East African Dairy Development Project - Uganda
Overview of East Africa Dairy Development in
Tanzania
Mark Tsoxo (EADDII)
6th Tanzania Dairy Development Forum Meeting, Njombe, Tanzania, 29 May 2016

OutlineOutline
 An overview of EADD in
Tanzania
 DFFs in the Southern
Highlands
 Cost of Milk production in
the Southern Highlands
 Key findings of the
consumers’ market
survey (with TDB)

EADDII OverviewEADDII Overview
 EADD is the 5 yrs regional
transformative project
implemented in Tanzania,
Uganda and Kenya (phase
II)
 Goal: Transforming farmers
livelihoods (doubling
income)
 Target: 136,000 farmers
 35,000 farmers in Tanzania
by 2018
 The project is implemented by a
consortium of partners led by Heifer
International
 Heifer: - milk production & productivity
 Technoserve: - business development &
market access related
 ILRI: Knowledge based learning &
research
 ICRAF: Feeding: - feeds & fodder
 ABS:- Breeding

Direct beneficiaries 35,000 poor farm familiesDirect beneficiaries 35,000 poor farm families
Overall Targets &Overall Targets &
objectivesobjectives
Through 12 established dairy hubsThrough 12 established dairy hubs

How the Hub Works
A Virtuous Cycle of Buyers & Sellers
TRANSPORTERSTRANSPORTERS
TESTINGTESTING
FARMERS
FIELDDAYSFIELDDAYS
FEEDSUPPLYFEEDSUPPLYAI & EXTENSIONAI & EXTENSION
VILLAGE BANKSVILLAGE BANKS
OTHERRELATEDMEsOTHERRELATEDMEs
HUBHUB

Key TargetsKey Targets
 Increase milk productivity from 4.2
to 8.4 L/cow/day & 6.8 to
15L/HH/day
 Strengthening extension service
delivery and promote adoption of
PETs by 50%
 Breeding (AI), Feeds, AH and CSA
 Reduction in seasonality impact
by 50% (10% pa)
 Dry season feeding strategies
 Establishment of at least 9 POs
(social structure)
 Critical mass
 Aggregations of volumes
 Setting up at least 9 dairy hubs
(business structure)
 Milk bulking
 Other services to farmers
 Improved milk quality (reducing
spoilage to less than 2% annually)
FarmerSustainability Hub sustainability

Targets…….Targets…….
 Increased women (and youth)
participation in the DVC;
Decision making at HH and PO
level (30%);
 Increased women PO
membership, shareholding and
supply of milk (30%);
 Integration of youth in the DVC
 Promote hub replication within
and outside the dairy sector
 Facilitate dairy dialogue /
forums among
stakeholders
 Influencing policies by
informing decision makers
 Promotion of apex
stakeholders’ organizations
Gender(and Youth) Equity Hub replication & scaling up
DDF

EAEADDDDandand DDDDFF
 EADD promotes Dairy Hub Model
 Replication within and beyond the EADD area and dairy sector
 Scaling up (and modifying it to fit the context)
 Dairy Hub aligns well with DDF
 Promotes establishment of stakeholders platforms
 Responds to stakeholders needs (information is important for
informed-decision)
 Roles of EADD
 Facilitate formation DDFs (district, regional to zonal levels)
 Facilitate informed decision making process

DDF………DDF………
 Coverage = District/council level
 Then to regional and zonal level
 Why? Linking to LGA and Dairy Hub (same level)
 Leadership structure
 DC – patronage
 Hub (secretariat) and AC member
 Membership – open (to represent all)
 Meeting frequency- semi annually

Farmer=Farmer= common denominatorcommon denominator
DFFDFF = Common Platform= Common Platform
Farmer
Sustainability
Private
Sector
(processors)
Producer’s
Federation/
POs/Hub
sustainability
Public Sector
Investment
Market
Services
Access to
market
Critical mass
Policy to
foster
Investment
Access to
services

DDF…….DDF…….
 Stakeholders’ awareness
creation and capacity building
 11 dairy hubs (secretariat for
DDF established) and
facilitated election of 13 AC
members (secretaries)
 Four (11) District DDFs
established in SH
 Rung we D – DDF - Mwalusam ba
 Mbo zi D - DDF
 Mufindi D - DDF
Progress Testimonies….Hallelujah!

DDF…….DDF…….
 12 DDFs to hold at least 2 meetings
between June 2016 and May 2017
 3 regional DDFs to be established
by Dec 2016
 Zonal DDF to be established by May
2017 (if need be)
 Cascade DDF down to group level
(PMC through SCD structure)
structure)
Plan National DDF
Southern Highlands DDF
D
R D FD
I S T R I C T DD F

ConclusionConclusion
 DDFs plays vital roles
 However, DDF should be efficient, effective and fully
functioning
 Efficient = modest cost/ least cost = spirit
 Effective = respond to genuine current needs
 Fully functioning = appropriate structure, relaying info (horizontally and
vertically)
 DDF is the mouth-piece of the stakeholders which should spat
wisdom to inform decision(s)