way.

No wonder observers underline the need for thebirth of the Land Bank to so empower wananchi as toenable them to use their land more productively and, insituations where they feel like selling it, having the likesof TIC stepping in with guidance as to how to go aboutit.

Experts describe land as one of the most importantfactors in economic development, adding that it ought tobemanaged well enough if it is to improve land use prac-tices.

They rightly argue that having vacant and aban-doned land impedes the ability of communities and na-tions to sustain their operations, while also discouragingproperty ownership, depressing the value of property,attracting crime and creating health hazards.

A 2004 study by the Kirwan Institute for Study ofRace & Ethnicity at Ohio State University shows thatland bank programmes serve as economic and commu-nity development tools that help revitalise disadvan-taged communities by supporting schools, improving taxrevenues and expanding housing opportunities.

Thus, having in place the likes of the planned LandBank is hugely likely add value to land and whatever ac-tivities such land will ultimately host if properly devel-oped.

TIC Executive Director Emmanuel ole Naiko be-lieves that the critical factors to bring about a revolutionin Tanzanian agriculture include embracing scientificmethods of farming, the use of irrigation, mechanisationand the processing of farm produce.

This is essentially what Kilimo Kwanza is all about.As we mark the first anniversary of the initiative’slaunch, we should take time to gauge how its objectivescan be achieved with as little disturbance to our peopleas possible. After all, it is meant as a tool for their veryliberation.

Wallace MauggoEditor

Kilimo Kwanza:One year later

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By Special Correspondent, Dar

BOILED, fried or driedand pounded into a flourto make ugali (stiff por-ridge). These are themost common ways thatcassava is used inTanzania as in manyother countries in Africa.

However the hardy root is perceived as acrop for the poor and when they can affordit, many people quickly shift to maize andwheat products. Thus the crop is not takenseriously and its potential to contribute to-wards diversifying rural economies and re-ducing poverty has not been properly har-nessed.

Now a project by the InternationalInstitute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) isworking with farmers and the private sec-tor to transform cassava from a food securi-ty crop to a cash crop. The project also aimsto transform cassava farming from subsis-tence to commercial so as to improve the in-come of resource poor farmers.

Under the first phase of the projectdubbed, ‘Small-scale Cassava Processingand Vertical Integration Project in East andSouthern Africa,’ IITA introduced simpleprocessing technologies that are releasingthe potential of cassava as a commercialcrop in the region.

Production of high quality cassava flour(HQCF) and cassava starch were some ofthe technologies that the initiative intro-duced that are transforming the face of thecrop in the region.

High quality white or cream cassavaflour is devoid of any odor, sour taste, andcontaminants and most importantly, it haslow cyanide levels that are way below thelimits set by international standards.

The flour has a wide range of uses athome and in bakery industries as a substi-tute for wheat. On its own or mixed withthe wheat, it is used to make cakes, dough-nuts, bread, biscuits and other products.

The technology was first developed byIITA under the ‘Cassava for Bread Project’in Nigeria about 14 years ago. It became sopopular with bakers, noodle and confec-tionery manufacturers that it is now partand parcel of the manufacturing process.

Bakeries mix their wheat flour with 10percent unfermented cassava flour for

bread and cakes and as high as 35 percentfor biscuits. Some caterers are also nowmaking cakes and doughnuts from purecassava flour.

Cassava starch on the other hands alsohas diverse uses in the brewery, textile, pa-per, plywood and other industries. It can beused as a stabilizer in making ice-cream,flavoring agents in foods, making custard,baby food, sausages and other processedmeats. It also makes good gelatinizedstarch adhesives such as glue and dextrinfor postage stamps, envelope flaps, wall pa-per, corrugated cardboard cartons, and oth-er packing materials.

These technologies can save developingcountries precious foreign exchange by re-ducing importation of industrial raw mate-rials including wheat. At the same time cre-ating income for poor farmers, small-scaleprocessors and creating employment in therural areas. To introduce and promotethese technologies, the project’s first phasetrained farmers organized in groups to pro-duce the high quality flour and starch.Farmers were also trained on entrepre-neurship and business skills and providedwith simple processing machines such asgraters, pressers and chippers. They werealso linked up with potential industrialusers who were excited and welcomed theproducts as more affordable alternatives toexpensive wheat and starch imports.

In Tanzania for instance, the bakerieswere very keen to use the high quality flourto make biscuits and other products andtheir demand is overwhelming to the fewsmall scale processors trained by the proj-ect.

Some bakeries and confectionery facto-ries were asking the processors to supplythem with 10 tons of the flour on a weeklybasis, this according to Dr Adebayo Abass,

Coordinator of the project and IITA’sCassava Value Chain specialist.

The same applies to starch. Some in-dustrial processors were keen to use cassa-va starch instead of costly imported starchand they require 10 to 15 tons to meet theirmonthly requirements; another demandthat the existing small-scale processorscannot meet. The opportunities these twotechnologies have to improve the liveli-hoods of resource poor rural farmers aregrossly under-utilized.

One of the groups that benefited underthe first phase of the project is the Sululufarmers group from Bungu A village inRufiji district, Pwani region. The memberswere trained on processing of high qualitycassava flour and chips; and on entrepre-neurship skills including book keeping,quality maintenance and assurance andpackaging. They were then supplied withequipment: a chipper, a grater and amilling machine.

The group is now supplying high quali-ty cassava flour to a local matchbox indus-try, a bakery and supermarkets. Accordingto the group’s chair, Musa Omar, the proj-ect has made a big difference in their livesand those of their neighboring farmers.

The income from the new processingtechnologies has enabled all the groupmembers to improve their houses previous-ly made of mud and grass huts to iron roofand brick ones. Those with children in sec-ondary and college levels are able to com-fortably pay their school fees.

‘We have even managed to buy bicyclesfor ourselves and for our children to ride toschool,’ he says. The group was able to get agovernment loan of 10 million TSH to buy avehicle to facilitate its work. It has alsostarted a credit facility that also helpsneighboring farmers who are not members

of the group.The success of Sululu group has moti-

vated the District Council to establish 3other processing centers. Sululu group hasbeen training the new groups on cassavaprocessing. One such group is Kikundi chaWakulima was Mahogany (Kiwamumi), afarmers group that started in 2007 with 25members. The group’s membership hassince increased to 75.

Other groups trained under the firstphase of the initiative in Tanzania includedJuhudi, Jaribu, and Tumeweza Vijana.

One entrepreneur who has also gainedtremendously from the introduction of thetechnologies is Mr. Peter Chisawilo, themanaging director, Intermech Engineering.He initially collaborated with IITA and oth-er Tanzania research centers and universi-ties to locally fabricate cassava processingmachines during the pilot phase of thisproject.

Today, he continues to locally producethemachines. He has a readymarket as thesmall scale processing centres have grownfrom the initial six pilot sites where IITAtested the technologies to more than 100 inthe country, all privately owned. He alsoexports the machines to other countries inthe region such as Rwanda, Burundi andZambia where the demand is also increas-ing. He won the Tanzania EngineeringSociety Award in recognition of his work inproduction of the processing equipment.

Dr Abass said the first phase of theproject successfully introduced to ruralsmallholder farmers and low incomegroups, the technologies for transformingcassava into high value storable productsand demonstrated to the industries thesuitability of cassava as a raw material.This in turn led to the stimulation of thehuge but unexploited market opportunity

for cassava. He notes that the two technolo-gies – unfermented high quality flour andstarch - now need to be scaled up from smallscale to medium scale processing to meetthe increasing demand from industrialprocessors.

Scaling-up processing will increase de-mand for cassava in turn motivating farm-ers to increase their production as demon-strated in Nigeria. The processing technol-ogy was tested fifteen years ago at small-scale in only three of the 36 states ofNigeria. Today, 27 states have moved tomedium-scale processing. This has alsoseen cassava production increase from 36 to40 million tons per year within five years.Today Nigeria is the leading world produc-er of cassava.

Realizing a significant drop in the agri-culture sector, once a major foreign ex-change earner and resource reservoir;President of Nigeria in 2002, OlusegunObasanjo, set up the Presidential Initiativeon Cassava. Under this initiative, strate-gies were set in motion to achieve, on an-nual basis, US $ 5 billion from cassava over5 years.

The strategies focused on simultane-ously improving the farm productivity byintroducing high yielding disease resistantvarieties to farmers who were also trainedon good agronomic practices; promotion ofprivate sector participation in the produc-tion, value addition, commercialization,agro-enterprise development, and exportand import substitution.

According to Dr Abass, a lot of researchhas gone into increasing cassava productionto increase food security, such as the devel-opment of high yielding and disease resist-ant varieties. However, it is now time forthe technology to move from just increasingproduction to encompass the entire value

chain to ensure farmers in East Africa areable to gain from the increase in production.Or else it might lead to a glut in the marketaccompanied by a drop in the prices and aloss to the farmers.

Secondly, for value addition to be suc-cessful, it must also go hand in hand withidentification of markets for the processedproducts. This will stimulate and encouragethe farmers to increase production andprocess their crops leading to increased in-comes, employment and a reduction in ru-ral poverty. “Farmers or processors must belinked to industrial processors or importersof semi-processed industrial raw materials.For instance, when introducing technolo-gies for starch production, be it from cassa-va or potatoes, it is necessary to identify po-tential industrial users of starch,” says DrAbass.

To facilitate the scaling up of the pro-cessing from small-scale to medium-scale,the second phase of the project which isfunded by the Common Fund forCommodities (CFC) will introduce a two-step processing of cassava. At the village-level, small-scale processors will purchasefresh cassava roots from farmers and ex-tract water to form semi-dry grits. Thesewill then be sold to town-level processors formechanical drying and milling into highquality cassava flour for end users.

The semi-dry grits are easier to trans-port to the town-level processors and have alonger shelf life. Mechanical drying of thegrits will enable small-scale farmers toavoid major constraints associated withsun-drying. Phase I identified this as a ma-jor bottle-neck of cassava processing as itlimits cassava processing during the rainyseason and affects the products quality andquantity.

The project is being implemented joint-ly with the Tanzania Food and NutritionCentre (TFNC). Dr Nicholas Mulinge,Director of the Food Science and NutritionDepartment says the initiative is vital as itis important to change the traditional wayof processing cassava and make it into acash crop to improve the livelihoods ofsmall-scale farmers and processors.

Dr Abass says the project is encourag-ing interested entrepreneurs to join in andtake advantage of the highly profitable yetunexploited market opportunities of highquality cassava flour and starch in EastAfrica to fight rural poverty.

Cassava set to graduatefrom food to cash crop

BODI YA PAMBA TANZANIANaneNane 2010

Kauli mbiu: Kilimo Kwanza, Mapinduzi ya Kijani,Uhakika wa Chakula na Kipato.

Mwenyekiti wa Barazala la Wakuru-genzi kwa niaba ya Menejimenti naWafanyakazi wa Bodi ya Pambaanawapongeza wakulima wote wapamba nchini kwa kusherehekeaSikukuu ya Wakulima Nane Nane.Pamoja na salamu hizi, wakulima wa

pamba nchini mnakumbushwa kuzin-gatia kanuni za kilimo bora cha pambaili kuongeza tija, huu ukiwa ni mkakatiwa kutekeleza sera ya Serikali yaKILIMO KWANZA na kujikwamua naumasikini. Kanuni muhimu za kuzin-gatiwa kwa wakati huu ni pamoja na;1. Kuvuna mapema na kutenga

pamba katika madaraja ya A na B2. Kutotumia mifuko ya sandarusi

kuvunia na kuhifadhia pamba; na3. Kutoweka maji, mchanga, mag-

adi, mbolea ya chumvichumvi au kituchochote kwenye pamba kwa lengo lakuongeza uzito.4. Kung’oa na kuchoma moto

masalia yote ya pamba ifikapo tarehe15 Septemba ili kupunguza kuzalianakwa wadudu katika masalia hayo.Aidha, wafanyabiashara wa pamba

mnakumbushwa kutumia mizani sahihizisizowaibia wakulima.Matumizi ya mizani mibovu ni kosa la

jinai. Timiza wajibu wako, nunuapamba iliyotengwa katika madaraja yaA na B na isiyo na uchafu au takatakazozote.

Back groundThe Community Banks Associ-ation was founded byTanzaniaGatsbyTrust (TGT) in liaisonwith all Community Banks inyear 2005. The Associationwas registered under the Soci-eties Ordinance of 1954 (rule5) with Registration numberSO 14198 issued on 1st day ofFebruary 2006.

Mission Statement ofCBACBA mission is ‘To mobilizeresources so as to maximizevalue and economically em-power Community Banks inTanzania by offering financialand non financial resources ef-ficiently and effectively for mu-tual benefit of all parties.’

Vision of CBAThe vision of CBA is ‘To be aleading and preferred providerof resources for developmentas well as an advocate of com-munity banks in Tanzania.’

Membership StatusThe current number of mem-bers of community banks as-

sociation is nine, which includeall operating CommunityBanks and Cooperative Banksin Tanzania, and these are:• Dar es Salaam CommunityBank (DCB) in Dar esSalaam Region

• Mufindi Community Bank(MuCoBa) in Iringa Region

• Mbinga Community Bank(MCB) in Ruvuma Region

• Kilimanjaro Co operativebank (KCB) in KilimanjaroRegion

• Uchumi Commercial Bank(UCB) in Kilimanjaro Re-gion

• Mwanga Rural CommunityBank (MRCB) KilimanjaroRegion

• Kagera Farmers Co opera-tive Bank (KFCB) in KageraRegion

• Njombe community bank,Iringa (starts operations on29th March, 2010)

• Tandahimba CommunityBank (TaCoBa) in MtwaraRegion (not operational)

Services that the Asso-ciation offers to itsMembers and promot-

ers of CommunityBanks• Build capacity to Banks staffand clients

• Create a network betweenexisting Community Banksand organize exchange pro-grams for broader benefitsin and outside the country

• Review policy documentsand other operating sys-tems on behalf of Commu-nity Banks

• Advocate and lobby for awell balanced conducive op-erational environment torelevant authorities

• Reduce set up costs fornew community banks proj-ects (support with feasibilitystudies, business plan prepa-ration, preparation of nec-essary documents neededby the Bank of Tanzania, re-cruit senior staff of thebanks, acquire bank soft-ware on behalf of the banks,and other services neededby the banks)

• Integrate newly establishedCommunity Banks into anestablished network ofCommunity Banks

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Jaston Binala and Hilda Msemo

Ayear after the launch ofKilimo Kwanza, all isnow set for the operationof the long-awaited landbank. A team of tech-nocrats from the PrimeMinister’s Office hascompiled the initial

stock of land that constitutes the ‘deposits’in the bank and late last month delivered tothe Tanzania Investment Centre for alloca-tion to intending investors.

The move has been praised by econo-mists, academics and even opposition politi-cians as a step in the right direction. For astart, 13 of the country’s regional adminis-trations have banked174,065 hectares in 98different parcels. However, three regionshave so far failed to cooperate with the ex-ercise and have despite reminders, not reg-istered even a single hectare of land asavailable for the land bank. Two regionshave compiled the available land but havenot yet transferred it to the investment cen-tre for use in the land bank.

The three regions that have so far nottaken part in the exercise have been namedas Pwani, Shinyanga and Dodoma. The twothat have compiled but not yet transferredthe land are Kigoma and Tabora.

President Jakaya Kikwete had at thelaunch of the green revolution initiative lastyear tasked the Prime Minister’s Office tocompile the information. He also requiredall regional administrations to compile andavail the data necessary for the setting upof the land bank, a first step towards sys-tematic allocation of land for investors toboost the commercialisation of agriculturecountrywide.

The Executive Director of TanzaniaInvestment Centre, Emmanuel ole Naiko,disclosed in an exclusive interview with TheGuardian Kilimo Kwanza that a highlydedicated team led by PMO’s PermanentSecretary Maimuna Tarishi has submitteda comprehensive report that now makes itpossible for TIC to operate the Land Bank.

“The PS and her team have done a com-mendable job and for the first time we havea fair picture of the situation of land thatcan be made available for commercial agri-culture in an orderly manner that will helpmodernise the sector and at the same timetake care of the concerns of the local com-munities that are currently subsisting onland,” he said.

There have been concerns over the dis-placement of peasant subsistence farmersby large-scale commercial agricultural in-vestors in different parts of the country.These have arisen out of unclear propri-etorship of land in many parts, amidst con-fusion where some investors have paid offoccupants and failing to access the land.

“The famous Village Land Act of 1999requires that they negotiate directly withthe villagers and many an investor havedone so with adverse results,” explained theTIC chief executive.

“An investor meets with a hundred vil-

lagers today, pays heavily in the form of‘posho’ (allowances) and returns the nextday only to find another one hundred vil-lagers, different ones, demanding paymentand on and on,” he added.

This has been one of the major setbacksto intending agricultural investors whohave found the system frustrating. Mattersare not helped by suspicions that the landbank is a plot by government to grab landfrom the villagers and give it to foreigners.

But as ole Naiko clarifies that the landbank will comprise first of all data on whohas what land, where and suitable for whatpurpose.

Secondly, it will have government landwhich the state will make available andthis will consist of the core stock that TICcan allocate to intending investors. Thirdly,that bank will keep data on land that

wananchi will declare as available for themto negotiate with intending investors. Theinvestment centre will then facilitate thesurveying and documentation of the saidland.

“Therefore TIC is not taking land fromanybody to give to foreigners as rumourshave had it,” said the investment chief.

A prominent opposition politician, ZittoZuberi Kabwe, incumbent member of par-liament for Kigoma North (CHADEMA),says the concept of the implementation ofthe land bank will be very good for thiscountry in that it will reduce problems inthe villages.

Although Tanzania does not permit thefreehold proprietorship of land by foreigner,poverty had made it possible for the poor tosell land to foreigners outright, contraven-ing the nation’s policy in which foreigners

are not allowed to buy land outright.What happens in Tanzania is that for-

eigners access the land through what iscalled a ‘derivative right,’ Zitto Kabwe said.The derivative right permits a foreigner toown land though a local partner. Throughthe land bank, TIC is to have a list of freetracts of land where investors may put theirmoney without conflict, using the invest-ment centre as the local partner.

The concept of the land bank is alsowelcome among members of the intellectu-al community.

“The land bank is long overdue,” Dr.Marceline Chijoriga, Dean at theUniversity of Dar es Salaam BusinessSchool told The Guardian Kilimo Kwanza.“We should have started it yesterday.”Explaining the stand, she said the bank willweed out ‘land speculators’, although she

sounded a warning to the TIC: the invest-ment centre should only provide land to se-rious investors who should be identified af-ter careful scrutiny. She said one way toidentify serious investors will be to givethem time frames in which to see some-thing done on the land.

In May, The Guardian Kilimo Kwanzadisclosed that 70 per cent of the land inTanzania is unsurveyed. The country has44 million hectares of land suitable for agri-culture but most of it requires enhancedwater supply to become adequately produc-tive.

The Property and BusinessFormalisation Programme/ Mukurabita co-ordinator Ladislaus Salema said then thatthe government’s capacity to survey anddocument all the land in the country is verylow, partly because there has not been

enough demand for land titles byTanzanians to make the developing of thatcapacity a priority. But, according to theMukurabita chief, Kilimo Kwanza cannotsucceed until land is legally held and itsproprietorship registered and recognised.

A report compiled after research by theTanzania National Business Council in2002 found that two of biggest obstacles toinvestment in the country are access to landdespite its abundance and low skills by thenationals.

The situation, according to ole Naiko,has not improved very much. The comple-tion of the draft by the PMO is therefore abig step to address the land availabilityproblem.

He warned that those regions that havenot availed data as required may not getenough private investments in the coming

years and will have only their leaders toblame for the missed opportunities.

The centre views its role in the matteras facilitating the availing of land to large-scale farmers, who are the ones capable ofbringing about modernisation, employmentand also providing a market for smallhold-ers who would act as out-growers. They re-gard as unacceptable the current situationwhere 80 per cent of the population is‘locked up’ in agriculture. “My job is to pro-mote large scale commercial agriculture;there are others to address the smallhold-ers,” says the TIC boss.

Currently, most farmers depend onrain-fed agriculture, which is becoming in-creasingly unreliable because of climatechange. But there are also external factorslike markets for agricultural produce andthe subsidies in Western countries that

make it harder for farmers in developingcountries to compete. Such subsidies enablea cow in Europe enjoy subsidies of two dol-lars a day, four times many what many peo-ple in Africa live on per day.

One country whose agriculture modelTIC officials view as worth emulating isVietnam, which in a short five to eightyears has transformed from economic in-significance to the world’s third largest pro-ducer of rice. At 329,569 square kilometres,Viet Nam is just a third of Tanzania largeterritory which is about one million squarekilometres. Although the country that re-cently emerged from decades of instabilityis already an emerging manufacturing pow-er and now a big oil exporter, they have alsoput a lot of emphasis on commercial agri-culture, which has seen them become a toprice exporter, in addition to comfortably

supporting a population of nearly 80 mil-lion. TIC believe that the critical factors toliberate Tanzanian agriculture from itsbackward state to start the journey towardsmodernity can best be resolved by partici-pation of large scale operators. These fac-tors include embracing of scientific methodsof farming, the use of irrigation, mechani-sation and primary value-addition to, orprocessing of farm produce.

Today, the mechanisation levels on theland in Tanzania woefully low, standing atless than half of what they were in the sev-enties. The whole country is currently beingfarmed by a mere 8,000 ageing tractors,compared to the 17,000 well serviced onesthat were operational over thirty years ago,when the population was a third of what itis today.

To make any significant impact to-

wards mechanised agriculture, ministry ofagriculture experts told The Guardian thatat least 4,500 tractors need to be importeden masse as a matter of urgency, and thenan additional 1,800 added every year as aminimum. TIC believes this can only beachieved sustainably by efforts of large-scale private farmers.

The government has in pursuance ofmechanizing land use over time removedtaxes on agricultural machinery like trac-tors and power tillers. As a result, a rea-sonable, new tractor can be purchased bythe final user for as low as Tsh37 million,while a power tiller goes for Shs6 million.Last financial year, the government inject-ed sh50 billion in a tractor importationdrive.

Reliable provision of water to irrigatethe farmlands has been identified as anoth-

er pre-requisite for the agricultural trans-formation of Tanzania. The perpetualshortage of food is experienced while thecountry has massive tracts of unutilizedfertile land sitting on huge water reserves.

Besides large and small fresh waterlakes, there are large and small rivers andmassive underground water reservoirs thatare relatively shallow and can be accessedby minimal drilling. Water can be found ata mere ten to fifteen metres’ depth in manyparts of Tanzania.

In March, Finance Minister MustaphaMkulo told The Guardian Kilimo Kwanzathat over the next three financial years, thegovernment is going to fund the irrigationof seven million hectares. Indeed, duringthe current new budget, the minister allo-cated sh800 million to every district for set-ting up irrigation systems.

Land bank ready to start operatingBy Angel Navuri

THE shortage of resources and ready mar-kets for produce are some of the reasons be-hind poor land use methods by farmers inthe country.

Speaking to Kilimo Kwanza at differentlocations, farmers claimed that this re-stricts them to farming for domestic useand not for business.

Many of the farmers who were observedcultivating tracts of less than one hectareeach, also blamed lack of product diversifi-cation between different districts as hinder-ing access to local markets.

“This is less than one hectare,” said 65year-old Ali Hassan, indicating a patch ofrice paddy that he was weeding in Turiani.“The whole farm is 3 hectares but I don’thave the equipment to cultivate all of it,” headded.

Hassan said that he farms for domesticuse but sells extra produce to help him payfor school fees and other needs.

He urged the government to waivertaxes on imported agricultural equipmentso that they are available at a reasonableprice (the government scrapped the re-maining taxes on agriculture in the lastbudget – Editor).

Accompanied by her three children, theyoungest of which she carried on her backas she weeded her rice farm, MarcseciaMartin would love to hire extra labour toassist her. She however lacks the resourcesfor this.

“What I earn from selling my produce islittle compared to what l may have to paythe laborers. I have to work alone with thehelp of a few relatives,’ she lamented.

The government is providing powertillers and tractors that are now availableto farmers at reduced prices. Howevermany ordinary farmers in the country can-not afford to buy or hire the equipment.

With this in mind, the DistrictCommissioner for Bahi, Betty Mkwasa saidthat the money allocated to her district foragriculture was used to purchase tools andequipment that farmers can purchase orhire at more affordable prices.

“We decided to provide them with hoesthat are cheaper and hope that these willassist them to cultivate larger areas, “shesaid. She added that the hoes are lend-ablebetween the farmers themselves.

Diplomats and other experts have oftenraised concern on land utilization in thecountry and also on the expected free move-ment of labour and people between memberstates of the East Africa Common market(EAC.) Tanzanian Members of Parliamentrecently raised concern that the free move-ment will increase job insecurity and landgrabbing in the country.

The General Manager of Mtibwa SugarEstates, Gregory Swart termed land uti-lization as a serious issue but urged thegovernment to tackle the issue of land own-ership so that the farmers can benefitmore.

He said that there are some conflictsbetween communities and companies con-cerning land right and that investors oftensuffer the most.

According to a research done by DrAbraham Temu of the College ofEngineering and Technology at theUniversity of Dar es Salaam, conflicts of in-terest between investors and local commu-nities could end if the government plays apro-active role in creating more awarenessto the local community on land use.

Temu’s research indicates that majori-ty of the local people have been signing one-sided contracts, without considering thegrowth trends of local populations and landuse increase.

The current land use policy authorizesvillagers to enter into land deals with in-vestors for not more than 50 hectares perinvestor.

Government authorization is requiredfor swathes larger than that.

A few months ago the Prime MinisterMizengo Pinda said that the government isallocating funds to enable farmers practicemodern farming methods.

Why landis not

optimallyused in

Tanzania

President Jakaya Kikwete, unitiated move Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre, Em-manuel ole Naiko, keen on large scale farmers

PMO’s Permanent Secretary Maimuna Tarishi,lauded for commendable job

All but three regionshave contributed stockto the Land Bank and itis ready to start issuingland to large scale com-mercial agricultural in-vestors. The develop-ment is drawing un-precedented supportfrom academia and po-litical opposition, as itis likely to reduce fric-tion in land acquisitionby investors and speedup modernisation of thesector while providingemployment to labourthat is otherwise wast-ing away in susbistancefarming in rural areas.

The Guardian KILIMO KWANZATuesday 3 August, 2010

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Serikali imeweka utaratibu waruzuku kwenye madawa ya ku-uliwa wadudu kwenye mazao yapamba na korosho; kwa mfanokatika mwaka wa 2009/2010 ki-wango cha ruzuku kwenyemadawa ulikuwa kama ifu-atavyo:-• Jumla ya tani 148 na lita153,395 za madawa ya ko-rorhso zilisambazwa kwawakulima kwa utaratibu waruzuku.

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UTEKELEZAJI WACAADP KUPITIA ASDP

Utekelezaji wa ASDP umeende-lea kupata msukumo kufuatiahatua ya hivi karibuni ya Tanza-nia kuwa miongoni mwa nchi 11

barani Afrika zilizoridhiamkataba wa ProgramuKabambe ya Kuendeleza Kilimobarani Afrika yaani Comprehen-sive Africa Agriculture Develop-ment Programme – CAADP.Utiaji saini wa Mkataba huo uli-fanyika jijini Dar es Salaamtarehe 8 Julai 2010.

Kupitia CAADP rasilimali zaidizitapatikana kwa lengo lakutekeleza na kufikia malengoya ASDP na hivyo kutimizaazma ya KILIMO KWANZA.

SEKTA BINAFSI INA-HAMASIKA KUWEKEZAKATIKA KILIMO

Kwa sehemu kubwa Kaulimbiuya KILIMO KWANZA imesaidiasana kuhamasisha sekta binafsikushiriki kikamilifu na kuongezauwekezaji katika Kilimo. Kwamsukumo huo ni dhahiri kuwalengo la pili la ASDP linahusuuwekaji wa mazingira mazurikuwezesha sekta binafsikuongeza uwekezaji katika Kil-imo litatekelezwa kwa harakazaidi.

MWISHO

Bila shaka umefuatilia na kue-limika vya kutosha kuhusuutekelezaji wa Kaulimbiu yaKILIMO KWANZA kupitia pro-gramu ya Kuendeleza Sekta yaKilimo yaani ASDP kwakushirikiana na progrmu zingineza Serikali. Cha kuzingatia hapani kuwa kaulimbiu ya KILIMOKWANZA inatoa mwelekeokwa sekta zote kuweka mi-pango itakayosaidia kilimokukua kwa haraka. Moja yahatua zinazochukuliwa naserikali ni kwa kutekeleza ASDPna kuongeza rasilimali kupitiaCAADP.

Aidha, mikopo katika kilimoinatarajia kuongezeka kupitiaBenki ya Rasilimali na kwakuanzisha Benki ya Kilimo. Haya yote yanalenga kuboreshamazingira ya uwekezaji naushiriki mkubwa wa sekta bi-nafsi katika kilimo.

Hii ni kutokana na ukwelikwamba, kilimo bado ni muhim-ili katika uchumi wa nchi yetuna pia katika kuondoa umaskini.Hivyo, sharti kipatiwe msukumounaostahili ili kiweze kukua kwakasi na kuwezesha kutimizwakwa dhamira ya kuleta mapin-duzi ya kijani hapa nchini.

Wizara ya Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika

Utekelezaji wa KILIMO KWANZA kupitia ASDP

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By Bhoke Msama

INVESTMENT in state-of-the-artcentre pivot irrigation systemshas enabled the Kagera Sugarcompany to produce more sugarand of a higher quality. The cen-tre pivot irrigation system thatcovers all plantations has en-abled the factory to increase total

yield per hectare from 50 T/Ha to an aver-age of 102 T/ Ha. The harvesting of canehas also increased from an initial 200,000tonnes in the 2004/2005 season to 435,000tonnes by 2008/2009.

The factory now produces over 50,000tonnes of sugar per year.

Production has doubled by over 40,000tons in the 2008/2009 season when com-pared to the year 2004/2005.

Total cultivated area under cane hasalso increased from 5000 hectares in 2004to 9000 hectares by 2008/2009. Acreage isexpected to reach 12,500 hectares by 2014.According to current figures, out of the esti-mated 10million hectares under sugar cul-tivation, less than 2 million hectares areunder irrigation of one form.

By taking advantage of its proximity tothe Kagera River and investing in irriga-tion, the factory is avoiding sugar cultiva-tion that is dependent on rainfall.

Located around Lake Victoria, Kagerais part of Tanzania which characterized byfertile land and receives rainfall throughoutthe year, thus making it favorable land foragriculture.

However sugarcane cultivation is sea-sonal, forcing the factory to find new waysof cultivation to meet local and export de-mands. Learning from the drought of 2005that severely affected the agricultural sec-tor in the country, Kagera Sugar under-went a massive rehabilitation program.This included significant additional invest-ments to rehabilitate the factory by in-creasing area under cultivation, and instal-lation of state of art centre pivot irrigationequipment covering hectares of land.

During the Kagera war betweenTanzania and Uganda 31 years ago, the

factory was bombed and totally destroyed.Coupled with insufficient production of only8000 tonnes per year, poor technology anda general failure to meet basic sugar quali-ty standards, it led to the natural collapseof the factory.

In 1995 the government through itspolicy of privatization privatized the thenrun down and loss making factory. After astiff bidding war by investors, the govern-ment’s final decision to award the runningof the company to local investors in 2001

was based on the fine track record and per-formance of the company.

Kagera sugar is located in a strategicgeographical location in the North West ofTanzania with ease of access to three EastAfrican countries of Uganda, Rwanda andBurundi. All are net importers of Kagerasugar.

Recently the factory received an awardof recognition by EAC countries as one ofthe main suppliers of sugar in the EastAfrica market. Other export markets now

targeted are Congo DRC and SouthernSudan.

The increase in EAC member statesand benefits of the EAC common marketare expected to give Kagera Sugar a strate-gic entry advantage within the region.Presently the company exports up to 25% ofits produce and sells the remainder withinthe country. Domestic demand is estimatedat 420,000 metric tonnes per annum, most-ly within the Lake Zone which isTanzania’s largest market segment.

Utilizing by-products of sugar produc-tion, the factory also produces 3.4 megawatts of electricity for factory use, sharingit with the immediate community aroundthe factory. Although what is produced bythe factory does not fully cover existingneeds, it has reduced dependency on na-tional grid electricity.

The company also has a permanentstaff force of 2000 workers with a further2000 unskilled labour utilized at cultivationand harvest time. This generates income

within the community. During cultivationthe company builds camps to accommodatethe unskilled labour. The company alsocontributes to social responsibility by build-ing health centers and providing expertiseand medicine, building schools, roads andinvesting in residential housing.

The biggest challenge faced by the com-pany is failure by local producers to meetdomestic market demands. This gives thegovernment authority to import sugar re-sulting in price fluctuations. For example in2009/2010 over USD 60million was spenton sugar importation to offset the local pro-duction deficits.

Other challenges include rehabilitatingfactory capacity and expanding the totalarea under plantation. Building new capac-ity and equipment on limited budgets alsopose a big challenge.

Furthermore the expectation of in-creased plantation area under irrigationmeans that cane output will soon exceedthe factory’s crushing capacity.

The company now desires to de-bottle-neck the factory by investing in equipmentthat will increase cane crushing capacity to200TCH or 1million tons of cane annually.There are also plans to employ more skilledprofessionals, to modernize the irrigationsystem and to build a bigger power genera-tion station.

However one of the main constraints ofindustrial development in Tanzania is theshortage of financial resources and trainedpersonnel. Large investors require sound fi-nancial services to maximize productionand profits.

The company therefore calls on the gov-ernment to increase support and subsidieson agriculture inputs. A need to increasehigher education institutions with the aimof increasing available expertise in the agri-culture sector also exists.

Kagera Sugar appreciates the govern-ment’s focus on agriculture as key econom-ic development sector in Tanzania throughKilimo Kwanza. The company believesthat these efforts will increase both individ-ual and national income, and contribute to-wards improving the quality of life foreveryone.


8 IRRIGATION

Irrigation enhances sugar canefarming at Kagera Sugar Factory

The irrigation pump stationat its completion stage

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