UPDATES OF NRDS IMPLEMENTATION - TANZANIA Report presented to Third CARD General Meeting Ngurdoto Arusha Tanzania 18th May, 2010 BEATUS A. MALEMA Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives P. O. Box 9192 Dar-Es-Salaam Tanzania Email psk@kilimo.go.tz bamalema@yahoo.com

LAUNCHING OF NRDS NRDS was launched on 22 March, 2010 The workshop was attended by Development partners (DPs), representatives from Agricultural Sector Lead Ministries, Regions and Districts potential in rice production. Others were Ministry of Agriculture Training Institutions (MATIs). Rice farmers, processors and traders representatives also attended Comments were incorporated in the NRDS

OPERATION ARRANGEMENTS OF NRDS M&E NRDS Task force: Beatus A. Malema (Crop Depart); James Ngwira (Policy and Planning Depart.) Eva Kanyeka – Crop Research Dept. Africa Rice (WARDA) - M. S. M. Nyanda and B. Kalekezi (Policy and Planning Depart) and Elisha Makandya (Crop Research – ARI Ilonga) Ministries of Agric. Food Security and Coop.; Water and Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries; Industry Trade and Marketing JICA, USAID, IRRI Oxfam, Technoserve Miller, Traders, Retailers and Importers NRDS TF ACR ASM MCB MSM Stats Dep. HL indicators ASM MSM Government Project updates ASM MSM Donors Project updates ASM MSM NGOs ASM MSM Farmers Project updates ASM MSM Commercial Sector ASM MSM

CONSTRAINTS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF NRDS Technical:- Low yielding varieties, dependence on rainfall, Inadequate infrastructure (irrigation, storage, electricity, transport and processing) and low productivity Management and coordination:- budget shortage, limited human resource, inefficient inter-sectoral coordination, limited number of DPs supporting for CARD/NRDS, etc.

CURRENT SITUATION ON RICE -RELATED INTERVENTION TZ1.Technical Cooperation for Kilimanjaro Agricultural Engineer Training Center Project II TZ2. Agricultural Sector Development Program (ASDP) Common Basket TZ3. ASDP Irrigated rice & productivity improvement TZ4.Technical Cooperation for Formulation and Training of the DADP Guidelines on Irrigation Scheme Development TZ5. JICA Technical Cooperation for Supporting Service Delivery Systems of Irrigated Agriculture

CURRENT SITUATION ON RICE -RELATED INTERVENTION… TZ6. Improving Rice Varieties through Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology Zanzibar FAO TZ7. Rehabilitation of Irrigation Infrastructure in Zanzibar KOICA TZ8. Genetic enhancement to increase productivity in rice through breeding for resistance to RYMV disease in Tanzania Rockeffeller

CURRENT SITUATION ON RICE -RELATED INTERVENTION… ASDP: Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Project- Rice Regional Centre of Excellence (RRCOE) Regional Integration Government input support for food crop production including rice NERICA rice research at KATRIN (National centre of rice breeding) NERICA rice released varieties:- 2, 4, 7 and SWAB 450 in 2009. Other varieties are TXD 88, 85 and 306. Kilimo Kwanza resolve with ten pillars outlines on how private sector and other stakeholders should collaborate on agriculture

TANZANIA RICE MAP Production Potential untapped Consumption Research Project sites Seed distribution facilities Priority areas

SUB-SECTOR PRIORITY Rice- second food crop after maize also get input support SHORT TERM introduce small-scale saving technologies to improve efficiency of farm operations; Strengthen research and extension services; Strengthen collaboration and linkages between national, regional and international institutions SHORT/MEDIUM TERM Strengthen seed systems and its accessibility, GAP and labour saving technologies on production and processing; Develop and rehabilitate irrigation schemes; LONG TERM Develop infrastructure in rice production and value addition

NRDS LINKAGE WITH OTHER STRATEGIES NRDS fits and links well with:- Agricultural Sector Development Strategy&ASDP National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (Kiswahili acronym MKUKUTA) Kilimo Kwanza resolve (Agriculture First) National Agriculture Policy 2010 (Draft) Tanzania Development Vision 2025 Strategic Tanzania Ruling Party election Manifesto of 2005 and October 2010 election

NRDS FUNDING FRAMEWORK Apart from support by DPs on rice sub-sector, currently NRDS has been mainstreamed for implementation through government budget system. Activities are done through ASDP and implemented at district level via DADPs The DADPs grants devolved to local level to implement D by D policy However, more funding will be required to implement medium and long term strategies of NRDS

NRDS FUTURE STEPS Improving quality of implementation Stakeholders along the chain will be involved in planning and implementation of the strategy (ii) Key intervention sub-sectors Infrastructure development (irrigation, market, storage and transportation network) through ASDP & Kilimo Kwanza resolve Regional integration through Trade and technology transfer (iii) Steps taken to improve conformity of NRDS with development framework and investment NRDS to continue implemented through ASDP. However, more funding will be required through pooled, non-pooled and General Budget Support

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