Tanzania Dairy Board
TDB
Presented at
Inception Workshop of the USAID IMT
Scaling Project in Tanzania
Oceanic Bay Hotel Bagamoyo
29th September, 2015

INTRODUCTION
• The Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB) was
established by the Dairy Industry Act Cap.
262, 2004
• First Livestock products Board under the
Ministry of Livestock Development and
Fisheries

Vision and Mission
• Vision
A competitive, sustainable and self –
sufficient dairy industry in Tanzania
• Mission
To promote and develop a competitive
sustainable dairy industry in Tanzania
through effective coordination of
stakeholders and provision of high quality
regulatory and advisory services.

TDB ROLES
TDB mandate is to
- To regulate
- To develop dairy industry and
- To promote the dairy industry.
- Other roles Advocacy, and
coordination of dairy stakeholders
The Board promotes production, collection, processing,
marketing and consumption of quality milk and dairy products
by facilitating stakeholders' activities.

OBJECTIVES
TDB is addressing six objectives
1. Dairy Industry actors are formally registered,
licensed and comply with Dairy Industry Act.
2. Dairy industry stakeholders at all levels
are formally organised and coordinated
3. Relevant, reliable, up-to-date information
and data on dairy are available, accessible
and communicated to stakeholders

OBJECTIVES
TDB is objectives Cont.
4. Strategic investment for dairy industry
development identified and promoted
5. TDB human and financial resource base
improved

STRATEGIES
TDB strategies to achieve its objectives
1. To work closely with strategic partners and on
going dairy development programs to reach out
stakeholders from district to national level
2. Building on the recent advancements in ICT to
share information and data to feed into the national
dairy data base
3. Improve on the use of mass media in reaching
wider dairy stakeholder groups especially those
who cannot use electronic information system

STRATEGIES
TDB strategies to achieve its objectives
4. Working in close collaboration with national
programs and private sector promoting increased
investments in dairy
5.Organise and facilitate dairy industry promotional
events
6.Facilitate linkage with financial institutions and
other BDS providers

ACTIVITIES
TDB ongoing activities:
• Registration of dairy stakeholders
• Establishing and improving quality assurance
systems during production, collection and processing
Dairy Industry Act, 2004 and five regulations
Appointment of Milk Inspectors in all LGA
Preparation of Training Manuals
• Facilitate Training and certification scheme
Preparation of training modules, sensitization on guidelines
Transformation of informal to formal dairy industry

ACTIVITIES
TDB ongoing activities:
• Coordinate dairy development and strengthening
communication among dairy stakeholders
 Annual Council
 Dairy Development forum
 Regional Dairy Platform ( Tanga, Morogoro, Manyara, Mara..)
 Village Innovation Platform
 SMFP
Enhancement of information and communication
Campaign
• Conducting regular milk promotion events
 Generic Milk Promotion
 Coordinate and participate in Milk week
 Exhibition in agriculture and trade shows

ACTIVITIES
TDB ongoing activities:
• Rationalization of regulatory overlap between other
regulators with TDB
• Improving business climate by lobbing for tax
incentives,

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