Report of a MilkIT scoping mission to Tanzania, August 2011

Scoping mission to TanzaniaAugust 2011

Brigitte Maass

MilkIT Pre-inception Workshop, Nairobi

24th – 25th January 2012

Scoping mission – objectives

• Familiarize with current and planned dairy research and development efforts and who is involved;

• Prospect for potential partners and potential sites for implementation of MilkIT; and,

• Explore arrangements for broader stakeholder consultations on partnerships and sites for future CRP-3.7 related dairy value chains research and development projects, to be held possibly in November 2011.

Route NairobiNairobi

ArushaArusha

MorogoroMorogoroDar es Dar es SalaamSalaam

TangaTanga

1000 km

1000

km

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Institutions visited

• Arusha – SARI (Selian Agricultural

Research Institute) – CIAT (Harvest Plus)

• Tanga – TLRC (Tanga Livestock

Research Centre – zonal) – Tanga Fresh – milk

processing plant

• Morogoro – SUA (Sokoine University

of Agriculture)

• Dar es Salaam – IFAD – TDB (Tanzanian Dairy

Board) – MLFD (Ministry of

Livestock and Fisheries Development)

– Land O’Lakes (NGO)

Some highlights: Arusha/Moshi/Kilimanjaro • Lots of crop residues

– Some transported from the lowlands to highland regions, but little is known about this value chain

• Seems to be a market for forages for urban dwellers – Some women sell

roadside-collected grasses along the Moshi-Arusha road

Some highlights: Tanga • Potential stakeholders

– TLRC organized a “Stakeholder” meeting

– Researchers appeared motivated; also young people

– An existing dairy platform already present that could be built on

– Functional milk factory • Feed related issues

– Seasonal feed deficits. • Milk processing under

capacity in dry season – Pastures would benefit from

sowing improved species – There is a gross lack of seed

for pasture improvement in the country

Some highlights:

• Morogoro + southern highlands – Most important issues

seem to be related to seasonality of fodder availability both in quantity and quality.

• May need further assessment

• Nationally, institutional roles not fully understood – The Agricultural Council

Tanzania (ACT) has been established to bring all stakeholders together; within ACT, Dairy Task Force has been formed

– Tanzanian Dairy Board (TDB) – members e.g., TAMPA (Tanzanian Milk Processors Association) and TAMPRODA (Tanzanian Milk Producers Association); but they are also members of the Dairy Task Force

Milk sheds

Dar es Dar es SalaamSalaam

NairobiNairobi

1000 km

1000

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MBEYAMBEYA IRINGAIRINGA

NJOMBENJOMBE

TANGATANGA

Southern highlands

MARAMARAKAGERAKAGERA

MWANZAMWANZAKILIMANJAROKILIMANJARO

MANYARAMANYARA

ARUSHAARUSHA

ZANZIBARZANZIBAR

Lake zone

Arusha/ Kilimanjaro

Tanga

MOROGOROMOROGOROMorogoroMorogoro

TangaTanga

ArushaArusha

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Potential sites• Arusha/Kilimanjaro area:

– Reasonably high productivity already and sufficient local market pull and potential for more distant markets (Dar-es-Salaam). Range of production systems including intensive and extensive systems. Could link to Manyara to fit IFAD priorities. Dairy processors already present. SARI is well established. But, could suffer from research fatigue.

• Tanga: – Seems to be a well-developed dairy area already with an efficient milk processor

(Tanga Fresh) selling milk mainly to Dar-es-Salaam. Interactions among various actors already seem fairly good, although participants were keen to emphasize that value chain linkages still need strengthening. Tanga Fresh has seasonality problem and also shortage of milk, so there could be things MilkIT could do on the feed side. If selected, Tanga would need to represent the “high market pull” site.

• Southern Highlands: – Focus area for new SUA-Norway project (EPINEV). Milk factories are functional

there, and EADD2 aims to implement part of its activities in the southern highlands. Feed issues would have to be identified in that regions, probably more related to seasonality than general shortage.

• Morogoro: – Feed resources available, potential productivity is high, market Dar es Salaam.

IFAD Tanzania: ongoing programs

1. Agricultural Services Support (>2004; nation-wide)

2. Agricultural Sector Development – Livestock: Support for Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Development (>2005; see map)

3. Rural Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Support (>2006; 6 mainland regions)

4. Agricultural Sector Development (>2008; 132 rural districts on mainland)

5. Marketing Infrastructure, Value Addition and Rural Finance Support (>2010; all 26 regions, incl. Zanzibar)

2012 Jan. 23 from: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/projects/tags/tanzania

Agricultural Sector Development Programme – Livestock: Support for Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Development

• Main participants are poorest members of herder and agro-pastoralist groups who depend mainly on livestock for their livelihoods.

– Focusing particularly on women, young people and marginalized groups, and some Zanzibar fishing households.

– Also addressing special needs of the large numbers of poor rural people affected by HIV/AIDS.

• The overall objective is to improve food security and increase incomes within these communities. Specifically, to improve livelihoods for the target groups by:

– helping farmers identify and manage their own development needs

– boosting livestock production through research and technology– improving marketing systems and infrastructure for livestock

products– strengthening national and local government institutions to improve services to

livestock farmers– promoting a participatory approach to natural resource management within local

administrations– investing in improved health care and water management.

2012 Jan. 23 from: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/projects/tags/tanzania

MilkIT – Site selection criteria

• Potential for productivity improvement emphasizing feeds

• Link between feed improvement and milk market• Production system • Livestock population • Stakeholders • IFAD priorities • R&D partners• Market pull • Beneficiaries

MilkIT – Site selection criteria 1

Criteria Potential MilkIT research sites (Major Milk Sheds/Catchment zones of Tanzania)

Arusha (town + its environs) + Kilimanjaro Regions

Tanga Region + its environs incl. Lushoto highlands

Morogoro + its environs incl. southern highlands (Iringa + Mbeya Regions)

Mwanza + Mara Regions (Lake Victoria zone)

Zanzibar

Potential for productivity improvement emphasizing feeds

++ +++ +++ ++ +

Link between feed improvement and milk market

++ +++ + + +

Production system Intensive (highlands) + extensive (lowlands)

Intensive (highland) + extensive (lowlands)

More extensive than intensive

Mainly extensive systems

??



Arusha + Kilimanjaro Regions

Tanga Region

Morogoro + incl. southern highlands

Mwanza + Mara Regions

Zanzibar

Cattle population and proportion improved dairy cattle (2007/08 sample based census) Livestock population

Arusha 1,812,602 (5.3%)Kilimanjaro 493,943 (35%)

Tanga 731,504 (6%)

Morogoro 639,995 (1.8%) Mbeya 866,790 (9.1%)Iringa 475,935 (3.3%)

Mwanza: 1,976,831 (0.3%)

Zanzibar: 155,723 (4.4)

Genetics for dairy cattle +++ cross breed

++ cross breed

++ cross breed

+ cross breed

+?




Tanga Region



Zanzibar

Stakeholders (Presence/ absence)

+++ ++ + + ??

Types of stakeholders Many NGOs, NARS, Feed and agro-chemical companies, Milk proces-sors

NGOs, NARS, Feed and agro-chemical companies, Milk proces-sors, stake-holder plat-form exists

Feed processor, Milk processors, SUA, NARS

Milk processors

??




Tanga Region



Zanzibar

IFAD priorities ++ if linked with Manyara

None None None +++

R&D partners SARI, Livestock Research Centre West Kilimanjaro

Tanga Livestock Research Centre (zonal ARI)

Mpwapwa Livestock Production Research Institute (natio-nal ARI), SUA

None ??

Market pull – local +++ +++ ++ +++?? +

Market pull – external +++ +++ +++ + None

Beneficiaries +++ +++ +++ ++ +

Technology

Report of a MilkIT scoping mission to Tanzania, August 2011