MAZIWA
ZAIDI
More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) Project
Tanzania Dairy Board Progress
Report
Deogratius Mlay
Maziwa Zaidi & Steering Committee workshop
8-10 October 2014 at Giraffe Ocean View
Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Improving Quality Assurance and
Communication in Tanzania
Tanzania Dairy Board

Background
• The overall objective of the project was to
address the quality and safety of milk marketed
by informal traders in Morogoro and Tanga,
• To transform informal milk traders to formal
businesses through training and certification
approach and
• Improve communication among dairy
stakeholders through Dairy Development Forum

Achievement
March- September, 2014
• Training of BDS providers
• Training of dairy stakeholders
• Communication among dairy
stakeholders
4th Dairy Development Forum
National Dairy development Forum

Training using BDS
• Approach
to facilitate training to dairy stakeholders
through market development approach where
by the selected BDS providers that are already
in business were oriented through an
induction course to carry out training on
commercial basis where by dairy stakeholders
who wish to attend training have to pay fees.

• The programme through a competitive
approach selected eight (8) BDS providers
who attended a induction course and
intended to carried training of stakeholders in
Kilosa and Mvomero districts
• This induction was guided by the Training of
Trainers Module developed by ASARECA/PAAP
and comprised of Lecture, group session and
plenary discussion. In addition the induction
also included the practical session which
oriented the participants on the milk platform
tests.

Strengthening Regulation
• the TDB in collaborated with LGA put in place
dairy inspection system to regulate hygienic
milk handling and trading. The minister
appointed dairy inspectors and TDB facilitated
the training of six (6)inspectors in the project
area

Communication among dairy stakeholders
Dairy Development Forum
Day 1 of 4th DDF
• Six Task forces formed at the last DDF meet in
respective groups to advanced their agenda on
genetics
– 1.Heifer/bull/semen production
– 2.AI field delivery
– 3.Recording registration system
– 4. Farmer organizations
– 5. Dairy Genetics Policy/ regulations
– 6. Platform development and leadership
• Update on progress made by task forces addressing
issues around arrangements for multiplication and
delivery of dairy genetics
• Work plan development

Day 2 of 4th DDF
Business solutions for year round availability of
quality feeds
Task forces
– Policy and regulation
– Technological issues and tools
– Information and capacity building
– Pasture feeds availability

10th Nation Dairy Development Conference
The NDDC Conducted in Musoma during the
Milk Week on 30th May, 2014
Convened over 80 participants
The theme was ‘Invest in Dairy for More Milk’