AMSDP Key Players Exploratory Workshop on

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AMSDP Key Players Exploratory Workshop on
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AMSDP
Key Players
Exploratory
Workshop
on
Market
Linkages
June 8 th to 10 th 2005
Arusha International Conference Center
Arusha
Tanzania
Proceedings prepared by:
Clive Lightfoot, Anne Dennig and Jonathan Cook
International Support Group (ISG)
http ://www.isglink .o rg
First Mile Project with
Agricultural Marketing Systems Development
Programme. (AMSDP). Tanzania
PROCEEDINGS Exploratory Workshop on Market Linkages
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this workshop are for the participants of the AMSDP programme to understand the different challenges
people face in marketing and explore future visions of improved market linkages. Participants will also explore the concept of
linked local learning and the communication required for linking learners.
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Workshop Programme – Wednesday 8th June
Time
9.00
9.30
10.00
11.00
11.30
12.30
14.00
Activity
General welcome
Opening Speech
Workshop objectives and
programme
Participant introduction,
Group formation and group task
Identifying Current Challenges in
Marketing
Reflection on current marketing
challenges
Presentation of LISSA case study
of market linkages
14.30
Group formation and group task
15.00
Identifying on future visions for
improved market linkages
16.00
16.30
17.30
Reflection on future visions
Organization
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Speaker: District Com.
Presenter: CL
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
Group work
Facilitator: CL, AD
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Facilitators. CL
Plenary session
Chair AMSDP
Presenter: CL
Plenary session
Chair AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
Group work
Facilitator: CL, AD
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Facilitators: CL
Materials
Workshop Kits
Handouts Workshop objectives
& programme
Learning objectives
Seed game
Name tags
(Stakeholder groups by farmers, processors, transporters,
traders, service providers, local govt/AMSDP programme)
Instructions 1 Challenges in
Marketing
Flip charts, cards, pens
Tea break
Mind map on flip charts, pens,
tape.
To understand peoples different perspectives on current
challenges in marketing
Lunch Break
Handout LISSA story
Slide show LISSA Story
(projector)
Energizer
Instructions 2 Future Visions
Flip charts, pens
To gain a common understanding on marketing challenges
To understand the concept of marketing chains
(Mixed groups of all stakeholders)
To understand peoples future vision of improved market
linkages
Tea break (group photo)
Flip charts, tape
To gain a common understanding on peoples future vision of
improved market linkages
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Workshop Programme Thursday 9th June
Time
8.00
Activity
Workshop programme for day 2
Presentation of Learning Cycle for
Market Linkages
8.30
Group formation and group task
9.00
Identifying practical ideas to try
out and partners
10.30
11.00
Reflection on ideas to try out
Organization
Plenary session
Chair. AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
Presenter. AD
Plenary session
Chair. AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
Group work
Facilitators: CL, AD
Plenary poster session
Chair AMSDP
Facilitator: :CL
12.30
14.00
Operating learning in AMSDP
Plenary session
Chair AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
15.00
Group formation and group task
15.30
Getting organized for learning
Plenary session
Chair AMSDP
Facilitator: CL
Group work
Facilitator. CL, AD
16.00
16.30
17.00
Presentation of organization for
linking local learners
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Presenter. CL
Materials
Workshop programme,
Handout LISSA Learning Cycle
Slide show LISSA Learning
Cycle (projector)
Energizer
Instruction 3 Practical ideas
Learning objectives
To understand the practical application of an action learning
process to market linkages.
To identifying practical ideas each stakeholder can do to move
towards their common future vision of improved market linkages
(Mixed groups of all stakeholders)
Flip chart, pens
Tea break
Colour stickers, tape
To gain a common agreement on key ideas for learning
Lunch Break
Slides Learning Cycle (projector) To understand what is involved in the action learning cycle
Handout Action Learning Cycle
Handout Negotiating
Partnerships
Instruction 4 Partnership
building
(Mixed groups of all stakeholders)
Energizer
Instruction 5 Organise learning
group
Flip charts, pens
To understand how to organize a learning group
Tea break
Handout Sharing experiences
Slide show Sharing experiences
(projector)
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To understand the concept of sharing experiences between
learning groups forming a local learning network
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Workshop Programme Friday 10th June
Time
8.00
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.00
12.30
14.00
15.00
15.30
Activity
Workshop programme for day 2
Presentation of Communications
challenges
Exploring current communication
methods and improvements
Organization
Plenary session
Chair. AMSDP
Presenter. JC
Group work
Facilitator. JC, AD
Materials
Workshop programme,
Handout Communications for
learning
Instructions 6 Communication
within groups
Reflection on action to improve
communications
Plenary session
Chair. AMSDP
Facilitator. JC
Pens, flip charts, cards
Identify ways for learning groups
to communicate with each other.
Plenary session
Chair. AMSDP
Facilitator. JC
Reflection on action to improve
communications between groups
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Facilitator. CL
Plenary session
Chair: AMSDP
Facilitator. AD
Identifying next steps, Workshop
evaluation and closing
Tea break
Instructions 7 Communication
between groups
Flip chart, pens, cards
Lunch Break
Pens, flip chart, tape
Evaluation sheet
Learning objectives
To understand the communication challenges facing local multistakeholder learning groups
To understand current communication methods and what is
needed to improve them
To identify ways in which learning groups can communicate with
each other including using email and internet
To identify next steps for the AMSDP program to prepare for
training in peer-to-peer action learning process
Tea break and Departure
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Opening Speech by Arumeru District Commissioner, Hon. Elias Wawa Lali
Distinguished guests, our Facilitators, Programme Co-ordinator, Workshop participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me at the first place extend my gratitude to the Programme Co-ordinator for giving me the honour to officiate at an opening ceremony of this workshop. I would also like to extend my gratitude to
workshop participants for leaving aside your important schedules to take part in this workshop. As stakeholders, your participation will improve your efficiency in implementing various activities of the
Programme, particularly in promoting marketing systems, participation and the way marketing systems operates for our farmers and rural small and medium entrepreneurs.
Agricultural Marketing Systems Development Programme (AMSDP) was deliberately established to do away with various impediments existing in agricultural marketing systems. Among these numeral
impediments include ignorance and insufficient participation of agricultural crops producers, poor infrastructures, insufficient experience in the private sector and lack of capital.
The AMSDP long-term goal is to raise income and food security amongst smallholder farmers in areas covered by the Programme. The medium-term goal is to improve the structure, trend and
performance of the country’s crops marketing systems. The Programme specific objectives are:
i. To build the capacity of smallholder farmers in a bid to boost agricultural crops production and productivity, and
ii. To boost the number of agricultural crops medium-scale and small-scale traders interacting with smallholder farmers and their rural counterparts.
Dear workshop participants, the Programme activities will be implemented through four components as follows:
i. Agricultural Marketing Policy Development component devises policy; laws, rules and regulations; improves market information and conducts analyses and enforcement of the policy right from
the local government to the national level.
ii. Producer Empowerment and Market Linkages component empowers smallholder farmers and agricultural crops processors/small-scale traders’ groups.
iii. Financial Market Support Services component enables smallholder farmers with their agricultural crops stored in warehouses and agricultural crops processors/small-scale traders to secure
loans.
iv. Rural Marketing Infrastructure component develops infrastructures for agricultural crops markets.
This seven year (2003 – 2009) long Programme will be implemented in two phases in the Southern Zone involving Iringa, Mbeya, Ruvuma and Rukwa regions and in the Northern Zone involving
Kilimanjaro, Tanga, Arusha and Manyara regions.
This workshop is an important part of the AMSDP strategies, as it aims at providing agricultural crops producers with entrepreneurial skills and at networking them with markets for their crops. Am
informed that the workshop has attracted stakeholders from both, Southern and Northern Zones, mostly being smallholder farmers, entrepreneurs, facilitating agencies, district council experts, the
Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), network of farmers groups, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), the Ministry of
Co-operatives and Marketing and AMSDP.
Dear workshop participants, with us today are our distinguished guests from International Support Group (ISG), who are to join forces with AMSDP in making this important workshop a success.
Dear workshop participants, am convinced that the workshop has been timely organized, as availability of information and markets themselves is of paramount importance during this globalization era
than ever.
I am also informed that this workshop’s main objective is to identify the existing marketing systems situation and devising participatory strategies of improving the situation. I would, therefore, like to take
this opportunity to urge to be extra careful in your deliberations and to devise an action plan that can be implemented so that the Programme goals are achieved as envisaged.
With these few words, I would now like to officially announce that this workshop has been officially opened.
Thank you for your attention.
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Perspective on Current Marketing Challenges
Organized into groups by key player types – producers, processors, traders, partner agencies, market monitors and AMSDP focal persons their task was to identify all
the major challenges faced by the participants in marketing. Important areas of marketing could include: processing, consumers, finance, policy and regulations,
production, storage, information, transport, security, market places, prices, traders and buyers.
Process
1.
Before starting the discussion group members chose someone to chair their discussion, someone to write their ideas on paper and another person to
present the ideas.
2.
Discussion started by writing the main discussion topic: existing marketing situation, in the centre of the paper using a landscape format.
3.
Then members determined what main areas of marketing the group wanted to discuss. As they decided on each main area they wrote it next to the
main topic and linked each area with a line to the main topic box.
4.
Once all the main areas were written down, the group went back and discussed the challenges they faced in each area writing down each challenge
identified in a ring around the relevant part and linking each challenge with a line to the relevant part.
5.
The group repeated step four until all the challenges were identified.
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Producers’ Perspective on Current Marketing Challenges
High
interest
rates 30%
Lack of
credit
institutions
Poor roads
Free market
lower price
Not united in sale
negotiation
No contact with buyer
Buyer determines price
High cost of hire
Low quality oversupply
Vehicles not available
Prices
Capital
No standard units
Transportation
Inadequate skills on new
techniques
Crop
Quality
Weight measures
Storage
Producers’
Marketing
Challenges
High input
prices
Poor facilities
Late payment
for crops
Middleman
Lack of capital to buy
inputs or knowledge
Packaging
Farmer does not know cost
of Production
Unlicensed middlemen
Communication
Lack on knowledge
and skills
Not united
No price
information
Poor transport
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Lack of capital for materials
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Partner Agencies’ Perspectives on Existing Marketing Challenges
Expectations from
group members
Mistrust
Poor storage facilities
Poor roads
Post harvest handling
Poor market places
Informal
activities
Inadequate transparency
Infrastructure
Interference with politics
Lack of clear
boundary among PA
and TCCIA roles
Lack and
unreliable
information
No national policy for markets
Producers
Price control un-realistic
Partner Agencies
Marketing
Challenges
Market
information
Lack of continuity of PA activities
Production
Poot sharing
information
among groups
Coverage and
outreach
Price control
Processors
& Traders
Difficult to
organise them
into groups
Lack of
Coordination among
PA&TCCIA
Low quality
Low
Production
Poor
Packaging
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AMSDP Focal Persons’ and Market Monitors’ Perspective on Marketing Challenges
Low prices
Illegal measures
Lack of
processing
facilities
Price fluctuations
Transport
for
producers
Policy (trade
liberalization
Prices
Unreliable Market information
Trading and packaging
Processing
No processing
knowledge
Poor roads
Focal Person, Market
Monitor Marketing
Challenges
Lack of warehouses
Infrastructure
Lack of market places/structure
Multisectoral involvement
Agriculture, Cooperatives,
Trade, Market research
Poor access to loans
Communication
Finance
Lack of
Credibility
Lack of transport
facilities for market
monitors
Production
Few
alternative
crops
Lack of information - radio,
mobile phone,
Low quality
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Blind production (no farmer
organization
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Processors’ and Traders’ Perspectives on Marketing Challenges
Unreliable information
Producers produce without
knowing who is going to pay
No orders
Storage and
reliable stands
Poor packaging due to
high price of
packaging materials
Marketing channels – no
information distribution
Market Place
Market
Information
Quality Standards and imports
Preservation Facilities
Lack of buyers
Buyers Dictate Price
Low
capacity
utilization
Low Demand
Scheduling
Buyers need
the produce
when the
producers
don’t need and
vice versa
Processors &
Traders
Marketing
Challenges
Price below
production cost
Producers lack of
negotiation ability
Transport charges
Access to
finance
Makes producers/traders
take advantage of
marketing opportunities
in other places
Cooperation
It makes the process and traders to fail to
get quick money to process the order.
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Trader fails to fulfill big
constraint
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Future Vision for Improved Market Linkages
Organized into five groups mixing types of key players their task was to imagine improvements that will overcome the challenges they faced in marketing. Important
improvements included better linkages between key players in the marketing chain from producers to consumers.
Process
1. Before starting the discussion group members chose someone to chair their discussion, someone to write their ideas on paper and another person to present
the ideas.
2. Using the diagram developed in the group work the group identified the marketing areas and challenges they wanted to improve in future.
3. They then discussed ways in which the challenge could be overcome or a better way of working could be tried writing down each future improvement on a
card and noting the key players who should be involved in making the improvement.
4. They repeated step three until all the challenges were covered.
5. The group prepared a table showing the marketing area, challenge, future vision and who was involved in making the improvement
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Group One Outputs
Marketing Area
Current Challenges
Market Information
Farmers depend on traders for price
information
Farmers bargaining power is low
Inaccurate and untimely price information
Marketable produce (new crops)
Stake holder
coordination and
collaboration
Inadequate communication among
stakeholders
Conflicting interests
The farmer is always the looser
Future Vision
Farmers use formal sources eg. Radio, T.V. newspapers, mobile phones.
Farmers organise themselves to seek for information e.g. “spy farmers” “Mkulima
ShuShu” e.g. Mbeya. Create market places and special days
Use of reliable information sources e.g. radio, phones
Produce prices to be collected and be issued frequently training of farmers to
accept the concept of alternative crops
Better communication
Better relationship
Shared interests
Everybody should benefit in the end
Regulated market (free but regulated market)
Key Players
Group market committee, Ministry of
Coop & Marketing. Market Monitors,
Farmers, PA, Agricultural extension
Officers
Farmers, processors, traders,
producers and consumers,
Government Crop Boards, TCCIA
Group Two Outputs
Marketing Area
Current Challenges
Future Vision
Key Players
Market information
Unreliable market information
Infrastructures
Poor roads
Poor storage facilities
Provision of market information centres (villages districts and regions)
Market studies and survey
Transport facilities
Construction and rehabilitation of roads
Mobilization of communities to maintain their roads
Constructions and rehabilitation of storage facilities
Poor market places
Construction and rehabilitation of market places
Market monitors, Producers,
processors, NGO’s (Private
Companies, MCM, WEO
Government District Councils Donors
Villages
Government (AMSDP), District
Councils, Donor, Villagers
Government AMSDP, District
Councils, Donors, Villagers.
Group Three Outputs
Marketing area
Present challenges
Future vision
Key Players
Maize quality
Poor quality of the maize
Maize producers, Business people
at all levels. Processors Extension
officers.
Marketing information
No reliable communication
Improve the quality of maize
Information on the maize quality that is required in the market.
Knowledge on maize production improvement
Grading the maize.
Establish information networking on marketing information through phones, radio,
websites.
Simu, Redio, Tovuti, Runing
Publicity
Lack of publicity
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Maize producers, Business people
at all levels, TCCIA, Processors
Maize producers, Business people
at all levels, Processors, TCCIA.
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Group Four Outputs
Marketing Area
Low Price
Current Challenges
Buyers dictate prices
Poor quality
Lack of Buyers
Lack of Processing Plants/Factories)
facilities
Future Vision
Prepare production costs and profit make up
Discussion with buyers
Crop Storage facilities
Past Savings (to be able to meet other necessary expenditures)
Unit of farmers/processor (producers) one voice
Improved hybrid
Crop husbandry, Land preparation, Plauline – spacing, Weeding, Harvesting, Handling
etc.
Storage facilities (traditional)
Contract farming
Networking and Market information
Establish small scale processing facilities e.g. Drying
Key Players
Farmers/Producer, TCCIA/PA/Focal
Person, Buyers, AMSDP
Farmers, Extension Officer
Farmer, PA/TCCIA, Groups (Producer)
Farmer, Producer Groups
Group Five Outputs
Marketing Area
Current Challenges
Finance
Lack of rural based financial services
Poor knowledge in credit management
Access to capital
Market Information
Poor information reliability, timing,
validity
Inadequate market information facilities
Quality Control
Licensing of Brokers
Poor Access to
Finance
Crop sanitation
Grading
Packaging
Processing
Operating without licence
Credit Facility Institutions – Not
available in some places
Future Vision
Promote rural based financial institutions (SACCOS)
Conduct appropriate training, Awareness on the need
Linkages, Networking with appropriate donor, financial institutions, Financial Services
Programme
Identification of market information centre
Formation of Market research committee in each centre
Linkage with District price monitor
Networking within the outside area
Promotion of use of already available marketing facilities e.g. Radio, Newspapers,
Internet at Regional and District Level, mobile phones.
Promote use of market information windows (Bill bounds)
Capacity building
Linkages
Networking
Establish legal frame works by laws for control the Brokers/middlemen
Introduce fees/licence
Savings and Credit Schemes
Engage in Low Cost undertaking (Alternative Crops)
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Key Players
PA, RFSP, District Council, Financial
Institutions, PA, District Council,
Financial NGOs, SELF Project, SIDO,
PRIDE, SEDA
PA, District Council, TCCIA, BDS,
MC&M, Media Producers, Traders and
Processors.
PA, District Council, TCCIA, Producers,
Traders, Processors, Media,
Development Partners in the areas,
IWATA
PA, District Council, Research Station,
Agriculture Training Institute, MAFS,
Process, Producers, Traders
Development Agencies TCCIA
PA, District Council, TCCIA,
Producers, Processors, Traders.
Producer groups
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Linking Maasai Cattle Producers and Slum Consumers in Fair Trade
This is the story of how farmers got together with a meat processor and formed a livestock stakeholder self help association
that links Maasai cattle producers with meat processors, vendors and consumers to bring fair trade practice to all. Michael
Kibue. LISSA. Kenya. October 2002. <[email protected]>
It is sunset at Suswa Livestock Market in Kenya. A group of Maasai pastoralists are still seated in the open market. They are in deep discussion and very desperate. The city
businessman who took their livestock on credit did not appear. It is the third market day yet no sight or promissory word. The cattle belongs to our community what shall we do? is
the painful question that the pastoralists cannot answer. Production without access to market is the real agony of beef livestock farmers in Kenya. It has frustrated the producers and
created opportunity for excessive exploitation. It is the real barrier to generate incomes for poverty alleviation.
With advent of economic reforms and trade liberalization the Government closed down its livestock marketing services and the only processing plant. Inevitably, the beef industry fell
into hands of private sector middlemen. This change has resulted in unfair trade, disorganized marketing systems, and has locked the industries enormous potential for social and
economic development. At risk is livelihoods of poor pastoralist farmers and public health of meat consumers. However, re-vitalizing the beef industry for poverty alleviation and
sustenance of livelihoods is a key priority of our government and donors. Massive resources have been spent but achieving very little. We farmers cannot but feel very desperate
and powerless in the face of unfair trade, disorganized livestock marketing systems, poor consumers, low incomes of producers, and drought. Low returns rendered our investment
fragile while lack of knowledge and training led to low incomes and resource wastage. How to make meat affordable to the poor hence open our greatest meat market is our
challenge. Nothing can make life more promising to poor livestock farmers than guaranteed market and fair price for their livestock. Yet very few organizations if any have the
courage to undertake the risk to help the poor farmers face this challenge. We farmers and Bahati meat processor took courage and resolved to empower ourselves to face this
challenge.
Against our expectation our tasks became identifying stakeholders and their market needs, creating linkages between the producer and the buyer, building capacity for processing
and product development, exchanging information and brokering among all players. We use participatory learning to manage the complex changes. We organized a multistakeholder learning workshop that was well attended. We posed these critical empowerment questions: Where are we now? Where do want to be? How shall we get there?
We all agreed that now we have a disorganized livestock marketing systems, unfair trade practices that marginalize the Maasai, poor meat quality and unhygienic meat production,
environmental pollution from slaughter houses and degraded rangelands for cattle. What we want to see in future is: increased trade volume from new market opportunities; fair
trade among all parties including price discovery and better pricing mechanisms; empowerment of farmers to manage change and conserved natural rangelands; hygienic meat
processing; higher quality meat and consumer satisfaction. We proposed to get there through partnership and co-operation between key stakeholders. We formed the Livestock
Stakeholders Self-help association (LISSA) to bring together pastoralists, traders, Bahati abattoir, butchers and vendors who sell meat in shops and directly to consumers in slum
areas to ensure fair trade practice for all concerned.
LISSA works because it integrates fair trade practices with a multi-stakeholder learning process that empowers all stakeholders to achieve superior communication, innovation and
responsiveness to changes affecting the industry while bringing higher benefits to all. Our learning process is a powerful rethinking tool that transforms our problems into challenges.
It demonstrates the mutual benefit of communication and information exchange both vertically to higher levels of government and industry and horizontally to peers in livestock
production and meat processing. For LISSA members learning is a contact sport of continuous engagement through meetings, individual communications, and information
exchange.
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Practical Ideas for Action to Realize Future Visions
Using their table of future visions the five groups of mixed key players identified ideas for practical action that the key players could take to realise their future vision. It
is important that these ideas for actions were realistic and could be implemented by the key players without additional resources.
Process
1. Before starting the discussion group members chose someone to chair their discussion, someone to write their ideas on paper and another person to present
the ideas.
2. Using the table of future visions group members identified the critical future visions they wanted to act on immediately.
3. The group then brainstormed practical and realistic ideas that the key players involved could implement to realise the vision identified writing each idea on a
separate card.
4. Brainstorming continued until all critical future visions were covered.
5. The group prepared a table of the future vision, ideas for practical action, and the key players carrying out the action.
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Group One Outputs
Future Vision
Higher paddy rice production
Better price for rice
Practical Ideas to Try Out
Increase production by training farmers modern agronomic skills: Weeding, Fertilizer
application,Pesticide application, Harvesting and Post harvesting technique
Access to loan through: formation of SACCOS, linkage to financial institutions i.e CRDB, Exim Bank,
Non financial institutions such as NGO and Trust Funds
Access to fertile land and availability of water through introduction to irrigation facilities through
improvement of traditional irrigation system and Rain harvesting
Land : Farmers should shift to areas with available land i.e. Handeni, Karatu, Turiani
High price for paddy through use of improved and high yielding varieties i.e super kahogo
Better package by labeling according to market requirement
Trading and sorting according to market demand
Agricultural exhibition either local or international
Farmers should be trained the practice of cost benefit analysis (CBA) before starting production
Train farmers on negotiation and bargaining power
Key Players
Farmers Extension Officer
Farmers, Financial Institution staff to disseminate
education on loans and financial management,
Pas, Cooperative Officers
Farmers, Irrigation technicians, Farmers,
Government authorities
Farmers, Irrigation technicians
Farmers, Extension Officer, Research Institutes
Farmers, trader and processors
Farmers, trader and processors
All of them
Farmers, PA, World Vision, Faida Mali.
Farmers, PAs, World Vision, Faida Mali
Group Two Outputs
Future Vision
MILK
To raise the price of milk from the
present 200/= per ltr
Raise livestock keepers income
SUNFLOWER
Reliable market.
Impoved infrastructure.
Practical Ideas to Try Out
Formation of milk productioh groups/CBO’s,Societies
CONE SOCIETY
Production costs per ltrs-costing analysis.
Establish milk marketing frame
Arrange multstake holders workshop/meeting on pricing and set agreement/contract.
Set agreement/contract
Provide knowledge on processing.
Formation of farmer groups
Availability of improved sunflower seeds that yield highly. Both quality and quantity.
Knowledge on the crop husbandry/management
Mobilization on improving the road.-(Nguvu kazi)
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Key Players
Livestock keepers,Co-op officer,Extension
officers,Leaders,group leaders,TCCIA, for farmers
and processors.
Farmers,Co-op officer,Agriculture
department,Group members,Extension
officers,village leaders
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Group Three Outputs
Future Vision
Ensure and Updating Rice Crop Pricing
Information.
Achieve Better Price of Rice Crop
through Storage – and Sale During
Peak Price.
Practical Ideas to Try Out
Formation of rice crop production groups/societies at different levels say village,wards etc.
Regular meeting on exchanging informationsI
Use of he already existing group net-working-MVIWATA on information exchange.
The use of MKULIMA SHUSHU .
Use of notce boards
Use and listening radio news.
Knowldge on rice crop storage
Provision of crop storage go-downs.
Knowledge on price negotiation.
Knowledge on analyzing and keeping records on production costs
Key Players
Producers,Farmers, Market Monitors, Pas, District
council (CDO, Afisa Ushirika), TCCIA, MVIWATA
AMSDP, Famersi, Pas, District councils.
Group Four Outputs
Future vision
Reliable timely and accurate Market
Information systems for Rice
Practical Ideas to Try Out
To identify and facilitate Market informers, Transport facilities/fare, Mobile phones, Radios/News
papers bulleting
Group marketing of rice and specific days and places
Solist information from various sources/market networks e.g MVIWATA MCM/Market Monitors,
TCCIA
Establish price market boards at trading centres
Announcement of Prices on various gatherings e.g churches, mosques etc.
Group Revolving fund contributions from members
Formation of savings and credit schemes/SACCOS including trainings in Record Keeping, Bank
Accounting, Credit and Financial
Key Players
Farmers, Processors, Traders
Producers, Processors, Community leaders
Producers, Processors, Traders, Religious leaders
Market officers, Community leaders
Producers, Processors, Traders, Religious leaders
Processors, Traders
Producers, other S. H.
Group Five Outputs
Future vision
New market for Pepper found
Practical Ideas to Try Out
Identifying key players in market chain including final consumer to be known, Suppliers to consumer,
Importer/Distributor, Exporter, Buyer/Trader (domestic), Producer/farmer
Knowing each stakeholders requirement in terms of Quantity, Quality, Price, Delivery terms – time ,
transport, Packaging
Stakeholders meeting/contract for Agreement on what each stakeholder will consider as a fair trade
Contract signed – in this case each stakeholder should have legal status i.e. Producer should be in
groups – Registered Traders should be registered. Producers to join contact local business
association (ie. TCCIA) which will lias to sister Organisation in the Importers Country for Reliability of
the Importer
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Key Players
Producer representative from the Workshop will
introduce the idea to the Producer Group
Mkulima shughu
TCCIA
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Organizing a Local Learning Group
Organized into seven group by district from northern and southern zones their task was to organise themselves into a local learning group for their district to
implement the five steps of the action learning cycle (1.Preparation; 2.Ideas; 3.Action; 4.Results; 5.Reflection) and share their learning with other learning groups.
Important things to consider were the learning group’s objectives, members, functions, meeting schedules and venues.
Process
1. Before starting the discussion group members chose someone to chair their discussion, someone to write their ideas on paper and another person to present
the ideas.
2. The group first discussed and developed the objectives of their learning group at the district level.
3. They then went on to identify the members of the learning group.
4. The group identified the functions needed within the group (including: chair, secretary, documenter and information broker) and described what each person
would do.
5. Lastly the group developed a schedule for meetings: When and where will the group would meet and how frequently.
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Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Muheza District Learning Group
Promoting exchange of market information on milk and orange products (price, quality and quantity improvement issues)
Sensitization of producer organizations/groups to form SACCOS
Identify alternative milk buyers/consumers
Promote value addition activities through domestic milk processing
Ensure a close monitoring system of market price to take advantage of early and later seasonal price
Steve. S. Steve, Pius Mtangi, Laurent Kaburire
Orange growers these are 2 producer group: BOFACOS and MOFACOS
Other stakeholders: Trainers on market linkage issues, TCCIA, PA’s, DFP, MUWAMU, DAIPESA, AMSDP – Northern Zone
Milk producers: CHAWAMU, UWAMLI, MADAFCO, JANGA FRESH, TDCU, OLE (TRADER), BACRESSA, PAS, TCCIA, DFP, AMSDP
Responsible person
PA’s to call the group meeting and facilitate the discussion, linkage and organizational structure
All of the above mentioned for sharing of experiences and stories.
Orange crop – The meeting will be held on 13th /07/ 2005
Milk product: The meeting will be held on 14th/07/2005
Songea District Learning Group
Organise key group farmers to learn on Pigion Peas production at commercial levels as an alternative crop
John Bosco Sief, Job Elisuhi, Mushi, Arry Mlingi, Harry Mwela
Representative from each 23 producer group, Women group representatives, Agricultural Extension officers from groups centres, Village Executive Officer from the
groups sites.
Chairperson: To call the group meetings as per schedule, To facilitate discussion
Secretary: Group record keeping, Meeting minutes keeping, Invitation letters writing, Chairperson advisor for meetings management, To remind group members on
date, venue and time of meetings
Info Broker: To link the group to other sources of desired information, Design and produce other necessary information for the group.
1st Friday of each month as from July 2005 at 9.00 am at district HQ in TechnoServe Songea Office
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Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Manyara District Learning Group
Organize key farmers from group to learn how to keep record in order to establish the cost of production of paddy
Conduct practical demonstration on farms
Negotiations skills
Register farmers willing to keep records and calculate the profit margins
Mobilize farmers groups into existing SACCOS
Identify and link with market partners – Traders, Processor, Super Market
Issa Magguo, Athumani Karunde, William Swai, Stanley Mchome, Anatoly Pomoni, M. Singisha,
Farmers group members, Farm Africa, TCCIA, Extension staff, FIDE – CDOTE TO PIDERS, PADEP
Chairperson to facilitate meeting and discussions
Secretary – Keep group records and minutes and do the link to the stakeholders. Solicit information’s and impact stories for the group information broker - TCCIA
30/6/2005 – First meeting – Magugu
29/7/2005 – Second meeting – Quash
30/9/2005 – Third meeting
Arumeru District Learning Group
Availability of reliable marketing..
Formation of marketing committee, The committee to conduct and collect information on marketing, The committee to report and tell on the market availability, To
set agreement/contract, Production to start as per the agreement/contract.
Asha Muya, Edina Kahembe, Nailejileji Mbaga, Samuel Mbise, Loserian Laizer, Elly Zakaria, Joseph Mkwama
Responsibles:
Farmers and livestock keepers,Market and marketing commettee,Agriculture extension officer/personnel,Market and marketing personnel,Processor Agent and
Facilitator.
Tasks
The chairperson to arrange and call meetings,The secretary to take minutes,document and keep record for furthre refferences,Marketing information person to go on
studying marketing situation and inform the group on market and marketing information regularly.
Where to meet: Village office,Ward office,School office.
When: Once per month
Meeting schedule:
Date
Venue
Meeting 1
15/7/2005
Nkoaranga village office
Meeting 2
7/8/2005
Mfalony Pr. school
Meeting 3
8/9/2005
Ikidinga ward office.
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Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Hai District Learning Group
To organize key farmers, processors and traders to traders to access finance
Through conducting access to finance training, conducting Financial Management, exchange visit into successful SACCOS in the other areas, formations of group
SACCOS at village level five village consist of 20 groups estimated 800 members, Constitution development, Approval of constitution and registrations, Open bank
accounts, Starting saving according to the constitutions, Link those SACCOS with the other MFIS i.e. CRDB, Exim bank NGO’s, Group and individuals start to Access
loan, Facilitation of group Networking.
Bonifasi Mariki TCCIA, Cecilia Mushi – Marketing Monitor, Twaha Abdala Producers, Masasa Makwasa PA, Eva Mallya PA
Farmer, processors and hader themselves, Extension officer i.e DCO’s DAO’s, DCDO’s, Other stakeholders i.e Faida Mali, RFSP, World Vision, Fert
PA to organise training the access to finance, training, financial management and assure of exchange visits
PA & RFSP facilitate group Networking
Extension officers i.e. DCOd and DCDO’s training the farmer on how to develop the SACCOS constitutions, Facilitation of registration producer, Supervision of
committee formation, Auditing of the SACCOS
Village group chairperson – convene group meetings and facilitating meetings
Secretary - to keep the group records and minutes of the meeting
Signatory committee to pen bank accounts
Group members to start savings
Meeting
Date
Venue
Names of the Group
1st meeting
24/6/2005
Magadini
Muungano
2nd meeting
11/7/2005
Village
UWAZI Ikwamataki Upendo
1st meeting
27/6/2005
Mungushi
Mkombozi
2nd meeting
12/6/2005
Amkeni
Jiendeleze Kwakya
1st meeting
28/6/2005
Kware
Zalisheni
2nd meeting
3/7/2005
Village
KwahwaJuhaji
1st meeting
29/6/2005
Mgungani
Tupendane
nd
2 meeting
14/7/2005
Village
Nguvu kazi Women Group Jembe ni Mali
1st meeting
30/6/2005
Shirinjwo Village
Tumaini group
1st meeting
1/7/2005
Masam East
Uzalishaji
2nd meeting
18/7/2005
Ward
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Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Objectives
Members
Functions
and roles
Meeting
schedule
Mbeya District Learning Group
To achieve better price of rice crop so as to raise their income.
Sowing of improved rice seeds in time.,Making their road,Saling the rice on measurable scales say using of weighing scales,Organize and formation of rice production
group society/group,Ensure availability of notece board to tell pricing and any other relevant information,Legal registration of the group/society.
Crispin Mtaro – Chair/person, Wilbrod Kawapa – Secretary, Members: Salvatory Manyoka, Festo F. Kapewa, Credo J. Kuziliwa, Jairo A. Mpatama, Eliud Simfukwe,
Rabon Njema, Chrstian Mwakyembe
Chairperson: Arrange,call and hold meetings and supervise all general group matters.
The secretary: Organize all group matters and keep records of the group.
Group treasurer:Keep money for the group as agreed –bank and keep records of all financial matters and advice accordingly.
Information person.:Making follow up on marketing information-pricing information and tell back to the group through notice board,meetings in different times.
Extension Officer:Provide knowledge on rice production-(the crop husbandy) and and animation skills.
Official meeting is onve per month but whenever there is a burning issue the chairperson can call a meeting and the venue should be at the agreed place by the
group.
Iringa District Learning Group
Raise farme’s income,
Achieve better price of the round potatoes crop,
Looking for better and reliable market of jibin and jam.
Edeni Fungo, Polikarpy Mlelwa, Henry Magenya, Peter Mwandilandi, Zipporah Mwakatanga.
Round potato crop production.,
Processing of jibin.,
Keeping of dairy cattle and pigs.
Working schedule to be ready in the coming three weeks.
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What are the key information flows in Linked Local Learning?
The important information flows in linked local learning are local: between one farmer group and another, between members of a learning group (that is all key players in the marketing
chain), and lastly, between one learning group and another. Members of a learning group share their challenges with each other and get back new ideas from each other. Local
learning groups share their experiences with each other which circulate new ideas of what has worked in their place. Thus challenges shared for suggestions on ideas of actions to try
out are practical and are linked to somebody who can help.
KP
Challenges
Ideas
FG
FG
FG
Ideas
Ideas
Farmer
Group
Key
Players
Farmer
Group
Challenges
Farmer
Group
Challenges
Sharing and Linking
Local Learning Group
KP
FG
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FG
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Action Plan for Communication within a Learning Group
Organized into seven groups by district from northern and southern zones their task was to describe the internal communication challenges facing the key players
within a learning group and suggest possible ways to meet those challenges. For each key player in the learning group members defined the challenges and possible
ways of meeting them.
Process
1. Before starting the discussion group members chose someone to chair their discussion, someone to write their ideas on paper and another person to present
the ideas.
2. The work began by each member listing internal group communication challenges on cards according to their own experience. When everyone had written at
least the issues they organized them on a flipchart by key player adding new issues as they emerged from the discussion.
3. Taking each issue in turn the group brainstormed ways in which each challenge could be overcome writing down each idea for future improvement on a card.
4. The group prepared a table showing key player, communication challenge, and ideas for meeting the challenge.
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Improving Communications within Groups
(highlighted text are those suggestions thought to be practical by the groups)
Key Player
Producers
Communication Challenge
Distance from highways and urban area
Lack of funds for:
Landline telephone
Mobile phones,
Radio,
TV,
Internet,
No mobile phone coverage
Computer illiteracy - people do not know
how use the ICT facilities
Lack of awareness on potential of ICTs
General illiteracy
Lack of international language
Lack of transport
Inaccessible roads
Lack of power
Limited access to market information
Lack of Information centre*
Poor linkage between market policy
makers and producers
Mistrust among producers – do not
share market information
Suggestions for improvement
Use of mobile phones
Mobilize formation of revolving funds (SACCOS) local register.
Awareness creation on the importance of communication,
Encourage group contributions, Application for loans from development/financing NGOs
Ownership sharing of these communication facilities- groups should be involved in cost sharing – to realise it is not free
At least one person in a group should get a telephone - cost sharing by the programme and the group members
For Internet – make use of Internet Cafes where available
Persuade telecoms providers to invest in the area
Training - seek assistance
Training in use of communications (various)
Training, awareness campaign, use of leaflet
Encourage group members to want to learn
Improve education levels
Knowledge and training
Group contributions to facilitate transport cost
Send information through another person who will be in the town
Persuade transporter providers to increase transport
Increase production to afford transport e.g. motorbike
Ministry should provide Motorcycles
Improve through collaboration with all stakeholders
Construction and rehabilitation of roads and mobilization of commodities
Improve infrastructure
Use cheaper technologies – solar, biogas, batteries, generators may be affordable to a group
Training in the use of biogas as an energy source
Create information center bill board, Encourage establishment of information centres
Use newspapers – e.g. Business Times provides weekly information on market prices
Join TCCIA
Encourage establishment of information centres/information points esp. in trading marketing centres
Awareness creation on the importance of use of centres
Policy makers need to involve other stakeholders in developing market policy
Improve communication among stakeholders e.g. through learning groups
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Key Player
Processors and
Traders
Partner Agency
(PA)/
Local govt/
Focal person
Communication Challenge
Distance from highways and urban areas
Funds
High cost of transport
Transport facilities
Communication with outside
Traders (ICTs)
Fulfill the volume (low capital)
Lack of awareness on the potential of ICT’s in accessing market
information
Literacy in how to use ICTs
Information Centre
Lack of reliable info centre
No use of international languages
Lack of access to computers
Lack of appropriate transport and communication facilities in rural
areas
Inadequate education
Lack of power
Lack transparency in prices
Lack of mobile phone coverage
Funds for communications
High running cost for mobile phone
Lack of Landlines
Letter writing (announcements) do not reach audience
Outdated market information on radio/media
Market info/training materials in English- translation cost
Lack of Information Centres
Word of mouth (messages passed from one person to another)
often not received
Limited access to computer and internet
Suggestions for improvement
Use of mobile phones
Formation of revolving funds (SACCOS-legal registration)
Encourage group contributions
Ownership sharing inc mobile phones
Awareness creation on the importance of communications
Application of grants and loans from financial NGOs and financial institutions
Mobilize community groups to maintain roads
Training, campaign, leaflets, awareness raising
Training on use of ICTs seek for assistance
Encouragement of info centres esp. in trading centres and among traders
Awareness creation on the importance of info centre
Create awareness, knowledge and training
Use of nearby internet cafes
Improve infrastructure
Make use of TCCIA communication facilities where available
Encourage adult education
Use of cheap technologies solar, biogas, batteries, generators
Partners make use of TCCIA in their vicinity
Persuade providers to invest in the area
Put in the budget,
Put on effective information daily (market information)
Develop proposal and send to donors for ICTs
Follow up to ensure message writing has been received by the group member
Radio Tanzania has programme on market prices for yesterday.
Establish information centres
Follow up to ensure the message has been received by group members
Contributions between the district council and the programme and other stakeholders
Establish information centres
Advocacy and lobbying
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Key Player
TCCIA
Market Monitors
Communication Challenge
High cost of finding market information in and outside country
High cost of dissemination of market information
Most members have no telephone
Limited computer literacy
Difficult to find market prices for crops in Tanzania on the Internet
Difficulties in finding accurate prices at markets – prices vary widely.
Transport facilities too far
Lack of mobile phones
Lack of computer
Suggestions for improvement
Facilitate purchase of telephones
Training in use of computers
Join TCCIA?
Join TCCIA? (suggestion from TCCIA)
Provide with transport – even motorcycles..
Develop proposal for donor funding
Establish information centre
Note on information centres: The description and meaning of an Information centre varied from a simple billboard with price information posted regularly at a fixed
meeting point such as a market, to a room or complete building equipped with computers, fax, telephones, internet access etc.
The simplest level of meeting point/bulletin board was also envisaged as a place where regular meetings could be held and information provided on e.g. market
information. Information could be posted by Pas, TCCIA, market monitors etc. from several districts and as printouts from information collated on a web site. The web
site would be directly available to those with access, and the printed information available to others at the meeting point/information centre. Similarly, information
posted to the bulletin board could be added to the website.
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Communication challenges between learning groups and suggested solutions
Working in plenary the task was to agree the communication challenges between local learning groups of key players and suggest possible ways to meet those
challenges.
Process
1. Participants began by individually listing inter-group communication challenges on cards according to their own experience.
2. When everyone had written at least 3 issues they then worked together with the person next to them to come up with an agreed joint list and possible solutions.
Where issues were the same they were recorded only once.
3. Each pair then joined with another pair and combined their lists, issues and potential solutions, with each other. Each person in the group of four was assigned
a number from one to four for the next step in the snowball.
4. All the persons assigned the same number from one to four in each group now joined with the other person from all other groups assigned the same number
such that four large groups were formed. Issues were then discussed and a common 10 point list of issues for each group agreed.
5. Each group presented their lists to the plenary and a common list for the entire plenary was discussed and agreed.
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Communication challenges between learning groups and suggested solutions
Challenge
Long distance from
Lack of telecoms especially telephones – both
mobile and landline
Limited usefulness of information shared
Lack of power
Lack of ICT skills
Lack of postal services in some areas
High running cost of mobile phones
Method of communication
Lack of internet services
Little knowledge and skills in use of internet
Rigidity in sharing information
Groups do not know each other
Proposed solution
Group members to have contacts – email telephone, mobile, postal addresses, buses etc.
Organize and mobile group members to buy mobile/landline where possible
Post, mail, email, sms
Sensitization through emails, letters, phones, etc.
Seek nearby available power
Emergency batteries (cheap)
Sensitize people to open emails
Seek help from ICT providers
Groups to train a resource person to have ICT knowledge
Self help between members about ICTs
Use of private buses
Use of postal services and sms
Agree on time and day for meetings
Contribute funds to send one person to read the emails in areas where internet café is available
Involve a person/friend/service provider to read on behalf
Encourage each group member to share information
Share contact information and get to know each other through the internet
Participant list has all info needed.
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Challenges in communicating between groups and possible solutions
Farmer groups have a great deal to learn from each other, but physical distances can make it difficult to meet and discuss issues frequently. Information could be shared easily between groups if they
could access the Internet or to a more limited extent, even an SMS message service. However, there are many challenges to be met in doing this. Most farmers live in remote villages without electricity
or telephone lines. Many cannot read or write and very few have ever used a computer or sent an SMS message. Even those who can read and write can rarely do so in English. Finally, direct access
to computers and the Internet is nearly non-existent and access to mobile telephones is extremely limited.
The three main challenges to be overcome for better communications between groups are:
z
Literacy – both general and computer literacy
z
Language
z
Access to computers, the Internet and mobile telephony
Some examples of how these challenges might be met are given below – how practical are they, what other alternatives can you suggest?
One possible way to overcome these challenges could be through the use of one or more intermediaries. For example, to access the Internet for email and discussion groups, the farmer’s group would
first need an email address (which can be arranged free for anyone whether or not they have access to or can use a computer). The messages they want to send though would then need to be:
1
Written down – either a group member, or an intermediary will be needed who can read and write. Who could do this?
2
Typed into a computer – If possible, the computer should also have an Internet connection, but if not, the message can be saved on a diskette and taken to an Internet café later. Who could
do this?
For example: Miriam works in an NGO office that has a computer and a printer but no Internet connection. She is the computer-intermediary for a farmer’s group. She types the messages
from the farmers group onto her computer and saves them to a diskette which she gives back to them.
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Sent via the Internet – If the computer where the message is typed does not have an Internet connection, the message would need to be saved to a diskette and taken to another computer
which does have an internet connection. The message can then be sent as an email attachment. This would need someone who is used to using the Internet. Who could do this?
For example: Simon is a bus driver and the Internet-intermediary for the farmer group. When he is in town he regularly drops in at the Internet-cafe behind the bus stand. For the farmers
group he also manages their email. He takes the diskette that was used to save the messages from the farmers group, calls up their email account and using the address they gave him,
attaches the message from the diskette. He also finds a message with an attachment to the group. So he downloads the attached document onto the diskette and back home hands the
diskette back to the farmers group.
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The process would then have to be repeated in reverse - Miriam’s help would be needed again to printout the messages from the diskette and the person who can read for the group would
need to read the messages to them.
Language - The whole process can be more complex if English needs to be the language used. E-mails and discussions can be in Swahili but a great deal of information on the
Internet is available only in English and in this case, someone who can read and write English will need to translate the messages for the group. For full access to the LLL learning
support service which links learning groups not only in Tanzania, but also in Uganda and Kenya and throughout the world, English is needed as it is the common medium used.
So in summary, for the farmers group to use the Internet, until direct access becomes practical, one way would be to use one or more of the following intermediaries:
Î Someone who can read and write in or for the farmers group
Î A translator to and from English
Î Someone who can enter the message into a computer
Î Someone who can send the messages via the internet.
A facilitator who works with the group may also be needed and would certainly help the whole process!
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Information needs and information constraints
For information to be shared between learning groups, especially when it is not easy to do this, the information needs to be important enough to make the effort.
Through a participatory workshop held in Kilosa in August 2000, members of a local learning group identified the following as the main categories of their information needs:
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Planning and Management (weather, soils, disease incidence, agricultural production information, local plans of action, progress on activities carried out by villagers etc.);
Social Information (information specific to communities such as local resources available and how they are used, needs assessments, problems and constraints etc.);
Economic Information (food security, sources and prices of inputs, market prices at village, district and national levels etc)
Technological Information (new technologies and practices, research, farmers proposed solutions)
Often such information is already available – the problem is accessing it. Linking together groups can help the information to spread faster.
The group also identified the following main barriers to information flows:
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Limited awareness of the technology
Lack of access to new technologies
Lack of skills and knowledge on ICTs
Inadequate knowledge of information available
Low general education levels of farmers
Poor communication between farmers and extension staff
Lack of transport
In planning how to improve communications within and between learning groups, keep these issues in mind!
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Some Basic Data on ICT use in Tanzania
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Workshop Participants Contact Details
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Edwin Makambaya
Henry Mangenja
Zipporah Mwakajwanga
Steve Steve
Anatoly Pomonhi
Elly Zakaria
Zephania Ubwani
Christian Mwakyembe
Rabon Njema
Crispin Mtono
Noel Thomas
Twaha Mweta
Job Eliushi Mushi
Arry Mlingi
Loserian Laizer
Edina Kahembe
Pius James Mntangi
Harry Mwela
Edeni Fungo
Peter Mwandilandi
Marwa Moses
Policappy Mlelwa
Asha Muya
Aberhard Mbepera
Stanley Mchome
Athumani Karunde
Organization/Designation
TCCIA Chairman – Songea Rural
TCCIA Mufindi Iringa– National Representative
AMSDP ZCO (South)
Di Stefano Agriconsult Field Officer
Agriculture Department, Babati District Council
Aranga Coffee Group
The Citizen Newspaper Arusha
Project Coordinator (ABD/DASS) Mbeya and Mbarali
Mwanakikundi Muungano Group Utengule
Market Monitor
Journalist – TCT/RTD
HAI Kilimanjaro – Magadini
TechnoServe TZ Songea
D. F. P. Songea/Namtumbo Districts
Engarunoto Arumeru District
Agriculture Marketing Information’s
TCCIA Muheza
Agriculture Market Monitor
Agriculture Market
Agriculture Market
AMSDP/ZCO (N)
Faraja Group Mlezi/Group Menser
Field Officer – TIP Moshi
AMSDP – APCS(S)
Mshikamano SACCOs Magugu – Babati
TCCIA – Babati Manyara V/C/Commerce
Box. No
911 Songea
315 Mafinga
6222 Mbeya
176 Muheza
335 Babati
178 Usa River
14146 Arusha
6306 Mbeya
185 Mbeya
253 Mbeya
123 Arusha
78 Sanya Juu
1150 Songea
174 Songea
352 Arusha
2416 Arumeru
448 Muheza
174 Songea
Mufindi
Mufindi
501 Usa River
19 Ludewa
8909 Moshi
6222 Mbeya
218 Babati
224 Babati
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Address
Tel.
0748 505333
0744 410103
0744 520336
0741 277160
0748 603599
0748 656075
0741 662 443
0748 – 956655
0745 853224
0744 069276
0744 574383
0741 710735
2600877
0744 421331
0748 963562
0744 568394
0744 947761/027 2641379
0748 736745
0745550313
0745 285381
0748 305860
0748 300910
0741 433693
0748 411400/025 2503381
0748 359182
0748 397456
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Joseph Mkwama
Credo Kuziliwa
Eva Mallya
William Swai
Mussa Abdullah Singisha
Samweli Peter Mbise
Festo Chapewa
Kansapa Wilbrod
Cecilia Mushi
Boniface Mariki
Nyange David
Nai Mollel
Laurent Kaburire
TIP Moshi
TCCIA – Sumbawanga
FAIDA Mali/Field Officer – PA Hai
Farm Africa: PA Babati Team Leader
Babati District Council (DFP)
Tanzanian – Mwenyekiti UWAM Group
Mtanzania
District Market Monitor Sumbawanga Rural
Market Monitor – Hai
TCCIA – Hai Kilimanjaro – District Executive Officer
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Women Rights (WORDECO)
MVIWATA Research Development Associate
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Eliud Petro Simfukwe
Salvatory Mayoka
UBARUKUAMCOS Cooperative Society
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Jairo Mpatama
Masasa Makwasa
Issa Magguo.
John Bosco
Vincon Nyimbo
Kilimo Rungwe – Mkurugenzi Mtendaji (W) Rugwe
PA – Same
Magguo SACCOS
Seif Group Chairman
Agricultural Marketing Specialist
Box. No
8909 Moshi
24 Waela Sumbawanga
13869 Arusha
675 Babati
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181, Duluti Arusha
232 Sumbawanga
232 Sumbawanga
27 Hai
6829 Moshi Kilimanjaro
3007 Morogoro
Arumeru (Arusha)
3220 Morogoro
70 Rujewa Mbarali
188 Namanyere Nkasi
Rukwa
44 Rungwe
138, Same
267 Babati
1073 Songea
14416 AMSDP Arusha
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Address
Tel.
0745 897584
0744 699613
0748 686169
0748413311
0748 522281
0745002814
0745002814 /0746257372
0744494513
0744 680021
0744 272573
0745 430720
0744 542650
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected],
[email protected]
0252590149
025 2802939/ 0748 421716
0748 314764
0741 496589
[email protected]
0744 291789
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Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the hard work and effort of Nathaniel Katilina, Programme coordinator, Vincon Nyimbo, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, and Marwa Moses,
Zonal Commercial Officer, of the AMSDP programme in preparing for, organizing and managing this exploratory workshop. We also thank Mwatima Juma, IFAD liaison
officer in Dar es Salaam for her support to our work in Tanzania.
The Agriculture Marketing Systems Development Programme (AMSDP) is supported by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy.
The First Mile Project is supported by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), Bern, Switzerland.
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