1. Local Investment Climate Sunflower Value Chain for Dodoma and Kigoma regions
Presented to Stakeholders on 28/08/14 By
Charles Ogutu (MRA Management Associates Ltd

2. Study Area

3. Methodology Multi dimensional approach
Interviews with different actors
Focus group discussions
Literature reviews
Observations
Synthesis and analysis of information

4. Background Consumption of Vegetable Oils

5. Global Production of Sunflower

6. Sunflower Value Chain There are constraints at all levels of the Chain
Sunflower Value Chain There are constraints at all levels of the Chain. Process and product upgrading currently missing
Inputs
Agro dealers
Producers
processors
Traders
Retailers
Consumers

7. Constraints-1 Quality of inputs Access to and distribution of inputs
Access of finance
Extension services
Subsistence farming-
Limited knowledge on GAP
Pests and diseases
Weather

8. Constraints-2 Limited trust between producers and traders/processors
Storage facilities
Road infrastructure
GMP issues
Branding
No wholeselling -direct selling

9. Supporters of Sunflower
GOVT
Central Government: Supports subsidy through voucher, training and setting, enforcing and monitoring of standards through its agencies such as TBS and TFDA
Local Government Authority: Tasks with improvement of the local infrastructure and extension services
NGO/Private
International/Local and CBOs.
Supports farmer groups/AMCOS strengthening trainings, market linkage, advocacy, provides some extension, Value chain development, agronomic knowledge, linkage for financial access grant provision etc
Provision financial credits by banks, MFIs and NGOs
Research
Undertakes research on new breeds, soil analysis and certification of new sunflower breeds

10. Sunflower & oilseeds Production Trends in Tanzania (MT)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 %
Sunflower
162,019
348,877
786,902
1,125,000
2,625,000
51%
Groundnuts
256,401
320,582
651,397
810,000
1,425,000
28%
Sesame
72,932
65,557
357,162
456,000
1,050,000
20%
Palm Oil
17,000
24,880
40,500
.79%
Soya
3,900
4,300
2,500
3,490
5,830
.11%

11. Production in Kongwa and Dodoma
? Dodoma Urban
Kongwa ?

12. Sunflower oil production –Estimates for 09-2013 (MT)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Seed Kernels produced
162,019
348,877
786,902
1,125,000
2,625,000
Exports 50
130
146
778
Est. PHL and Recycled 15%
24,303
52,332
118,035
168,750
393,750
Processed kernels
137,716
296,495
668,737
956,104
2,230,472
Sunflower oil
41,314
88,949
200,621
286,831
669,142
1 bag of 70 Kg produces 20 Liters of Oil .
Tanzanian average consumption is 14 Liters of sunflower oil PA

13. Edible oil Imports (TRA records)
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Quantity (MT)
169,987
156,268
248,479
223,076
221,858

14. Importation of Edible Oil (BIDCO)

15. Price Trends for Seed Kernels (70KG bag, Cake (45kgs) and 20 Liter Oil (source: CEZOSOPA, farmers and traders)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Kernels
15000
35000
25000
38000
40000
55000
50000
58000
Oil
44000
48000
60000
Cake
4500
6750
9000
11250
13500

16. Sunflower oil Processing in Kongwa and Dodoma
Processors: There are 61 Processors in Dodoma Urban and 29 in Kongwa district. Only 33 have ever registered with CEZOSOPA.
Processing is at an average of 90 man days/PA
Processors process average of 20 bags of 70kgs in a day during production. Chinese y105 is mostly used.
Avg. Sunflower processed is 7,560 MT of kernels = 2,268 MT sunflower oil in Dodoma and 3,654 kernels in Kongwa= 1,096 MT Sunflower oil, PA.
Kasulu District has only 4 processors

17. Certifications and Oil refining
4 Processors have received TBS certification in Dodoma: Nyemo Investment, Jackma Enterprises, Heshima ya Jiko and Kisasa Supplies.
There are 2 Mini refineries installed by Nyemo and Heshima ya Jiko
2 Complete refineries delivered for installation at Uncle Milo and Jackma Enterprises (support by USAID-PCP)

18. Marketing of Sunflower- Oil and Cake
Processors sell oil directly to consumers and to retailers. No Whole sellers were seen. No oil from Dodoma was found in supermarkets in Dar
Cake mainly bought by Traders to different destinations.
In Kongwa, road side selling of oil is rampant.
Farmers are slowly selling oil instead of kernels

19. Whole sale trend of Korie (palm oil) in Dodoma Urban

20. Prices for Sunflower oil in Dar es salaam- Imalaseko Supermarket (July 2014

21. Exports of Sunflower Products/seed meal and cake via Namanga border Source: PHS Namanga)

22. Exportation of Sunflower Seed kernels (flowers) Source: PHS Northern Zonal Office

23. Margin % share amongst the actors per bag of 70kg kernels
Dodoma and Kongwa
Kasulu

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Conclusion
Competitiveness of the commodity is only possible with Value addition.
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