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Public-Private Partnership for increased maize production in Tanzania


June 5, 2015

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Quality Food Products (QFP) and seven other organizations to secure maize production in Tanzania.

Northern Tanzania is developing into a key region for maize production, but without proper incentives, farmers are not willing to increase production of one of Africa’s staple crops.

To help overcome this, a local organization, Quality Food Products (QFP), has secured funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invest in modern agricultural machinery and make this available to farmers so they can grow more maize.

Additional to the support from the Dutch Government, QFP was also able to bring on board a number of other partners including AGRA, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), NMB Bank, New Boogaloo, Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture and Wageningen University in Netherlands. Together, these nine organisations have formed a PPP to provide Tanzanian farmers incentives and support to increase their maize production and productivity.

The PPP, through NMB Bank, will also provide farmers in the project area access to credit, which is often the biggest inhibitor when it comes to farmers being able to expand their production.

AGRA’s involvement in the PPP will see it work with farmer organizations in Northern Tanzania to ensure younger and women smallholder farmers benefit, are involved in and considered in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the PPP, alongside male farmers.

While it is largely medium and large scale farmers, those with about 50 acres or more, that will benefit most from having access to modern machinery, there are many small scale farmers, especially women, who will benefit from working together in groups to access finance, and other benefits form the PPP.

“Projects such as the public private partnership let a range of organizations pool their resources and skills to help farmers in increasing their productivity and putting more food on African family tables,” said AGRA’s Director of Market Access Program, Anne Mbaabu.

QFP is in the process of identifying and contracting farmers under the PPP and it is expected farmers will have access to the additional machinery and finance in a few months’ time.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Quality Food Products (QFP) and seven other organizations to secure maize production in Tanzania.

Northern Tanzania is developing into a key region for maize production, but without proper incentives, farmers are not willing to increase production of one of Africa’s staple crops.

To help overcome this, a local organization, Quality Food Products (QFP), has secured funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invest in modern agricultural machinery and make this available to farmers so they can grow more maize.

Additional to the support from the Dutch Government, QFP was also able to bring on board a number of other partners including AGRA, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), NMB Bank, New Boogaloo, Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture and Wageningen University in Netherlands. Together, these nine organisations have formed a PPP to provide Tanzanian farmers incentives and support to increase their maize production and productivity.

The PPP, through NMB Bank, will also provide farmers in the project area access to credit, which is often the biggest inhibitor when it comes to farmers being able to expand their production.

AGRA’s involvement in the PPP will see it work with farmer organizations in Northern Tanzania to ensure younger and women smallholder farmers benefit, are involved in and considered in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the PPP, alongside male farmers.

While it is largely medium and large scale farmers, those with about 50 acres or more, that will benefit most from having access to modern machinery, there are many small scale farmers, especially women, who will benefit from working together in groups to access finance, and other benefits form the PPP.

“Projects such as the public private partnership let a range of organizations pool their resources and skills to help farmers in increasing their productivity and putting more food on African family tables,” said AGRA’s Director of Market Access Program, Anne Mbaabu.

QFP is in the process of identifying and contracting farmers under the PPP and it is expected farmers will have access to the additional machinery and finance in a few months’ time.
 



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Published: June 5, 2014

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